Day before New Years Eve

Happy Friday EVERYONE!!! Im so glad this week is over. Even though it was only a 4 day work week for me, it took forever for friday to get here!

I get to go pick up Brax tonight. I love my weekends. I miss him so much on my off weeks, I look so forward to seeing him.

I think tonight we'll even go over to B & C's or stay home and watch movies. Its up to Brax what we do. I don't think he'll mind going over to B & C's now that he has his Nintendo DS. He'll have something to do.

Mikey went and picked up the rest of our Bathroom tile on Weds. Now all I have to do is pick a paint color, decide on a faucet and a counter top.

The paint shouldnt be so hard. The faucet should be fairly easy too. I just want something in brushed metal. I do not want anything shiny. Im very messy when it comes to brushing my teeth and do not want to have to clean the faucet all the time.

The countertop on the other hand is going to be a hard one. I can't decide if I want one where the sink sits under it or on top of it. I have no idea what color I want either. Mikey suggested white. I think not. Our tile for the shower and the floor is a terracotta color (like the tiles in our bathrooms in Playa Del Carmen). White will not work. I need to figure this out soon. The redoing the bathroom is supposed to be our winter project. UgH!!!

Anyway, New Years is tomorrow. I think we're going over to C & L's. Mindy is going to Amanda's humble abode. It will be wierd not spending NYE with her, I've spent the last 3 with her and the crew. I told her we'll just have to make sure we call each other. LoL

So anyway, its only 235 pm, 2 more hours to go til I getta pick up Brax...I cant wait....

Nothing much today

Today was a good day. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. Work was good although busy. The 2 guys Im stuck in a room with all day constantly have me shaking my head in disbelief at the things they do and say. But, at least they're entertaining.

Oh wait...one thing did happen today. I had a major blonde moment. Haven't had one of those in a LONG time.

So, at around 10:30 am I went to the gas station to buy smokey treats and a Mountain Dew. As I was walking up to the registers (there are 2, one on the right and one on the left) there was a guy at the left counter with a cell phone stuck to his ear. He had just paid for whatever he bought and was walking toward the exit still with the cell phone stuck to his ear. At the same time I was heading for the register on the right.

The lady at the register on the left had started telling him about something he bought as he was walking away with the cell phone stuck to his ear. I was trying to get around him so as not to bump into him, however he was totally oblivious to the fact that I was even there. He just kept walking, with the cell phone stuck to his ear talking to the clerk and whoever he was on the phone with at the same time. I literally had to stop on my tippy toes, my shoes even squeaked, so he didnt knock me down.

The clerk at the right side register, that I was trying to get to, saw what was taking place. We just looked at each other and at the same time said "How rude!!". Now, anyone who knows me knows I love to say things such as "Rude Much!!!!???" very loudly, not necessarily directly to the offending party, but loud enough so that the offending party can hear or at least tell they've pissed me off. However, Mr. I have a cell phone stuck to my ear and am oblivious to the world around me because Im so important that I must talk on my cellphone while Im in the store, was still oblivious to the fact that he almost knocked me down.

If there is one thing I cannot stand its people blabbing on their cell phones while theyre in a store. Simply because 99.9% of the time they pay no attention what so ever to the people around them and when they run into someone, they give them the look of death as though it was that persons fault they weren't paying attention. I HATE that!

So anyway, after that little incident, I finally made it to the register to pay for my things. Now, keep in mind I always pay debit, just cuz that's how I always do it. The clerk couldn't get their debit thing to work, so I did credit. I signed the little receipt, grabbed my items and went on my merry way.

So, 3 hours later, 1:30 pm, Im starving to death. So I decide to go get some lunch. Anyone who knows where my work is knows that we do not have a whole lot to choose from when it comes to fast food. We have McDonalds, ChuckABurger, Jack n the Crack, Mr. Goodcents, Subway and one other place that I dont know the name of. I decide I feel like some McDonald french fries. Now, I am NOT a fan of McDonalds. But they have the best damn french fries and once in awhile I get a hankerin' for em. So there I am in the drive thru. 2 cars in front of me. I reach in my purse to get my debit card and can't seem to locate it. I take everything out of my purse, still no debit card. Now I know I just used my debit card earlier in the morning so it cant be far.


So I whip out of line (didnt want to be one of those people that order then get up to the window and say "Uhh, I dont have any money") and head for the gas station right across the street. I parked at the gas station, checked under my seat, in my purse again, still no debit card. Then I remembered that when I was there earlier, I had to sign for my purchase which is not part of my normal routine. So, on a hunch I wander back in the store. Luckily the same clerk was working from this morning. I say "Did I by chance leave my debit card here?". She gets all excited and shouts to the other clerk (on the infamous left register) "The lady who left her card came back", "I was so upset that I didnt catch you before you drove off and was just sure that you wouldnt remember where you left your card!".


How nice is that. She remembered me. LoL.

So I grab my card and head back to McDonalds to get my french fries.

Kids and their stuff....

Ok, I thought since Brax doesnt have school tomorrow that we'd clean up his room. I wanted to do it before Mikey got in there and threw everything away. I definitely did not want to deal with the wrath of Braxton if Mikey had thrown anything of value away.

Before dinner, around 6pm, I went through the clothes hanging up in his closet. Took out all the Tshirts, dress shirts etc. that he could no longer wear (although he swears that the size small camoflauge T-Shirt he's had for 2 years still fits) and shoes that, although he loves, no longer fit on his ski's. I hung everything else that still fits back up in the closet by order of long sleeves to short sleeves and then by color (yes, Im a freak. You should see my closet).

Then I went through his chest of drawers. Took out all the mismatched socks (Damn hungry ass dryer), pajama's that needed to be thrown out 2 years ago, shorts that are so short on him now they may have looked good on him if he were born back in the 70's, highwater jeans/cords, etc.

All of that filled up an oversized clothes basket. I finished with that right about dinner time. 6:30pm.

After Dinner, I instructed him that he was to start our excursion by picking up all of his lego's. I got an eye roll for that request. But he did it. I then went in with a box of trash bags and began going through every little nook and cranny of his room. How do kids get all the crap they get. By crap I mean, little sticky hand things, yugi OH cards, stickers, candy (You would not believe the # of candy wrappers I threw out), little hand held games, decks of cards (He had 2 decks of cards from Arby's. Both shaped like the Arby's oven mit - gone!) little cross word books, bouncy balls, just all kinds of little crap. I have no other word for it other than crap.

Anyway, all of this crap filled up 2 trash bags. Then.....I dusted. OMG, there was at least (This is NO joke) 1" of dust on this childs dresser and computer desk. How disgusting is that? So, at about 845pm, we were done. Well, I was done. He spent most of the time dancing around his room to Smashmouth and Greenday while shouting out yes or no every once in awhile to my "What is this and do you need/want it anymore?" questions.

So, here I sit at 9:05pm. Finally getting to wind down. Brax and Mikey are out in the living room watching Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith. I think Im going to go lay down in my bed and watch my brand new 20" flat screen TV and fall asleep.......So with that, I bid you all Adieu.

Ahhh Christmas is over....

So Christmas went well for us. We went to my mom's house for Christmas Eve (tradition). All the kids opened their presents as well as Brax and Marc LOL.

Brax was so cute. He opened his Amp and instead of saying, "Where's the guitar". He says "Oh yeah, Mikey said we'll get a guitar later". He was happy as a lark with just the amp. We hid the Guitar behind the Christmas tree and didn't include it with his mound of presents to open. The Amp was the last thing he opened. So after he said the cutest thing all year, we handed him the Guitar. The look on his face was priceless. I proudly announced, "Now I have my own little Billy Joe!". Of course, Brax and I were the only ones that got that, but that's all that matters.

I got new piggy slippers, If anyone has seen my existing ones, you know I needed new ones....

So, every year Mikey and I agree not to get each other anything for Christmas. But, as usual I'm the only one that follows this rule. So yeah, sitting in our living room for 2 days was this Huge Heavy box, approximately 3x3x3 and Heavy as all hell. So Christmas morning I make Mikey open what few cheesy gifts I got him (a Tshirt that says "Its just a flesh wound" with the Black Knight on it, a Tshirt with the Spy vs. Spy guys, DVD's - The Craft - All of Me - The Golden Child - Fraggle Rock and some slippers) then I open mine.

I got several cool DVDs - Stand By Me - Willy Wonka (Original) - Willy Wonka (Remake w/ Johnny Depp) - Primal Fear (With my Ed YuM YuM). Then I open the Huge mystery box, its a 20" flat screen TV with a DVD and VHS combo WooHoo!!!!! (First thing I say is "Now Lil isnt stuck watching just VHS tapes, LoL". So anyway, we take it out of the box (Im excited to get it setup) when much to our dismay, the lower right hand corner of the TV by the speakers is all bashed in. Well, apparently when Mikey went to get this for me, it was the only one left in stock at Best Buy. The box was crushed, but the sales guy wouldnt let Mikey take it out of the box to see if it was ok. Well, it wasnt. So Mikey and Brax will be taking it back on Tuesday to get me a new one. I can't wait!

So all in all we all had a great Christmas. I was very content with all my presents as was Mikey and Brax. But, I must say the best Gift of all was being able to spend Christmas Eve with my Mom. I didn't need any gifts as long as I had that!

I hope everyone else had a great Christmas, I know we did.

Holy Shopping Batman!

Yeah, I'll never go near the mall again on the day before Christmas Eve. OMG!!!! People everywhere driving like morons...Ugh!

So, we left for Shopping at 11am. Went and had lunch at Jack 'n' the Crack. Went and picked up my nephew, Marc. We have about 5 more people to shop for. I didn't want to go anywhere near Mid Rivers Mall so Mikey and Marc suggested the Mills. Ok, fine, there are so many stores there we're bound to find something for all 5 people we have left.

Wrong, Mikey is not a shopper #1. #2, I don't feel I should have to shop for the people that are on his list. So, with that said, we ended up buying me 2 shirts from Banana Republic, 2 Green day posters for Brax (Who we were already done shopping for) and we got his Secret Santa gift for Bill's Garage. Thats it. LoL yeah, we got home at 5:30pm. 6.5 hours and we bought 1 gift for the 5 people we were supposed to be buying for.

Needless to say, Mikey will be going out tomorrow morning and finishing up since the people we need gifts for are his family. Im finished with mine.

Well that was my Friday afternoon off.....Tonight...party at Mike and Diana's WooHoo!!!!

Merry Ho Ho Everyone!

Yes, Im always Crabby...

Aren't we cute?

The day before the day before Christmas Eve

Well hi there...So, today is December 22, 2005. The day before the day before Christmas eve and I still have not finished all of my Christmas shopping. BUT!.....Im done shopping for Brax, so that's all that really matters. Right?

So, let me tell you whats been going on with me. Yesterday I woke up, my left eye felt a little weird (Kinda like your eyes feel when you've slept really hard). So I make Brax's breakfast and my morning coffee. I take myself and my coffee to the bathroom, as Im trying to look in the mirror at what ever this is going on with my eye, I set my coffee down on the edge of the sink counter (without looking) and then Crash Bang Boom! splatter!!!! Yes, I sat the cup too close to the edge of the sink and the whole cup of scalding hot coffee splashes all over the counter, all over the wall behind the comode and all over the floor. This is gonna be a good day, I can already tell.

So, I still havent gotten to see what is wrong with my eye as I must clean up the coffee spill before it becomes a sugary glue all over our walls and floor. As we all know if this were to happen Id be in Mikey Hell! So I get that all cleaned up and finally get to look in the mirror. OMG!!!!! I scream. "I look like Quasimoto!". Yes the cold that Ive been fighting for the last 2 weeks seems to have made its way to my left eye. My eyelid looks like someone socked me in it and is swollen. My eyeball itself is bloodshot.

Yesterday afternoon at about 3 I call my doctor, again, they say they probaby cant get me in (I knew this already). I explained I need something for my Quasimoto eye and my raw red throat. So finally at about 6pm lastnight the nurse calls and says they called me in a script for Amoxicillan and some kinda eye drops.

So Mikey goes and gets these for me. I take the pill and put in the drops and go to bed.

So that was yesterday. Now we're at today. I wake up and my eye feels funky still. I go look in the mirror, ACK!!!! The cold has now moved down to beneath my eye too. So now I look like Mikey finally had enough of my shit and socked me in the eye. This really sucks. Let me tell ya.

So that's whats been going on today so far. It is only 12:30, so Im sure that's not all that will rear its ugly head today.....

First Post

Yes, this is my first post. Im sitting here at work and actually do not have anything to do. So, I thought, what the hell. Everyone else is doing it, why don't I?

So, It'll most likely be random blogging. I mean, I have a lot to say, but usually people don't care to listen.

So, with that said....welcome to my blog....