Ten On Tuesday!

Her she comes, just a spewing her thoughts! Doo Wah Diddy, Diddy Dum Diddy Do! Got that tune in your head now? Good, my work here is done!



Thoughts:


1. Why did I wake up with the urge to clean? WTF!?!? I NEVER get that urge. Maybe I am still sleeping and dreaming. Has to be that.


2. I think it is all of the crap piled up in this house since I have been so busy this summer and I always say “I will get to it later!” Or when I get around to it. Just what is a “round to it” and where can I get one?


3. Why do I have 70 paperbacks and over 200 hardback books? I never used to save paperbacks but somehow, someone has been piling them up in my laundry/library room. Would you please stop now? Thanks!


4. I listed all of the paperback on the paperback swap sight and got my first request last night. WhooHoo, that means I get a new book!! Ahh, Shaddup, I know, I need more. But…but…I have always been a voracious reader and just love the feel and smell of books. And I read everything. No specific genre here. I can go from self-help to romance to I killed the bastard and he deserved it!


5. I start my therapy on Monday with Stacy! Now I am skeered. That name could go either way on the gender thing. I swear if I get some skinny blonde perky thing, we aren’t going to get along. I will be force to take her a pork chop or something. Secretly hoping it is a he and we will get along fine. At least it is not Helga!


6. Why am I so unlucky? I enter at least 10 contests or sweepstakes everyday and have won 5 things. I am excited about this book that I won. (Oh hush, I know, it’s all about the books). But this one sounds intriguing. It is about dealing with kids with issues. Here is the book and I think I will give this to someone special on here when I am done because we are dealing with similar issues. Hint, hint down there Wildcat territory! That is if she wants it. I will do a review of it and let you know my feelings. But it is going to be autographed to me. Aren’t I special?


7. I HATE Fall. Ok, go ahead a Boo! I hate cold weather and the past 3 days have been cold and the wind is out of control. I have heavy iron furniture on the deck and it is blowing that around. And my poor fake tree I have on there looks like it is really losing its leaves. I need a beach, dammit! Hey, only 4 more months and I go again.


8. My grand-puppies are due any day! The dogs Mommy is driving me slightly more insane by calling me everyday to let me know that she is still waiting. Ok, I get it. I am SURE when she has them, you will call! I can birth babies but I know nuttin’ about birthin’ no puppies! Such a city girl, I am!


9. Think after I let this cleaning thing pass, I will do my nails. I got 5 new bottles of polish at the Festival for a dollar a bottle and I am going to try them out. Oh hush. I am somewhat girlie girl. Must have nice looking nails, I am weird about that. OCD much?


10. I actually “think” this weekend will be a quiet one. So far, nothing going on but maybe the cancelled bonfire from last Saturday but that is easy-peasey since it is about 2 miles from my house! Oh shit, just remembered it is Riley Days in Greenfield. And I am going on Friday. Another one of those Festival type things. Buy more stuff that will need dusted at some point in the future. Maybe I do want snow so I CAN’T leave the house! No, not really. A cooped up Karen is not a good Karen!


Ok, I got more but will stop so you can go get more coffee!


Maybe a funny?


HOW TO INSTALL THE HOME SECURITY SYSTEM


1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work boots.


2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo Magazine


3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.


4. Leave a note on your door that reads:


"Bubba,


Bertha, Duke, Slim, & I went for more ammo and beer. Be back in an hour.
Don't mess with the pit bulls; they attacked the mailman this morning and messed him up bad. I don't think Killer took part, but it was hard to tell from all the blood. Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house.


Better wait outside. Be right back.


Cooter


Hugs & Kizzes


Karen

Monday, Again!

Hey, guess what? It’s Monday! Sorry to have to tell you!



Well, my weekend ended up not being a vegetable but still calm, relaxing and nothing too exciting. Friday I was all set to just read and be NOBODY! I was totally seeing me in PJ’s all weekend. Oh hush, I can if I want to!


As I was fixing dinner Friday night, Connie called and asked if we were going to the Atlanta Earth Festival on Saturday! Uh Oh! Karen had a brain fart again. I have been going to this thing for well over 20 years and I had forgotten. Ok, yes, I still want to go. This festival, which is in Atlanta, Indiana not Georgia (people ask me that every time) and it is a big garage sale, arts & crafts, food vendors, junk sale type of thing. It takes over the entire town which is a population of around 500 if you count the sheep and cows! And I do mean it is the ENTIRE town. Normally you can walk from one end to the other in less than half an hour!


She picks me up around 8:30 in the morning and off we go. This place is in the area where I lived for over 16 years and I have her sneak in the back door of the town to avoid traffic. Yes, it is the only time of the year that they have a traffic jam. One of my bestest friends still live there and she is one of the first people I see. With life, this is about the only time I ever see her. Anywho, we walked around for a few hours, bought some stuff that will require dusting at some point in the future, looked at stuff we thought we would go back and get when we were leaving so we didn’t have to carry it, and was trying to decide what to eat first. Think fair food but cheaper and better. And then we went to the beer tent. Yep, they have one little bar in this town that seats 8 people and a small room with a pool table. They set up a tent outside and you can get a break form the sun (which we had none that day) and sit and rest your tired feet. We were good girls and had 2 beers and then back to the shopping. Well, it was around 2 pm by then and decided we needed to head home. And do you know that these two ditzy-ass broads forgot to get anything to eat. And I live for food like that. Doh!


We were supposed to go to a bonfire birthday thing Saturday night but it was cancelled because we had storms moving in. Yah, I don’t have to be nobody. We did end up meeting up with 4 of our friends and went out for a couple of hours. Home by 10 pm. I think I am getting old, dammit!


And I was forced to watch that PATHETIC Kentucky game. Marty, I wouldn’t tell anyone that you are from there any more. People may never stop laughing!


Sunday was a PJ day all the way. I am a weird female in that I LOVE to watch football on Sunday. And NASCAR. Hey, no judging. I am from Indiana after all! Worked on making some BBQ ribs and fresh corn on the cob and vegetated.


And the tension in this house can get rough on Sundays. Gregg is a Bears fan and I of course am a Colts fan. Thank God we weren’t together when the Colts beat their ass in the Super Bowl! I already get to taunt him about it but it would have been worse then.


Then the REAL football came on! I do love my Colts! And always have. No bandwagon fan here. I actually used to work at The Hoosier/RCA for the first 8 years they were here, in the suites, getting the rich bastards drunk and them giving me money. There ya are, judging again!


That, my friends, was a good game. I have never been a Warner fan I did so love watching his pathetic playing. Yes, I do yell at the TV just like the men. And have scratched my balls while doing so. And I burp out loud if I happen to be drinking a beer. Judge away, I am used to it!


So, the weekend did turn out quiet, restful and relaxing!


Monday morning, the freaking jack hammer and backhoe are back. But the guy and the kid are gone so...heehee, life is good.


Hope you all have as great week. Not much this week except I have to start going to therapy this week. No, you silly’s, arm therapy as it is not healing the way he or I want. He wants to try this first before does any shots (WTF!!!!) or worse, more surgery! Therapy, here I come. Hope I get a young, hot, and studly therapist. My luck, I am gonna get Helga!


Hugs & Kizzes


Karen

My Weekend!

Ok, I really am gonna blog now. Seriously! And it will be long! As I sit here having a nice breakfast of two hard-boiled eggs and a small sliced tomato, I “think” I am finally caught up on all of you! If I did not comment, please don’t be upset. I read everything but if I had nothing to add to what had already been said, I didn’t want to be redundant.

I think for Christmas I will send Kippy a pet shark, Sandi a nice Schick razor, Marty some new jeans in a much smaller size, BTC my address to mail me some of that bread and a big stick to smack the stooped out of the dippy duo, Patti a paint brush and easel, Kat is a big “L” sign to hand to her neighbors in town, Blondie gets a bottle of wine from the winery (or two) that I visited, Terry get a nice warm sweater for the cold months coming, Erin gets a “Newman” radar, Silver Eagle could use a vacation from stooped, Chip get a manicure set and a subscription to Proactive, Catherine gets a book of Mike’s carwash tickets, and Barbara gets a big hug for all she is going through. If I missed anyone, please forgive me for I am old and tired.

Now, as for the weekend…OMG did we have fun! The weather the entire weekend was Gorgeous! Temps were in the high 70’s to the low 80’s! We did have 6 people that canceled so the group was down to 16 but still worked out VERY nice! Thursday, for once in my life, everything went right according to the plan. We got up and got all of our stuff packed and loaded, waited for Andy to get home, sent him of to my Seester’s and we hit the road at 4:00 and we were there at 5:20! Ok, yes, I drove and there is a stretch of I65 that has a “suggested” speed of 70 but I think it is only a suggestion as I was able to go about 80-85 and stay with traffic!

My BFF and her Hubby were coming down that day too so we just chilled that night and sat outside for a while having a few beers. This is the view from our room:

Friday is when the rest were coming down at various times. The four of us went into Little Nashville to do some shopping and “stuff”. The guys, of course, got tired of shopping and hit the local pub and parked their butts there and we just brought our packages back to them to watch it. Connie and I found one of the wineries (imagine that) and we tried five new wines and decided to get a bottle and sit on their back deck and enjoy. We got a really nice semi-sweet red wine and some Havarti cheese and some Rosemary crackers and just TOTALLY enjoyed! Can you say spoiled?

By this time, people were rolling in so we had to head back which is only less than a mile. We had planned a big cookout behind the hotel so we whipped out the grill, burger, dogs, and all kind of other stuff. We had candles all around our little site and it was just perfect! It got a little chilly in the evening but all you had to put on was a sweatshirt or light jacket and it was great. We stayed out there for awhile and chillaxed. Per usual, the male species always get tired before the girls so off to bed they went. Well, to be fair, some of the girls went to bed too! But not us diehards. We even went for a walk around the parking lot and talked to the cows and thought about a small cow tipping event but we think the fence was electric and we are not quite that stupid. Well, one did put their foot on it but the rest of us were busy peeing our pants from laughter.

Saturday, whew, I can’t even begin to describe what a great day! We shopped more, I bought 3 bottles of wine from another winery, and we ate. But the real treat was the Outhouse Races! No, we did not plan our trip around them, it just happens to be the weekend we were there. But, OMG, did I laugh! In the second part, there is only one entry that I did not see but it had three wheels and since it was the only one, of course they won! Now the testosterone is flowing through the males of our group and I shit you not (pun intended), they have already started designing one for next year. And that is where they are thinking a two-holer and all of this stuff! I will keep you posted as it goes.

That night we ran around to our usual suspected places and had a blast. The little bar that is right behind the hotel had its’ re-opening night that night so all we had to do is crawl across the parking lot. Fifteen of us walk in and there were only two people in there. Well, we are a party all by ourselves and the owner was just thrilled. I had talked to her about 2 weeks before we left to see if she would be open and, Damn if that women didn’t speed up so we could come in! That is where this picture was taken:

We are missing three because Connie’s Hubby is having health issues and wasn’t feeling well and the other two went to bed. Sorry, but they are the one couple that we don’t really like so much but we are morally obligates to invite them. They CAN be nice people but he bitches about everything! For example, he didn’t wan to go to the hotels ice machine to get ice so he went across the street to store and then BITCHED because it cost him $4 for a big bag! And this went on all weekend. Thank God they are early to bed type people or we might have had a body to hide!

Sunday we wake up to rain. But that was fine because we were all heading home anyway! So, that is a small dose of the weekend. I came home with sore jaws and ribs from the laughter and fun. And I can’t wait to do it again next year.
And who would think that 5 grown adult (drunk) women could get a call from the office to shut up AFTER we had gone to bed?!?!?

Tomorrow, the story of the computer that shut me out of my world for a few days! And something great that I won!

Hugs & Kizzes
Karen

Tuesday Thoughts

My thoughts, hmmm…they are everywhere today!

1. Sleep has returned to a semi-normal way. I am back to getting at least 4-5 hours a night which is way better than 45 minutes. I think it was thyroid related because I upped the meds and it got better.

2. Gregg is on vacation this week and thinks he needs to be all up in my ass all of the time. He is finally outside mowing the yard and I can breath. Love ya baby, but GO DO SOMETHING!

3. Planning a weekend for 22 people can drive a person crazier than they already are! Let’s see if you can get this: Thursday – 2 couples, Friday – 8 couples, and Saturday 11 couples! Saturday we are renting a guy with a school bus to drive us around so nobody is drinking and driving. Finding a place that can seat 22 people on Saturday night for dinner. Getting all of the crap together with all of the above people to have a cook-out at the hotel on Friday. Four of the men in said group have massive amounts of testosterone coursing through their veins and just can’t possibly KISS because everything has to be LARGE! Trying to just have burgers and dogs is so much more complicated with these men!

4. I am going to enjoy this weekend even if I have to hide a few bodies, ‘nuf said!

5. Got all of the babysitters situated. One for the kid and one for the dog.

6. I do think it is very sad that Patrick Swayze has died but at least he is in peace now. I have wanted to take up pottery every since I first saw Ghost! And I cry VERY time I watch it!

7. I can’t believe they are taking the one soap opera that I like off of the air after 70+ years. I have watch Guilding Light for over 30 years! And the freaking finale is on Friday and I will be in Nashville. Shopping. Or at the winery. Or shopping. Or at the winery!

8. This damn driveway work they are doing around here is getting quite old! Either today or tomorrow, it will be my turn and it sucks because you can’t even get down the street with the damn big ass dumpster and all of their trucks as it is. Now I am going to have to park in my yard for about 3 days. Thinking about asking them if they could wait until Friday to do ours as we will be gone and they still have three by me to do and could just back up and do me! See, always thinking here!

9. I am sick of tomatoes. Seriously! I have done everything I can with them and they just keep multiplying. And now I have 6 zucchini growing so that will be my next nightmare. But I love zucchini bread and that stuff freezes really good so no biggie there. Oh, and we have 3 watermelon growing! Green beans are dying out but they were damn good this year and I did get some froze for the winter.

10. Our puppies will be here in 3-4 weeks. Trying to decide if I should keep the pup that I get or do I sell it. Knowing me, I will fall in love with the little sucker and want to keep it. Buttttt…people have been telling me that there will be territorial issues if I get a male and if I get a female, I will have to have both of them fixed. I is so confused!

11. Dammit, showing parts of Ghost on TV right now! And the interview that Barbara Walters did and he is crying. Shit, now I’m gonna cry!

Ok, that is enough of my brain for now. This is cute and I have to share:
A Sheriff in a small town in Texas walks out in the street and sees a blond haired cowboy coming toward him with nothing on but his cowboy hat, his gun and his boots. He arrests him for indecent exposure.As he is locking him up, he asks 'Why in the world are you walking around like this?'The cowboy says, 'Well it's like this Sheriff .... I was in this bar down the road and this pretty little red head asks me to go out to her motor home with her. So I did. We go inside and she pulls off her top and asks me to pull off my shirt... So I did.Then she pulls off her skirt and asks me to pull off my pants... So I did. Then she pulls off her panties and asks me to pull off my shorts...so I did. Then she gets on the bed and looks at me kind of sexy and says, 'Now go to town cowboy...

‘'And here I am.'

Son of a Gun. Blonde Men do exist

Hugs & Kizzes
Karen