Ten Thought Tuesday

Ten on Tuesday, huh? I could go on for days!!! So as not to completely bore you to tears I will break it down in days.



1. Last Sunday, last day of rest in what will seem like a lifetime.


2. Monday, shopped for paint, bought 9 new lights to go in and outside the house, went to the garden store and bought a gazillion plants for porch and garden. Picture will be posted as soon as the camera recharges because I is an idjit and forgot to plug the damn thing in.


3. Tuesday, paint, paint….. oh, and I painted. I painted my living area a dark blue and tan. I had painted in here when I first moved in 6 years ago but went easy and just had it painted off white. OK, so that has been boring since day one but with all that I was going through then, it was the easiest. Now let me just tell you this……you must not be a lazy, fat and middle aged woman that just came from sitting her ass by a pool or beach for a week before you attempt dark colors. Unless you like to be able to not move. Did this for about 5 hours before I gave up and started drinking!


4. Wednesday, started painting at about 9:30 AM finished oh somewhere around 6:00 PM. Tomorrow is gonna suck. And it did!! But it is done. Well, except for some clean up and I suppose I need to put all of my stuff back but I am getting there…sometime this year.


5. Thursday, more shopping because I have 3 parties coming up and of course I am the deviled eggs queen and had request coming from all directions. And food to buy for some of said parties, one of which will be here, which added in some cleaning. So after $230 at Wally World, $100 at Marsh, $40 more in just little crap, I am home and tired. But then I remember I am to meet my friends that just got back from the Bahamas, so I go off to attempt to drown myself in the shower because I had to pass that bed that I haven’t had much time with. Those 4 hours of sitting were glorious because tomorrow, we are back at it!


6. Friday, cooking day! SIX dozen eggs were cooked, peeled, and deviled. I don’t do just plain ole deviling so there was garlic and onions to chop. Also made 3 gallons of cold slaw, 4 clam shells of sweetened strawberries for shortcake, shucked 20 ears of corn to soak and then started drinking!


7. Saturday, had my Niece’s Graduation at 11:00 AM so we are up to get purdied up and off we go to that. Luckily out of a class of 800, she was the 5th one across the stage due to her Honor things so we were actually out of there around 12:30. Then I supervised the kid on some cleaning, made Gregg do some things and I did the flowers on the porch. Have a pitch-in to be at around 5:00 PM so have to get it done fast. Hit the shower, grabbed a bunch of deviled eggs and stuff and we were gone. Then I started drinking!


8. Sunday, Race Day in Indy and I have people coming to my house which is still a mess from painting. My porch looks like Linus and all of his dirty friends have been out there. I want to start drinking! But I didn’t…yet! Ran around here like a mad woman until right at 12:00, when people start arriving. At this point, I surrendered! I have great friends that know if they say anything about dirt or dust, I will hand them the cleaning stuff and tell them to enjoy themselves so all was well. I had the laptop out so we could sort of see the race but we mostly listened to it on the radio. Outside, in the freaking hotter than Hell heat. Until I had the brain fart of hooking the laptop to the big screen TV and we sat in the air conditioning. We had hot dogs, burgers, and brats to cook but I “thought” I could hand that to Gregg but then I remembered he is really good at making burgers into hockey pucks, sooooooooo I do that cooking too! Then I started drinking! All was well and I is tired.


9. Monday, my Niece’s Grad Party. My Seester had asked me to come over early, 1:00, to help and I didn’t realize that meant slave labor in 85 degree heat with no breaks! I had made her, of course, deviled eggs and then had to doctor up some store bought tater salad and coleslaw because we were both just too out of time to do the homemade thing. I finally escaped around 5:45. I was secretly trying to get out of there before our crazy Aunt’s showed up and I DID!! My Seester called me a Bitch like it was a bad thing! Sorry, your house, you can’t leave. And she started drinking! I came home, got in my jammies and I ain’t taking these things off until about 4:00 TUESDAY!!


10. Tuesday, I couldn’t sleep for shit last night thanks to fucking hot flashes so I actually didn’t un-ass the bed until 10:30! This is about the limit of my movement today and with my fingers being swollen from using them so much last week, I think I will MAYBE take a hot shower, MAYBE put on some clean jammies, and that could be it! I have enough leftovers from three parties that I may not have to cook for this bunch until at least Friday! If I feel like it!


So there are my TEN for the day! I left a bunch of the little crap out because this was getting (got) long!!


Oh, and did I mention that school got out on Friday and it only took him until about 6:00 PM that day to say he is bored?!?!


Oh, and I messed with the old desk top and got a new router installed so I can use the laptop so when I actually GO TO YOUR PAGES, I can COMMENT!! I have been reading but unable to say much but I will be catching up with comments and stuff!

I'm Back!!!

Oh Hi! Don’t I know you? I know I do from somewhere!! How have you been? Hi Marty, Chip, BTC, Erin, Patti, Billie, Fannie, Kippy, Kerry, Norfy, Dave, Kat, Terry, and all the rest!!!!



Things have been crazy busy around here since I got back. I have had a 12 year old and a 52 year old attached at each hip and two Shit Tzu’s wrapped around my legs!! You would think I had been gone for months! At least the house was clean when I got home and all of them have their original body parts!


And some things that I have been asking for months to be done were actually done!! YEAH!!! New fan up in living room, old fan put in bedroom (my hot flashes thanked them the most) and the tanning bed has been moved to storage so I can get this room back in shape and painted!


Blog about the trip will come soon. I have worked on it a little but I am going to have to do it in stages or you will need to get a very large bottle of wine to get through it all!


I am slowly catching up with all of you and if I haven’t commented it is not my fault! Really it’s not. Every time I get on Multiply my freaking computer freezes up! I am getting ready to do a major dump on this thing. I just have to check with an IT guy before I do the drastic deed! I have backed up all pics and important documents so I think I am good to just completely deleting everything and resetting back to factory settings. Then reload the needed parts! If any of you geeks know better please advise!


I am so excited for Kippy this weekend! Hope she calms down a little and enjoys her day! Marty, those little favors were gorgeous! You are such a big sweetie!


Speaking of which, my friends that are in Bahamas called today and I missed it because I didn’t recognize the number so I didn’t answer! DAMMIT!! They can’t use their cells down there so they used a calling card! They are getting remarried in a few hours!!


Weather here has sucked this week and it is hard to get motivated to do shit. It is really hard after you have been in the sun and 90 degrees for a week! We had PERFECT weather the whole week. A couple of rain showers at night but we were safely ensconced in the Tiki Bar so no bother! LOL


I finally cooked this Sunday for the first time in two weeks!! Another moment when my family thanked me for being home!! I made BBQ ribs, country and western style, and corn on the cob and tater salad! It was fabulous. Not as good as the steak and lobster I was eating a week ago but still good!


Ok, guess I will go get the 11 hundredth load of laundry out and maybe think about a shower or sumpin’. Hope you all are having a great Tuesday and I am still trying to catch up on all of you!

Last Blog!

Yep, this is my last blog………from Indiana for a week! I can’t believe it has finally made it to this time. I have all of my ducks in a row (I hope) and just around 85 things to do today! Forty-eight hours from now, I be gone!! Well, actually I will be landing in Atlanta as the asshats changed my flight so I have to change planes there. I HATE Atlanta Airport. That place is just nasty! But at 10 :40 am Thursday, I will be FREE!!!!







Yesterday’s list:






Cleaned carpets






Tanned






Ran to Dollar Store for toilet paper. We had one half roll in each bathroom left. Gregg deemed that an emergency! Well, I suppose it is since I canceled the paper for the week so that would have left him shit out of luck! Tee Hee






Printed off all info for various sorts that need to know what plane I am on should it decide to take a dive in Kentucky.






Cleaned up all piles lying around. I have too much shit…






Watched the DVD for my camera so I have a chance of taking good pictures






Did the nails






Did all dishes and put them away. Kitchen is spotless as I will not being using it for the next several days. Yes, we had leftover pizza last night from Sunday and tonight it is what ever you can find and if you make a mess I suggest you clean it up. The maid has or will be leaving the building






Double checked that all bills were paid as not to have any surprises when I get home






Get surprise thingies done---you will see---






Today’s list is way worse






Get cards for the girl’s for Mother’s Day. Connie gives me one every year and I usually forget so I am going to be prepared this year, dammit!






Last load of laundry






Iron some of the worse things. We have an iron in our room so I am just knocking the worst off. Yes, OCD requires ALL of my clothes be ironed before I wear them.






Pack Andy and get him ready. First I have to go buy him some jeans. The little shit has managed to split two pairs just this week.






Go to the OMG Wally World for shit that I can only find there






Tan






Prolly should water the plants. I heard one scream this morning while walking by the poor thing






Order cigs for when I get back






Email all teachers to let them know that I am gone and they need to contact Seester if butthead does anything stoopid






Pass out assorted keys so people can walk the dogs during the day






Do some…ummm…grooming. I know, TMI, but I do have to put on a bathing suit in 48 hours!






Run around like a chicken with it’s head missing to remember everything






Have to be somewhere at 6 pm tonight. Friends want to say good bye and I could win $$$. Two of my really good friends leave for the Bahamas the day we come back. They are the ones that I told you he is surprising her with a vow renewal. They will be gone for 12 days! He sent me the link and OMG, I am SO JEALOUS!!!






I don’t have to worry about Gregg at all as he is a big boy and can fend for himself. I usually make him a meatloaf and he will eat on that for three days but there is one in the freezer if he so desires to thaw that it and heat it up in the oven. I showed him how!






I will be blogging from Florida but I do not have to take my laptop as Misty Blue is taking hers. One less thing I have to mess with. And I wouldn’t count on every day because I am going to be slightly busy watch the young hard bodies on the beach. I’m just sayin’!






I leave home tomorrow around 2 pm to go to Connie’s. We are getting our pedi’s and then it is VACATION TIME!! Since her Hubby is taking us to the airport and we have to be there at 4:30 AM, it works well if I just spend the night there. If I was betting girl…ahem…we probably will just stay up all night, get on the plane and sleep when we get there. We pack easy sundress type things and change when we get there. We are usually too early to check in but they have a big bathroom right there by the Tiki Bar where we get comfy.






That’s about all I got today. Aren’t you glad I just took those minutes of your life away that you can never get back?






Hope you all have a fantastic week and stay out of trouble. I can not promise the same on this end!

Troubles and Troubles!

I am having some serious issues with this computer today! I have spent HOURS deleting crap and baking up everything and it is still giving me fits!! I get to one of your blogs, I read, and just as I am about to comment, SOB locks up and I have to reboot! ARGH!!!

But anyway, here is the cake I *made* for Rose and then some pics of the poopers after a day at the Spa! Ye, they put bows in my MALE dogs ears!!!!

I am going to add one more ding dong to raise the cupcake up but I wanted to wait until I got it there so it didn't fall over!

Ten Thought Tuesday!!

Ten thought is what you want, ten thoughts is what you get…maybe!!!

1. I haven’t been around much lately except for a little lurking. It’s that life thing. Too much too do and not enough time. Or I have just been playing too much! That damn Wii has been teasing me into playing for way too long! Mario Brothers need to die, dammit!

2. No word on the identity theft deal. They say the investigation is going on but that is all I get. If I get my next bill and it has anything funky on it, let’s just say “It ain’t gonna be purty Ma”. They have their address so I don’t get why they just don’t go get them. Duh!!

3. While at the store last week I bought SEEDLESS grapes. But they weren’t! Damn near broke a tooth finding this out. Can I sue for false advertisement? This is the reason I usually taste one before buying. But I didn’t this time because Gregg was with me and if you ever really want to see what kind of insane you are, go to the store with him!! And no, I don’t tell them to add a penny because I ate one. They can Bite Me!!

4. I am packed!! Oh hush…..I am a woman and I need my shit! Gregg was laughing at me and I just told him to think about all of the stuff you use and need during one week and then if you had to put it in a suitcase. Yes, I buy crap while I am there too and most of the toiletries are sample size and will not be coming back but DAMMIT I need 5 pairs of shoes that I will probably only carry with me and plop them on the floor at whatever Tiki bar we go to!! I don’t try shoes on; I just hold them next to my hip and see how they look while carrying them! Oh Hush!

5. I am going to buy a new camera today!!!! I have an old digital but the flash seems to take FOREVER and I can never get those spontaneous shots so I am treating myself to a new one! And no, not a fancy one like you photographers use, just a new point and shoot digital camera! Saw some in the Sunday ads that were less than $100. Twelve pixels (whatever a pixel is?) with a 3” screen to see and just point and shoot. Well, the have other features but we all know I will never figure out how to work them Oh sure, they come with a DVD you can watch and learn but what are the chances that I watch and learn?

6. Tomorrow is a good friend’s birthday and she is crazy nuts about Hostess crap so I am making her a Hostess cake!! LOL I am not as talented as Billie so I am taking cupcakes and ding dongs and making a layer cake. Just for the Hell of it!!

7. I have weird neighbors. It seems like everyday they empty out their shed and put it ALL back in and then every evening he washes the driveway with the hose!?!? WTF!! Dude, it has been raining for three day, I’m a thinkin’ it’s CLEAN!!

8. Did you know that when it has been raining for three day and you have two small furry things that have to go outside 75 times a day, there is really no good reason to mop any floors in your house? Unless you REALLY like mopping. Then I need you to move in with me until Spring is over!

9. I get to go have a REAL pedicure next week!! I do my own fingernails and usually do the toes too but I am treating myself!!

10. Ok, that’s enough spewing for one day! I gotta go shower and run around town like a crazy woman on a mission because well, I will be on a mission! It’s those damn list that keep staring at me!!

I have to admit, I have been lurking A L O T this week. See, it is really hard to type with one hand while holding the phone to your ear. And it seems as both phones have been at me ear for the ENTIRE week! And can even say that at one point, I had both of them to my ears at the same time.



It just seems alot of things are going down and have to be handled on the phone because if I saw some of these people face to face, I would need bail money!! Lots and lots of bail money!


Yesterday I thought I had it down to a dull roar and ran a few errands, relaxed in the tanning bed and was prepared for a nice evening out with some friends! I stop to get the mail on my way home, hey look, no bills!! Yea Me!! Butttt…there is a letter from AT&T. It is not my name but it is my address. I open it. It says “Thank you for establishing service with AT&T!!! Ummm, asshats, I have had your service for over 13 years. A few lines down it says if you did not recently authorized service please call. So I did! HOLD CITY! AGAIN!


Finally get a lady and I tell her that I did not authorize any services because I already have them!


Lady: Maybe your husband allowed someone to establish service with his SS number?


Me: Nope, don’t think so. He’s been dead for almost 7 years! He doesn’t need a phone or Internet!


Lady: Oh, urmm…uhh…ok then. Maybe a friend or relative?


Me: Nope, don’t even know anyone in the town that you told me they were trying to hook up service!


(See, she had already verified my address and then told me the address where they are trying to get service!)


Lady: Well, they used the same SS of your husband but a different name. And BTW, why do you still have your Hubby’s name on the account?


Me: Because I can. And as you will see, my name is also on there with my SS! I was told that was all I had to do to maintain service after he died and I moved. But back to the problem, what do I need to do to keep these people from adding an account onto mine?


Lady: We have to contact the Fraud Investigator and investigate. Please hold while I contact him!


****Cue theme from Jeopardy here…oh, about 100 times******


Lady: He is not answering. Can you hold for a couple of more minutes and I will try (insert some name I don’t remember)?


Me: Well, I can’t be on hold much longer, I have to get my kid from the bus stop. (Yes, I realize I am going to Hell for lying but I promise to save some of you a seat)


Lady: OK, I promise not even two minutes!


****insert music from the 80’s*****


This part I was actually enjoying but she came back on before the song was even over!


Lady: I will have to get back to you on Monday and have the full investigation going.


Me: So there will be NO services turned on between now and then?


Lady: The order is pending and I will put a freeze on it for now!


Me: So should I call the Police and file fraud against these people. I mean, you do have the address for them and all of that so they can go and arrest them? Before they do anything else with Tom’s information. Who knows, they may have mine off of the account too!


Lady: I will call you on Monday and nothing will be done until then. They will get no service and we will not let on that they are being investigated until we solve this problem. Have a nice weekend!


So, here I sit wondering what else Tom is buying while I am not looking! I hope I get some pretty Bling Bling!


And that has been my week! Today I am taking the day off. I refuse to shower or even get out of my jammies! You can’t make me. It is raining and yucky and I can’t think of a good reason to go outside! I have already had one nap and it is only 12:15! Take that!


TRYING to go back and comment on all of you chatty people. If I leave anybody out, please forgive me and I will send you chocolate! If there is any left~

I sorry!! I lurked about a bit yesterday but didn’t comment much! Gregg is off on Wednesday’s and as you saw, he left me a sweet card on the table with my paper! So, I didn’t play on here much! He wasn’t feeling real good so he was all whiny and stuff and Momma had to baby him!



Then he really started laughing and messing with me! Bastard!


See, I am a female! I know, but it’s true!


I HAVE to start pack WAY ahead of time as you know! I had a few piles of stuff in the bedroom but had not actually pulled the suitcase out. Until yesterday! And I got the BIG sucker out too! Now, I will give you a little back info. When I come home each year, I wash everything, regardless if I wore it or not! Sand gets into EVERYTHING!! I then put most of the “beach wear” right back in it! I then pull it out the next year, wash it again and repack. I also buy new things and add throughout the year. Then the decisions have to start!


Am I taking this, do I have shoes that match or do I need to buy a new pair (shhh, I heard that), will it cross match with this so I can not take as much? See my dilemma? Then there are the “special” things that need to go and more lists to be made of what needs to be replaced!


The overnight bag is a dilemma too! So damn much that you have to do to get those damn things onto the plane! Three ounces, threes ounces, and three ounces…in zip baggies and blah, blah, blah!


Luckily, I sign up for a gazillion freebies on here so I have most toiletries in sample sizes that work perfect! Seven little packets of shampoo/ conditioner, soap, toothpaste, mouth wash…all that free and disposable! Less to carry home! I also have a brush, comb, curling iron; crap like that I bought to STAY in the bag!


See much OCD going on here? Nope, not me! There is a method to my madness. Gregg don’t get it but he is Male, he gets nothing unless it is about sports!


I have a black EZ comb that I LOVE! It is an As Seen on TV thing but they work so well. With long hair, sand, wind, and humidity, this thing keeps my hair up and I can lay my head back on the beach chair and it doesn’t hurt!


I CAN’T FIND IT!!!!


And this is where the laughing really starts! I will not describe my efforts in finding this thing. I refuse to tell how many times I opened the same draws and looked…again…and again!


I added it to the list! Wally World has them, Thank You Jebus!!!


And on another note, Patti I get the “I need my thumbs”! I seriously do!


Last night for dinner, I got to have Chinese, which Gregg won’t eat it, but was feeling puny and wanted soup. I made a yummy Sweet & Spicy Shrimp and Flied Lice!!! Stuff was good. I was hungry two hours later but what the Hell!


Ok, so after I eat I am cleaning the kitchen. I was emptying the dish washer and was putting the last glass on the shelf. I have been telling myself for a long time that there is too much in that cabinet and I should take some of the crap out of there! Well, I now have one less glass in there!


As I was pushing the last one in, a BIG GLASS fell and hit the cabinet. As I was jumping back with the usual “Shit”, the big bottom hit the counter, bounced up and…slits my thumb WIDE open! And I got dizzy!! WTF!!!!!!!!!! With all of my old female issues, blood should NOT affect me in any way!


I couldn’t get that sucker to stop bleeding and I probably should have had a stitch or two but that is why God made painkillers! The cut is right across the bottom (palm side) joint. Most inconvenient, let me tell you! I hit that SOB at least every 5 seconds. Even typing this out I have hit it numerous times hitting the space bar!!! Woke up several times last night trying to use it! I see blood on the bandage but don’t feel like changing the bandage yet!!


Tomorrow, I have a Girl’s DAY!!!!!! We go to the fancy-schmancy hair place and the……..Margaritas with the girls! About 5-6 of us are going to meet up and have an afternoon! I think Connie is spending the night too so I will be gone until Saturday on here. THEN on Saturday….I have to make 120 deviled eggs! Yea, 120 of those things. I have two things coming up this weekend and since I make the Best (or so they say to stroke my ego to get me to make them) I will have a very smelly house! Which is always fun when Gregg can’t stand the smell!


One event I am not even participating in but got ***cough**cough** coerced into making them and then on Sunday is the Memorial for Bonnie!!


Ok, enough boredom for one day! No, probably not