Yes... I admit it...

• I love Blinkies
• I am a Blinkie Whore
• I cannot have too many blinkies (and I have around 10,000!!! No lie there either, pathetic huh?)
• I still seek out and save Blinkies
• I make Blinkies
• I need help
• Can anyone say ... Blinkies Anonymous?

If you do not understand what I am talking about - be sure to scroll the left menu!! LOL... and yes, I'll be changing and adding! Sad sad sad...

Go Vote for MA GIRL!!

One of my best friends from Highschool is a singer breaking through... PLEASE do me a favor and go check her out ... help her get on the radio by clicking on the link below and as often as you would like :)

http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=46674&g=1188501344

Here is her site (she's also on Myspace)

http://www.5150xo.com/sho.html

http://www.myspace.com/thejewelof5150xo

I love her song "FRUSTRATED" that is on her Myspace Page!!

Ooooooh I donno if it's funny....

Or gross........

Okay I'm watching AFTER DARK from last night... 75% of the time, it's drinking games and bets... but there is the occasional game play/talk ...

Anyway ... currently - they are doing the drinking game (quarters) and they make up crazy rules upon winning... right now..... Dick, Eric & Zach have to kiss ... pucker up baby... on the cheek/forehead - whatever... then the rule got added that they have to stroke hair before the peck on the cheek.. Oye... I donno if I should laugh or cry!!!

Previous to that - Amber, Jamekia and Jess were all up in the HOH room and Amber is just laying it on Jess how Eric is playing her and playing his game through her, how he's a master manipulator and how she should know because SHE "use to be" a master manipulator - but yet she is telling Jessica everything she can to make her doubt Eric in every way - so WHO is the "Master Manipulator?" ... Anyway she's totally telling Jess not to talk to Eric about the convo and how he's doing this and that behind her back, Jess is totally denying the whole Dick, Dani, Eric, Jess to the final four thing... which I think is smart on her part right now ... BUT... she is digging a hole for Eric. I like Eric, I like Jess... (yeah her voice is a tad bit Gilbert Godfrey but she seems very genuine).. Amber, I liked her a lot at first (probably the whole Mom thing) ... but now, I've seen her lie so much in this house, and she sits there and makes herself out to be this honest person- when she's not... it annoys me. Zach has sat in the background too long - and that's not just how they portray it on the CBS show, it was like that before. Dick and Danielle, ya know, I go back and forth on them... I like them.. but honestly - I thought that Danielle was the stuck up type before, and after looking at her blog - I think it more... but she is "only 21" ... (rolling eyes) ... but Jess is more genuine then Danielle is, and they are the same age. I don't know how typical 21 year olds are, because I was never one. By the time I turned 21, I had been married for 2 years and had an 18 month old child. I never drank (not until I was 29 and dating my bartender ex-boyfriend) ... so I don't know what it's like. However she seems a bit over that edge to me. Dick I think he is true to himself 100%... and I can see Danielles issue with him, and I can see what Dick says about her too. Danielle uses the word "hate" a lot... "I hate this house" "I hate the people in this house" "I hate being here" .. she signed UP for this. She's the only one making herself miserable. Anyway ... Jamika I also think is very true to who she is.

So, how did you like last nights show??? What did you think about the kiss?

I kept telling Dennis that if we were in a situation like that, and I found out that our first kiss was put forth because "America wanted it" ... I would cut off a certain part of his anatomy and then leave. So I'm rather happy that it actually happened BEFORE that... but I was ROLLING with laughter when the task was put forth and then they checked off that the task was completed, and added "barely" to it... lololol

What else was there about the show... hummmm... oooooooooooh ... Amber on the show?? OMG... WHY DIDN'T SHE JUST LEAVE??? I was actually HOPING Danielle would get through just to see her react to Nick - BUT you got that when you saw her watching it... her crying ::raising eyebrow:: I REALLY wonder if her boyfriend has basically broken up with her.

BTW - the "blog" I mentioned earlier is in my FUN LINKS or whatever I called it down at the bottom of my side menu ... but here is the link....

Danielle's LiveJournal Blog

DANCING WITH THE STARS *Line up for Fall Show*

Melanie Brown....
AKA: "Scary Spice" from Spice Girls











Sabrina Bryan
Cheetah Girls and The Bold and The Beautiful








Jennie Garth...
Best Known from: 90210 ... What I Like About You











Josie Maran
Model (Sports Illustrated & Other Stuff)









Marie Osmond
The Donny & Marie Show












Jane Seymour
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman .. and one of my favorite movies "SOMEWHERE IN TIME"









Helio Castroneves
Race Car Driver - 2 Time Winner Indianapolis 500









Mark Cuban
Bartender turned Billionaire - Dallas Mavericks Owner









Cameron Mathison
on All My Children









Floyd Mayweather
Boxer










Wayne Newton
Singer









Albert Reed
Abercrombre & Fitch Model

My Little Exhibitionist

Mr. Nathan is quite the little Exhibitionist..

He spent all day yesterday...

Playing this game...

Step 1: Get Mommy's Attention...

Step 2... Show her my chest... currently hairless...

Step 3: Laugh without sound coming out of mouth...

Mission Accomplished....

It's been a long day....

And I haven't even loaded the pictures... so you'll have to wait........ I know, DARN huh?

Don't cry - it's not like you won't EVER see them?!

So - first and foremost.... Sunday is known as "THE DAY OF REST" ... well, I so didn't rest today, and I have the swollen joints to prove it! Among other things, I did 3 loads of laundry, cleaned the laundry room (because I have a couple of crumb snatchers who seem to think that putting clothes in the designated hamper for washing is not a requirement and the floor works just as well, and eventually the clothes become a carpet of sorts)... I folded about 6 loads of laundry and put away (so far) about 4 of them.... I re-folded/stacked Calahan's closet because it drives me INSANE how he just throws things where-ever ... this is why I don't go in there often. BECAUSE I MUST FIX IT ... I did dishes, (which I just has the bottles left which I like to soak in hot water for awhile, and wouldn't you know... Dennis cooked and there are 2 more loads... ) ... I also started working on Nathan's calender & baby book off some notes and blogs. Not to mention feeding, changing, doing footprints, and playing with/entertaining my boss (aka Nathan).

Humph.... and I HURT....... I hate this stupid illness crap sometimes. I'm lucky because I don't have relapse like this very often, last time I had one near this (was actually worse then my current one) was late 2002-2003... But let me tell you - I am hurting so bad I could cry, all I want to do is crawl back into bed and sleep.

Anyway... enough whining...

I think that the kids have decided what they want to be for Halloween...

Calahan decided on the costume below... he wanted a "Ghost Rider" type costume but didn't like the ones they actually have out for Ghost Rider...

Last year Noah wanted to be a Power Ranger soooooooooo bad, and I was hoping to snuff out the Power Ranger obsession - well - it didn't work... I had told him last year her could be a Power Ranger this year... hoping that he would forget... well.... he didn't...

And for Nathan... it was between the Wizard Costume I already posted a picture of, and this... when i showed Dennis he said "a roll of life savers?" "fruit loops?" ... lololol... no no no, it's called "Wiggle Worm" LOL... and I think it's too freakin cute!!
As for Dennis and I - have no clue what we are going to be this year. LOL... but we best start thinking now! HUH? LOL...

Anyway - that's about it right now... I'll load pictures up tomorrow - I'm sure I won't be moving much the way I'm feeling now. I'm going to go take a shower, and head to bed ... (oh crap, I have to make it first!! I washed the sheets today!!)

Truck Adventures...

We've had an interesting last few days... full of car salesmen, excitement and disappointment...


So........ putting our "house finding" on hold for another year ... I told Dennis maybe we should concentrate on getting a second vehicle... with the whole ... Nathan's issues ON TOP of Noah's... and having Noah and Calahan in 2 different schools this year... Noah will probably be bussed, BUT Cal isn't - and his is farther - and he can't exactly right his bike hauling his Trombone...

This all started, pretty much, because I was tired of sitting around the house on Thursday... but I didn't say anything until we were walking around Shopko and I told him pretty much what I said above. Well, not for those reasons, but I said because of Nathan's appointments... I have had to reschedule so many appointments because of gas issues... why waste the gas to drive Dennis in, drive back, do what I need, drive back in to pick him up after work, drive back... and I have two boys that get very sick very quickly in the heat (which we don't have right now) ... Anyway... Dennis and I agreed to look around, but on the drive home, Dennis decided to stop at BUCK TRUCK & AUTO on our way home... they are having a "Liquidation" sale of some sort, of repossessed vehicles... Their ad's said first 3 months of payments is "free" ... works with bad credit, ect and so on...

The first truck we looked at (Thursday/Friday) ..

It's a 2004 GMC Canyon - Crew Cab ... It was a nice truck,
however, when I saw it - I was NOT impressed. I like trucks, have a *thing* for trucks really. This was a small truck... small bed, fits five snug (can I really see 2 carseats in there? If not THREE?? I donno)... but it was in nice condition and had several nice features...

Although, we are not getting it. Our credit is not so good, well, Dennis' isn't so good and I guess I am a "ghost" (Hello, My name is Casper!) ... I have no credit at all. So originally when Dennis spot with the sales guy "Ken" ... he was told he was approved, no problem. That he had a truck in mind for him ... said it was in our price range ($200-$250 a month) and that it was a crew cab (the only limitation I put on Dennis getting a truck was it HAD to be an extended cab. A "Crew Cab" is an actual 4 door - all open the same way, instead of the double open of an extended cab.) ...

This sounded AWESOME... right up our ally... I wanted to do this on our own without asking my Mom for help. See - my mom has helped me out SO MUCH and so has my Step-Dad, through the years. Before my divorce, after, and since... Dennis and I are trying to get on our own two feet...

But then, after all this good news.... we go back there and are told ... we need a co-signer, someone who has had an auto loan in the last 10 years sometime... but then he says "just get anyone, doesn't matter their credit" ... So after a few calls, I break down and text my mom, asking her to call me on her lunch break - which she does. I explain to her what is going on, and that after finding out HOW much the truck is (which we never got a straight answer on yet) and make sure the payments are in our range... IF that all falls into place, if I could use her as a co-signer... she says yes... so I gather up her info (all of which I had in various places) and go on about things... until Dennis gets home from work.

The whole time, I'm talking to two of my friends thinking... this just doesn't *FEEL* right.. this isn't sitting right in my gut ... and I actually refered to it as a "bait and switch" ploy because the truck he told us about, and the "price" he was thinking about Thursday - were two totally different trucks, but kept pushing this other truck on us, and never once offered anything else...

Don't get me wrong, the truck is nice... just not the truck I would have picked out.

So we get there after Dennis comes home... and we're there for about 90 minutes. We took a test drive, it was alright. The inside didn't have many bells and whistles as the outside, but it was okay. I pulled out the "inspection" card from the glove box as I'm snooping and looking at all the compartments ... and it says that they wanted 20,000 for it

Ahhhhhhh .... WHHHHHHHHHATTTTT??????????

So for the um-teenth time... we ask "Ken" how much the truck is... all he tells us is that "I'll find out how much is left on it, it's whatever is left on the loan" ... but does he ever give us a number? Ahhhhhh ... no, and we ask him 20 times. Seriously. We ask him what the payment is going to be, and finally he says "well 200-250 is pretty much a small car, and 300-350 is a better car ... " and blah blah... I'm like, I was right. He's trying to hose us....

Bastard...

So after they come back and say that my mom's credit is "not good enough" .. he says "she has good credit but she only has a few credit cards on there and it's just not enough - do you know anyone with better credit" ... I say "my step-father but I am trying not to ask him" ... "Do you want me to call him?" they ask... I looked at him like he had just bite the head off a chicken and said "NOOOOOO" ... gawd, much rude or anything??? .... pretty much 10 mintues later, we were gone.... GOODBYE TRUCK... Goodbye... I wasn't impressed with your fake "I wanna be a truck" self anyway...

Dennis however is upset... upset that he was hosed, upset that he got the run around... upset he got his hopes soooooooooo high, only to be crushed ... grrrrrrr....

So ... why do we need a truck?

• we need a second vehicle for reasons:
• 1: medical with Noah and Nathan
• 2: school for Noah and Cal
• 3: work for Dennis
• 4: so I don't go insane in the same 4 walls
• we need something more reliable with my '94 van
• it would be nice to have something to haul things in
• Trucks are sexy (ha ha - that's my own personal reason)
• Something that will LAST

So... we thought - for about a nano-second last night - screw it... we'll finish getting caught up on bills... and blah blah... we've lived without a second vehicle now for ... over a year...

But NO... the more I thought about it ... the more I thought... this is just wrong, I've had to reschedule appointments so many times, because it was better for Dennis to take the van to work that day - or whatever.. but then I'm like, but with the kids starting school first week of September... Noah is getting bussed due to his disabilities.. Calahan (who's school is farther) is NOT getting bussed, and he has a big arse trombone!! He can't ride with that trombone, trust me, he TRIED.. lol.. "This one time, at Band Camp....... " no no it wasn't anything like that...sheesh people!!

So ... Dennis got on the net this morning and started looking... and found a truck more in our price range... called the guy... we went to look, and I found a truck I liked better. The moment I saw the truck, my head snapped around, and I said "What about that one? I lliiiiiiiike that one" ... teehee...

So he looked at this one with a lift kit that needed a step stool to get into ... and this other one that he had seen... and then he looked at my gut instinct and said... "yeah, I like this one the most too" ..

The front seat... this actually will seat 6 people comfortably (or at least, us two and 4 kids, including carseats!) ... the backseat (the pictures under) has drink holders that fold out too

Sooooooo ... I drooled, he drooled... and then I called my mom to see if she would still be willing to co-sign. The boys loved it ... Noah yelled "we like the truck" into the cell and even said ... "can we take it home" ...

So - we should, hopefully - know more on Monday. :::Crossing Fingers:::Crossing Toes:::

Link w/ more pics: http://www.getauto.com/vehicledetail/adid-10258207/2000/dodge/ram-1500-slt-laramie-qc-4/cadott/wi

Big Brother 8 Recap...

So....... I'm addicted... not as badly addicted as I have been in the past - with my face stuck on the live feeds message board - following their every move.

Miss HOH this week.... Ya know, my first impression of Jessica was she was the stuck up cheerleader type... which she is the cheerleader type, maybe not the stuck up.... I kept saying this past week, I thought Jess would be the dumb one (but Jen proved that wrong) ... The Blondes are definitely ruling the house though - which I just think is funny!! I think

the final four alliance that was made was the best move in the house yet.There was a Luxury Comp (Fri) and the girls beat the boys - other then that, I shall say no more... She is the only one who hasn't been on the block.

So the Eric and Jessica alliance still holds strong. Which I think is great! They are cute together... and they work well together also. Eric, I think, has gotten a bit screwed by some of the "America's Choices" ... I loved the way he reacted to the whole "Woobie" one... he opened the card and said "America DOES Love me!!" lol... I was really hoping that Eric would go far in the game. I hope they continue and make it to the final

four at least. Eric has gone the longest without playing in a POV! Do you think he'll get to play this week? LOL

Danielle I go back and forth on... the whole Nick vs. BF thing bothers me but then again, I was cheated on and I know how it feels - and to basically have to watch that on TV would be soooooo hard. I just think it's interesting that there wasn't one picture of her boyfriend in the HOH room while she was HOH last week. And then the other little thing that I will mention later.

DICK.. Dick Dick Dick... well, his name fits him ... eh? He's a dick.. in every sense of the word. I think first and foremost he has made the choice to push his daughter as far as he can though. And he was willing to take a bullet for her the other week, and that really says a lot about his true character vs. the "dick" he is to everyone else. He really was an ass though the week he was up. But I understand the reasoning behind it

.... he really wanted everyone to hate him in order to get Danielle farther.

Amber has got to STOP CRYING. It's just annoying.. ya know, I am an emotional person. But I don't think I would even cry that much in that house. Amber is up for eviction again... and from what I see (because I watch other stuff then just the CBS show) .. she is pretty much alienating herself from the rest of the house right now, including Jameka. Jess and Jameka are getting closer and closer... I think Amber has survived a TON of personal issues and she's a strong person, so she needs to start showing it. Nothing like finding "Faith" in the Big Brother House.

Jameka is NOT up for Noms this week, doesn't mean it won't happen after the POV. Although she is acting a bit like Amber in the crying department. I think the fact that she has faith is great. I also like that she doesn't sit there and preach to the house, and think her beliefs are the only beliefs. I like Jameka a lot. I wouldn't be sad to see her make a stand and turn what is expected (Dick, Danielle, Eric, Jess in the final four) ... around... it was nice to see her eat Friday night though.

Zach.... I'm sure he's a great guy outside the house... but the nickname "Shrek" seems to fit him real well. Teehee... He thinks he's got it all figured out. The whole time the past few weeks he has told several HG that he's in tighter with Jess then Eric. (ahhh on what planet?) ... and now he thinks that her putting him up is a "ploy" to back door Dick or Danielle... ummm... yeah, right... Bye Zach, see you on the jury! He is

kissing Jess's ass thinking he'll have her vote if there is a tie... what he doesn't know is that Jess would rather him gone. He has made every attempt possible to butt in on Eric & Jess' time together... and at one point last week - he went so far as to lay on the bed WITH them, on Jess' side... and laid with her head RIGHT between her boobs.... THAT, in my opinion (and it seems that Jessica shares that opinion) was beyond over the line.

Our newest evicted... Jen.. can I just say... Thank GOD??? No really..although she provided enough drama in the house for a life time... come on - you have to wonder if she's really that much of an ... airhead... or if it was all an act. I understand the "on the block, getting back doored" melt down - but what she did was way wrong in even the moral aspect from with in the game! Eatting while on slope... destroying someone elses things (although I don't disagree with her, I would never distroy Dennis' cigs..) ... and the whole way that she talks.. I'm so tired of her saying "Okay" ... cuz... BBBBBBBBBBBLAH. She says it in a way that makes her look so dumb. And the fact that not only did she CRY at the sight of her memory wall picture because it was "so bad" .. and THEN took DOWN all of her pictures in the HOH room when she was HOH... can we say "superficial stuck up bitch?" OMGoodness... I guess I just did... (insert rolling eyes here)

And Jen and Dustin in the sequester house... that would be a blast to watch.... a show of it's own!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA...

And I think it is great that Danielle and Amber got on "THE POWER OF

10" ... I LOVVVVVVVE that show! LOL... Drew is the best... but guess who was flown in as Danielle's support person!? Yeah, the picture to the side is a BIG clue... that's right... Nick. And they label him as "Danielle's BB8 Boyfriend" OMG!!! We are really trying to kill that relationship she has with her boyfriend aren't we? I mean - is this a ... her boyfriend said "ENOUGH" thing and has basically broken up with her without her knowing (currently) ... or is this a ploy from BB to throw a little more "showmance" into the mix. They don't have enough of that with Eric and Jess right now.... WHICH btw.. it seems that Eric has had a bit of a romance type thing outside the house... sounds like an on again off agian type thing.. but... I'm sure she's really enjoying the talk of marriage and moving to Kansas that Eric is (although half heartedly joking) saying.

So be sure to tune in Tuesday night before Big Brother - to see which HG wins out the head to head and goes on to try for some mula on THE POWER OF 10! Heehee...

Camp Middle School 2007

Calahan spent the last 3 days doing "Camp Middle School" ... I would share the rest of the pictures I have... however... they are currently too large and take way too long to load and I'm not very patient at the moment. Maybe I'll share them later...

So... what does he say about it? ... not much... he thinking having a locker is cool. He hasn't really made any friends, but this one girl he met at the drive-in earlier this summer was there, and they get along pretty well.

Other then that - he's totally cryptic... "Okay" ... "No" .. I asked him if he met all his teachers "Not all of them" ... aaaaaarrrrrghhhh... Moody Teenagers are horrible...

In other news... I spent 3 hours at the Dr's office yesterday ... with all three kids... all getting their physicals (& Nathan's 4 mo check up) ... 7 shots, and one oral dose of meds, later.... and I have SUCH a happy clan. NOT... 24 hours after that... and Nathan would rather cry and moan then smile... Calahan is complianing to no end about his right leg hurting.... and Noah, well, he could care less - he's been through much worse though. LOL..

So tonight we're going out to eat... our weekly tradition.. LOL... No idea where we are going tonight. Then we have to go grocery shopping and diaper getting..

J O Y

Socks .... Scare me...

Out of all the chores I hate, and I do hate THEM ALL... I HATE sorting socks the MOST...

This is what I started with the other night.... and I got all of it done... other then the ones in the basket (those are all Noah's socks... some too small, some too big that Cal grew out of - but tech, all Noah's)... Those were all sorted into piles... the basket, Noah's... the pile infront of that, mine (but Dennis wears mine too) ... the color/black pile next to that - would be my pattern socks, and Dennis's black work socks... the white pile next to that would be Dennis' socks... the pile next to that... would be Calahan's... and the pile in the bag still (where you see the yellow socks, by the laptop) ... would be ones too small for Noah that i have to go through and see if there are any that will fit Nathan.

I still have to finish Noah's socks..... maybe I'll do that later...... maybe I'll avoid it.

Where did I go WRONG????

My neck hurts so bad right now I cannot move it - side to side, up and down... it just HURTS... I don't understand what I did to cause it!! I woke up FINE yesterday morning, and progressively through out the day - it started to hurt and by the time Nathan went to bed last night, I couldn't move it...

A NOT-Complete List of Things I did yesterday... in somewhat order, but not really

• * I got up (before 7)
• * I started cleaning off the futon to find Dennis' phone (he moved it)
• * got him up, off to work
• * Nathan changed and fed
• * I've got dishes soaking
• * cleaned up my paperwork by my (I mean Dennis') laptop...
• * I cleaned off the kitchen table
• * put down the table cloth
• * I'm cleaned off the futon (our couch) ...
• * I've dumped a bunch of laundry on my bed to fold
• * I started a load of laundry
• * fed the kittens, changed their water (cleaned out the dish) ....
• * I put laundry from washer to dryer
• * took some laundry downstairs from our bedroom - started another load....
• * Washed my hair, shaved my pits, got dressed...
• * went in Noah's room to pick up his clothes that came off his closet (it broke-again) ...
• * realized the wall next to his bed is LEAKING AGAIN and the carpet is damp so I get to re-wash ALL those clothes again... joy! -
• * put those clothes in the laundry room - ...
• * I fed Nathan and changed him again
• * did my Monday weigh in! (gag)
• * I updated my Sparks page (weight loss)
• * created my weight loss ticker... and a weight loss chart - documenting my wonderful success and then demise once I got pregnant... ::sigh:::
• * I called to resched. Cal's dentist appt
• * I got physicals sched. for Wed along with Nathan's 4 mo well-baby for Calahan and Noah...
• * I called to find out when Dennis' Nero appt is...
• * changed Nathan's "stinkin up the whole house" diaper
• * Fed Nathan while he looked up at me with admiration (yeah RIGHT)
• * put up a blog - reviews of 4 house hold products (in my blogger)
• * Folded 4 loads of clean clothes... (no one said anything about putting them away!)
• * Fed and changed Nathan AGAIN
• * finished dragging down dirty clothes from my room
• * switched laundry again (washer to dryer, new load in washer .. joy another load to fold)
• * Yelled at the kids countless times today (ha ha ha) ..
• * Even laughed a few times..
• * Killed a spider
• * Yes I took pictures too
• * Stared at the millions of socks to sort with disdain
• * deleted email (cuz I just can't keep up)
• * Checked my OD - read a few people
• * Checked my Cafemom .. for about 2 minutes
• * Updated my chart (yeah that was like, THIS MORNING - why is it way down here?)
• * talked to Cathy (awwwwwwww I love ya!!)
• * Diapered & Fed Nathan again.....
• * Watched Big Brother After Dark (off my DVR)
• * Hurt my neck at some point today...
• * folded another load of laundry
• * did the dishes (all but 2 things, a bowl that needed to soak, and had to re-wash the food proc.)
• * Diapered & Fed Nathan... hummm.. I keep doing that....
• * ate dinner at some point... burgers, tator tots..
• * dumped all the socks on the floor and start to sort them - got all but Noah's 100% done.
• * Caught up on THE CLOSER off my DVR
• * Went to bed
• * Watched half of Hostel
• * .... ah......
• * Went to bed... couldn't sleep
• * turned on TV - Big Brother After Dark
• * Sat with my jaw open...
• * Realized that BIG BROTHER is like watching THE SIMS with words and understanding...
• * turned it off with about an hour or so left
• * Came out to laptop quick... had to make the SIMS vs BIG BROTHER thought public and share my delusion...
• * Went to sleep .... 1:00am (tossed and turned until 1:30 - at least)

TODAY...........

• * eyes pop open.... think to self... "Why is living room light on?"
• * Turn (OWIE) to look at clock... blinking 12:46.....
• * Realize, power went out?
• * Get up ... (SHEER PAIN)
• * turn off light.. think - what the heck...
• * Stove light is blinking - yep power went out... (all clocks are blinking)
• * grab cell - 4:30am
• * go into bedroom, reset alarm clock
• * Neck is in horrid pain... did I get into an accident with an invisible force field and get whiplash?
• * Grab some water
• * Grab cold washcloth..
• * Grab muscle relaxers
• * Take pills with water - lay down - wash cloth on forehead and eyes - PRAY for sleep
• * Wake up again... alarm going off - 6:30... Nathan is fussing a bit..
• * Can't move - too tired... too sore...
• * Dennis gets up to take care of Nathan...
• * go down and wake Cal up - use the bathroom...
• * come upstairs lay back down...
• * Dennis took one look at me and says "I'm staying home" ...
• * In and out of sleep all morning
• * 11 am Nathan has Occupational Therapy ...
• * I'm awake but not really *there* ... Dennis goes to pick up Cal
• * I give Nathan a bottle* Dennis came back with Cal, took Nathan...
• * I passed out some more...
• * In out In out In out of sleep...
• * woke up - ate some toast...
• * oye... can I die now?
• * back to bed
• * Dennis brought crabby Nathan in - I feed him and he and I took a nap together
• * got up - fed Nathan again
• * took some ibuprofen to see if that helps a little (and it has, a little)
• * come on here, went on Sparks - checked OD, Cafemom, FF, and going to head into BlogSpot later :)
• * Got Cal's school items ready for tomorrow (he's suppose to take them) See next blog for that
• * planning on getting a couple blogs out

AND PRAY MY NECK PAIN GETS BETTER!!!

The Real Life SIMS..........

I think I figured it out.........

I really do...

What did I figure out???

Why I like Big Brother so much of course!!

I'm watching AFTER DARK tonight (cuz my neck is KILLING me and so is my back, but not as much as my neck) ... and I realized... while Zac was cooking steak on the grill, Eric and Jess were in the hot tub... Dick and Jen were fighting - screaming back and forth... It's the SIMS in real life!!HAHAHAHAHAA.......

oh my...

So ...... for those of you who watch Big Brother - here is a little heads up for this week.

* Jen took Dicks cigs - destroyed them, poured bleach on them...
* Dick hid all Jen's clothes in the HOH room (for now anyway) in retaliation ...
* Jen........ who is on slop........ went out in the yard, with ... a turkey burger... cottage cheese.... and an apple...

Her "penelty" for eating while on slop?IF she doesn't go home this week (which she will, or would have anyway - Danielle pulled Amber off with the veto and put Jen up earlier on Monday) ... she has an automatic nomination and will stay on the block, she is not elegitable for Veto......

WTF

Does that seem fair???

.......... so - she continues to eat.... and binge really...

Oye...

And with that said... I feel better... sorry if I wrecked any big brother moments for anyone... and forgive any spelling errors... I am so tired, but can't sleep because of the pain - and it's 1am...

Product Review.... Dawn & Charmin!!

Okay seriously ... what do we REALLY think of products we use in our daily life??? Here is how I feel about 4 ...

DAWN DISH SOAP......

I loooooooooooooove Dawn Dish Soap... I think it works the BEST out of all of them (my opinion of course) .... and I am allergic to some of them, so I have to be careful.... THAT being said...

DAWN: DIRECT FOAM ..... (laughing) .. okay - nice concept... but I like my pretty smelling dish soap, and this - just does not - to my sense - smell nice AT ALL.... I don't use it... this is the level it has been at for months! I use it on some stuff... but really - I just don't use it...

DAWN: SIMPLE PLEASURES.... agian - great concept... air freshener built into it... AWESOME ... and it smells sooooooooooooo good!! I bought it the other day - and look - it's half gone... and NO I haven't done THAT many dishes!! In my opinion the quaily of soap, sucks! It doesn't live up to the wonderful DAWN reputation... it sucks. Calahan used half the bottle (no kidding) in one thing of dishes... ::sigh:: I yelled at him for it .. and then used it myself.. and thought - GAWD - no wonder!!

CHARMIN TOILET PAPER...........

Heehee... I use to buy generic ... now I won't buy anything else!! Honestly... I'll pay the extra couple of bucks...

CHARMIN SCENTS - I looooooooooooooooove Charmin Scents... I will buy this over everything else because I just love it!!!

With that said...

CHARMIN MEGA ROLLS.... My mom got us a 12 pack Charmin Mega Roll before she left in the end of May - we were running out - down to our last roll ... and she came back with Calahan (getting him sandles too) with Toilet Paper... okay... so ... whatever - it's Charmin - so it's all good. It is now the END of August, and I just put one of the last 3 rolls on ... so we have a brand new one on the roll.... and 2 left.... It's lasted 3 months so far... obviously, it lives up to what it says!! Sheesh... I don't think I've ever NOT had to buy toilet paper for 3 months! LOL...

Anyway I just had to share...

Just feeling blah.....

(That's Nathan sleeping on me earlier today) I just posted Nathan's pregnancy and birth story... see.. I've been working on Caring Bridge Sites for both Noah and Nathan (for those parents of Special Needs Children - you know what it is .. if you don't - check it out - it's just some place to have to update family and friends on health and such. I am still working on Noah's - I have a lot to add to that... but... Nathan's is pretty much done for now.

If you would care to look, the links are over <---- under my "IMPORTANT LINKS FOR US" thingy-ma-jig... ... as for the other Nathan Website... I'm gonna post this on here for now... the password is his due date: 51307 .. (just the 5 numbers) .. there are videos and such in there. (I had to add this picture... Noah was loving on my prop flowers for my photo biz! LOL)

So in Nathan News Today...... I think he can find his thumb pretty well now... I think he's definitely going to be a thumb sucker....

I also think the swelling is going down... so maybe it is starting to re-absorb now. I was also told that the "shape" of his head will probably stay like that ... ::sigh::

Jessica (my first customer) got her CD's today... Dennis said she was literally jumping up and down today with excitement - teehee... I hope she's as excited after she sees them. ::biting nails:: A lot of them (I think) turned out a bit too grainy and such cuz I had to play with the lighting... I really got bummed... but I hope she loves them :) An artist is never happy with their work are they? ... in other news... we went out to eat tonight, Famous Daves.... I scarfed my meal down AND had two Raspberry Lemonades. Think I was hungry?? Well we all know it's not because I'm pregnant... and I'm light-headed and weak to prove it :X ... I'm so weak I feel as if I couldn't even stand, I'm not comfortable carrying Nathan unless I have to because I feel like I'm going to drop him... I hate this. There is something wrong and I don't want to deal with it ... at least not yet. I was told before having Noah that I might have to have a hystorectomy (sp?) because of my bleeding issues.... but we would wait until after we were done having kids. This is why I want to get #4 (#5 counting Jessa) in the womb and eventually arms, so that we can discuss my options and go from there. I don't even want to hear it right now though. Is it denial - maybe... I kinda like Egypt though. And in :::rub it in your face::: news... Sometimes Wisconsin is soooooooo nice.... basking in the 76 degree weather... yeah - that was about our high today!! Bahahhaaaa........ Jessa's birthday is Sunday... I'm trying not to say anything about it to Dennis, but I remember :) I know he does too... sometimes I just don't want to bring her up because I know how horribly sad it makes him. Noah has been talking about her a lot lately... he said today "I'll be happy when Jessa comes home with us" ... and the other day he comes upstairs ... all concerned... and he says "Jessa needs TOYS Mom!!!" and then he thinks about it and says ... "I'll share until we go shopping though" ... lololol... he's such a sweetie .. in his own way.

I'm just a tad bit in the dumps today. I'm suppose to go in for blood tests tomorrow but I really don't have the energy for it. So I am thinking - I might just call and see if I can go in on Saturday or set it up next week, because I am just so worn down I have ZERO energy, and I need to save it as much as I can - so I can take care of Nathan tomorrow. ..... and no news from the Nero for him yet... ::sigh::

SOMETHING INTERESTING TO END ON.......... "Can you Read This"

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