Halloween 2009

On this holiday of rampant doorbell ringing and candy being freely given out, I reflect.
Never mind that I am in the dark , with no lights on , inside or outside for that matter. I do not want anyone brave enough to wander down our private road to ring the bell and send the dogs into a barking frenzy. ( And I have no candy. )
But I remember times when we would have a fire going in the fire-pit placed right on the sidewalk leading up our front porch. And I would have hot apple cider ready for parents.
The costumes today are so much more sophisticated than when I made them for Breanne and Mitchell, I am glad I do not have to be extra creative anymore!
I recall going out one year with Ryan (whom I am "Nanny"to) and his dad Bob. Shellie stayed home to hand out candy so I got to share "Rhino's" day.When I walked Ryan up the steps to the home, I did not see a step. Yeah, you know where this is going.
I tripped, fell forward , hard on my knees. My jeans tore through to my tights ( it was cold, not a fashion statement) and there was copious amounts of blood. I swear I tore straight thru to the muscle.
Little Ryan is shocked Nanny just bit the big one and the conversation with Bob goes like this:
" You ok?" ....
"Yeah, I think so..."
"then get up, your embarassing me"
Some things we will never forget. This was one of those .

No wonder I am holed up in my home with the lights off.
Tonight my daughter is a pirate and my son is a priest at their parties.....but they will not have to worry about me embarrassing them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BREANNE!!!!

Today is Breanne's 27th birthday! Happy Birthday my girl!
Just the other day she took great pleasure in knowing that she had a "safe"word and Mitchell was never given one.
"That makes up for him having the race car bed" she says.
So I told that to Mitch and his response was :"what the heck is a safe word?"
"You know, a word that someone can say to you if we are not there and they come to get you, you know it's ok to go with them"
All the while she was smirking knowing she was more special than he was.........( sorry Mitch, I don't know why I never gave you one!)

Today is your day Breanne! Even tho I always say "Happy GAVE Birth day to me". Since I have never gotten a gift on this day ( with the exception of you, of course, gag) I guess I am ready to relinquish the whole day to you~
If I would have won the lottery, I would have gotten you:
that gorgeous Coach handbag we saw at the outlet ( retail :$1000.00, sale $498.00),
that horse and carriage iron structure we saw in Spokane for your wedding
and an unlimited gift card from the GAP
But, alas, I did not. So you don't.
What you Do get is a fun night with 20 friends at B.J's ( who names a restaurant THAT, seriously !?!) tonight, yay!
And maybe your dad will do his "no bending legs" dance for you, if he has one too many alcoholic beverages. WHAT?!?
This time next year you will be married and you and Johnny will take ME to Vegas for my Happy Gave Birthday.
Yeah, that sounds right.
Happy, Happy Birthday to you my darling daughter!
( Cause "ho-bag" just wouldn't seem right on such a public space............)

AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE ANYMORE...........

So before I left the house today, I had to do some creative furniture re-arranging so that Mannny could get around, but the dogs couldn't. Ever since the debacle last week, I dread coming home. I find myself making one last loop through the Lakewood Towne Center, just in case I need to go get something. Anything to not come home and find doggy accidents ( or not so accidents, I'm on to you J.J.) and then have to bust out the "power of pine -sol baby". So I drag a big ottoman up against wedding central ( formally known as the den) door, go around the other way, enter thru my bathroom and put a chair up against the ottoman. Go back around and shut the den door and block IT with another chair. Should take care of things.
Fast forward to me coming home to find the wedding central door wide open, Manny on the ottoman, (which is up against the fireplace) and the bathroom door open! Which of course, leads to the cat food! Which, is ,sadly, all gone. Dog gone it! Rocky is right beside me and J.J. is nowhere to be seen. The good news is, no accidents. Of course not, he had all the "cat food you could eat buffet" at his damn disposal! I know he is the guilty one because he will not make eye contact with me. Kind of a game now....I look at him, he looks away. Repeat as necessary.
I need the dog whisperer to pay me a visit..anyone have any connections?

WEDDING DECOR AND GLUE GUNS!

My lovely daughter Breanne, is getting married next September and we couldn't be more thrilled!
And that means that I get to put my craft/designer side into overdrive and go! Which is exactly what I have been doing. (And loving every minute of it. )
I am buying as I go along, whenever something catches my eye. I am like a crow. I see pretty things that sparkle and have potential and BAM! I get them. My goal is to pack it into bins now so when the time comes, we roll the bins onto the reception area and, voila! Instant wedding decorations~ Well, not so instant.....
Last night I hand applied crystals to dangle from some black wrought iron chandeliers that I bought on Amazon.com. Got them done and now I am moving onto the next project.
I am sure my family thinks I am out of control but I assure you all, I am not.
Just driven. Yeah, that's a nicer word.
Alright, off I go to Target......let's see what I can find tonight!

WELCOME!

When your trying to write your thoughts, there is a desire to want to be profound and thought provoking.
If that is what you are looking for, then you will find none of the such here.
Are you kidding? I can barely remember what I did yesterday!
My sole purpose of this site is to merely relieve my mind of all the thoughts it holds. I find I cannot fit more in until I discard~ lucky you!
So here is where you will follow my mind on it's journey of what upsets it and what pleases it . Pretty simple.
At the end of the day, whether it be good or bad, I totally believe we could all use a cupcake~~~