I am getting a late start this morning so I have to be quick here but I wanted to tell you about my limo run last night. I try not to blog about my customers because I don't think I would want someone else talking about what I was doing partying in a limo, you know? But this one I had to share and I don't think they would mind.

I had a pick up at someone's house for a surprise bday party. The first surprise of the evening was mine when I pulled up and saw not one but about 8 Elvis impersonators in the front driveway singing as I pulled up! They were all women dressed up like Elvis with Elvis wigs, pantsuits, capes, jewelry, the whole nine yards. They were all really getting into it, one of them had a portable microphone and they all must be huge Elvis fans cause they had the moves down just perfect. lol

We headed over to a local restaurant to pick up the bday girl. She was eating with her husband when all of her friends make a grand entrance singing to her and announcing that it is her bday. Can you imagine?! What an awesome surprise. How come I don't have friends like that? lol

They had so much fun, we went to a local store that has a statue of Elvis and they all trooped into the store to have their pictures taken with the statue. Then we headed to a grocery store and they all went inside as they made the bday girl buy peanut butter and bananas! Everyone in the store was going nuts! lol When people see a limo they want to know who's inside. And of course most of the times it's just normal people out having fun. Sometimes you see a bride or a cute prom couple all dressed up but that's about it. Imagine how surprised people were when they saw not one but 8 Elvis's get out of the car! I then drove them to a local bar where the birthday girl had to go inside and ask someone at the bar to grill her up a "peanut butter and banana" sandwich! I was told to wait halfway down the block for them at the local Dairy Queen because they wanted to parade down the street. Well the Dairy Queen is one of those older ones with no inside seating, you order at the little window and it is on the busiest intersection in town. You should have heard the honking and hollering as they paraded down the street. They were hilarious and they had such a fun time. This was definitely the best run I've done so far.

Tonight we are going out with John's sister and brother-in-law. There is a street dance in a small town not far from here. The band playing is called the "Front Fenders" and they play a lot of oldies music. It should be a lot of fun. Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Okay, it's the story of my life, I'm running late, I have a limo pickup in 45 minutes but I wanted to share with you my newest project. I am opening up a premade graphics shoppe and thought I would give you a sneak peek. Yes, I know, I am shamelessly pimpin' my site but you know I hardly ever do this so what are you waiting for? Go LOOK! LOL

Have a great night. :-)

Not much going on and yet everything is happening. You know what I mean? My life feels like it's in limbo but it never stops turning. Hopefully that makes some kind of sense, if not I apologize, but it does to me which may or may not tell you what frame of mind I am in. Last night I was finishing up some new graphics when the phone rang. I answered it thinking it was Nathan, limo driver who was bugging me to take his run for tonight, instead I heard a voice I almost didn't recognize. It was my sister. If you haven't been reading long enough to know how hard to believe that was, then you'd have to read my archives for earlier this summer to know what is going on. Let's just say I was shocked to hear from her. She sounded very upset and was crying.

She apologized again and again for not talking to me sooner and said that she misses me and the kids. That had me crying because although I have missed her very much I really never thought she gave a shit about me or the kids. I have always thought it was so easy for her to not talk to us, I mean she's done it before and it never seemed to bother her. She apologized for what happened after the wedding and wants us to get together to talk about what happened.

She is still really pissed off at my mom, dad and Gilly. I wish none of this shit happened but it did. So that leaves me where I always end up, in the middle of everyone elses shit. I'm not sure if it is because I'm the oldest sibling or because I tend to make people want to tell me their problems. What ever it is, it is the story of my life.

I don't care. I'm just glad to hear from her, I have missed her so much, she is the only person I can trust to talk to about a lot of the other shit going on that has nothing to do with me but at the same time has been put on my shoulders. Things I can't blog about, things that thankfully seem to have worked themselves out for now. ROFL Hmmm...is that cryptic enough for you? hehe Let's just say a member of my family was having some very personal problems and used me as their venting board. Thankfully, things seem to be okay now but it sucked to have all of their shit on my shoulders and not want to blog about it here since I try to only blog about my own problems and not wanting to talk about it much to John because most of it was really personal stuff. Stuff that you can only share with a sister because you know she would understand and you know it isn't going to be told to anyone else.

So anyway, we are going to get together tomorrow and hopefully talk some more about what happened. I know I pissed her off at some point. I didn't mean to but I did. I want to know what I did that made her so angry. I remember Jorge's sister who happened to be the oldest child. She was such a bitch and so damn bossy and controlling. She treated everyone else like they were little kids still. John's sisters have complained about their oldest sister doing the same thing. Is it a trait that comes from being the oldest child? Am I like that and just don't know it? I hope not, but obviously I am doing something I don't even think about that pushes Maria's buttons. Let's just hope I'm not as bad as the examples above!

John's dad is also in the hospital. He was complaining of chest pains although it doesn't seem to be anything with his heart. He was admitted on Wednesday and has been heavily medicated. That is the one thing I hate about him going to the VA hospital, they always seem to pump him full of so many drugs. I feel really bad because we haven't been up there yet. We were supposed to go last night but John said he sounded really doped up and tired and thought we should wait until tonight. I have a small suspicion that it also had something to do with the limo coach he had to work on last night which kept him in the shop until midnight! I can't really say anything because it's his dad and his dad is the one who turned him into a workaholic so I know he(his dad) would say to put work first. I used to let that drive me nuts, but you know, my family is anything but normal so who am I to judge some one else's family?

Sorry for the long post, that's what happens when I miss blogging for a day or so. Hope you all have a great weekend. :-) Oh, just in case you were wondering, this post is already long enough so I'm skipping the Friday Five today.

My oldest daughter Brittany is a straight A student. If she gets all A's again this year she will get a presidential award for academics. I am telling you this so that you understand why I couldn't stop laughing last night. Before I tell you what happened, I'd better tell you another story which leads up to this story.

On the night of my bachelorette party we had closed down all of the bars and just about every one had went home except for my mom, Larry (my hairdresser), Kathy (friend) and my sister. We were all pretty drunk when we decided we needed to grab some snacks before we headed over to Larry's to drink some more. Yes, we really thought we needed more to drink and no we weren't driving we had a limo. Anyway, when we got to the store my mom was complaining because her mouth was hurting. She recently got braces and forgot to bring the wax that you stick to the wires that are jabbing you in your mouth. She asked me to try to find her some in the grocery store.

I looked everywhere, no wax to be found. I looked in the candy section for wax lips or something along those lines that would work. Nothing. Kathy had the wonderful idea of using silly putty. I was drunk so it sounded like a wonderful idea. We get in the limo and I gave my unsuspecting mom a blob of blue glitter silly putty to stick in her mouth. Hey, it's non-toxic and it worked! ROFL

It was very funny and I of course had to tell Brittany, who also wears braces, that her grandma had used silly putty instead of wax. Okay, so this leads me to last night. John and I were getting ready for bed when Danielle comes running in. First she makes me promise not to get mad and then she tells me a story.

Brittany couldn't find her wax and her braces were starting to poke. She remembered the story about the silly putty and looked all over her room for something similar to put on her braces. Guess what she found? PlayDough!!! ROFLMAO She squished it in-between her teeth before realizing that it turns to a gooey mess when wet. How could I get mad? It was just too damn funny. She had to brush for quite a bit to get it all out.

Oh and I have a new tag board that's feeling awfully lonely right now... *hint hint*

With so many of you out there using Ollie's new graphics I tried really hard to resist using them....but as you can see I just couldn't help it! ROFL I hope you enjoy the changes and please let me know if you find any broken links, errors, etc.

When I found this link I was shocked that someone would actually do this. But hey it works and if people are willing to send her money then why should I care. A few weeks ago I was driving some of the dj's from our local radio station around in a limo and they were having this discussion in back on how to make a million dollars. How to come up with a product or idea that would make a million people send you a few dollars. I am kinda impressed that it is working for her, not impressed enough to send her my money but impressed all the same.

I still haven't talked to Jorge. Yes, I am procrastinating and even worse than that I am going to do this cute little questionnaire I found at LaLa's just to distract you lol

PAST

::First grade teacher's name:: Miss Barber from what I remember she was very young and very pretty. She was the nicest teacher I could have asked for but when I got into 1st grade I remember waving to her in the hallway and she ignored me. I was devastated.
::Last word you said:: Bed! As in "GO TO BED NOW!" said for the 3rd time tonight. Not to John! ROFL I was talking to the kids! hehe
::Last song you sang:: I'm Squeezed in the middle.....smack dab.....down the middle.... I can't get this damn jingle for Chips Ahoy CremeWiches out of my head! I wake up to this song playing in my head! It's very pathetic.
::Last thing you laughed at:: Anthony singing his version of "Jingle Bells" to his sisters.
::Last time you cried:: I think it was yesterday.

PRESENT

::What's in your cd player:: Eminem
::What color socks are you wearing:: None, until there is snow on the ground I plan on being barefoot
::What's under your bed:: A plastic storage box filled with books
::What time did you wake up today:: I woke up at 8am with a phone call from Bill saying that Bridal Fantasy had lost my ad.

FUTURE

::Where do you want to go:: Ireland
::What is your career going to be:: I'm not sure, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up
::Where are you going to live:: Alaska or maybe a cute little farmhouse in Wisconsin
::How many kids do you want:: The three that I have right now are more than enough
::What kind of car will you have:: A convertible '65 Mustang

CURRENT

::Current hair:: Newly cut and colored thanks to Larry, at this moment it is pulled back in a clip
::Current clothes:: Shorts and a black t-shirt of John's that says "Alcatraz Psycho Ward Outpatient"
::Current annoyance:: This damn popcorn kernel I can't get wedged out from between my teeth and of course the floss is missing!
::Current smell:: A yummy grubby candle made by Missy
::Current longing:: For my brother who is in the Navy and on his way to the Middle East to be safe and home as soon as possible
::Current desktop picture:: A cute wallpaper found at Irene's
::Current favorite artist: For country graphics it would be Ollie and for my all time favorite artist it would be Thomas Kinkade
::Current book: The Matter of Grace by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
::Current worry:: Talking to the girls dad in a thoughtful way that won't make the matter worse but will still give him a good kick in the ass which he really needs!
::Current time-wasting wish:: At least one more hot summer day so that we can take the girls tubing on the Otter Tail River
::Current hate:: My nails, I need a manicure they look like crap.
::Current favorite article of clothing:: A cute pair of hip hugging jeans I bought to wear for my bachelorette party
::Current favorite word:: Can't say that I have one although "bitch" seems to pop up often.
::One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to:: My grandfather
::One person you wish was here right now:: Missy
::A line from the last thing you wrote to someone:: "Attached please find the ad that you lost..." in a not very happy email sent this morning. See question above as to what time I woke up today.

Today feels like the first day of fall. The air is cool and it has me in the mood for apple cider and my yummy pumpkin cookies. No cider and no cookies but we have something better. John has a roast in the oven piled high with potatoes, carrots, onions and ears of sweet corn. All have been roasting together slowly and the smell is driving me nuts. I am very hungry because I have been starving myself all day because I really want to have enough room for dinner! lol Hopefully it will be ready soon!

While we were waiting for it to roast we ran into town and bought a few books and dvd's. We also bought a yummy carrot cake for dessert. I don't think I blog often about food but right now I am so very hungry! lol........did I already say that? hehe I hope you all had a great weekend and I'm off to enjoy the rest of our Sunday.

I haven't talked to Jorge yet, I'm taking the phone off the hook because I don't want to talk to anyone. I am enjoying the peace and quiet. :-) I'll deal with reality tomorrow. lol