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

I talked to Larry about the girls dad yesterday while he was doing my hair. He said that I need to talk to him (Jorge) and that if I don't do it HE would! ROFL So I guess I'm gonna have a talk with Jorge and hopefully the girls won't hate me. I wish he would just leave his wife she really is a bitch. One summer the girls came home and the only spanish word they knew was "cochina" which in translation is filthy or pig, I know she was calling them that, why else would they know it?! She was constantly telling the girls that they were dirty and messy and insisted that they bathed sometimes twice a day, HELLO........they are children they sometimes get dirty! Sheesh!

Once Danielle touched a snake at a zoo and Hilda (stepmom) wouldn't let her in the car until she had washed her hands in rubbing alcohol. This woman has stolen from the girls (a picture of Jorge that really meant a lot to Brittany) and has never made an effort to try to get to know them. She refuses to come here when Jorge visits for Christmas every year and gets mad when Danielle sits on her dad's lap. I know that Jorge isn't happy because he has told me so himself. He spends little time with his family because NO ONE likes her! His sisters can't stand her and I think his brother only tolerates her. What makes me the most mad is that his daughters are growing up so fast and as long as he is with her they are going to hate visiting him because of all of the fighting and conflict and before he knows it they will refuse to go to California. He is wasting what little time he was with them fighting with his stupid wife who doesn't even care about his kids.

I can't tell you how many times I have asked the girls to give her a chance for their own sake. I know what it is like to have your dad with some one you hate. I have honestly thought that the main problem was the language barrier, she is from Mexico and doesn't speak much English, but as it goes on year after year I realize that it's more than that.This year I know they both went with the intention of giving her another chance and it was just as bad as before. They were planning a father-daughter only day and she insisted that Jorge had to take her niece along. I really could just scream because I know how hurt the girls were because they wanted a day with just them and their dad. Doesn't she realize that she has him all year long and they only get a few weeks in the summer and one week at Christmas to spend with him? I am just so glad that they are home and they are so happy to be home. The keep hugging me and John and telling us how happy they are to finally be home. It makes me want to cry because I know how much they love their dad and he is letting some stupid woman make them feel like they are not welcome in his home.

Okay, sorry for all of the venting here! I have done this every year since Jorge got remarried. I honestly want him to be happy but his happiness comes second to our daughters and when they come home unhappy and miserable I want to just kick him in the ass and tell him to take a good look at what he is doing to them. I know he isn't going to like what I have to say to him but the more I think about it the more I realize I don't have a choice. When it concerns my daughters it is my business whether he likes it or not! I will feel much better when I talk to him. Hopefully I will be able to talk to him tomorrow.

We have been running non-stop today since 9am. We got the girls all registered for school and found backpacks and some clothes. Tomorrow is more clothes shopping plus shoes. Brittany isn't too happy because the usual 6th grade teacher, the one she was REALLY looking forward to having has decided to take a year off to get her masters. The new teacher is one who used to be a student teacher. One of the mom's said that I knew her but I can't seem to place her. Danielle is excited that her cousin Tori will be in her class for the first time. I have always tried to keep Danielle in a different class just because they were too attached to each other. They have both had a few years of school to find their own place and not depend on each other too much. My main concern was that Danielle had speech problems and Tori would talk for her which didn't give Danielle a chance to have to speak for herself. Anyway the speech problems are gone and both girls are very excited to be in the same class this year. I had a nice chat with the principal today, he is so nice. He really takes an interest in all of the kids which just amazes me. I know that's the way it should be but unfortunately, isn't always the way it is. I sometimes hate our housing situation but just to have my kids go to this school makes it all worth it.

So last night we were at Chuck E. Cheese and the girls out of the blue confided in John and I that their summer wasn't all that great. They had fun but their dad and his new wife fought way too much. The girls were very upset by it and told me that they actually seen their dad hit and push her. At one point he even threw a bowl of soup at her. The girls have never liked her but they were very upset to see their dad treat her that way. I can't even tell you how shocked I was! I knew they (my ex and his wife) had problems because he has talked to me about them, but I never imagined he would do that in front of the girls. I am so pissed off but the girls made me promise not to tell their dad that they told me so I can't even bitch him out like I so want to do. We had a lot of problems in our marriage but he NEVER raised his voice to me much less hit me. I never imagined he could be this kind of person. It is upsetting.

We talked to the girls and stressed to them that physical violence in any sort of relationship is wrong and just because they have seen their dad act that way doesn't mean that they should ever put up with that shit from anyone. Brittany and I talked about it more today and she is planning to tell her dad that she isn't going to want to visit him if he acts like that again in front of them. I can't imagine that his anger would EVER turn towards the girls........but I never imagined him hitting anyone...and I was wrong. What the hell can I do? It is beyond my control but I am so angry at him right now. Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful, I am just at a loss as to what if anything I can do.

The girls are home! Woohoo! :-) They have gotten so big, and it's only been a month! It was hard to see them say goodbye to their dad. They miss him so much, but he will be back at Christmas. Well, I've got to run, we are headed for pizza with my not so favorite rat, Chuck E. Cheese. I don't exactly care for that place but the kids love it and best of all, no dishes to wash. Have a great night.

I am so beyond disappointed right now! For the last four hours I have been waiting for the girls going from extremely excited to see them to getting more and more worried as the hours went by. I tried Jorge's cell phone continuously and no answer. He told me he would be here between noon and 1pm. Finally at 4pm I called his house to see if his wife knew their flight number. Imagine my shock when Jorge answered the phone! I know he told me that he was leaving on the 12th and would be here in the afternoon. He just forgot to tell me that he is leaving on the 12th at 11:55pm and won't be here until the afternoon of the 13th!!!! I have been so stressed. At least I know the girls are ok and I will just have to wait until tomorrow to see them. :-(

The girls will be home in a few hours!!!! I am so excited to see them. They always get so big while they are gone and they always have so many "treasures" to share. Danielle is my biggest packrat. She saves every ticket stub, brochure and any other possible item that she picked up along the way. Brittany usually has a picture of her and her dad riding the newest, largest roller coasters and of course they will both have lots and lots to tell me. :-)

Yesterday was spent browsing the local home improvement stores picking up a few odds and ends and dreaming of all the stuff we can't afford. ROFL We also went grocery shopping to make sure the girls had all of their favorite things to eat. As we were about to leave the store there was an announcement that tornado sirens were going off in West Fargo. The store wanted to let everyone know they were welcome to stay in the store. I wanted to stay, I HATE tornados, well ok, most people don't love tornados but growing up in Cheyenne there were a few too many that did serious damage. I am deathly afraid of them. John said we were better off going home so we grabbed Anthony and ran through pounding rain to the van. The sirens were blaring and the wind was very strong. As soon as John started the van I hit the switch for the radio and can you believe it wasn't working? Talk about pissing me off. We drove the 15miles or so home in a rush to get to our safe basement (and to get my Phish Food ice cream in the freezer!) only to find out that it probably wasn't a tornado. I'm glad we didn't stick around the grocery store like idiots. lol

The other night I came home late from my limo run and guess what I found? A brand new office chair waiting for me, a "just because I love you" gift from my sweetie. :-) I reallllly needed a new chair. My old one was falling apart and was really causing a lot of lower back pain. John said that since I spend most of my time at my desk he wanted me to be comfortable. Plus he was probably sick of me making him rub my back. ROFL

Well, I've got to go and get Anthony ready to see his big sisters. He is so excited that they are coming home. Have a great night..... I know I will! :-)

Even since Connie made a post about going to Red Lobster and eating crab legs dripping in butter I have been wanting to go. So guess where we went for dinner last night? We figured we'd better go before the girls came home, they really do NOT like seafood. Even though they have other stuff there for kids that isn't seafood, I just don't enjoy my crab as much with the girls looking at me telling me how disgusting it looks. lol When we walked in Anthony was sleeping in John's arms. We sat down next to the lobster tank and it didn't take him long to wake up. John showed him the lobsters and Anthony looks and looks. Finally he says, "Oh, those are big bugs!" All night I had to convince him that I wasn't eating bugs. lol He wouldn't even try it and I know he would have liked it because he eats smoked salmon with Bill all the time. We ate way too much and as we were leaving Anthony points to the Red Lobster sign and says..... "Look, Crab Legs!" John tells him that it is Red Lobster and Anthony says, "Oh....Red Monster!" ROFL What a goof.

We went shopping for school supplies last night. The girls are almost home and I was going to wait until they got here but we were in Target and I actually found their school supply list there! You know how they post all of the local school supply lists right in front of all the school stuff? Every year I look for a list for our small town school and every year it is never there. There are lists for every small town in the area but ours is always missing. It was always annoyed me. So, when I saw it there last night I was so excited I just had to shop! ROFL It seems like these lists get longer every year although Brittany didn't seem to need much. She didn't even have crayons on her list! That really bothered me. She is going into 6th grade not high school. I am not ready for crayons to not be on her list! So of course I bought her a box anyway. lol I found an awesome Tony Hawk notebook so I had to buy it for John's nephew. The weird thing on Brittany's list is that she needed 5 bottles of glue! 2 tacky glues, 2 rubber cement jars, and 1 huge glue stick. What in the hell are they going to be doing with all that glue?! Another weird supply is baggies. I had to buy snack size, sandwich size and gallon size bags. This is the third year or so they've been on the list and I STILL have no idea what they use them for. Of course the whole time we are shopping John is loudly muttering that when HE went to school all he needed was one pencil and one notebook. He had all of the mom's laughing. Where were the dad's? I have no idea. There were only mom's there. They must have been smart and left their husband's at home so they didn't have to listen to the same muttering! ROFL

We didn't get to watch the fireworks for the pyrotechnic convention because we had a huge rain storm. They rescheduled it for tonight but guess where I will be? An hour and a half away at the casino on a limo run. Oh well, they usually come every other year so hopefully I'll be able to see it next time.

OMG, that was a long post I made earlier this morning! ROFL I think I was delirious from lack of sleep and kept rambling and rambling! hehe Well, since I'm more awake now, somewhat, here is my Friday Five.

1. Do you have a car?If so, what kind of car is it?
I have a 1995 Chrysler Town & Country Minivan. Wow.....isn't that sexy! ROFL

2. Do you drive very often?
Yeah, mostly hauling the kids around to one thing or another. Although when we go places as a family John always drives.

3. What's your dream car?
A '65 Mustang, although I did once have a '77 Firebird that I loved. I really miss that car. I wouldn't mind having it back.

4. Have you ever received a ticket?
Yep, two of them. Once for speeding plus I was fined for not wearing a seat belt and another time I was driving Bill's truck and got pulled over for having expired tags and although the tags turned out to be in the glove box, I got another fine for not wearing a seat belt. Can you say stupid? Sheesh.

5. Have you ever been in an accident?
Not while I was driving although I was in two accidents with my mom when I was a kid. Once we were driving with a friend of hers and she rear ended somebody, that wasn't too scary but another time my mom was going through an intersection and somebody ran a red light and hit us. Luckily she always drives those great big granny cars, I think it was an LTD, and although there was some damage to the car we were ok. Nobody really wore seat belts then and I remember my head crashing against the frame of the door, luckily the window was all the way rolled down but I had a headache for days. I did once hit a deer though...does that count? The deer ran off but I was driving a crappy astrovan and my radiator cracked along with a few other vital car parts. I felt bad about the deer until I found out how much it was going to cost to fix my van then I was pissed.

I am so so tired. I really have no idea why I am even out of bed. Well, except for I had this horrible dream that something happened to Anthony and he was really hurt and I couldn't get help. The dream in reality was really stupid and could never happen but I woke up with my heart pounding and freaking out because it of course seemed so real! Isn't that the worst? A dream that one of your kids or a loved one has been hurt or has died? I thankfully can't remember many dreams that someone has died but my mom has called me before in tears because she had a dream like that about one of the kids and had to tell me so that I could tell her that the kids are all ok.

Anyway, now I'm awake so I thought I'd write about my very long day yesterday. It actually started at 3am when I finally got home from my casino run the night before. I knew I had to be up by at least 8am because I had an early morning run but of course that made it even harder for me to fall asleep. By the time I fell asleep it was about 4:30 and when John was getting ready for work at 7:30am I jumped out of bed because I thought I was late. Anyway, I was up and ready to face an all day run. It wasn't until we picked them up that I realized it was for the owners of my favorite restaurant. They were treating most of their employees to an entire day of fun. We picked them up at 10am and drove them down to Detroit Lakes where they ate at Zorbas and then we took them to the Otter Tail River so that they could go tubing. I was following Joe (he had the 24pass. coach). When we got to the place where you rent the inner tubes we found out that we had about 3 hours to kill before they were done. So we headed back to Detroit Lakes and sat in Perkins for a few hours while we had lunch and talked.

Guess what? Joe got married last weekend! He met a woman in Canada on the internet and has been going up there often to see her. It was actually only a small ceremony with her family and his children, but it wasn't legal because they have to go through all the paperwork to get permission for her and her children to move here to get legally married. Looking at how happy he was, I guess the legal crap doesn't matter, in his heart he is married and was proudly showing off his gold band. :-) He hasn't really told anyone because he wants to keep it fairly quiet until it is official. But I warned him that I can't keep secrets! lol and besides, you're not gonna tell anyone, right? lol

We finally headed back to the river to pick up our party. At this time it was about 4pm and I was looking forward to my 5:30 drop off because due to lack of sleep and the heat and humidity I was exhausted! And I still had Jessica's 21st Birthday to go to. I figured I'd be home by 6pm in time to shower and have the limo pick me up at 7pm. It was at this point that I heard the owner talking about taking everyone for ice cream. I don't think I mentioned the real fun of tubing down the river. You take coolers and coolers of alcohol and just lazily float down the river getting as intoxicated as possible. I think our group had more coolers than people. They were definitely having fun. So it turns out that I had the owners in my limo plus the employee's that had been with them the longest and they wanted it for the rest of the night. I explained that one of my best friends was having her 21st bday party but that I would do my best to find a driver to take the rest of the run. They were really nice people and having so much fun I didn't want to ruin their party, so I drove until 7:30 taking them bar hopping until another driver showed up to take over. At this point I was tired, hot, stressed and just wanted to go home and go to bed. But of course I couldn't because it was Jessica's birthday!

I don't think I've blogged much about Jessica. She has been best friends with my little brother since they were in 4th grade. I can't even begin to describe their friendship. There is a love between them that is so obvious but they love each other too much to ever date. John thinks they will get married someday, I don't think so but it doesn't matter because she is already like my sister. She is the cutest, sweetest thing, although I guess she can be a bitch if you piss her off, which of course means she fits in well with my family. ROFL Her mom lives down the street from my mom and lately we have all been spending a lot of time together. Her mom was a lifesaver again and again as we planned for the wedding. I'm telling you, if John turns out to be right and someday they get married we will have the perfect inlaws! So we hung out at Granite City where Jessica works and drank with her friends there and had something to eat. Jessica was upset because she hadn't heard from her two sisters. They live out of town and have new babies and husbands and are planning to be here tonight to celebrate but she still felt bad. After hanging out for awhile we headed in the limo over to Playmakers where my friend Dave's band was playing. It always amazes me when I see all of the girls going wild over him. We worked together about 5 years ago and became really good friends. Even after not seeing him very often he waves at me from on stage as soon as he sees me walk in. He is such a sweetie.

Jessica knows him because they work together at Granite City. I of course had to tell him it was Jessica's bday and after she was pretty well plastered he got her up on stage to sing Happy Birthday to her. It was hilarious. She kept putting his hand on her ass and he was so embarrassed he kept moving it. After the song she told him to announce that she was looking for a hottie which he of course did. Half the guys had their hands up in the air yelling and those that didn't probably only didn't because their girlfriends would have killed them! lol One guy jumped up on stage and started dancing with her. It was quite a fun night. I must have danced all night, although most of it was dancing in front of John while he sat in his bar stool because the dance floor was too crowded and everyone was taking their drinks up there and of course spilling them everywhere. I'm surprised no one slipped and cracked their head! lol.....is that the mom in me coming out? hehe At one point Jessica almost made me cry when she was hugging me on the dance floor. She told me that I was the only sister she had that showed up for her birthday. I told her not to feel bad because she is the only sister I have right now. I'm so glad she had such a wonderful birthday. I won't even spoil it by telling you how shitty she felt on the limo ride as we took her home. :-) Hopefully she won't remember that part! ROFL

I finished my ad last night. It's not one of my best ones, but considering I had less than 24hours notice I guess it's not too bad. Today I have just been trying to get some laundry done, seeing as how I won't be home tonight. I am driving a group to the casino and won't be home until 3am and early tomorrow morning I have an all day run driving a bunch of people up to Otter Tail to go tubing. At least I don't have to wear the tux tomorrow because it is supposed to be really, really hot.

I got a letter from Danielle today. They went to the beach over the weekend. She isn't a real beach person, she is afraid of the waves, but she said it was fun. I am so anxious for them to come home, only five more days left! I still haven't bought any school supplies. Hopefully I will have time on Friday.

Well, so much for my boring day. I talked to my mom shortly after I posted last and was told that a limo ad for the Bridal Fantasy's newest publication needs to be finished by tomorrow morning. Of course, nobody thought to tell ME about it, even though I am the person who does the ads! So I have been scrambling for pictures and such but just can't seem to come up with anything I really like. It has to be weddingish and to be honest I must have wedding burnout because I just can't get in the mood! lol So I will probably be at it all night although I think I might go sit outside and listen to the loud, rumbling, boom of the Pyrotechnic Convention taking place not too far from here. I had forgotten it was coming to town. Their shows are beyond awesome. I have to drive tomorrow night and the night after is Jessica's 21st bday party so hopefully we will be able to go to the show on Friday night. Watching from the front porch just isn't the same.

Not much going on today. I have been trying to motivate myself into cleaning out the kids' closets and boxing up clothes/toys they no longer use. My mom had a call from my grandmother and I guess my Uncle Jessie (he is a few weeks younger than me) and his wife and five kids have moved in with her because they have no where else to go. I'm sure they could use the clothes and the toys would hopefully keep them out of my grandma's way. She's not a real kid type grandmother and I'm sure she's driving them nuts. My mom said she would pay for me to ship the stuff to Colorado, so now all I need to do is get it together. Unfortunately, I really can't seem to motiviate myself to do anything. I did find this at LaLa's and figured it would at least fill up empty space. You need to describe each item with a two word phrase:

Your home - Country Chaos
Your car - Minivan Extrordinaire
Your job - Fulltime Mommy
Your Significant Other - Sexy Workaholic
Your Family - Cherished Crazily
Your Friends - Select Few
The Internet - Unbelievably Slow
Television - Cable Free
Books - Escape Routes
Today - Muggy Boredom

Thanks Irma for the book recommendation. :-) I went and bought another Marian Keyes book since I finished "Watermelon" a few days ago and really enjoed it. After dinner, we went out to eat Chinese food with my mom, and then we headed over to Barnes and Noble and I bought two new books, one of them being "Last Chance Saloon". This should keep me busy for at least a few days. lol

Oh, I also cleaned up a few of my inactive blog links. If your blog is no longer listed it's probably because the last link I had for you is no longer working. If you are still blogging and I just didn't catch your new URL please send me an email and I'll be sure to add you. :-)

Yesterday was our "one month" anniversary which of course neither one of us thought about until half way through the day! John did surprise me with breakfast in bed. Isn't he sweet? lol....but of course don't tell him I told you so. hehe We had a very lazy Sunday, we did absolutely nothing. We watched tv, played with Anthony and read. It was really nice especially after my limo run from hell on Saturday!

The people I had were really nice (it was a wedding) but there were too many of them and they were too big! The air suspension in the car gave out halfway to our destination and the drive shaft started dragging. Next thing I knew, the back of the limo was filling up with smoke from all of the friction. I had to have John meet me at the bar where we were going (they were doing a bar hop before their reception) to see if he could fix it. The people were not very happy and I don't blame them. Unfortunately, there was just too much weight in the car. So we had to put one guy in front with me and a few drove with John in our van. These guys were huge, like football player huge and I had 9 guys and the bride. She was very sweet about it, actually they all were nice considering. But I was majorly stressed and was so happy when Nathan came to my rescue (again) and took the late part of the run in our largest limo to make up for it.

Not much going on today. I guess I should get something done considering I didn't do much of anything yesterday. The girls will be home in a week! Which is a good thing because Anthony is driving me nuts asking where his sisters are. Have a great day and Happy Monday!

Well, it's still raining but thankfully I won't have to wash my hair outside because our water is back! Woohoo! l don't think the neighbors would have appreciated listening to me "sing in the shower" LOL