Okay, I cannot wait any longer, I have to show you guys.
Guess what Megs got me for my birthday?
She gave me my domain back!
So everyone please change your links to my blog,
I am now at:
http://AGrownWoman.com
and that is where I will be posting from now on.
Hurray!!!!!!!!!!

The kids are so

The kids are so busy playing outside I think I'll put Scarface in the DVD and watch it right now.

Oh by the way, I ran four miles this morning.

Pretty soon I'll be

Pretty soon I'll be unveiling the most spectacular thing you've EVER seen.
Like I said, Meg is the best, just the very best, I can't even tell you how wonderful she is.

Phoebe the Kitten has

Phoebe the Kitten has figured out how to get on TOP of the bird cage
(The bird isn't scared and can take care of herself)
Not even Pischina-Kitty has ever gotten on TOP of the bird cage.
I would be worried that Phoebe will teach Pischina-Kitty some bad tricks
But Pischina-Kitty is currently hiding in my bedroom
And hasn't come out since Phoebe arrived yesterday.

Guess what?
We have a new kitten.
She's all black and has long hair.
Her name is Phoebe.
I'll tell you later how this came to be.

Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow!!!!!

Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow!!!!!

This is possibly one

This is possibly one of the funniest entries I have ever ever read.
Read the whole thing, it just keeps on going and the funniness never ends.

Megs is one of

Megs is one of the bestest human beings in the whole wide world, Really.
Cate too, wherever she may be.
I love you guys SO MUCH.

Okay it's settled, I

Okay it's settled, I just told my mom Scott is coming over for Thanksgiving,
Now he HAS to go.
:-)

OOOOOOOH this is too

OOOOOOOH this is too funny!
Thanks, Itsy!

Friday Five.org 1. List

Friday Five.org

1. List five things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the year.
Run six miles in one hour
Lose 8 more pounds
Clean out the garage
Set up the gym in the garage
Getting that marriage engagement out of the way would be nice, heee
2. List five people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again.
Marcie Abraham
Gordon Abbott
Geoff Zichterman
Ya know, I've already found most of the people I wanted to contact again, and most of them through the internet:
Annie Etier, Mody, Mark A., Mark J.
3. List five things you'd like to learn how to do.
Keep my house clean
Work on my car
Make more money
Play Piano
Play Guitar
4. List five things you'd do if you won the lottery (no limit).
Buy a house with gym and pool
Buy a Jaguar, VW Convertible, and a truck
Long trip to Italy
Take Scott on a trip through Asia
Buy a lifetime worth of maid service
5. List five things you do that help you relax.
Read
Run
Computer
DVDs
Coffee Shop with Scott

1. What is your

1. What is your FULL NAME: Why do these internet quizzes always ask that? I'm never going to answer this question!
2. What color trousers are you wearing right now? Grey sweat pants with the swim team's logo.
3. What are you listening to right now? The refrigerator and heater - Dude it's 6:20am Saturday morning.
4. What are the last two digits of your phone number? Home: 72 Cell: 52
5. What was the last thing you ate: Junior Mints, or a chicken tamale with thai peanut sauce if you mean "real" food.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be: Scarlet
7. How is the weather right now: Cold and Foggy. Love it.
8. Last person you talked to on the phone: Scott, he wanted to make sure I found the freeway home.
9. First thing you notice about the opposite sex: If they are happy.
10. Do you like the person who sent this to you: I stole it from Bisa and Yes, I like her.
11. How are you today: 6:25am, so far so good
12. Favorite drink: When it's hot - lemonade, when it's cold - hot chai, but good coffee is always great too.
13. Favorite alcoholic drink: red wine, also white wine, and margaritas are good too.
14. Favorite sport: running and swimming.
15. Hair color: golden brown.
16. Eye color: golden brown.
17. Do you wear contacts: from the moment I get up till the moment I get in bed.
18. Siblings: one younger sister - No, you'll never hear about her.
19. Favorite month: November's pretty cool because it's my birthday and I love the weather in California
20. Favorite food: I don't know, I really love a lot of food
21. Last movie you watched: Matrix 3? I think. Hopefully watch Scarface today.
22. Favorite day of the year: Memorial Day - the pool opens then.
23. Are you too shy to ask someone out: Not really.
24. Summer or Winter: Winter
25. Hugs or Kisses: Hugs
26. Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate.
27. Do you want your friends to write back: Yeah,.... but will I ever write *them* back? that's another story
28. Who is most likely to respond: Itsy
29. Who is least likely to write back: Me
30. Living arrangements: Happily alone with two kids a cat and a bird
31. What books are you reading: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (It's SOOOOO good!)
32. What's on your mouse pad : You know those pictures of little kids all dressed up as grown ups in love? Joe got me one of those and then I promptly spilled coffee all over it, so it really doesn't look that great, heh.
33. What is your favorite board game : Life
34. What did you do last night : Put off running and went to dinner with Scott.
35. What are your favorite smells : Coffee, chicken stew, anything with garlic, lavender
36. Can you touch your nose with your tongue : If I push down the tip of my nose.
37. What inspires you: A Goal
38 was missing: Slackers
39. Favorite flower : Tulips
40. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning : Do I want to run or stay under the covers for a minute?

For all you Rupert

For all you Rupert Lovers out there
All Star Survivor starts I think February 2
With "All our favorite Survivor stars"
Including Rupert.
So settle down Lil Doggies,
He'll be back.
***
Personally I would have voted him out too,
I'm not going to sit on that island for 42 days only to have Rupert walk off with the million.
It's not just about survival,
"Outwit, Outplay, Outlast"...

Anyone else watch Joan of Arcadia?
One of the best shows on TV
But the actress that plays Joan is *really* the best part.

And he decided he

And he decided he would go to my mom's house for Thanksgiving.
Which means he gets to meet my parents for the FIRST TIME!
I'm really really really glad he's going.

Scott surprised me with

Scott surprised me with going out to dinner tonight,
We went to Aqui's which is where we had our first date.
And we had a lovely time!
No christmas lights to look at yet like last December but it was still nice.
It was funny, cuz I'd been thinking about that place recently
And then suddenly, out of the blue, he wanted to take me there.
:-)

Katherine-who-signs-my-guestbook, Could you please

Katherine-who-signs-my-guestbook,
Could you please send me an email or list your email for me?
You never give me any info and I can't talk to you!
:-)

My thoughts on last

My thoughts on last night's Survivor:
STOP WITH THE SNAKE AND THE LIZARD THINGIE!!!
Jeez, I JUST ate dinner, and
That. Was SO. Disgusting.
Over. and Over. and Over.

Which reminds me, guess what I had today?
HOT FLASHES.
Yes Indeedy.
It was quite exciting.

I'm really really really

I'm really really really craving some chocolate right now.

By the way, this Baby-Talk lady on Dr. Phil?
Is annoying the CRAP out of me.
Someone smack her,
Smack her until the baby talk is ALL GONE.
And Mr.Husband-Dude, you married her so quit whining.

This is very funny,

This is very funny, and we were just watching Full House last night!

Find Out If You Are John Stamos!

I just joined Marn's 500 miles to NoWhere, so you can watch my progress over there too.
By the way, I got up at 5:30am and ran 2 miles in 22 minutes, then walked the last 1/2 mile due to that have-to-go-to-the-bathroom problem again.
But I was very happy with the time finally!

I found a new cool layout for GoPischinaGo!
I like it!

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! I

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!
I was just sitting here watching MTV's "Made", only I wasn't exactly watching, just listening while reading stuff on the computer.
It's the one where the girl Cynthia wants to be a football player on her high school team.
And then I looked up at the TV screen and thought:
"Hey, that looks like my high school, heh.
Huh... that looks a LOT like my high school.
Like... exACTLY like... I think..."
And then I glimpsed the football jerseys,
SILVER CREEK RAIDERS.
"THAT'S MY HIGH SCHOOL!!! THAT'S THE FIELD WHERE I SPENT FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE IN BAND PRACTICE!! THAT'S ABORN ROAD! THAT'S THE CHIROPRACTOR DOWN THE STREET! THAT'S THE FIELD WHERE I RUN SPRINTS!!"
Yup, it's my high school, just down the street.
So if you see that show, know that I not only spent four years of my life on that very field and pass it on my way to work every day, but every shot out of the high school is my neighborhood area, AND I'm 99% certain my ex-mother-in-law knows that girl's mother. The mother AND Cynthia look way too familiar.
Cool.

By the way Mr.Albert, if you could please email me, as I cannot figure out/remember your email address and I really need to thank you...

Excellent Excellent Mom Entry

Excellent Excellent Mom Entry
And if you guys don't read Keli on a regular basis anyway, you should.

New Diary: GoPischinaGo Now

New Diary: GoPischinaGo

Now I don't have to fill up the regular one with running stuff.
You all can cheer me on over there, kay?

I'm home! You all

I'm home!
You all can't wait to hear if I ran this weekend, right?

Saturday went to the gym and ran 2 miles in 25 minutes (the treadmill has you walk the first 2 minutes)
Then lifted weights for about 45 minutes.

Sunday I told Scott I wanted to run instead of going to kung-fu,
So I ran up and down Freedom Boulevard
A BEAUTIFUL road through the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Three miles in 35 minutes, plus quite a bit of hiking up and down the hill Scott lives on.
Then I joined the kung-fu class in time to practice my tai chi and ended with 20 minutes of kung-fu stances (not not not an easy thing).

I am absolutely proud of myself.

Everyone mark this date

Everyone mark this date on your calendars:
March 21, 2004

I will run my first 10K in... 3 years? 4 years? more?
And I will do it in 50 minutes.

And now I am off to the gym for real.

Here's a picture of

Here's a picture of the horse that "Mary" pretty much has an orgasm on.
That girl was SO annoying.
The stage scenery was really incredible,
But Mary and the story...
It was like a love story written by a teenager.
Yeah, that's right, I could have done better.

Everyone go rate Mocksie's

Everyone go rate Mocksie's Cats a TEN
And then get stuck on the computer rating ALL the cats a 10 and you'll be unable to get up off your chair and do anything else all day, heh.

Thanks for the virus

Thanks for the virus help guys,
If anyone has some recommendations for a good anti-virus software please let me know.
I can't copy down the exact error message because it just flashes on the screen, but it's obviously doing something bad.
I am off to the gym and then Aptos!

Oh yeah, That play we saw, "Mary's Wedding", it was kind of stupid.
Very well written, but you know, CHEESY.
And to make it worse,
You could see the ending coming a mile away
And yet I was STILL sobbing like a baby.
Scott will not let me live this down for quite awhile.

Everyone have a great weekend!

I got up at 5am, was out the door by 5:15, and ran 2.4 miles.
I wanted to run 3 or 4, but hey, it was 5am.

However, my computer is still not working right and I still can't get into my email.
It either won't bring up any internet screen at all or won't bring up a certain page I want to see,
like Blogger, email, etc.
And these little black pop ups saying "Killing dlldate" or something like that keep popping up.
I need some virus protection NOW, heh.

My computer is being the biggest bugger EVER and I'm sure it has something to do with there being NO VIRUS CONTROL on it - I think that may be our one splurge this paycheck or I may never be able to log on again. As it is, I cannot access my email at the moment. This is really sucking.

I am STILL proud

I am STILL proud of myself!
And I don't even hurt, my thighs are just a little tight.

3.2 miles!!! That's a 5K!
It took me 40 minutes which is Horrible,
But I'm still very very proud of myself!

I came home from

I came home from work to a doorstep full of Amazon birthday presents!
You guys are the GREATEST.
I'll send thank you's later today, right now I have to go running.

We went with Scott to Pasta Pomodoro for dinner and had chicken parmagiana and chianti and chocolate souffle.
It was yummy.
Now we're getting ready for bed.
Good night all!
***
Meg, I'll be calling you soon,
Mocksie, I'll email you tomorrow also.
G'Night!

We were watching Olinda

We were watching Olinda on Joe Millionaire last night and I told Spike he needed to come watch and study the girls on this show.
"Olinda is a prime example of your buddy getting married to a complete shrew and everyone knows it but him until the day after the wedding," I told him.
"What's wrong with Olinda?" he asked, "She's nice."
"ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS SHOW??? PAY ATTENTION BOY!"
When she got kicked off at the end of the show Buffy and I cheered so hard we scared the cat.
:-)

"Drinking wine in Italy is so much better than drinking it out of a box in your living room."
Joe Millionaire

Dude, I'm sure they sell wine *bottles* in Texas. I'm SURE of it.

I am STARVING. Taco

I am STARVING.
Taco Pie, Here I come!

Ran 2.4 miles But

Ran 2.4 miles
But walked the last .4 miles due to a case of the runs,
Causing me to stop every so often to clench the butt cheeks shut.
Then I finally get home and run to the house so I can get to the bathroom quick
And Buffy has LOCKED the door - ALL THREE LOCKS.
I'm pounding on the door,
"Let me IN! Let me IN!"
And Buffy calmly walks over and says
"Who iiiiiis it?"
"It's MOM and I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM OPEN UP THE DOOR!!!!"
I'm sure the neighbors really wanted to know that.
:-)

Pruned the roses.
Played the Sims.
Ran 1.6 miles.

Buffy just put Jay

Buffy just put Jay & Silent Bob Strikes Back in the dvd player and her little friend called.
Buffy said she didn't want to go play cuz she was going to watch a movie,
Her friend asked if she could watch it too.
"Sorry, this movie isn't appropriate for you."
*****
And now I am happily watching it with her.

Cold leftover garlic noodles

Cold leftover garlic noodles for breakfast.
YUM.

Days like this are

Days like this are what the gym is for!
My arms are pretty sore though,
But I can still use the treadmill!
And the one by my house has an indoor pool!

It is pouring rain.

It is pouring rain.
We are not going to church.
It's a very long freeway drive there and I don't like driving in the rain.
So we will stay home.

My kids just fell asleep in their chairs watching The Iron Chef.
The crayfish episode, UGH.
Time for bed for me, Church tomorrow!

You're Devi! Bad people

You're Devi! Bad people happen to you more than is
normal. You must live a cursed life.
What Johnny the Homicidal Maniac character are you?
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Went to BlockBuster and

Went to BlockBuster and stood in line with our last $4 to rent Italian Job and a clerk there decided to play movie trivia with us for a free packet of microwave popcorn.
"Name a Guy Ritchie movie!" he yelled as everyone looked at him dully.
"SNATCH" I yelled.
He threw me the popcorn as everyone else in line muttered "Who the hell is Guy Ritchie?"
I win.
:-)

Went to the *Real*

Went to the *Real* gym and ran for 10 minutes warm up, then worked the weight machines for an hour.
20,980 pounds
WHOOOO!!!!

WHOOOO Happy Birthday to

WHOOOO
Happy Birthday to Meeeee!!!!

I have THREE new books to read so far.
Hurray!
Oh - AND the Janis Joplin "Pearl" CD, YAYYYY!!!!

I am off to work and then to Aptos. WOOOOO!!!!!
I will see you all on Saturday morning when I return.
Bye!

Ran 1.6 miles in about 18 minutes.

Sorry to confuse some of you, heh.
My birthday is not until Saturday, November 8.
And I fully expect all those Happy Birthdays again.
Heeeee

I ran 2.4 miles in about 1/2 hour and I feel GREAT.
Also, Sunday we did a lot of yoga stretches during kung fu
And today my poor widdle tummy feels OWWIEEEEEEE.

More like my parents never got cable - like to this day they still don't have cable.
So no, I never got my MTV! *sniff*
(Okay, I have it NOW, but it's not like they play MUSIC now)

I'm tired. Time for

I'm tired.
Time for bed.
Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Got to go to

Got to go to kung fu today.
2 hours kung fu
1/2 hour Lao jia tai chi
My legs feel GREAT.
Tomorrow: Running

Currently reading: Oranges are

Currently reading: Oranges are not the only fruit
Which has one of the best first pages in a novel EVER.

It's so cold in the house right now that I want to turn the heater on.
90 degrees one day, 50 degrees the next.
I would be very happy if it stayed this cold for awhile.

We finally hired a

We finally hired a helper in accounting and she actually seems like she may have half a brain.
Well, I won't work with her until tomorrow, so we'll know more then.
But so far, so good.

I almost forgot that

I almost forgot that tonight is Survivor!!!
How could that be?
Maybe cuz it's the first good Thursday I've had in awhile.
Just didn't click in my head, heh.

Nine more days and

Nine more days and I turn 37...
WhoooOOOoooo.....
Now *that's* scary...

I will NOT do

I will NOT do this, Absolutely NOT:

You Should Dress Up As a Little Bo Peep!

Innocent yet sultry,
You're a bad girl trapped in a good girl's body.
Unlike Little Bo Peep, you like some creepy crawly things!
What Should You Be For Halloween?
More Great Quizzes from Quiz Diva

Perhaps I *am* an Evil Floss Stealer,
But I am *not* an Evil DIRTY Floss Stealer.
Nyaah!
:-)

Okay Nanowrimo, I'm going

Okay Nanowrimo, I'm going to try it again!
Who's with me?

Ran 1.6 miles, in

Ran 1.6 miles, in about 17 minutes.
Feel GREAT.

Time to make some

Time to make some changes in my life again.
Screw Curves.
I'm going running right now.

Okay, the Survivors will

Okay, the Survivors will be announced October 31. They do know who they are however, and it is a really great bunch.
On the other hand, there were quite a few who *almost* made it, and hopefully the apply again next year as they would do really well.

Diary Survivor 5 is about to start, we're only waiting for one more contestant to accept.
You all will be so surprised at the contestants!
It's going to be really great.

I saw that Cat In the Hat trailer the other day and felt like I'd gotten a needle injected sugar high.
But seeing that goldfish reminded me of a story our Office Manager had just told me.

She has a 5 year old son and had recently bought a goldfish for her fish tank.
She had noticed it was often wet around the tank but she couldn't find a leak anywhere and just didn't really think about it that hard.

Until a neighbor kid came to play with her son one day.
Neighbor Kid came back to ask the mom "Is Kyle allowed to play with the goldfish?"
No....
"Well he is."

She went to Kyle's room and he had the goldfish out ON THE DESK,
playing with it.

The fish died the next day.

Can you imagine that poor fish's last month of life?
Swim-swim-swim-swim...
AAAAGH The Giant Hand is coming back! NOOOOOO!!!!
GASP! *help* GAAAASP *Help!* gaaaaaAAAAASP*
*Splash!*
Swim-swim-swim-swim...

I Wanna Put My

I Wanna Put My Cat (In Your Hat)

So today I was

So today I was driving home in a good mood cuz everything had gone my way AND I was appreciated at work today
But some crappy song was playing on the radio so I shut it off and called RaevynLunatic.
A man answered.
Me: Thinking - "Uh oh, What's her NAME? Her real name???"
Me: Saying - "Hi... Is..... Rae home?"
Man: "HELLOO???"
I asked for Rae again and he gave her the phone (Luckily that's her real name, hah!)
"Hi, it's Pischina!"
What followed was a scream the likes you hear when Bob Barker tells you to "Come on DOWWWN!"
Anyway, we had a very nice conversation and the drive home flew by.
Rae fed her family hot dogs for dinner.
I fed mine cereal. Hey, that's what they wanted!
Anyway, don't believe what they say,
I do NOT giggle.
And Rae was very very nice and friendly, she seemed like a very fun person!

I'm sorry, but a

I'm sorry, but a Jesus Jackolantern is just plain SCARY,
NOT uplifting.

Today at work everything

Today at work everything was all better.
Boss and Boss finally admited that
*I*
was right
Completely
All along.
They changed their "Stupid Idea" Rule
right back to MY way.
And even kept saying
"We need to just let Pischina use her experience and knowledge to get this done."
Yeah,
Like I TOLD you.

Anyway,
Pischina gets her way = Happy Pischina

We had a good day.
Got up late, nixed church and went off to Aptos.
First stop, the health food store where Buffy got to buy her Koala Krispies,
Then the coffee shop.
While drinking our juice and coffee we looked through one of those Homes magazines (where they show homes for sale) and Spike and Buffy went nuts shopping for a house in Aptos for us to buy.
At one point Buffy says "No not that one, it's not quite in our budget."
"Um... what exactly IS our budget?" I asked.
"I would say... under $400,000."
Yeah, I would say WAAAAAAAY under $400,000.
Then we went to Aptos High School and walked around the huge graffitti-free campus.
Finally, Scott's house. We took him back off to the coffee shop where we had ham&cheese croissants (Buffy), raspberrie smoothie (Spike), potatoe & pesto quiche (me) and a breakfast burrito (Scott).
And off to the pumpkin patch.
We each picked one out,
Buffy got a teeny tiny pumpkin,
I got a fat squashed down reddish orange pumpkin,
Scott got a normal round pumpkin
And Spike got a long tall pumpkin.
On the way back home Scott wanted to look at the high school himself
(it's only 1/2 mile from his house)
And he thougt it was lovely (it is).
Went back to Scott's house and carved them together with wood carving tools, haha.
Spike carved the Scream ghost,
Buffy carved a toothy monster
Scott carved a very stylistic... himself, heh,
And I carved a pretty lady pumpkin complete with eyelashes.
I'll take a picture of our three tomorrow in the light
But Scott still has his at home.
On the way home we checked out Aptos Junior High and then hit the road.
Anyway, School and Work tomorrow.
Rats.

So it appears that

So it appears that Phillip Iverson is still harrassing families with young children who have webcams.
He's the reason I shut mine down in the first place,
Though I'd still like to put it back up one day for private viewing.
That page may take a second to load, but be patient and then read down through what this father has to say.

What kind of genius

What kind of genius thought up a S'Mores Maker?

Thanks so much to Itsy for reminding us about Daylight Savings Time.
That's right, it's TONIGHT.

New entry with Pictures

New entry with Pictures Pictures Pictures!
And quite a few before that too.

This is QUITE funny.

This is QUITE funny.
"Two surgeries" my ass.
Found over at LaughingFrog.

Cool picture, I think.

Cool picture, I think.

We tried to rent

We tried to rent The Birds today cuz the kids have never seen it, but Blockbuster doesn't carry it!
That's just really stupid.

The kids were SO

The kids were SO excited because I just allowed them to rent Halloween,
And now they're watching it and complaining,
"This is BO-ring."
I told them to give it a few minutes.
Personally, I LOVE the music.

I just wanted to

I just wanted to alert you all that my birthday is coming up and this is my Wish List.
Even better than Hit Whore Saturday
Is Birthday Wish List Whore!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

A Police Officer trainee

A Police Officer trainee in Santa Cruz makes $4,257 per month.
Almost twice what I make.
Could I fire a real gun?
Hmmmm......

Okay, it's going to

Okay, it's going to be another Hit-Whore Saturday!
Clixx Me!!!!

Aw man, this quiz doesn't give you html to show your answer.
The Starbucks Oracle

Pretty funny,
I entered Grande Hot Chai:
Personality type: Pseudo-intellectual
You're liberal and consider yourself to be laid back and open minded. Everyone else just thinks you're clueless. Your friends hate you because you always email them virus warnings and chain letters "just in case it's true." All people who drink venti hot chai are potheads.
Also drinks: Sparkling water
Can also be found at: Designer grocery stores

I just want to

I just want to blow this picture up and print it out and post it on my wall at work.

you are the "I hate you so bad" happy
bunny. You hate everyone and eveything and your
not ashamed of it.

which happy bunny are you?
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Mocksie's Friday Five again:

Mocksie's Friday Five again:

1. Where were you born (city or state or just country)? Oxnard, California

2. What is your favorite number? 4 and 13

3. Vanilla or chocolate? Almost always chocolate, but sometimes a really good vanilla ice cream is nice.

4. What section of a bookstore would I find you in? I am usually all over the place, sometimes humor, sometimes collectibles, religion, New-Age, travel... Lots of times the Art section. I like to learn things I don't already know.

5. What kind of mattress do you have on your bed? A King size very nice pretty much brand new mattress donated to me after the fire. My previous one was 10 years old, so I really appreciated that gift.

How appropriate, that below,

How appropriate, that below, heh, as NotJustAMom just referred to me as a phoenix, haha.

You are Form 0,

You are Form 0, Phoenix: The Eternal.

"And The Phoenix's cycle had reached
zenith, so he consumed himself in fire. He
emerged from his own ashes, to be forever
immortal."

Some examples of the Phoenix Form are Quetzalcoatl
(Aztec), Shiva (Indian), and Ra-Atum
(Egyptian).
The Phoenix is associated with the concept of life,
the number 0, and the element of fire.
His sign is the eclipsed sun.

As a member of Form 0, you are a determined
individual. You tend to keep your sense of
optomism, even through tough times and have a
positive outlook on most situations. You have
a way of looking at going through life as a
journey that you can constantly learn from.
Phoenixes are the best friends to have because
they cheer people up easily.

Which Mythological Form Are You?
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One year ago today

One year ago today I woke up in my bedroom for the last time,
Took a last shower,
Made a pot of coffee in my kitchen,
And went to work to live the last day of my life as I knew it then,
Without knowing it.

16 hours later I was watching my house burn down.

Life Update for Today:
My hair is no longer purple, but very dark reddish brown.
I love Scott.
I love my son and my daughter.
I STILL need to get my car up for sale.
I HATE my job and wish the job market was better.
I really really hate my job this week.
But I really really love Scott.
Good Night.

So So So So

So So So So glad it's Survivor night.
I had ANOTHER awful day at work,
It seems every Thursday has been terrible lately,
Making me look all the more towards Survivor.
But this week has been 3 horrid days in a row.
Period should be here soon,
Please tell me the new PMS is not going to start lasting a whole week now...

Are you Addicted to

Are you Addicted to the Internet?

62%

Hardcore Junkie (61% - 80%)
While you do get a bit of sleep every night and sometimes leave the house, you spend as much time as you can online. You usually have a browser, chat clients, server consoles, and your email on auto check open at all times. Phone? What's that? You plan your social events by contacting your friends online. Just be careful you don't get a repetitive wrist injury...

The Are you Addicted to the Internet? Quiz at Quiz Me!

Boobah Every moon you

Boobah
Every moon you click on takes you to a different time-waster.
Sadly, it's addicting.

"Didn't you think the cartoon part of Kill Bill was kind of sad?" I asked Buffy.
"Heck no!" she replied, "It was just like an am-in-ated pokemon, only BAD."

Spike and I asked her if she noticed any am-in-ated platymapuses in it, hahaha.

She didn't get it, heh.

Oh, one caveat... Uma

Oh, one caveat...
Uma Thurman has some UUUGLAY toes.
Man!

Saw Kill Bill, Again,

Saw Kill Bill,
Again,
LOVED IT.
Spike loved it too,
But Buffy probably loved it best.
I think she took it more in the spirit it was meant to be than anyone,
She was just cracking up through the whole movie.
We all three love the music.
Just a Super-Cool movie.
If you don't mind a little blood, heh.
THANK YOU KIM!!!!

I am off to

I am off to see Kill Bill
Again
Taking the kids this time,
They are tough, they know Fantasy when they see it
And it's all thanks to some movie tickets from
Kim.
Thank you Kim!!!!

Scott is here, so I am off - - -

Hey, did you read

Hey, did you read in my diary about Charlene trying to buy her husband's uncle's house and then 3 weeks before they were to move in they found out the IRS was seizing it from the uncle?
Turns out he owes 2 million dollars.
Yup.
He's in big trouble.

Something's up at the

Something's up at the ole diary.
300 - 500 hits a day this week.
That is a bit much and quite a jump all of a sudden.

Oh yeah, and I don't hate everyone now.
Plus, my belly is full of pork chops and raviolis and raspberrie ice cream.
There is no more room for hate.
:-)

I am mad at

I am mad at everyone today so everyone leave me alone.
Except Scott, I'm not mad at him.

I am very sad that Faith Fancher died yesterday.
She was such a wonderful intelligent woman.
We could all learn a lot from her.

I went to work

I went to work today and everybody loved my purple hair.
Of course, most of them are nasty lieing bitches, heh, but I'll pretend for now that they really do love my hair.
And I realized that it may not be Clairol's fault - I was blaming them because there is NO color even close to purple on the box.
But the dye is actually for brown hair, and while my hair is mostly brown, it also streaks very very blonde in the summer.
And that's where it's purple, right where those streaks were.
So if you have blonde or very light brown hair,
Stay away from "Rosewood" Natural Instincts.
Unless, of course, you WANT purple streaked hair.
Buffy, now that she's stopped laughing, wants her own hair dyed that color.
Now, do I do it before she takes school pictures or after?
Yeah, I am that kind of Mom.
We'll probaby do it this weekend.

I bought some Oxy-Clean

I bought some Oxy-Clean today for the first time.
I should have gotten some long ago, I am just too messy to live without some special cleaner.
A little over a year ago most of my white shirts/blouses (and most of them ARE white) were turned dark pink at the laundromat.
Then the fire burned up the laundry room while I was washing, yes, my white shirts and blouses.
Then today, wearing one of my only 2 white shirts I have left,
I spilled my Togo's BBQ Beef sandwich all over my shirt and pants
(It was SO worth it, I didn't even care, what's a little mess at work when your belly's full of BBQ Beef?)
And then at dinner I spilled more spaghetti noodles all over myself - but I'm only wearing my work out clothes, so that's okay.
I'm just saying, Me and Oxy-Clean should have met up a long time ago.

OH! I forgot! Today

OH! I forgot!
Today Princess Missy was wearing a silver headband with pink foil tiara and a little heart cut out the middle.
AND,
A T-Shirt that said "Madonna in Training" on the back,
"Like a Virgin" in front,
A construction paper sign she pinned on her shirt saying in black marker "Like a Virgin"
(Why we have to repeat this twice on one side of her shirt, I don't know)
AND
A blinking lighted star pinned RIGHT ON HER NIPPLE.

So yeah, that's Princess Missy.

Oh how I love

Oh how I love Joe Millionaire.
These skanky broads are even more pathetic than last years.

I'm going to go practice my tai chi and go to bed.
Good Night.

Tampons or Boats? You

Tampons or Boats?
You decide.

I went to say

I went to say goodnight to Buffy and starting chewing her out for her messy room.
While I'm nagging and nagging I notice she's not looking me in the eyes, but right ABOVE my eyes,
Also, she seemed to be biting her lip to keep from laughing.
"Look, I know you think it's funny that I have purple hair, but I'm serious, You Need to Clean Your Room!!!!"
Buffy: "HAHAHAHHAHAAAAHAAAAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!"

Also, one step closer

Also, one step closer to buying Wedding Announcements:

We were driving around Open Studios and Scott was wishing that he too could quit his day job and just get paid for making beautiful furniture.
"Maybe one day I'll have a famous writer for a wife and she'll support me so I could work in my shop," he said wistfully.
"Well maybe one day you will," I said.
(WAIT a minute, I thought, Did he say WIFE? WIFE? He said WIFE not Girlfriend, right? He said the Code Word, WIFE)
"Of course," I added, "First you have to decide you want to get married again."
He looked at me and I gave him my innocent look back.
He started laughing nervously.
I started laughing with an innocent smirk on my face.
He saw the smirk and started laughing harder.
I laughed harder too, still with an "I caught you" grin.
Finally I said "Okay, you can stop laughing now."
And he started joking about how when I was a famous writer then I wouldn't WANT to marry him, but I'd probably still send him to his shop to make me a jewelry box, and he better use the GOOD wood, and not the wood from the scrap heap...
*****
It was a step closer. And it was funny.

This weekend was mostly

This weekend was mostly spent (after I dyed my hair purple and we saw Kill Bill) going to Open Studios. This is where you look at a huge map of the Santa Cruz area where hundreds of artists live and the artists open their homes to you so you can come see their work.
Literally hundreds, so since Scott has a woodshop and is very into that sort of thing, we picked out all the wood and furniture artists. All the artists were really nice, and some were very interesting. Some even served wine and cheese and crackers, apples fresh from the farm next door, m&m's, fresh garden tomatoes, etc.
We saw everything from a man who was charging $1200 for a little jewelry box to a lady who pounded layers of copper onto garage sale furniture, to a guy who had a barn filled with industrial size woodworking tools yet all he made was $200 FISHING NETS ("Well I haven't sold any yet, quit my day job last year and pretty much used up my life savings.")
Then we saw Matthew Werner's furniture which was very beautiful, waaaaaaaaaaay more beautiful than the pictures can show, yet again, $175 for a napkin holder, and his music stands, though absolutely gorgeous, were $1200 and up.
But our highlight of the weekend was meeting Mr. Vern Bowie who made the most gorgeous furniture I've ever seen. I can't find a better link to him which is really too bad cuz this guy was amazing. And just such a great guy! His wife is a painter too (scroll down in that link for a painting she did of him, and her photo). He's 73 and looks about 50. African American with the most delicious chocolate colored skin, his wife and he ran their own business PLUS 3 restaurants during their life, then made enough to retire and they make enough doing what they love to live a very nice life. Beautiful house, beautiful furniture and artwork too of course.
We left that house just in love with the couple, I swear Scott wants to invite them to dinner and make them our friends.
I wouldn't mind a bit either.

And yeah, my hair

And yeah, my hair IS purple.

My new favorite Girl

My new favorite Girl
If I could find a good picture of her wearing that yellow jumpsuit I'd even change my diary layout.

Oh.
My.
God.

My hair is purple.
Well, it's pretty darn exactly magenta.
My daughter is going to be so jealous
And so mad that I didn't dye HER hair purple
But dammit why did I do this to MY hair?

At least it's Natural Instincts, it will wash out in a couple months.
Scott is going to laugh and laugh.

Wondering if RiteAid has

Wondering if RiteAid has curling irons for maybe five bucks...

And the day gets

And the day gets even better.
I forgot my curling iron too.
I have very fine, straight hair that just hangs in my face if I don't curl it out of my eyes.
Even more fun,
As my hair dries it's starting to glow a very magenta looking color.
Scott's going to have a freakin heart attack when he comes back from school.
Heee.

omelet, omelot, how the

omelet, omelot, how the heck do you spell that word?

I just remembered I

I just remembered I have a leftover breakfast sandwich from Happy Smile deli
(wheat toast, egg omelet with onions and peppers with a hashbrown in the middle)
sitting in the fridge upstairs.
And since it's going to take frikken forever for my newly "Rosewood" hair to dry
I think I'll go upstairs and warm it up and eat it.
Yum.

Raging Pistachio designs Free

Raging Pistachio designs
Free Diaryland templates
And they're pretty nice.

Oh Gosh! I forgot

Oh Gosh!
I forgot my hairdryer!!!
It's going to be one of those days, huh.

Does AOL not show

Does AOL not show blogrolling links?
Cuz Scott here has aol and my buddy list has disappared AGAIN.
Double pooh.

Also I had planned

Also I had planned to do one of those picture every hour things today
But wouldn't you know it,
I forgot my camera.
Pooh.
But that's okay, cuz we're going to see Kill Bill today.
Whether Scott wants to or not.
Hee.
He'll be happy I made him go once he's seen it,
Right?
Right.

I am dyeing my

I am dyeing my hair as I type this,
Clairol Natural Instincts
"Rosewood"
And now that I look on the internet I see that's the darkest of their red colors
That's not exactly what I was looking for,
I know, "Rosewood" kinda means probably red
But it didn't look that red at the store
And now that my hair is all full of the dark purple goop
I guess I'm kinda commited to the results.
Heh.

Starting Monday Spike will get his turns on the computer again,
Which is a good thing, cuz it's making me cranky.
All I do is sit here in front of the screen
I don't do anything else
And I won't do anything else.
I need to get back into life again.

Tell me these two

Tell me these two weren't seperated at birth:
Prince Herbert from Monty Python
Jon from Survivor 7

Every time Jon starts flailing his arms all around I think of Prince Herbert.

The ABC's Of Me.

The ABC's Of Me.
A - Act your age - Most of the time - and yeah I'm 36 years 11 months 1 week and one day old - Start buying presents!
B – Boyfriend - El Scotto, aka The Power
C - Chore you hate - Mopping
D - Dad's name - Ron
E - Essential make up item - Lipstick
F - Favorite actress -
G - Gold or silver - Silver
H – Hometown - San Jose, California
I - Instruments you play - Flute, Piccolo, Alto & Tenor Sax, Oboe
J - Job title - When I'm nice "Accounts Receivable" When I'm not nice "Collection Officer"
K – Kids - 13 year old son, 11-1/2 old daughter
L - Living arrangements - Rent a 3 bedroom house with the kids, just us three
M - Mom's name - Too unusual, cannot put it here
N - Number of people you've slept with - No, Not answering
O - Overnight hospital stays - 2, both after giving birth
P – Phobia - Fires and Failing
Q - Quote you like -
R - Religious affiliation - Methodist
S – Siblings - One younger sister who I haven't talked to in years and wouldn't miss if I never saw her again.
T - Time you wake up - 5:45am
U - Unique habit - My nose twitches, like Bewitched? All the time, but especially when I'm nervous or upset
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat - brussel sprouts
W - Worst habit- picking at my nose - oh like you don't
X - X-rays you've had - Except for the dentist, only once at the chiropracters after a very bad car accident when I was 18, actually that was the day after I got engaged - A sign of things to come!
Y - Yummy food you make - Spaghetti, pork chops, fried potatoes in teryaki sauce, little meatloafs... I make all kind of yummy foods
Z - Zodiac Sign - Absolutely, positively, a Scorpio
***
borrowed from Monica

My email has been

My email has been throwing many many good emails into my bulk and trash folder.
I know Yahoo has been much better at filtering Spam, but all my Notifies and other things are disappearing.
If you have Yahoo email you may want to keep an eye on your Bulk box.

Turqoise. Yeah, I knew

Turqoise.
Yeah, I knew that.
My mind was just blank as I pictured Princess Missy's head while describing her tiara.
Turquoise.
But, you know, all Fakish and stuff.

Scott wants to get

Scott wants to get me this exersize machine for my birthday.
He has a machine very similar in his school and it is REALLY great.
Yeah, almost the same thing Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley sell on their infomercials,
But this machine is really fantastic!

Happy Survivor Day!!!

Happy Survivor Day!!!

We smell smoke again. I can't be sure if it's the computer or maybe the neighbor has their fireplace going on.
I HATE this.

Me: What did you

Me: What did you have for dinner?
Lanie: Pork chops and rice and gravy
Me: MMMMmmmm sounds good!
Lanie: It wasn't as good as it sounds.
Me: We're having ground turkey and corn.
Lanie: Well, I think I'll take my dinner
****
It went something like that, haha. But actually I ended up with a really great dinner.
I mixed the turkey all up like a meat loaf, with garlic teryaki sauce, eggs, herb & garlic seasonings, bread crumbs and wheat germ.
Then I filled the muffin pan with them!!!
With barbecue sauce on top!
I made little muffin meat loafs and they were SOOOOOO good!
We called them "Meat Muffins", hee hee heeeeee
Then we had rice, and corn bread, and a corn & black bean mixture.
And Scott brought salad and of course we had a little tiny bit of wine too.
:-)
I had such a good leftover lunch today.

Now that I can

Now that I can think AND type,
At the same time even...
I did speak with Lanie yesterday
And like I said, she sounds soooooooooooooooo sweet.
My gosh, certainly nothing like the cranky* lady that posts on her blog sometimes.
It was almost too sweet sounding to believe it was her.
She thinks she has no accent - HAH!
She sounds like a little Southern Belle (Sorry Lanie, tis true)
Like the most sweetest, dainty, proper Southern Belle who drinks Mint Juleps on the porch and often swoons.
I'm not kidding.
*****
P.S. Being cranky is not a bad thing!

Old Vine Zinfandel Pretty

Old Vine Zinfandel
Pretty good stuff, heh.

drank lots of wine.
talke d to lanie
ltos of wine
go see scott
love him
bye

Did I mention my bean and cheese burritos have more onions in them than anything else?
Yummmmmm
Obviously it is not Tuesday and Scott is not here.
I'm going to bed with my onion breath now.
G'Night.

"Outgoing California Gov. Gray

"Outgoing California Gov. Gray Davis signed landmark legislation mandating that any company doing business with the state offer domestic partner benefits to its employees."

I got one new

I got one new phone number for my stuck-in-traffic calls so far.
Anyone else?

I didn't go to

I didn't go to the gym cuz I promised myself I'd just go running at 7pm instead
But I'm still sitting here in front of MY computer
So now I guess I have to make myself get up at 5:30am to run.
:-(
Don't WANNA.

My bean and cheese

My bean and cheese burritos are WAAAAAAY better than Taco Bell's.

More great cards! Click

More great cards!
Click on Cards
Click on the top sample picture
Soon as I have money I'm buying those cards.

Still getting my Wedding Announcements from CatieCake.

Buffy is reading Small

Buffy is reading Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio and she loves it so much I thought I would share it with you guys.
According to Amazon, it sounds like an incredible book.

I got bored today

I got bored today on the way home and called every internet person that I have a phone number for and
NOT ONE PERSON WAS HOME.
Anyone want me to call them on a future bored day, email me your number.
I'm basically antisocial and hate talking on the phone,
But sometimes I just get in the mood.
So ya know, I won't call you right NOW,
But I may call you in the FUTURE.

I still have postcards sitting on my desk, all addressed but *still* waiting for stamps,
That should give you an idea when I'll call you, heh.

Okay, we woke up

Okay, we woke up and our house is NOT burned down.
Never heard any sirens.
Computer is now working fine.
Phew!

K-Lo just (jokingly) cursed my house to burn down again, and after I threatened to move the whole family in with her if it did...
Now we're smelling smoke.
I've gone through the whole house, couldn't find anything and thought maybe it was a neighbor's house...
But no, it seems to be coming from the COMPUTER.
So I'll be signing out now.
Hopefully it will cool down by morning, heh.

Heh.

Okay I actually turned

Okay I actually turned the dryer on to fluff up some towels, that counts for something, right?

My kitchen smells like barbecue sauce right now.

Well obviously I get

Well obviously I get a lot more done at home when the kids are NOT grounded.
Since the computer is MINE ALL MINE I have not budged from this chair all weekend except to go to church.
And I didn't even want to do that.
It's much easier to get up and clean the kitchen or do laundry when someone is next to me begging to play the Sims.
Speaking of which, I need to clean the kitchen and do laundry.
But...
Maybe I'll play Sims for awhile.

What San-X Character Are

What San-X Character Are You?
I have no idea what that means, none at all.
But they are cute,
And I found it over at Angeline's page.

Okay, there's not much

Okay, there's not much funnier than watching Breakfast Club in spanish.

"Dear Cluster of Cells

"Dear Cluster of Cells Currently in My Good Friend's Uterus:"

I have a few

I have a few sore muscles today, I know it was from running last night.
We're going running again tonigh, Yayyy!

I just got this

I just got this offline message from my son:

"SPIKE" (10/10/2003 5:16:56 PM): hi every body... i just wanted to say bye for the week since im grounded bcause of my grades.cya in a week.Bye"

Well, the Copy/Paste thing didn't show all the little Sobbing Smilies that he had put in too. AWWWWW Poor Baby!!!
HAH!
Like I said,
Much more fun being a Mom than being a Kid.
Especially a Grounded Kid, bwahahahaaaaaa

Don't forget, October 19 is the deadline...

"Carrie" Pumpkin, Complete with

"Carrie" Pumpkin,
Complete with pumping blood.
Found through Murphy's lovely wife, Shan.

Buffy finally dragged me

Buffy finally dragged me out the door to go running.
We did one .8 mile loop,
And added another block to it,
So I'm not sure how far, but it was close to 1.5 miles total.
Took us about 15 minutes and we had a great time,
Buffy ran right out to the back yard and started jumping rope.
I, of course, ran straight to the computer and sat down, haha.
So today that makes 20 minutes gym, 15 minutes running.
A week from Monday is my next weigh and measure day,
I can't wait!

I am lost without

I am lost without mly BlogRolling links.
I need them back, right away!!!

Does anyone know how

Does anyone know how to make avatars?
Could someone show me how to make one with the yin-yang symbol on it?
Thanks...

You guys are boring.

You guys are boring.
I finally get full custody of my own computer and ya'll decide not to post, comment, write entries,
You've ALL ABANDONED me!!!
So we're going to do chores.
Spike is pretending to be dead on the floor right now, he's going to get some ice water on his head in a minute.
My chores are:
Laundry
Dishes
Pull up summer flowers
Sweep kitchen and dining room
Clean back patio
Dig up 1/2 the vegetable garden.
You guys haven't commented on anything today and NO ONE (???) knows who Kilgore Trout is,
So off I go to do my stuff.

I went to Curves,

I went to Curves, Princess Missy was NOT THERE, Hurray! A whole week without seeing her little tiara!
"Queen Christie" was there instead, kid you not.
I guess she's the actual owner of this Curves.
She didn't bug me as much, even though she wore a headband with pink fuzzy antennaes on it,
But then again, I've learned to lie and yell "YELLOW" when we take our pulse.

Oh wow, how do

Oh wow, how do I read my comments when people mark them private?
I went to the BackBlog place but don't know my password and it's taking forever for them to send it to me.
WAAAAHHH!!!

I want to see

I want to see Kill Bill today.
We have two free tickets, plus Spike also has a free pass.
Hopefully we can fit that in today.
And then the kids have to clean their rooms,
bwahahahahaaaaa

I really don't feel

I really don't feel like going to Curves this morning.
But I guess I should.
I haven't seen Princess Missy herself in a week.
Oh yay.

Well I can't see

Well I can't see anything happening with this square, I don't know if it's not working or if my computer just won't see it. Can anyone else see something besides a blue box here?

50 points to anyone

50 points to anyone who can tell me who Kilgore Trout is,
WITHOUT looking it up.

Okay, he's there. Good

Okay, he's there.
Good little Boy Scout.

Spike just told me he needs to be at a boyscout pancake breakfast at 7am.
In full boyscout uniform.
The uniform is his problem (he doesn't even know where it is, HAH!)
But the waking up will be my problem.
So I am going to bed now.
G'Night.

"And for our Muslim

"And for our Muslim friends -- oh, I forgot we're not allowed to have Muslim friends any more. Sorry, Office of Homeland Security, it won't happen again!"

This toy cracks me

This toy cracks me up!!!
Found through MagPie.

WooHOOOO I finally got

WooHOOOO I finally got the button right!

I just barely today

I just barely today realized that due to the lack of crazy jealous paranoid crackhead boyfriend, I could actually go to JournalCon this year, I've never been and have ALWAYS wanted to go.
So I just asked my friend Keli (mentioned down below) about where to find it, then I found the site all by myself and what do you know, it's October 17 in Texas.
Evil boyfriend or no, I can't get to Texas in two weeks.
Drat.
But all that means is...
I get to go next year!
Hurray!!!!!

My friend Keli just

My friend Keli just got these boots from her fiance.
I am jealous.

I LOVE this picture.

I LOVE this picture.

Skippy the Goth Kangaroo

Skippy the Goth Kangaroo
Found at Smacktalk.org.

I only had a

I only had a bit of contact with Chromemm, but I was looking back through his site, and realized we (Diary Survivor 4 Judges) had issued an IC (Immunity Challenge) about death and I thought I would re-share this entry with those who did know him.
Chrome's IC #3
"Tell us the story of how you die."
I did enjoy the few times I was able to talk to him, and his death is a sad loss to the world.

You all who have not been leaving me comments have been busy working on your Diary Survivor applications, right?
Sinnamon tells you more about it.

Look who's coming back...

Look who's coming back...

I usually hate saying

I usually hate saying stuff like this,
But Osten is just the biggest Pussy I've EVER seen.
They should have kept Skinny Ryan or Lill, they would have done better with either of them!!!

I am LOVING this

I am LOVING this new cooler weather.
Foggy mornings, sunny breezy afternoons.
It's the BEST weather for driving the convertible.
But the ad goes in the paper next week to sell it.
:-(

Oh, and I would just like to say how PROUD I am to be a Californian today, as we have the biggest, baddest Governor in the United States right now, He is going to PUMP us UP, and TERMINATE our debt, and he has ALL the answers and you all are just out of luck because you can't have him for YOUR governor.
Of course, he hasn't exactly said what it is he's going to do, but I'm sure someone will write a script real soon and then he'll figure it out.
I am just so so thrilled, and...
At a loss for words.

"I'm not just a

"I'm not just a mommy, I'm a woman too. I wasn't born a mommy. I forget that sometimes. "
That's from her profile, and I liked it, so I started reading her.

Okay, I am going to close my mouth and go to bed now.
Tomorrow is not only Election Day, but it's Tuesday,
Which means
SCOTT COMES OVER!!!!
Good night!

While I'm ranting, might

While I'm ranting, might I add that I'm not afraid to admit I laughed when I heard about the tiger attacking Roy.
Then I was horrified,
And then again I chuckled and thought "About time".
I don't value animals over people, but I don't think wild animals such as lions and tigers have any place in these circus acts.
No, it doesn't save their lives, there are plenty of sanctuaries they can be released to.
I think it's horrible that Roy got hurt...
But it was only a matter of time and a small part of my heart thinks he deserves it.
It makes me feel bad that I think that, but that doesn't change what I think.

For those who don't

For those who don't want to read my political rant, but would rather read a very funny account of a reporter going undercover into Arnold's campaign headquarters, read this article from the Santa Cruz Metro.
It's really very funny.

Well, I was asked,

Well, I was asked, so here's my version, "in a nutshell", why we are having a recall election:
Please excuse errors like name spellings.
First, some guy by the name of Clark(?) I think, decided Governor Gray Davis was responsible for a lot of the bad things happening in California, so he started the recall. It wasn't going anywhere though, so a Republican named Darrell Issa stepped in and donated $20Million of his own cash to get the recall rolling. He also decided he might like to run for governor himself. If not for him, it wouldn't have happened. So the recall was on, Issa was running and the frontrunner, and then Schwartzenblatz joined the race, the press went mad, Issa cried and dropped out, California is now a laughing stock.
That's the nutshell version.
There are a lot of really sad issues here.
Gray Davis isn't even to blame for most of the things wrong here, he inherited them from previous governors. The energy crisis is the result of stupid Californian voters who thought deregulation would bring them better prices - WHICH IT NEVER HAS FOR ANY INDUSTRY YET. Schools have suffered since Prop 13 and will continue to do so. Nothing will change unless taxes are raised. The main reason we're suffering here is the main reason all of America is suffering - we're going through a recession brought on by 9/11. It may *seem* worse for us living in California because we were quite a wealthy state due to the dot com industry previous to 9/11. That industry crashed and now we're left picking up the pieces. Not Gray Davis' fault - just the way life rolled the dice.
I will say Governor Davis probably could have reacted a bit sooner to some of these crises, or been more vocal about trying to help out instead of seeming to hide his head in the sand.
But there is no way anyone else elected will be able to fix the problems we have in this short of a time. And the very possibility that we will be voting this muscle-bound not-very-good ACTOR to be governor just infuriates me.
And really, it's now the fault of the press. Since the moment he declared his candidacy he's been on the front page. Why? Because he's a name that draws attention and SELLS PAPERS. Then his name is more well known, and it's a vicious circle of more papers sold = more publicity for Ahnold = more papers sold.
What really makes me mad is how quickly the election is being held. There has been NO TIME to sort out potential candidates, no time to weed out the bad from the good. Tomorrow we will very likely elect Arnold as our Governor.
That's my personal view as a Liberal Santa Cruz Hippie Democrat. Republicans I'm sure have their own opinion. My biggest gripe is with the entire voting public, NATIONALLY. No one thinks for themselves, no one reads up on their own, no one tries to educate themselves, everyone WATCHES TV AND VOTES WHAT THE TV SAYS TO. People need to START USING THEIR HEADS and then actually GO VOTE.
*****
Sorry, but I was asked.
And really, it does make SO MUCH sense to spend so many MILLIONS OF DOLLARS on this recall when California has SO MUCH extra money in the bank.
Maria Shriver, you should be ashamed of yourself.

I finally got my

I finally got my new voting papers in the mail,
JUST IN TIME.
Now I don't have to sit around and let everyone else vote Schwartzennebbler for governor.
I get to have some say.
Dear God don't let Schwartzenubbly win.

Breakfast Club is on

Breakfast Club is on VH1 right now.
Love that movie.
Hate it with every little swear word dubbed out.

I really need to

I really need to stop going for afternoon coffee with Scott before I leave Aptos on Sundays.
I have a terrible time going to sleep those nights.
And here I am again.
I better go lay in bed and stare at the ceiling for awhile.

I'm doing the Friday

I'm doing the Friday Five right now
Even though it's late
Because it's my blog and I can if I want to.

1. What vehicle do you drive?
A 1990 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible and a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD.
Both are white.
2. How long have you had it?
Convertible since New Years Day
The Jeep for a couple weeks.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
The Chrysler: It's a Convertible!!!!
The Jeep: a windshield wiper for the back window
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
The Chrysler: Sometimes it dies while driving it.
The Jeep: Sometimes it beeps and flashes that I have low windshield wiper fluid - a) the fluid is FULL, b) is it that important that it has to BEEP at me and scare me to death???
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
A convertible Jaguar, or a brand new convertible VW bug.

I don't want to go to work tomorrow.
I want to go back to Aptos.
Back to kung fu school, even.
Owwwwieeeeee,
No, my legs say no more kung fu for a few days.

Okay, Trading Spaces $100,000:

Okay, Trading Spaces $100,000:
Doug's living room looked exactly like any other $1000 room they do,
However all the new kitchen stuff makes up for it.
Laurie's room, well, the 70's look is still the 70's look,
And though I liked the room overall
(WHO THE HECK NEEDS $1000 worth of DVDs???)
The curtains look dated and that GAWDAWFUL mirror has to go,
I don't care if it was from the 1800's.
Made me cringe every time I saw it.

My Weekend.

My Weekend.

The kids want to have a party on the anniversary of the fire (October 24).
I told them we're NOT having a "party"
But we can have some sort of remembrance.
Any ideas what we could do?
Besides Spike's suggestion:
We make a house of popsicle sticks and light it on fire in the fireplace.
We are NOT doing that.

In 12 hours I

In 12 hours I will be snuggled in bed next to Scott.
Or maybe we'll climb the side of the hill to the hot tub and soak first.
I can't wait.

Oh yeah, GO DRAKE

Oh yeah,
GO DRAKE TRIBE!!!!

That Morgan tribe gives new meaning to the term LOOOOOSER,
Don't they?

Awwwww....

Awwwww....

Hey, maybe someone could

Hey, maybe someone could feed Mira Sorvina a cookie?
Or an extra lettuce leaf at least?
Just a thought.

My NotifyList won't work

My NotifyList won't work at the moment,
So for now,
Go here to see if I got my Travel Card for Curves.

One hour until Survivor!

One hour until Survivor!
Hurray!

I am off to

I am off to Curves now.
I wonder if I have been good enough to get my Travel Card today?
Then I can go to the Aptos Curves and tell you all how really wonderful it is.
:-)

A couple weeks ago

A couple weeks ago (when I thought I had money, ha) I won the New York Ballet workout and I paid right away
But I still haven't received my prize.
I am sad.
I want my Ballet Workout Tape!

You have until October

You have until October 12 to get your applications in so Get Started!!!

Guess what folks:

It's time for DIARY SURVIVOR 5!!!!!!!

Get your applications in!!!

Three great things about Tuesdays:
It's only three more days until Friday!
It's only two more days until Survivor!!
It's only 10 more hours until Scott comes over!!!
Hurray!!!!!

I was just looking over at CatieCakeCards again,
Planning my future wedding invitations
(Which I know I will soon need).
I know I want something really simple, that's why I like her cards so much,
But I just found one of her cards that really struck me
And though it's totally not a traditional wedding card,
I really really like this one.
That pattern just seems to fit us both so very much.
I can't wait to actually place an order!!!!
As Trinity63 said to me the other day,
Let's just get married already!!!!

Buffy is feeling better

Buffy is feeling better now but her tummy is still rumbling and she occasionally whines about it hurting
(and she is NOT a whiner, so that's when I know something is wrong)
But she did have some Gorilla Munch cereal for dinner and so far, so good.
Mainly we're just exhausted from getting no sleep tonight.
(And my short afternoon at work possibly couldn't have gone worse)
I am looking forward to some sleep tonight!

Buffy is sick today,

Buffy is sick today, she's had a stomach virus for the last 24 hours, but she's been throwing up and diarrhea and severe stomach cramps since 11pm last night.
So I'm staying home with her until 1pm when I go back to work.
In the meantime,
I get to sit here and watch Dr.Phil.

I don't even like Dr.Phil that much, but I love the shows about the overweight people in the house.

Buffy is laying in my bed quietly reading The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

One year ago: Buffy

One year ago:
Buffy got in big big trouble

We are off to church for the first time since June...
The summer was just too too busy.
When I come back I'll tell you about yesterday's Curves,
That place just never runs out of material, heh.

Meanwhile,
Sunday Morning Clix Whore!!!
Clix Me!

Well Fric and Frak!!!
I got myself a great User Name and signed up, and then realized to get the special discounted Gold Membership deal you have to order that NOW and I don't HAVE money now.
However, I also noticed the name is confusing and looks like it refers to "spics" so maybe a different name will be better.
Or maybe I should get my website back, which will be much much cheaper and I can probably hold more pictures that way.
Maybe one day I should return Meg's email, now THAT's a thought.
And Leslie's email
And Mody's email
And Itsy's email
Yeah, emails are cheaper than signing up for things.
But now I have to go to Curves.
Ah well.
....Hey, I wonder if I could sneak my camera in and take a picture of Princess Missy?
bwahahahahaaaa....

Even though I finally

Even though I finally got all those pictures off my camera's memory cards I cannot post them to Three65Pics until I buy a SuperGold membership because it says I'm at 271% of my limit.
Sorry, don't have that extra cash right now, but I'll find a way soon.
But I CAN start the other photo project I was thinking of, maybe I should get that started right now,
I have 10 minutes until I leave for Curves.

In less than 6

In less than 6 weeks I will turn 37 years old.
This year, the age doesn't bother me at all.
I guess it all depends on how good your life is going at the time.
I don't care if I was turning 50, I am Happy.

One day my zip

One day my zip code will be 95003 and I will be the happiest girl in the world.

I'm going to Curves

I'm going to Curves again this morning.
I wonder if anything else interesting will happen or if they'll just LEAVE ME ALONE so I can workout in peace?

Once again,
Friday Night Clix Whore!!!
Clix Me!

I was really sleepy

I was really sleepy after work today so I didn't go to the gym,
But I can only go 3 days a week anyway,
So I can go tomorrow.
But then Buffy wanted to go Running!
Only, we didn't have time because we have to pick up Spike from his school dance.
So we are going to go lift weights outside right now,
Then run tomorrow to the gym and workout, then run back.

No Friday Five today

No Friday Five today so I'm going to borrow Mocksie's older version:

1. Name five things in your refrigerator.
Beaver sweet hot mustard, squeeze bottle.
A LARGE tub of plain yogurt.
A LARGE jar of wheat germ.
Athenos Roasted Red Pepper Hummus.
Lots and lots of fresh tortellini.
2. Name five things in your freezer.
Frozen corn.
Frozen razzberries.
Frozen mango.
Frozen strawberries.
Frozen bananas.
(We like Smoothies)
3. Name five things under your kitchen sink.
A dish drainer.
Orange Cleaner.
Windex w/vinegar.
Dishwasher soap.
PineSol.
4. Name five things around your computer.
Lots of Sims CDs.
A can of Resolve carpet cleaner.
Spike's Swim Champions medal.
A tiny of bottle of geranium essential oil.
A can of chinese condensed milk (don't ask).
5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?
Going to a House Warming party in Gilroy with Scott, the first home of his oldest friends. Then church on Sunday... We haven't been since last June.

Because I know Mocksie

Because I know Mocksie is sad without any new Bennifer news:
They just bought a new truck together.
Awwww.....

It's Friday, I think

It's Friday, I think I'll be a Click Whore today.
Clix Me!

Wow, Emotional Crisis-Level PMSing

Wow,
Emotional Crisis-Level PMSing women should not be let near their email accounts.
I hate realizing what I've written to people the morning after.
Now I have to explain to Scott that YES, I'm OKAY, I'm FINE, REALLY.
Just IGNORE that emotional girl that comes out once a month!

When I was young

When I was young I LOVED Robert Palmer.
LOVED HIM.
Even saw him in concert at the Warfield Theater,
Where I discovered he was one of the most boring live performers ever.
I still LOVE his music.
Good Night Mr. Palmer.

Today has been a day from hell at work, I am so glad it's over.
Tonight the kids are at their dad's, probably a good thing.
And tonight is Survivor.
I'm going to sit here in the quiet and eat popcorn or maybe a smoothie and watch it.

Big Brother4 over finally.
I hated Allison through the whole season, but by the end I thought maybe she did deserve to win.
However,
It was quite fun watching her lose.
Now,
On to Survivor7!!!!

I want I want

I want I want I want
This movie came out when I was in high school and I wasn't allowed to see it.
And I've never seen it since.
Recently, you couldn't even get it on video or dvd!!!
I am SO glad it's finally coming out.
Maybe I can get it for Birthday or Christmas!

The spam I receive

The spam I receive has DEcreased dramatically in the last couple days.
Is this happening to anyone else?
Only a few in my trash, bulk and inboxes.
Not that I'm complaining, mind you.

The kids are in the backyard running through the sprinkler in their school clothes.
I don't even care, I'm happy for them.
I'd run through in my work dress if I wasn't too tired to get up.

Buffy's new smile:

And Buffy smiling the goofiest smile I've ever seen:

Honestly, she's usually much prettier than that, hahahha!!!!!

Day Two at Curves

Day Two at Curves went much better.
Now *this* is a workout I can get in shape with.

I am back and we had a GREAT time, especially making fun of Princess Missy,
and also we saw "Underworld"
We've been seeing previews for months, it looked SO GREAT,
But then our newspaper absolutey PANNED IT, so I didn't want to go see one more really bad movie after SO MANY bad ones this summer.
But Scott still wanted to see it and I am SO GLAD.
That was one FANTASTIC movie.
Had a GREAT story, VERY well written, with a totally unexpected plot twist halfway through.
I LOVED it.
5 *'s
Also,
I had some of the absolutely best sex EVER this afternoon.
So neener neener to all you who didn't.
:-)

Your Guestbook entries are cracking me up!
I just went to Fitlinxx.com (my old YMCA website) and found the formula to get your heartrate...
And according to their scientific formula I should be exercizing with a pulse between 120-168.
Which means I should be able to workout in their "blue" zone OR their "purple" zone.
Their "Yellow to Green" zone is too low for me.
So THERE, Princess Missy.
:-)

I have to get Spike to school by 7am tomorrow so I will probably be gone from here until Sunday evening.
Everyone have a fun weekend!!!

My favorite part of

My favorite part of tonight's Survivor:
Rupert "pirating" the other team's shoes.
We laughed SO HARD.
He's my favorite so far.
And finally, they kicked off the skanky bitch FIRST.

Her name tag really

Her name tag really did say Princess Missy!
I didn't make that up!

Happy Thursday! Today I

Happy Thursday!
Today I get to:
Drive my new Jeep
Go to my new Gym
Watch the new Survivor!!!!
It's going to be a Great Day!!!!

And now, may I introduce
Natalia Kristal

This McDonald's story cracked

This McDonald's story cracked me up.

I am busy finishing

I am busy finishing up American Gods (which is just absolutely wonderful) so I haven't been on much lately.
Fungal-Nail gets to see Neil Gaiman tomorrow and I am jealous, but I love her anyway.
And tomorrow,
Finally,
SURVIVOR STARTS!!!!
I have barely been able to wait for this, I hope it's good, I can't wait to see them walk the plank, can't wait to see them suffering, can't wait for the fighting, CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
Also, I start Curves tomorrow, and I am getting more and more excited about that, especially now that I personally know 3 people who go and love it there.
CAN'T WAIT!!!
Also, I got insurance and registered the Jeep today. It is MINE now!!!!
I will post picture soon.
Now, Back to American Gods.

Scott is sick, he is sleeping soundly in my bed and that feels really good, that I can take care of him.
I drove the Jeep home today, tomorrow I get it registered.
Thursday I go to Curves.
So far it's a Good Week
*cross fingers*

Good Morning Everyone!!!

That picture below is now one of my favorite pictures and I've clicked back to it about a hundred times today.
It cracks me up every time I see it, because we were cracking up that whole afternoon.
And even though it's just a flicker in time to you all, I remember the moment very well, and it was a moment filled with love just like they all are.
I just LOVE that man!!!

"Pischina, Dammit, you will

"Pischina, Dammit, you will NOT put this picture on the internet!!! Pischina, I'm not kidding, put the damn camera DOWN."
Neener Neener!!!!

I installed the software and it worked!!!
I took SO MANY pictures off my camera and they're all ready to be posted.
Right now I need to get ready for the wedding, so I'll see ya'll later.
With Pictures!!!

Now would be a

Now would be a good time to put the camera software on the computer so I can empty the memory cards and take some pictures today, eh?
Okay, I'll do it right now.

Scott just called, he

Scott just called, he wanted to know what he was supposed to wear "to this thing" and didn't sound very happy At All.
Probably the first time I've ever heard him sound like that.
I know how he feels, I don't want to go to this wedding either, but it won't be as bad as he thinks, and I'll make sure he has a good time - or at least not an awful time.

All right, I'm dressed.
Happy now??

Sitting here in shorts

Sitting here in shorts and no top whatsoever I'm thinking maybe I should put a shirt on before the kids get here in less than half an hour.
But I don't want to.
It's Hot.

And for some good

And for some good entertainment news:
David Letterman is to become a father!!!

Johnny Cash died last

Johnny Cash died last night,
AND John Ritter died too????

Now I am off to Buffy's open house.
I was supposed to meet Buffy and Spike there with their dad,
But I'll give you one guess what the phone message I just got said.
Look through past journal entries to see if dad has EVER shown up at open house.
Aw yes, but he "does EVERYthing" for them, Remember?
:-)

This morning Spike was

This morning Spike was whining and wailing about having NO CLEAN SOCKS to wear, and I told him perhaps that was because he didn't put ANY DIRTY SOCKS or ANY OTHER PIECE OF CLOTHING out for me to wash last Friday.
(Because I do wash over the weekend only)
And lo and behold, I sitting here looking at a huge pile of dirty Spike socks piled up right next to the living room chair.
I guess they are sitting in some sort of invisible laundry basket,
Because I KNOW he hasn't just been leaving them on the floor like that...
Sometimes I think they do these things on purpose just because they know they'll be safe at their dad's house when I find out,
For instance there was also a big sloppy jar of jelly left on the counter today.
But then I remember,
No,
They do this stuff EVERY day.

P.S. I love Scott

P.S. I love Scott too, so so much, I just feel silly telling you every single reason why.
But I do, I really really do.

Every evening when I

Every evening when I come home from work, as I round the front walk to the front door I can hear my bird start frantically chirping, she gets so excited when I come home!
I love my little birdie, it's so nice knowing someone is always happy to see you!

Absolutely the best news

Absolutely the best news I heard yesterday.

I updated the diary,
Pretty boring really,
Now I'm going to bed.
I still have Meg's email,
I think I'll write her from work tomorrow.
Need.
More.
Time.

In response to all

In response to all you who commenting on me being an "SUV Mom"
That is SO wrong!
First, I personally hate SUVs with a passion,
But this is a much smaller car, more like a jeep, not a big ole gas guzzler.
And we'll only be using it for beach trips, and my weekends to Aptos, you have to drive Highway 17 to get either place and thats a long windy dangerous mountain road, much better suited to the jeep than the convertible.
BigBoss is going to get the transmission serviced and the oil changed, then when I register it next week (after payday) I get to take it home.
Okay, I'm at work so I better skedaddle QUICK.

Today Scott comes for dinner so I'll be missing for awhile again,
But tomorrow I have emails to return,
Meg you especially,
Then Leslie too
And then maybe possibly I could write an entry too.
Need.
More.
Time.

My son gets straight

My son gets straight A's in school and all his teachers love him,
Yet last night he sent me and all his other friends this email:
"hello ppl .yestaday i ded my hair a rrealy wierd color.its like blonde and red.its pretty kool cause i just usd one color hair dye..well its like light blonde on the sides and magenta on top.thats when its wet ot geled.well i have ta go to school.cya derrick and and at school.ok gtg bye!"
Maybe it's not really his spelling skills, maybe he just needs a typing class.
Yes, he did get an emailed lecture back, haha, and yes his hair is very red too.
It looks good.

I got the Jeep!!!
BigBoss said it's a good thing I left the voicemails over the weekend cuz crewguy (and my archenemy) Louis asked for the jeep early this morning but Bigboss told him Nope, it's Pischina's!!!
bwahahahhahaaaaaa.....
Made the jeep even more sweet knowing I snaked it from Louis,
I know, I'm evil.
Anyway, we worked it out so payments will start after my loan is paid off,
Which is also after 401K is paid off,
and After Christmas,
So we will be all Fine by then!
Jeep is getting detailed right now, then it will be MINE.
:-)

Back home and feeling all better now.
We determined I was so sick because I hadn't eaten since lunch Friday, then I dumped that coffee and pesto bagel with cream cheese into my poor tummy, without my gallbladder it just couldn't handle it.
By lunch time I was feeling great.
And I had a great weekend.
Wrote a tiny bit in the diary, not much though.
It's back to work tomorrow,
But I'm kind of looking forward to it because I'll find out about the Jeep Cherokee.
The kids are super excited about it, they LOVE that jeep,
And we could use the extra room sometimes.
I only have 4 seatbelts in my car, and virtually NO trunk space.
So the jeep will be great.

Scott is teaching me kung fu!!!
He is starting with tai chi, he said that's the best way to get the basics, but I am SO HONORED, I was afraid to ask him because I know he takes it so seriously and I didn't want him to think I was only interested because I like him, and I was scared that I wouldn't be good enough. But he's a GREAT teacher, and is letting me copy him from behind, I won't let him watch me yet until I can practice. He also said he'd let me go to class with him and he'd have his friend Linda teach me so I'd feel more comfortable.
I didn't even ask if he would teach me, he just offered last night. I was so happy and he seemed so happy that I wanted to learn.
I'm telling you, I'm going to marry that man one day, whether he likes it or not.
:-)

My stomach is NOT

My stomach is NOT a happy camper, let me tell you. And Mr.Holistic-Health-Scott probably has no pepto bismol in the cupboard, I'm sure he'll probably try to convince me to chew some tree bark or some dried up caterpillar heads. That's no joke, folks. Anyway, I'm about ready to say Bring on the tree bark if that will help my poor tummy.
I will NOT chew dead (or alive) caterpillars though.

Well it turns out

Well it turns out I have a few more minutes computer time before Scott comes back from class, so I'll continue updating for a sec.
I took a Benadryl this morning, my first time ever, because I have horrible allergies in Aptos that affect my contact lenses. And ever since then I've been having horrible stomach problems, as in, I need to keep close to a bathroom, very very close. Could this possibly be from the Benadryl? Is that a side effect? Because if so, I'd rather walk around blind and itchy.
I went to my Aptos coffee shop this morning and it seemed like 90% of the patrons were talking about their workout at Curves (which is right down the block from it).
Also I did my own little circuit training at Scott's school this morning to see how it went, pretty good actually. We'll see, I have a lot to think about still.
My company is selling off one of its company vehicles, a Jeep Cherokee with over 200,000 miles on it, but a brand new engine. For $4,500, payments accepted, and Scott was the last guy to drive it. He said he would help me buy it if need be, which you and he all know I won't let happen but it was very sweet for him to offer. But it would take a load off my mind, and also off my poor convertible, the poor car wanted to blow up sitting on highway 1 last night (40 minutes to drive 10 miles). If I split the driving between the two vehicles (jeep for Aptos, car for San Jose) both cars would last a lot longer. So I hope I can get it. My loans are paid off in December and payments on the jeep would be less than half of them, leaving me still with over $250 extra a month.
Okay, I think this post is going to be extremely long so I'll post for now.

I'm in Aptos today

I'm in Aptos today for the first time since Mommy Camp (except just for an afternoon) and I feel very relaxed again. I may have computer time later, but for now, back I go to relaxing.
Oh, and thanks for all your feedback, I'll talk about my decision when I have more time.
Happy Weekend!!!

Well, so far everyone who has an opinion about Curves Gym says exactly what I feel,
(Meg, I wanted to walk out as soon as I walked in too!!!)
And I also agree that this is NOT HARD ENOUGH for me,
The only Big Pluses that are overriding the minuses are
The Location
And the fact that it WILL be a 30 minute workout 3 times a week.
I'm hoping it will just be a starting off point for me,
Then I can supplement it with the weight bench, and start running when I feel better.
I'm still looking for more opinions though!
I've given myself to September 18 to decide on Curves.
Thank you everyone!

I updated the diary, just not much time on computer lately.
Hope to have many pictures posted soon though...

Plus we had lunch too,
And overall we just had a real fun time.

Well the car worked

Well the car worked fine yesterday,
So between the Goodwill, Salvation Army and Factory 2-U,
We spent under $100 and got
For Buffy:
2 pants, 1 overalls, 1 skirt, 1 dress, 3 shirts
For Spike:
1 jeans, 4 shirts
For Me:
1 pants, 2 shirts
Pretty darn good for less than $95!!!

We made $50 and cleaned the whole garage.
Today we visited Corina's BEAUTIFUL baby,
Then took Scott to see "The Medallion",
Thought it was a good weekend afternoon movie.
Then went to a thrift store in Aptos, bought Buffy a like-new pair of jeans and a pair of overalls for $6 total.
But then when we were almost home from Aptos the digital speedometer said we were going "0" mph,
And then the Check Engine light came on.
We were less than five minutes away from home so I kept driving,
The temperature was fine, no oil light, battery okay...
I don't even know what I'm supposed to check!
But now I'm stressed about it.
Aargh.
I hope it works tomorrow or that's going to really suck.

We are having a garage sale today and at 10:22am we have made 27 bucks so far.
Hopefully we can get rid of everything
(almost all priced at 50cents)
But I'd really like to get rid of the big couch,
"$50 make offer" is the price
But I'd give it up for $5 if someone asked.

Is it wrong that I'm soooooo happy because my son is mad that his dad wouldn't let him watch the VH1 music awards last night?
Because I had already told him he could watch it, he'd been waiting all week,
And then he spent the night at dad's and wasn't allowed.
That'll teach them to leave their mommy at home, hee hee.

At 1:05am this morning,

At 1:05am this morning,
My officemate Corina gave birth to
Natalia Kristal
(spanish pronunciation)
22-1/2", 8.5 pounds.
And the Circle of Life continues.

Sometimes I really really miss Scott,
This is one of those times.
Every minute I am with him,
Everything is right with the World.
I cling to the normalness that is he.
I look back at the people I've been drawn to before,
The insanity that I have lived through,
And I just wish he was here with me,
Reminding me that everything is Okay now.
He'll be done with his class soon, then I can call him.

I went to the

I went to the coffee shop with my book and sat and read and rested for a little over an hour.
I feel a little better now.
Not great, but okay.

A little bit of

A little bit of humor, finally.

Stress on top of

Stress on top of stress,
FatDollyCat is practically falling apart before our very eyes,
The cancer is just eating her up from the inside out,
She looks like a scrawny garbage kitty, stinks horribly and is having trouble breathing.
And I cannot bring myself to take her in to be put down.
I am not even over Flaka's death yet, I just can't bring myself to do this again,
Not this week anyway.
She may die on her own, but I'll have no part of it myself, not right now.

"Some of you are

"Some of you are in a kind of pain that I've never had to endure in my own life.....and I so long to make it all better for you. But because you took the time to write it in your diaries the veil is lifted for the moment, and the readers can truly FEEL what you are feeling. And maybe, just maybe, you can take comfort in the fact that by sharing your words you can also share the weight that is on your heart, and even if we can't "fix" it, perhaps it helps a bit to know you're not alone in that pain."
From a very early entry by Erlenweg6, in 2001.
I'm going to go sob for awhile.

Her diary has been unlocked now if you would like to go back and read what she's been going through.

From Erlenweg6's Diary:

2003-08-24 / 10:25 p.m.

My angel boy
Today, at 12:15 in the afternoon, my little boy lost his battle with the brain tumor and was carried on the wings of angels into heaven.
Although my heart is broken into a million pieces, I am okay, knowing that my little boy is healed completely and that a day is coming when I will see him again.
Thank you all for the prayers and support you have given my family!

Cleaning house and laundry are coming along quite well,
Blankets hanging to dry in the back yard,
Lawns are mowed and waters,
Went to the coffee shop this morning,
My bathroom all clean
(I'm debating whether I should venture into the kids' bathroom or if I should lock them in there with a sponge and Scrubbing Bubbles when they get home)
I still have the family room,
Entryway,
Kitchen,
Dining room.
But right now I'm going to turn on the Sims.

This is what I'm

This is what I'm watching now:
"Darrell, 40,000 people die every day. Why aren't you one of them?"
One of my favorites with TONS of great quotes.

I just finished watching:

I just finished watching:
"We have 83 rooms, why can't you live in the house?"

Here are a couple

Here are a couple movie quotes for you, most are from the 1980's, but a couple are current:

"There are several quintessential

"There are several quintessential moments in a man's life: losing his virginity, getting married, becoming a father, and having the right girl smile at you."

"All cowboys ain't dumb.

"All cowboys ain't dumb. Some of 'em got smarts real good, like me."

"We're in trouble. I

"We're in trouble. I just checked with the guys at the Jewish house and they said that every one of our answers on the Psych test was wrong."

"So what Jefferson was

"So what Jefferson was saying was 'Hey! You know, we left this England place because it was bogus. So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too.' Yeah?"

Kid one: "Maybe he's

Kid one: "Maybe he's some animal that wasn't supposed to live. Could be a monkey or an orangutan."
Kid two: "A bald monkey?"
Kid three: "Is he a pig? He sure eats like one."

"Your middle name is

"Your middle name is Ralph, as in puke, your birthdate's March 12th, you're 5'9 and a half, you weigh 130 pounds and your social security number is 049380913."

"You are a god

"You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different."

"The life that I

"The life that I was trying for is gone, and I'm feeling so damn sorry for myself that it's difficult to breathe."

"I don't think they

"I don't think they let people in my condition carry a gun."
"Fuckin' hope not."

"High school is a

"High school is a lot like prison: Bad food, high fences; the sex you want, you ain't gettin', the sex you gettin', you don't want. I've seen terrible things."

Now I think I'll play Sims.
See you tomorrow!

Tomorrow is my first

Tomorrow is my first free day, Hurray!
I'm going to pretend I'm in Aptos by going to the coffee shop with my book when I get up,
Then I'll work out with Spike's weight bench,
Then it's cleaning and laundry the rest of the day.
Hurray! I love free days!

Currently watching The New

Currently watching The New Guy.
I just love Spike's new dvd player!

Punishment all done, and

Punishment all done, and it was fun and we learned a lot.
However, because some people here like to judge,
(Not you or you, but some people do)
so I will not be sharing.
I did have to go to a class, and there were some funny people,
For instance, the manic-depressive "schizo oriented" (or whatever he said) guy.
But I made it through, and have my little "graduation" slip of paper.
Lesson learned.
:-)

Oh, and why am I not in Aptos?

Scott went to the cabin on vacation
With another woman
And her friend.

*****

His daughter and her buddy of course,
hee hee heeeee

*****

I couldn't go because my kids start school Monday and he won't be back until Tuesday.
:-)

I am bored and

I am bored and tired,
I'm going to bed to read my book.
Tomorrow I'll be gone from 8-5, doing my humiliating punishment for the humiliating thing that happened that I wouldn't tell you about.
So.
If something worthwhile or funny happens I will tell you all about it.
Otherwise I will just be back tomorrow evening.

"Go to your room! I can't talk to you now! If I talk to you now, I'll KILL YOU."
I can so relate to that mom, haha.

Buffy is having her

Buffy is having her friend sleepover and we're watching Mermaids on Spike's new dvd player.
Life is good again.
:-)

I can't believe Big

I can't believe Big Brother only has six people left!
I like Erica the best,
Even though she needs to eat more
(and possibly get rid of the giganto fake boobies)
But I like Robert too,
Even though he's a self-called Slut.
I don't know, I just love men who love their kids,
And even his ex-girlfriend, though she seems like a dope, she still likes him too.
So anyway, that's who I hope wins.
Hi, my name is Pischina and I'm a reality show addict.

I took out my senior yearbook and enjoyed looking at it,
Even my own pictures, I think I looked pretty good that year,
Even Buffy said I was pretty, then laughed in horror at her father's picture
("THAT'S my DAD???????????")
Overall though everyone in my class looked pretty happy,
I think we had a pretty good time in school, much better than we made it out to be,
I mean, who likes homework? But we were a lot of really nice kids.

I am very bored

I am very bored right now, and impatient waiting for Big Brother to start, and I have a feeling it doesn't come on until 9pm tonight which means I'll be forced to watch Dr.Phil for a whole entire hour which pretty much annoys the crap out of me.

Oh, did I tell

Oh, did I tell you Scott built a whole bed for Spike's birthday???
A beautiful wood frame, with six drawers underneath.
Spike has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor since the fire,
And he is LOVING this bed.

I got an email

I got an email today from the guy I went to the prom with.
We were only friends, though I did have a bit of a crush on him.
But at the 10 year reunion Charlene and I thought he was the handsomest guy there, Hands down.
Should have stuck with him, heh.
Anyway, he only emailed cuz he's organizing the 20 year reunion,
But it was good hearing from him anyway,
AND he lives in Santa Cruz, right by Scott,
So maybe we'll get to see each other again soon.

Wow.
Weight bench done.
Already lifted some weights myself,
LOVIN' IT.
*****
And Hello! to Hunter, she has a great site already and she's only been around since April!

This #$*@%&! weight bench

This #$*@%&! weight bench came in one-thousand-billion-batrillion pieces and guess who's putting it together?
Hint: Spike got a big ole tool kit for his birthday, but it's NOT him putting it together.

We went shopping, got

We went shopping, got school clothes at great deals.
Spike spent his birthday money,
Bought American Pie dvd, Smashmouth cd,
Final Destination dvd,
and a Weight Bench and Weight Set,
plus some dumbells, push up bar, and jump rope.
I'm proud of him,
Nothing like a gift of health for your body.

There, I feel better

There, I feel better now.
I need to keep that up.

Hey, I totally forgot

Hey, I totally forgot about my Pischina-ku blog.
I better go put something in there, even though it's late today.

What the heck kind

What the heck kind of herb is "Moly"???

YOU ARE MOLY

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So much for "quiet

So much for "quiet and cool",
Well it's still cool,
But there's a bunch of guys with jackhammers out there in the street in front of my house!
Stupid luck.

Today I have the

Today I have the day off, YAYYYYYY!!!!!
Buffy's friend spent the night and they're sound asleep at my feet,
13 year old Computer-Hacker Spike is still sleeping in his room,
I think I'm going to go read a book in the quiet, cool living room!

Spike had a great time at his party, he got over $200 in cash and gift certificates, plus some school clothes, movie passes, the Wierd Al CD from Buffy and a new DVD player (on sale for $45) from me.
Everyone had a good time, actually.
And he just got back from the movie "Grind" and now wants to play on the computer, so I guess I should let him.

I had less than

I had less than six hours sleep,
Now I have to deal with my 13 year old son's birthday party.
I guess if I can give birth to a 10 pound baby after 25 hours labor,
I can deal with this.
:-)

We are now off to the bakery for breakfast, then to Cosentino's to order Spike's cake, then to the movies to watch "Uptown Girls".
See ya'll later!

Oh yeah, we have

Oh yeah, we have that blasted worm everyone has been talking about,
We were infected before I even heard about it,
It just shuts down the computer every so often
But only when we're hooked up to the internet.
It's a pain but not too terribly awful.
We'll get it fixed somehow.

Okay this is the

Okay this is the second time in a row that MTV's "Made" has made me cry.
Last time it was that spoiled rich girly-girl, who I HATED, and she trained on BMX bikes, then actually landed a back flip in competition - only the second time a GIRL has done that in competition.
I LOVED that girl by the end of the show.
This week was the chubby couch-potato who whined through all his training to complete a sprint triathlon.
I was SO PROUD of him by the end of the show.
This is just a GREAT show for MTV, *I* think anyway.
*****
On the other hand, this show about the people obsessed with their dogs, well, these people need some help, that's all I'm saying...

Tre finally shared a

Tre finally shared a picture of her on her blog because I asked nicely and bribed her with cookies,
So for those of you who haven't seen a picture of me, here I am a year ago.
It's a year ago but I look exactly the same.

Well my best friend Charlene finally found this place,
And she's happily reading through all the entries,
Saying she's going to kick my ass for some of the stuff she's reading.
"Hey!" I told her, "Do you know who you're talking to??? I'm the most beloved mother in America!!!"
(hahaha)
"Oh, I know EXACTLY who I'm talking to," she said laughing, "and I'm the only person in this world who knows all this shit is TRUE!"
Ahhh.... that's what best friends are for.
I always used her real name because I never cared if she found the diary, I just didn't have the guts to actually show her, heh.
She sounds like she's having a great time re-reading stories she's already heard in real life though.

A) I got my

A) I got my child tax refund check in the mail today, WHOOOOT!!
B) My kids have melted chocolate chips into the carpet and it's a good thing they're spending the night at their dads or no one may ever see them again if I got my hands on them now.
C) My High School Class of 1984 opened their own MSN group so we can organize the 20 year (???????) Reunion, and I signed up at like 3pm and STILL haven't been accepted in yet, and I am getting IMPATIENT!!!!
D) According to Charlene, someone posted they had a major crush on my ex-husband in high school and I would love to post "Write me and I'll tell you where you can find all 350 pounds of him" but I probably won't. Probably.
E) I had one hell of a time trying to register on MSN since Spike has registered too and I guess he put "Always sign me in to this computer" because I absolutely could not sign him out of it and it kept asking me for a credit card to prove I'm a grown-up. Pshaw, I want to talk about my 20 year high school reunion, how freakin young do you think I am?????
F) I have blueberries in the freezer and I think I may make a blueberrie cobbler for dessert.

Wooooo!!!!
Comments came back, Hurray!

"I hate the Japanese

"I hate the Japanese cleaning man who always cleans the bathroom at the exact time I have to go. He has a secret camera on me and when he sees me heading for the bathroom he zips over there with his big cart and his sign. He probably invented Pokemon too. Bastard."

I worked on my

I worked on my year long project today.
Completed 70 pages.
Go Me!

Hey! Where did my

Hey!
Where did my comments go?
GRRRRR!!!!

I'm back!

Pisch, it seems to be working for me. Let me know if you still have troubles. love, megs

Okay, I am back off to Mommy Camp (well, I never left, I just managed to hack into Scott's computer for a moment)
Anyway, what that really means is I'm off to go do some more NOTHING.
Maybe I'll read some more,
Maybe I'll work out in his school,
Maybe I'll watch Scott making his cabinet in his wood shop.
Mostly though, it will be Nothing.
:-)

By the way, We

By the way,
We just got back from watching "S.W.A.T." and GOOD LORD HOW DOES A WOMAN WATCH A MOVIE WITH COLIN FARREL AND LL COOL J AND NOT CREAM HER PANTIES??????
My Gawd, those men are HOT.

Anyway, I'm here at

Anyway, I'm here at Mommy Camp, having a very relaxing time.
I've done NOTHING.
Well,
Reading,
Sewing,
Napping,
Hot tub
pick blackberries
and eat them
several field trips to coffee shop, breakfast cafe, greek restaurant, the wood store, and the book shop.
Otherwise, Nothing.

No, not liking this,

No, not liking this, not liking this new way AT ALL.
Blogger, you may have just lost me with this one.

What the hell is

What the hell is this new blogger thing (that I know you can't see, but I can) WHAT IS THIS!!
Blogger, I HATE when you throw new things at me!
They never work!

Thursday!
Happy Mommy Camp to Meee!
Hope everyone at my job is having fun without me!
Maybe I'll call and say Hi from the beach later on,
Bwahahahahahaaaaaa...

It's now called Mommy Camp and I feel much better.

Okay, I have three

Okay, I have three books to take with me,
Three puzzles,
And several sewing projects.
All my special Breakfast and Chai Teas,
And lots of soft and comfy clothes.
The house is very reasonably neat and clean.
Guess what?
I think I'm ready to go on VACATION!

You are Love. You

You are Love.

You love life, you love all those around you and
the world that you live in. You are happiest
when you are doing something for someone else
or for the common good of mankind.

What Emotion Are You?
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Found on Tre's blog...
My My My I've become all soft and mushy lately, eh?

But the good news

But the good news is it has finally cooled here since the weekend,
So we've not only been able to cook yummy dinners again,
But we've had the energy to clean house.
And the house is looking GREAT right now,
It will be such a relief to come back from vacation to a clean house!
Buffy has even been doing laundry and cleaning her room.
And now I am off to my last day of work.
Scary.

I've been having lots

I've been having lots of nightmares recently,
About money,
My car breaking down,
Something happening to my kids,
You name it.
I thought it was because I'm stressed about finances
But I realized this morning that I'm really even more stressed about leaving my kids for FIVE DAYS.
I've never left them before, I mean when they leave me for their dad's house that's one thing,
But for me to leave them, that has just never happened.
I feel tremendous guilt about it,
Even though they say they're fine with it and Buffy said she wanted me to have a good time,
And I'm taking time off the next week to be with them.
I don't know, I feel really guilty and stressed though,
I hope I can relax so I can enjoy my vacation!

Good, I'm not the

Good, I'm not the only one who gags with raw chicken!
I cooked my first whole chicken just last month, and those inside thingies are just gross.
We actually cooked another last night
(with lemons all over, it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!)
But I was gagging and trying to hold my breath and not look as I scooped all the gunk out.
I actually put them in a little pot and boil them for the kitties,
So at least they appreciate my work, haha.

I'm so sleepy.
But only two more days of work until VACATION!!!

Hi everyone,
Just dropped the kids off at the movies, and I am still happily sewing.
I won't stay up until 1:30am sewing anymore though,
I woke up this morning and had to take out over 150 stitches that I'd sewn in the wrong place last night, heh.
I'm pretty much planning to take the entire month of August off from the computer so I can complete various other projects.
But I'll be checking in now and then,
Expect an entry around Spike's birthday (8/17) and probably when school starts too (8/25).
Otherwise, I will be pretty quiet.
*****
One last thing, THANK YOU SABBY FOR THE POSTCARD!!!!
It was hilarious, I LOVED it, so did the kids.
I still need to get my postcard stamps (they're still sitting right here, heh).

Have a good day everyone!
(Hey, and tell me if any of you saw Lara Croft, and what you thought)

I'm preparing for my "vacation of doing nothing" that starts Thursday.
I'm bringing lots of books, of course, my flute and oboe, and my brand new sewing project.
We're going to dim sum in China Town in San Francisco one of the days, and just hanging out the rest.
I can't wait to sit and DO NOTHING.
*****
Oh, I also need reading glasses, my eyes can barely make out the symbols on the sewing map, this is my first real sign of aging and I am Pissed Off.

Always one last post:
Buffy was just watching the news and it talked of Mr.Bush trying to ban gay marriages.
Buffy was HORRIFIED.
"He wants to BAN them??? What a STUPID president we have! What's the MATTER with that guy???"
She's very angry right now, and I am very proud of her.

Please excuse Pischina as

Please excuse Pischina as she is currently enjoying her kids and the Summer time.
I shall see ya'll later.

One last thing,
I think this is the cutest layout!

Good night Everyone. Time

Good night Everyone.
Time to go roast in my bed.

My daughter is watching

My daughter is watching a show about Bob Hope and she's just FLIPPING OUT over how long he's lived, as the show went through the last 100 years.
"He was alive when the Wright brothers flew?? Telephones? Before cars??? Martin Luther King AND Vietnam? WOW, the world has changed A LOT in the last 100 years! He had a really exciting life!!! And what a cool name, 'Bob Hope', I like that!"
It was really neat seeing her excitement.

I love the new

I love the new Madonna/Missy Elliot Gap commercial.
They are both totally cool.

Do I need to

Do I need to tell you it's freakin hot in here again?

To clarify that conversation

To clarify that conversation that involved Jeff down there,
I actually went into the group talking to one of them about a work discount,
She brought up the blowjob topic and also asked Jeff about how much they cost,
I wasn't actually a part of that topic, I had brought a work question to the conversation.
I just wanted to clarify that I wasn't the one who started it.
And the truth is, we all joke around very often like that, it is a very fun company and we can all take a joke, and I could take Jeff joking like that if it was just him and me.
I just didn't appreciate him making that kind of joke in front of those particular people, and he knew better.

Good night, Bob Hope.

Good night, Bob Hope.
Sleep well.

Oh yeah, Spike came

Oh yeah,
Spike came back from Church Camp another inch taller
And claims to have kissed TWO girls
"on the cheek".
I haven't heard about much else at camp except the girls so far.

Have any of you

Have any of you read Dream of Scipio?
I almost bought that book this weekend, but it was full price so I decided to wait until I found it on Amazon.
Has anyone heard of it?

Oh yeah, forgot to tell you about something sort of exciting that happened at work Thursday.
I was at work joking around with Jeff, and three other people (including the boss's son).
We were joking about how much blow jobs cost, and a few people turned to Jeff to ask if $20 was about right,
Because sex-crazed Jeff is most likely to know.
He had the nerve to turn to me and say "Yeah, that's about how much you..."
He never had a chance to finish the sentence.
I back-handed him in the face, right above his nose and across his forehead as hard as I possibly could, and walked out of the office.
He followed me out asking what he did (While whimpering and holding his face which was turning bright red) and I yelled at him for a good ten minutes "You have NO RIGHT!! NO RIGHT!"
*****
DeeDee defended him later, saying "He just doesn't think before he speaks, he can't help himself."
While that's true, it's also true that he gotten away with that shit for six years now, and I wasn't about to stand by and let him joke like that in front of people I work with, people who don't know the true story of our history, and people who don't know ME well enough to judge if he's joking or not.
Six years of crap like that, that was the last straw.
*****
He's so clueless, he followed me around for a good 45 minutes, "What did I DO?? I'm SORRY! What did I SAY??"
I kept trying to warn him to stay away from me, cuz what I wanted to do was jump on him and start wailing.
"I'm going to go home with red marks on my face!"
Me: "Good, I hope your wife asks where you got them."
*****
I don't hate him, I still consider him a friend, but I'm not going to put up with that crap anymore.

Well, the Aptos bookstore

Well, the Aptos bookstore did not have Rolling Stone but we did go see TombRaider 2 on Saturday.
During the movie I was positively enraptured by Angelie Jolie - Can the woman possibly be getting more beautiful???
But when the movie was over I was a little disappointed.
While it didn't have the long slow drawn-out parts the first one did,
It also didn't have the super exciting action scenes.
Just medium-exciting ones.
So... Not as boring, but not as exciting either.
Overall I'm kind of disappointed.
*****
I told the kids I would take them to see it next Saturday.
Buffy: "You mean you're going to drag us along when you go see it a second time."
Well, that's another way of saying it, I guess.
:-)

The good news is,

The good news is,
Scott officially came out and asked if maybe we would like to move there.
But we both agreed there are too many denominators at the moment with the kids,
And we will stick to the current plan of talking about it next summer.

I am back after

I am back after a wonderful three days of cool foggy mornings and sunny breezy afternoons in Aptos.
I wore my soft blue running pants all weekend.
Now I'm home, sweating my ass off again, sitting here half nekkid,
And Not.
Happy.
At.
All.

I'm off to work and then off to Aptos.
Everyone have a good weekend!

I am sweating to death.
Time for bed.

I went to Eliza's

I went to Eliza's house and stayed way too long drinking wine with her.
She LOVED her bracelet, and loved her new Lucky Panties too.
She is quite beautiful again, a year after her divorce, now that she's not so stressed out,
She's gained a few pounds back
(she was looking quite anorexic)
And she's grown her blonde hair long again..
Really quite beautiful.

OH OH OH OH

OH OH OH OH OH!!!!!
I need to get this month's Rolling Stone!!!!!

Man, I'm sweating like

Man, I'm sweating like a pig.
And I need to get Eliza's birthday present all ready so I can deliver it tonight.
I got her some new "lucky thongs" (as she calls them)
And a very very pretty bracelet.
Happy Birthday Eliza!!!

By the way, KittyCat?

By the way, KittyCat?
STOP KNOCKING EVERYTHING OFF THE KITCHEN TABLE!!!!

How is it possible

How is it possible for this house to be more hot than all last week?
It was cooler today, a bit,
And supposedly it rained last night
(forgive the swearing, we in the Bay Area are all a bit testy lately)
But this house is waaaaay hotter than usual.
I'm supposed to leave tomorrow for 3 days in Aptos,
I'm not sure I can leave the animals here that long.

I am late for

I am late for work again,
I need to stay off this computer in the morning!

Aw jeeez, I'm getting

Aw jeeez,
I'm getting googled for the swim team name again.
Hope I've only been writing good stuff about everyone, heh.

I miss Spike. He's

I miss Spike.
He's at church camp near Lake Tahoe right now
Doesn't come back until Saturday.
I know he's having lots of fun though.
And I can't wait to tell him he gets to be in water polo again!

Usually when I write

Usually when I write out my haiku in the morning I think they pretty much suck
(Like today, for instance).
But when I go back and read them later I really like them.
Some of them are pretty cool, I think.

Last night at 8pm

Last night at 8pm I got a phone message,
It was Buffy's best friend.
"Buff, if you want to be in water polo Coach said you and Spike could come for the rest of the season and you don't have to pay any money."
I ran outside, "Buffy, you want to go to water polo right now?"
That girl dropped her frisbee, ran past her friends and straight to the bathroom to get changed.
We were at the pool in five minutes.
My kids are really really lucky,
But I am also very proud of them that they are such good kids so many people want to help them out.

Threat rating: High. The Bush administration is
concerned that it may not get a second term.
Therefore, we are going to change the rules so
that each Democrat vote only counts as 0.2
votes because Democrat is a shorter word than
Republican

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Ever since watching Pirates

Ever since watching Pirates of the Carribean we've been calling Buffy "Poppet".
hee hee heeeee

I need to strip

I need to strip off my dress and bra and just sit here in my panties again.
Can someone please tell Buffy to keep her friends outside?
Can someone tell God that we who live in the Bay Area will never complain about weather again if He would just PLEASE turn down the heat this summer????

"Oooh," says Buffy, "We

"Oooh," says Buffy, "We have potatoes! Can you make french fries?"
Me: (sweating next to the air conditioner) "NO! I am not making french fries from scratch!"
Buffy: "Ohh, but it's so easy, you just cut the potatoes in pieces and put them in a big pot of oil..."

It's 90 degrees in this house, and she wants to deep fry potatoes???

I get way tOo

I get way tOo many hits from people searching for the meaning of "Talk to the Hand".
Dudes.
WATCH TV ONCE IN AWHILE!

George Bush, Get off

George Bush,
Get off my TV!
That's it, I'm changing to HGTV right now.

Note to self: If

Note to self:
If you're going to slam something on the desk to scare the kitty from scratching the chair,
Don't pick the mug full of tea.

We saw Pirates of

We saw Pirates of the Carribean last night.
We thought it was great, though it wouldn't have been good at all without Johnny Depp.
WOW, he was GREAT!
I would have loved to see more of him.
The girl was pretty scrumptious too.

Oops, I just realized I'm not wearing panties.
I better go remedy that
And finish getting ready for work.

"Only 86 degrees" today.

"Only 86 degrees" today.
I'm ready for 60 degrees any time now.

I found it, Yayyy!

I found it, Yayyy!
In the same place I've been looking for it, 3-4 times.

I still cannot find

I still cannot find my blue skirt.
>:(
I want my little blue skirt!

I hate when I

I hate when I forget to go back and add links, heh.

Oh wow, it's late and I'm not even tired yet.
I should probably go to bed and read.
I haven't even found my blue skirt I was going to wear tomorrow
I should probably go look for that first.

This was the first

This was the first day Corina was gone on maternity leave and things were falling apart in the office by 4pm.
The evilness in me enjoys this immensely.
Corina called this evening for a full report.
We're loving it.
bwahahahahahha......

We have a tiny

We have a tiny bit of extra money and the kids and I are debating whether to get a little weight machine (Scott has one like it and it's REALLY great) or a trampoline.
I am having a very terrible time getting to the gym
And it's too Mother-F%@$-ing hot to run or bike
And I am slowly gaining much weight.
Too much weight.
Though we'd love a weight machine,
The kids would also love a trampoline and I just might be able to get some cardio in in the morning.
I wish we had a lot of extra money so we could get both, but that's not the case right now.
Any suggestions as to which would be better?

Ya know, I am

Ya know,
I am DONE with this summer.
DONE.
I moved from Alaska to San Jose in 1973
(did I mention that was the last year the Cudas won finals? And that this year we won AGAIN? I did? Oh.)
And there was a heat wave that was so bad the first thing my parents did was get air conditioning for the house.
I don't remember it ever being so hot since.
I love summer.
Anyone who regularly reads me knows this.
But I
HATE
This summer.

Yesterday was Awards for

Yesterday was Awards for swimming
And both Spike AND Buffy got Coaches Award for their age group.
And the coach just went on and on about Buffy being a great Leader of the Swim Team.
I was quite proud.

It's going to be

It's going to be in the 90's again all week.
I just absolutely hate this summer!!!!

I was quietly playing

I was quietly playing Sims on the computer last night
Right under the air conditioner
And then at 5pm the power went out.
I thought we'd blown the fuse again so I went to flip all the switches,
Just as I flipped the last one and the power didn't come back on
There was a knock on the door,
Buffy's friends wanted to know if our power was out too.
It was only a small part of our block that was out,
Maybe ten houses total
But it was so hot, all the neighbors just came out front to hang out in our yards.
PG&E didn't come out until 7:30
I don't know what the problem was but they said it wouldn't be fixed until 5am
And they were right, 4:54am the power came back on.
I'm afraid to open my freezer now, heh.

TOMBRAIDER starts Friday!!!!!!!
Scott has resigned himself to the fact that we WILL go watch it.

OOH! Also yesterday they

OOH!
Also yesterday they had a raffle for six different gift baskets.
For the last three years, the kids and I have won a basket.
And this year...
I did it again.
We won the smallest basket, a gardening tote with lots of gardening tools and gloves and a spray bottle,
AND a bunch of seeds, vegetable and flower, and PUMPKINS!
We were very happy,
And can't wait to plant our pumpkins!

Oh YAY! SurfGirls is

Oh YAY!
SurfGirls is on MTV this morning!
Buffy and I LOVE this show.
AND,
last night we found out one of the guys on our swim team has started HIS OWN SURFBOARD COMPANY!!!
He makes the boards himself, for a few hundred dollars less than standard price.
I've arranged to make payments to him every month
And by February,
Buffy's Birthday,
She'll have her own custom-made surf board.
Buffy and I are so excited, and I am so excited for the guy,
He's a wonderful kid and comes from a wonderful family.
I have no problem supporting his company.

Which reminds me of

Which reminds me of another very funny dream from last week:
Scott rents a studio apartment in his house to a very nice lady,
But in my dream she had moved out and it was a two bedroom apartment.
So I stood there looking at the empty apartment thinking *I* could move there,
And I was so excited that the kids and I could maybe live there,
Then suddenly OZZIE OSBOURNE and family were sitting on a couch,
With Ozzie saying "I don't WANT to live here" and Sharon patting him on the back saying "But Ozzie, it would be good for you, you need to get away from Hollywood and MTV and all those damn cameras, and it would be good for Jack too."
And their kids were sitting there all glum cuz they didn't want to live there either, but in my dream Scott had already promised them the apartment so I couldn't ask for it.
And I felt so bad cuz I really really wanted it but I didn't want to take it away from poor Ozzie, cuz Sharon said he really needed the peace and quiet there.

I just remembered a

I just remembered a dream from last night,
I had had surgery to remove my LIVER and it was a simple thing like removing my gallbladder.
And they had given me my liver to hold in my hand, while telling me it had gotten infected, that was why my side had hurt last week.
And I kept thinking "Now I don't have a gallbladder or a liver, they could at least have asked me before they removed it!"
And it wasn't even a nightmare.

Up again at 6:30am

Up again at 6:30am today.
Dreamed about the swim meet all night, hee.
Now I'm doing Spike's wash,
We have to get him to church to leave for camp at 12:45,
And then zoom back to the pool for awards at 2pm.
Very exciting busy day.
Can't wait for next weekend,
No kids
No swim meet
No confirmation class...
Just one long uninterrupted weekend in Aptos.
Ahhhhhh....

Oh yeah,
Someone just found my diary by searching for
"What does 'Talk to the hand' mean"
And Scott, if that was you, I'm gonna kick your butt.
:-)

It is 6:10am Saturday

It is 6:10am Saturday morning.
I have been up for 45 minutes already.
Time to wake up the kids.
We are off to finals.

Good night all,
I am off to bed to soak the sheets with my sweat.
I hate this frikken summer.

Tomorrow is Swim FINALS.

Tomorrow is Swim FINALS.
It is always held on the hottest day of the year
(either they consult with God when they set the date,
Or God just really loves to have a joke on us)
And is set at Gunderson High School
A school made entirely of cement
With no shade whatsoever.
It is always the most miserable day of the year
And since all teams swim against each other
It lasts from 7:30am until about 4pm.
I will work as a timer from 8am to 11am.
And hopefully our team does well,
We could possibly place as low as 3rd, but First would be absolutely awesome.

We have garlic and

We have garlic and sugar for my tea now,
Yayyyyy!!!!!
And donuts, and tomatoes, and milk, and juice, and gatorade, and bread,
And Parmesan Cheese!

Freakin' Miserable

Freakin' Miserable

Okay, I wish I could post lots in celebration of my new working blog
But it's like 105 outside, and my indoor thermometer that tops out at 95 degrees,
Says 95 degrees,
My computer is SUPER HOT
and I need to turn the air conditioner on.
Air conditioner shares same circuit as computer,
They don't get along together,
So Blog must wait
So I don't die from this heat.
I mean,
If someone was here to baste me with my own juices
That would be different,
But I'm going to be one dried up baked chicken if I don't get the air on.
I'm already delirious, you see.

Look at me, I

Look at me, I scroll now!!!!
And have comments with Smilies!!!
Thank you Bonkrood!
Thank you Itsy for your help too!
Thank you everyone else who offered to help!
I love you all!!!

Dear Pischina: It's me,

Dear Pischina:
It's me, bonkrood. I made up a little layout for you, a temporary one with no images. Hope you like it. I just randomly chose purple out of a hat, so if you hate purple, I can easily change it.
Expect an email from me on further details.
(heart)
-bonkrood

I'm off to paint my finger and toe nails a light blue
Getting ready for Swim Finals!

A few of you

A few of you nice people have offered to host the image of Lara Croft for me,
And I thank you, it's very generous,
But I do use the gold membership for other features too,
And have quite a few images I have hosted there.
And HONESTLY
I can afford it,
So thank you for your help, but we're okay.
If you do want to help someone who needs it,
Go Here.
If she can get through school,
She won't have to have money-short weeks like I do.
And I can vouch that this is for real.

OH! Guess what? I

OH!
Guess what?
I have 8 vacation days to use,
Can't use them all at once cuz Corina's leaving on maternity leave,
But I can use a few in August.
So August 7 - 11
I'll be on vacation with Scott.
Wow.
We'll just be hanging out stress-free at his quiet house in the mountains of Aptos, 1 mile from the beach.
We're not going to do anything special,
We're just Not Going to Do Anything, haha.
And then 2 weeks later I get 3 days with the Kids, I can save my money to do stuff with them, like movies and stuff.
Hurray!

Colin Quinn AND Dennis

Colin Quinn AND Dennis Leary, together,
Pischina's wet dream.

Ms.Bonky is going to

Ms.Bonky is going to try to help me with the scrolling situation,
And in the meantime I'm just going to have to believe that a few of you can scroll and read, heh.
So I'm going to start posting again.
By the way, Bonky is the best!
As a matter of fact, just about every darn one of my blogger friends is an incredible person.

By the way,
GUESS who got paid today?
And GUESS,
Just GUESS,
Who
Got
A Big
Fat
BONUS!
$600!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WhoooEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
I can fix the car now!!!!!

Okay, my blog scrolled

Okay, my blog scrolled just fine from work, but it doesn't scroll at all from home or for Itsy either.
Does ANYONE have any ideas how I can fix this?
Somebody please look at the html for me!
whiiiiiiiiinnnneee

I am certain that something in the layout html is preventing the blog from scrolling.
If anyone would like to take a look at it for me and fix it,
email me at Pischina at Diaryland dot com
for the name and password.
I trust you
and I have no idea what to do myself.
Thank you!

I have COMMENTS now!!!

I have COMMENTS now!!!
Thank you Itsy!
Now if only this thing would scroll!
So Comment away!

One last thing
We are out of garlic
And sugar for my tea.
How awful is that.

I'm still wide awake

I'm still wide awake from our afternoon coffee,
But I have to get to bed for work tomorrow.
Off I go.

We went to Surf

We went to Surf City Coffee this morning,
It's right by Scott's house but we usually go to Aptos Coffee Roasting instead.
I know why.
WAAAY expensive.
Two small coffees and one very small muffin,
$5.75.
Ridiculous.

The cat is in

The cat is in heat.
Loud
Noisy
Heat.
No, Kitty, you cannot go outside.
Be quiet or you sleep in the garage tonight.

I don't wanna go

I don't wanna go to work tomorrow.
But the good news is next month Scott and I will be taking a vacation.
I
Cannot
Wait.

Awwwww... Thanks to Itsy,

Awwwww...
Thanks to Itsy, I may have comments again soon!
Thank you Itsy!

Saw League of Extraordinary

Saw League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Hated the movie, loved the characters.
Captain Nemo, Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, Vampire lady...
And Sean Connery was the coolest.
LOVED the characters, the sets, the effects.
Hated the storyline, and all the GOOFS in the movie.
Invisible man would have half makeup, whole makeup, no makeup, half makeup, from camera shot to camera shot.
Quite distracting.
And just HOW did that big ass boat (Totally cool boat but a mile long)
HOW did it just dock up in Venice?
Every two minutes we were asked to just completely IGNORE what happened previously.
Every 15 minutes they changed the plotline.
For all the money spent on the actors, sets, effects,
You'd think they could have hired a decent writer,
Or fired the editor,
I don't know.

Yes, I know, sometimes

Yes, I know, sometimes this stupid thing doesn't scroll.
I don't know why.
*shrug*

Guess who's getting married today?

I need to go to bed so I don't miss the swim meet tomorrow.
Good Night!

Okay, my goldmembership has

Okay, my goldmembership has finally lapsed.
I still see Lara Croft on my page, but she may disappear soon.
My stats are gone and that sucks.
But everything should be back by Wednesday.

I also never dreamed

I also never dreamed taking that picture that in less than 2 months we wouldn't even be living there.

Wow. My kids have

Wow.
My kids have grown a LOT in a year,
Especially Spike.
I would have guessed that pic was at least 2 years old.
Spike is now...
...now
...*sniff*...
He's ONE INCH TALLER THAN I!!!!

Wow, Alison is 22?

Wow, Alison is 22?
I would have put money she was under 20.

Big Brother 4: Jun

Big Brother 4:
Jun - Stop being such a bitch
Jee - Stop being such a whiner
Alison & Michele - Can one of you wear ponytails or something cuz Buffy and I like you both but can't tell you apart.
Erika - Nice tight body you have there, but when you're half nekkid it's obvious you need to EAT SOMETHING
and Gosh Darn
those FAKE BOOBS must really get in the way.

LOOKY ME! I have

LOOKY ME!
I have BlogRolling now!!!

Okay, on my Bravenet

Okay, on my Bravenet counter all my referrers are listed as Pischina.blogspot.com.
Is that normal?
Or does Bravenet not give referrers either?
Chip? You use Bravenet, do you know what's up?

Also, my side does

Also, my side does not hurt at the moment.
I must be all better!
:-)

Okay, I feel better

Okay, I feel better now.
Just when I thought I was running a huge streak of bad luck,
A streak of good luck balanced it out.
I'll write about my whiny story later.

I really really want

I really really want to see League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Maybe next week, heh.

Well, maybe Buffy could

Well, maybe Buffy could make us some dinner in her Easy-Bake oven,
Hah.

Okay, WellsFargo.com says I

Okay, WellsFargo.com says I have $45.
I wrote a $23 check for an oil change yesterday.
I have $10 in my pocket
We have no food in the house
I have NO gas in my car
Spike needs a new swim suit by Saturday morning
Car needs $600
I don't get paid until Tuesday
My side is still sore and tender
This is not a good month.

But I'll get through it.

Oh yeah, Remember that

Oh yeah,
Remember that ticking noise my car was making?
$600 to replace "valve lifters".
Can I just tell you all that NOTHING is going right at the moment.

What the hell,
The last time I could upload pictures to Three65pics I had less than half my space used.
Now I suddenly have 271% used and need to delete some pictures????
Something is whacky in Diaryland right now.

Looks like my GoldMembership

Looks like my GoldMembership is going to expire in "0.99 days" according to my email,
But since I don't have any money until July 15,
I guess we'll just have to do without Lara Croft for awhile.
Or perhaps I'll just stick my new favorite up...

Oh wait, I guess she'll be gone too, huh.
I know, I'll put her on a different Gold Memb that I have!
Bwahahahahaha,
Yup,
that will work until the 15th.

Okay, Wonderful! I'll leave

Okay, Wonderful!
I'll leave sitemeter up until I know Bravenet is working.
Hurray!
Now I can find out where you all are coming from!!!

Looks like BraveNet has

Looks like BraveNet has a counter that will tell me where my readers are coming from.
I'm going to go try it right now.

Ya know, $18 isn't

Ya know,
$18 isn't much,
Especially compared to $50,
Or the $70 I'm paying for a traveling membership.
*****
On the other hand, if I just save I can buy a weight gym for the patio
And fix my bike
And run
For free.

I'm thinking about canceling

I'm thinking about canceling my current YMCA gym membership as I pay over $50/month,
And hardly have time to travel the distance.
But there is a gym down the street (3 miles)
Ballys Fitness,
Only $18/month
But I have to sign a three year contract, not transferable to another gym.
Who knows where I'll be in 3 years?
Life changes quickly, I've learned.

Okay, so I guess

Okay, so I guess I'll just post my GoPischinaGo stuff here for now....
*sniff*
(I miss my layout...)
Anyway,
I've started to use FitDay.com again.
I really helps me not only keep track of my calorie and fat intake,
But helps me see what nutrients I'm short on.
Today I ate 1720 calories and 57 grams fat.
Since I wasn't even watching what I ate,
And felt like I pigged out,
I think that's pretty good.
Tomorrow I'll start concentrating on eating well again.

OHMYGOD My FitBlog is

OHMYGOD
My FitBlog is gone too!!!!!!!
Now I'm getting mad.
I hope my images weren't lost, that was one of my all-time favorite layouts.
I'll have to ask Traceeee,
I don't even know where she stored those pics.
RATS.

It is late.
Time for Bed.

I talked to Roof

I talked to Roof Inspector today,
I wasn't really happy how I ended that relationship
(As usual, run away and disappear)
He forced the conversation,
Then I forced him to continue it.
Anyway, we are friends now.
I think, and hope, anyway.

Why did I buy

Why did I buy Apple Cinnamon granola?
I hate apple flavor.

My munched up lip

My munched up lip is taking forever to heal.

Dr.Phil bugs me almost

Dr.Phil bugs me almost all the time if I'm going to be honest.

This anorexic girl on

This anorexic girl on Dr.Phil seems a little phony to me, and she's getting on my nerves.
Her mom's getting on my nerves too for that matter.
It's not that I don't have compassion for the disease,
It just seems this girl is here for the attention.
She bugs me.
Go ahead, boo me.

I think 8-months-pregnant Corina

I think 8-months-pregnant Corina lost her dang mind at work this afternoon.
Corina asked the new lady Jessie if she had any kids, she said no.
Corina: What? No kids! How old are you?
Jessie: 40
Corina: And no kids? What nationality are you??
Jessie: Chinese
Corina: Chinese! I thought you people were all baby making machines!
I was on the phone with a customer who was actually paying his bill and I started choking from horrified laughter when I heard her say that. The guy on the phone wanted to know what I was laughing at. Nothing, heh.
Poor Jessie doesn't even seem to understand that Corina's remark was (I thought, anyway) a bit offensive. Then Corina told her I was a CrackHead (her nickname for me) and Jessie remarked that that was "a good thing", haha.
For the record, I am NOT a crackhead.
Heee
Tomorrow it's due to be 100 degrees.
Corina's head is probably not going to be any better.

Did ya'll see Lisa

Did ya'll see Lisa Loeb's new album cover?
And who knew she's been dating Dweezil Zappa for five years now???

Did anyone else know

Did anyone else know BigBrother was back on?
I haven't been watching much TV this summer
Except HGTV, TLC, MTV, E! and VH1.
I dread getting sucked into it,
But I'm going to tune in tonight anyway.

Mmmmmmmm.... More fresh cucumber

Mmmmmmmm....
More fresh cucumber from the garden!

I really don't like

I really don't like this soreness in my side.
It's not enough to go to the doctor (yet, heh)
But it's enough that I know it doesn't belong and something isn't quite right.
We'll see what happens in the morning.

My mom came back

My mom came back from France
(She went on a trip with her sister)
She is safe and sound.
I'm happy.

My pens at work

My pens at work have started leaking, and not only made ink blotches on my desk but were staining my hands too.
So I've been using pencil today.
I like it.
I think I need to get some new special cool pencils just for me, with pretty little erasers on top.

I need a banner

I need a banner with that picture.
When I have time.
See, banners I can do, not well, but I can.
Just don't feel like it right now.

The word "toile" needs

The word "toile" needs to be erased from the language.
I just heard some lady repeat that word 20 times in 2 minutes on HGTV and it just sounds STUPID.
"And we have twall blankets, twall curtains, twall lampshades, twall rugs, twall slippers, twall bedclothes..."
GET OVER IT.
DUMB word.

Next time I get

Next time I get a new blog layout, I want that picture on it.
Not yet, not until I get my site back.
But how can you resist that CUUUUUTE little picture?

By the way, I

By the way, I had to steal that image from an ebay auction, how sad is that?
But I can't find a picture of it anywhere on the web!
Please forgive me.

Can you believe the

Can you believe the adorable cover on my new Tomb Raider comic???

Isn't she CUTE?????

This page seems to

This page seems to interest me way more than it should, haha.
Thanks a lot, Murphy, hee hee.

Murphy what happened to

Murphy what happened to your comments???

At least I'll have

At least I'll have someone to take care of me this time.

My side hurts, a

My side hurts, a lot.
My right side, is that where your appendix is?
Temperature 99.5 so that's not bad.
Then I realized, it's exactly a year since my surgery!
I do NOT want to go back to the doctor,
But if it gets worse tomorrow I'll have to.
There's no reason for it to hurt this way.
On the other hand, I probably won't be such a big baby about it this time, heh.

"Oh Look!" I told the kids, "Women on Waves Surfing Contest October 11!"
Buffy (skeptically): "Maybe to *watch*"
Me: No kidding, I'm not going to enter YOU.
Buffy: Oh, Okay.
Me: Me, on the other hand, *I* might enter the contest.
Buffy: Oh RIGHT Mom, you can't even boogie board, You surfing? RIIIIIIGHT, THAT will be the day, YOU, SURFING, HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA

That girl is so fired from being my daughter.

$73 that I didn't

$73 that I didn't have later we now own:
Cat food
Kitty Litter
7 packs Magik cards
Easy-Bake Oven
3 french bistro puzzles
*****
It all seemed necessary at the time.

Right now we're off

Right now we're off to Target to get:
Sugar
Cat food
Kitty Litter
a birthday present for Spike's friend.

Hahah, that figures. My

Hahah, that figures.
My website goes down so I converto blogspot,
Now my blogspot is down too.
That's okay, I don't need ya'll to listen for me to talk.
I'll just keep on talking without you.

"What is your biggest

"What is your biggest pet peeve?"
Oh, just about anything that Tim used to do - breathe, for example.
heeheeheeheeheeeeeeee

Since one kid or

Since one kid or another has been at camp all summer so far,
Today was the first day they were at home together.
I got all sorts of phone calls today.
Two examples:
"Mom, I have to sweep today and Spike just spilled crackers and salt on the floor!"
My response: "I feel for ya, now get that floor swept before I get home."
"Mom can you go to the store to get film for my camping trip?"
My response: "The one where you don't leave for 2 more weeks? No."
*****
Which is better than the phone calls I'll get later in the summer when they're really bored.
Such as:
"I can't find the remote control!"
and
"What's the recipe for lemon pancakes?"

Some of our vegetables

Some of our vegetables have been growing quite nicely,
So today we picked two zucchini and 3 cucumbers.
We're slicing the cucumber to eat fresh
And we're going to fry up some zucchs to eat with our pancakes.
Cuz yeah, that's what we're having for dinner.

Change that to: My

Change that to:
My boobs are tan
And my butt is very very red.
Ouch.

My boobs are tan
And my butt is very very tan.
Just FYI.

Home from the Beach.

Home from the Beach.
We had fun.
:-)

I just got to

I just got to talk to Meg/Reality on Yahoo Messenger with Webcam. I got to see her in her cute little workout outfit dancing all around in her chair.
I gotta talk to her more often.

whhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnne

whhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnne

OOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW I JUST BIT

OOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
I JUST BIT MY LIP!!!!!!!!!!!

Chicken burritos for breakfast,

Chicken burritos for breakfast,
YUMMMMMMMM

If these kids think

If these kids think they're going to the beach today they have another think coming until all the soda that's obviously been spilled on the floor gets mopped up.
And Not by me.
Oh yeah, it's so nice they are home...

If I were to ever get married again,
I so love this dress.
Not that I'm getting married,
Or dreaming about it,
Or planning it,
I just like that dress.
;-)

Oh gosh, Go to

Oh gosh,
Go to Sabby's page and scroll down just a bit till you get to her "random pics".
LOOK AT THAT KITTY!!!!
That is HILARIOUS and SO cute!

I just remembered that

I just remembered that I had a dream about talking to Courtney last night.
And she was really nice and I was telling her how pretty she was and that she shouldn't care about what people say about her new car.
Funny, huh.

The funniest part of

The funniest part of talking to Itsy today
Was trying to figure out how hot it was in each other's country.
She only knows Celsius, I only know Farenheit.
"Well it's around 32 here..."'
"So is that like in the 90's?"
"I don't know, it's just hot."
"Well last week we were in the 100's, that was REALLY hot."
"We're usually 26, so 32 is.... Hot."
"So like in the 90's?"
Someone please get us a converter before we speak again.

Has anyone seen the

Has anyone seen the recent issue of Rolling Stone???
Clay Aiken is on the cover with his shirt unbuttoned and TOTALLY showing skin and hair under his belly button area,
I felt dirty just looking at him.
I don't know, Clay as sex symbol?
I feel like showering with Lava soap just thinking about it.

But I kinda want

But I kinda want to see Scott too, I miss him lots.

Tomorrow the kids and

Tomorrow the kids and I are either going to the beach or going to the movies.
Terminator 3 or Charlies Angels.
I kinda want the beach.

MEG! You are NOT

MEG!
You are NOT on IM right now!
Stop teasing me!
NO ONE is on....

My tummy is full

My tummy is full of spaghetti,
Ahhhhh....
Now I'm drinking chai tea with milk.
I'm addicted to this tea.

Yes Meg, I was

Yes Meg, I was going to suggest you get another Blog as soon as possible.
You too Catie!
I miss you both!

Well poo, I logged

Well poo,
I logged into Messenger again but Reality is not there.
I'm going to go make spaghetti.
YUMMMM....
I'll be back later for Yahoo IM though,
If anyone wants to talk.
To me.

I really wish I

I really wish I had my own website AND knew how to use it.
I mean, I do have one, but I barely can think of it as mine, as a good friend is in charge of it and takes care of it for me, I have no idea how to use it.
I wish I had a site where I could set up a live webcam.
Like a permanent one, I would have no problem leaving it on all day.
But I need someone nearby me in Real Life who can help me.
I guess I'll just have to wait.

Guess who I just

Guess who I just talked to???

ITSY!!!!

And she doesn't even have an accent!
(Is that how you spell accent? It doesn't look right...)
Except when she says "out" it comes like "ow-ooot"

I love Itsy, I'm so glad she called!!!

What the heck is

What the heck is wrong with this blog now???
It won't scroll,
Is that happening for anyone else?
Will nothing go right today?
Please tell me if you can scroll down when viewing this.
Thanks.

My son is home.

My son is home.
:-)
He took Mammal Studies, Small Boat Sailing, Fingerprinting, Oceanography, Family Life and...
Something else, Don't remember.
But he had a great time,
And looks another year older.
I gotta stop sending these kids to camp
They don't look like little kids when they come home anymore.

All right Ms.Mariel, where

All right Ms.Mariel, where did your diary go????
And in response to your guestbook entry,
Your recipe sounds FABULOUS and we will try it this week,
But my tomato/mozarella recipe was totally fresh and raw,
Just like a salad but no lettuce.
It seemed wierd to me when I first got it at the restaurant,
But it was Delicious.

Okay, now it's getting

Okay, now it's getting hot in here.

I just heard from

I just heard from Spike, he's in San Francisco now, about 45 minutes away.
Hurray!
And he said he had a great time AND earned six merit badges.
He was at Boy Scout Camp for those who don't know.
I'm so glad he had a great time, AND that I get to see him soon.
Also, Buffy just left to dinner at her friend's house and to go to church with them tonight,
Not sure which church it is,
Just that it's "Christian", but "Not Catholic" and "Not the Cathedral of Faith".
It doesn't matter to me which one, I'm just curious.
I think it's great for kids to have different experiences like that.

I went to Longs

I went to Longs yesterday to get cotton balls so I could do my nails because I've run out of cotton balls,
And guess what?
They had no cottonballs.
A large drugstore
Had NO cottonballs.
Insane.

Oh gosh, I just

Oh gosh, I just realized I still need to get gas and stamps and mail my bills
And also, my car was making clickety-clak noises (more like tikka tikka tikka)
AND the digital thingie that tells me how fast I go was saying (0) on the freeway today,
So I'm assuming that isn't good.
Oh Jeez, now I'm all depressed, heh.

I need to re-add

I need to re-add all my blog friends to the links,
But that seems like such hard work.
But I will.
I just need my son to come home first.

Well this stats counter

Well this stats counter doesn't show me where you all are from.
Anyone know of one that does?
Or tell me what I did wrong with Sitemeter, because I know my old ones use to work correctly.

I think this Quilt

I think this Quilt Project is a neat idea just like Traceee said,
But also, it would be SO COOL to create a quilt from squares that bloggers actually sewed themselves.
Would any of you be interested in that?
If there is any interest, I would be happy to take squares created by each of you and sew them together into a quilt.
Of course, I guess the quilt would stay at my house, but I'd take lots of pictures for you all!
Any other ideas what I could do with it?
Donate it to Blogger?
I definitely think it would be an amazing work of art,
It doesn't take any talent at all to create one square.
Tell me what you all think.

Come on Spike, Call

Come on Spike, Call me!!!

Ahhh, It's been so

Ahhh,
It's been so long since I was a slave to SiteMeter.
I really need to get out of this house.
Maybe I'll go finish my hair now.
Yeah, I KNOW it's 2pm, but it's Saturday, I don't have to do my hair until afternoon if I don't want to!

One more hour until

One more hour until Spike comes home.

Okay all fixed. NOW

Okay all fixed.
NOW you may sign the guestbook.
Where's my chai tea?
I think I left it in the kitchen.
Be back in a moment.

Oh. Heh. Guestbook link

Oh.
Heh.
Guestbook link is wrong, haha.
Now THIS is why I have YOU guys do my layout.
Don't ever let me loose with html alone again.

Too bad you can't

Too bad you can't read all the posts I had on my old blog that never got published.
Oh well.
I'm sure you'll survive.
It's now time for chai tea.
Excuse me for a moment.

Please.

Please.

Hey! Remember? No comments!

Hey!
Remember?
No comments!
You must SIGN THE GUESTBOOK.
Now go do it.

I love sprinklers. We

I love sprinklers.
We couldn't use them at the old burnt up house because there was no water pressure,
Seriously,
A sprinkler would rise less than a foot up in the air.
But now I don't have to stand outside with a stupid hose in my hand for hours.
Just plant my seeds,
Turn on the sprinklers,
Sit at the computer.
What a life.

I bought sunflower seeds

I bought sunflower seeds the other day,
Not regular kind though.
One is a red and black flower about 5-6 feet tall,
The other is a white flower about 5 feet.
I'm going to plant them every other one, along the backyard fence.
It's going to be lovely.

In case you were

In case you were wondering,
No, I never took the camera software off the other computer
And No, it will not turn on again.
Hopefully it cools down soon, cuz my memory cards are almost full.
You'd think I would learn my lesson,
But I'm a bit more hardheaded than that.

Okay, time to alert

Okay, time to alert you all to my change of residence now, eh?
Hopefully my old blog site comes back up soon, but in the meantime,
Here I are.

I bought a 5

I bought a 5 piece set of paint brushes on clearance at Longs ($2.99) for all different sizes, mostly big.
I'm going to use them to create my own Trading Spaces style artwork for my living room and bedroom.
You know, stretch some canvas on a frame,
Slap some colors on,
Call it Art.
It's going to look terrific, I just know it!

Aargh, this stat thingie

Aargh, this stat thingie may not show where people are coming from!
I'll figure something out.
In other news,
Already 3 visitors???
I didn't even tell y'all I moved yet!

I never put a

I never put a stats thingie on my blog before, but I am sometimes surprised to go to a random blog and find mine listed.
So I decided to do it here so I can figure out who ya'll are.
:-)

I can't believe it's

I can't believe it's only Saturday!
I still have a day and a half vacation!!!

Another simple Summer Recipe:

Another simple Summer Recipe:
I imitated what I ate at Pasta Pomadoro last week and it was yummy.
Sliced Roma tomatoes
Sliced mozarrella cheese
Drizzle with olive oil
Sprinkle with chopped basil.
Very
Very
Good.

My parsley did not

My parsley did not survive the 100 degree heat last week.
All dead.
The basil and Oregano don't look great, but they and the mint will survive.
My lemon tree is fine.
Hurray!
Also, the entire vegetable garden is doing very very well.

Spike comes home from

Spike comes home from camp in about 2 hours.
I can't wait!!!!

Buffy and I baked

Buffy and I baked a whole chicken this week (my first time) and I just stripped the whole thing,
Put it in a pan with chopped garlic, onions, green peppers, fresh basil and salt&pepper, and heated the whole thing up.
Then made YUMMY burritos with mozzarella cheese.
SO YUMMY.

I can't have comments

I can't have comments on this blog, so everyone must sign the guestbook.
Did you hear that?
You MUST sign the guestbook.
hee hee heee

All right, Let's get

All right,
Let's get this show back on the road...

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