Hello Saturday

I'm so glad you're finally here.  Even though you are an over cast Saturday morning.  When I woke up at 5:30 it was a nice 62 degrees so I opened a couple of windows.  Fixed a pot of coffee and then had some prayer time alone while the house was quiet.
Actually that is my favorite time to pray, early morning when it's just me.

I started putting things away that were just "laying around" since I don't know when.  We have so many projects going in the house that there is always something somewhere it's not suppose to be or hasn't found a home.  Thank goodness we have enough space for that now.  Other than it drives me to distraction since I think everything needs a home, and not necessary in the middle of the room or stuck in a corner.
Speaking of projects, the new bathroom addition is almost complete.  Now I have to get DH motivated enough to touch up the drywall so I can paint (I still haven't picked colors so how do ya pick paint?) I will have pictures as soon as I finish that.

Unfortunately I woke up yesterday feeling too bad to go to Ladies Retreat in Louisville.   I have spent since before Christmas pretty much barely functional.  All I do is basically sleep.  I ache in all my bones, I have uncontrollable fevers and I can never get enough sleep.  I sleep the hour and 15 mins to work, I sleep the trip home, I come in put my pajamas on sometimes fix DH something to eat and then I'm off to bed for a good 10 hour nap.  Hence one of the reasons I haven't blogged as much. Unfortunately my white count is out of whack.  Doc says it is 7.5 times worse than a normal persons.  Just call Mrs Easy Does It, lol.

Today I have high hopes to get a Blueberry Crisp made.

For my recipe for this just click here for that post.
I also hope to fix Pioneer Woman's Perfect Pot Roast.  Did I mention I did get to see Pioneer Woman in person??  Oh yes, she is lovely, and everything like she is on her blog.  Aunt Mattie and I went to see her 2 weeks ago at a book signing.  It was great!

I also purchased this gem for next to nothing while she was here that weekend.

Maybe, just maybe if I am lucky I will get to see this lovely lady pictured with me!

Now I have to catch up on emails and get dressed!
Have a great weekend!

Am I Still Here?

I am almost back up to speed and ready to blog full force again.
With the exception of just being too busy with work, Church, and our trip in less than 26 days.
Yes I have them numbered, duh!!  
Let's see, 1st time of out the country.  2nd being in Norway with Missionaries who live there, and will help us make major decisions affecting the rest of our lives.  3rd because I'm learning another position at work to cover for a gal at work that is pregnant, and have put in for another job at the same time there.  Yeah, and I'm suppose to remember it all.  My brain is on overload.  
On a brighter note, I am able to pick up a new radio station at work.  It is God's Country 107.1.  It's a mixture of Christian music and non-negative country music.  No drinking, losing your dog, your wife, blah, blah, blah stuff.  Anyways, they have been playing this song below.  I love it!!  I thought I would share it and the next time you have that little nagging voice in your head to call someone, do it!

Matt Kennon is the artist, "The Call" is the song.

“Music is what feelings sound like.”

Have a great weekend!

I've Been Tagged & Other Random Things

First let's talk about being "Tagged"

I have been tagged by the wonderful "Ms. Bride To Be Marie" over at Wishful Thinking

She is just so gracious and I heart her.

SO here is the rules of engagement:

Open your first photo folder.

Scroll to the 10th Photo.

Post the photo and the story behind it,

TAG 5 or more people!

So here is my picture to use

It is one of my favorite peeps (DH of course, can we say "hubba hubba babyyy")

This is from the last trip to Jamesport Mo.

It is an Amish Community. 

We were at the quilt/wood shop we love!

It is an AWESOME place to go.

If you are in Kansas City, you should make the 1 1/2hr trip there.

My 5 to Tag:

1. Tammy @ Queen Sized Funny Bone

2.  Tammy @ Time Flies

3.  Becky @ In The Trenches

4.  Miss Taylor @ The Adventures of Taylor Tot

5.  Sarah @ An Army Wife's Life

Ok, moving on to stuff here, let's see what to update first.

I know I have been slacking in the actual "blog" dept.

I can't help it.  As I was telling Kathryn earlier

I have been trying to work on the "top secret special blog" I am hopefully going to open up soon  & will need everyones help to get it out there for us for lots of people to see,

plus Nan's suprise book for her 80th birthday next month, getting ready for our journey to Norway.

Not including, or excluding all the stress from work because it is our, "kick-off", "yard sale", "golf outing", "customer appreciation" time of the year.

Along with trying to do our taxes ourself this yr, keep house, do Bible studies for church and stay sane!!!

Oh and did I mention how SO OVER THE SNOW I AM???

Yes, please, let's move on to Spring please.

Last night we actually had a "Date Night" and went to Smokey Valley Truck Stop.

I know, I know, it probably doesn't sound like much of a date, but when you can get one of these

The Smokey Valley Burger is to die for and as you see they do homemade fries as well.

You just can't beat their coconut pie here.

Speaking of pie/desserts,

the "Raspberry Zinger Cake" I came up with was

YUM!!! 

I will try to post pics DH took along with the recipe I came up with for it.

It's not the "prettiest" cake ever, but who cares when it takes like heaven, right?

We took Nan out to see the snow this morning, then for breakfast at Cracker Barrel.

We had a great time with her.  She told us of snow days long ago, and people who are long gone.

Ok, that's enough for now. 

My confession for this week, I ate wayyy too much this morning at Cracker Barrel.

Ramblings

My Randomness for the Day
It's amazing how some people can just "hit it off" like they have been friends for a lifetime
even though it's really their first time together.

I was trying to catch up on some blog reading this morning (okay so it was really like Sunday?) and found this post so interesting and refreshing.  I am now in love with Tim Tebow.  Thank you for that post!!!

Sunday at almost 2 and DH was napping.  Don't you just love snow days??

Yesterday (which was Wednesday) we went to Middletown OH to a double funeral for a husband & wife.  DH & I have decided that is how we want to go, together. 
They have some serious coldness going on there. 

Now I'm wondering if we're going to get all this ice and snow they are predicting or not right now all I hear is rain hitting the roof.

My Feb, "Wordless Wednesdays" are going to be paintings by Brent Heighton
In case you were wondering about Wednesdays. 

Tomorrow (Saturday) I'm suppose to attend a "household shower" for some friends who lost their home to a fire two Sunday's ago.  How sad, especially in the middle of winter.

I'm still thinking about the chocolate cobbler I fixed earlier this week.

I'm ticked at my server because just about the time I go to someone's blog, and want to comment it drops me and I have to start all over, several times, ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

I found out my favorite DJ Jason Bailey

 has left the Lexington station, 92.9 The Bear, which is sad, but I had quit listening to him because I hated Deidre.  That chick REALLY got on my nerves.  I mean, she litterally could make me want to open a can of whip, well never mind, you know where I'm going with that.

I'm sick, again, for the second time since Dec.  I'm hoping this stent doesn't last as long as the last one.
It's way past bedtime for me.

I hope to wake to SNOW!!!  

Weekend Gone!!

I have been a busy/lazy gal this weekend.

DH & I had a bet earlier this week,
Which he lost & entitled me to an “all night talk fest”
like we did when we were dating. I realized as we
crawled into bed at a little after 9pm Friday (yes, I know
sad) I just don’t have the spunk to pull an all niter any longer.
Not intentionally anyhow. It was too cold with all the snow.
Snuggling seemed like a much better decision.
Sat after a lazy morning we went to Smokey Valley Truck Stop
(which is not really a truck stop, I know, starting to get confusing)
If you remember from this post. I had posted a youtube video on it.
DH had the smokey valley burger, and I had biscuits & gravy.
As well as the famous coconut pie, which is so much we almost
didn’t get it finished. I said almost.
From there we went to an Antique Store. Then two Amish stores.
There were some Amish girls sledding. They were adorable!!
Sunday morning we had biscuits & gravy with fried taters at Momma’s.
Church had been called off due to the cold & snow.
Is there anything better than Momma’s homemade biscuits & gravy on
a cold snowy morning? The rest of the day I was too busy lying on
the couch to blog, hehe.
We still have snow. I’m praying for more! Hey! If it’s going to be cold
I at least want it to be worth it with some good ole’ snow!!
Oh, I did at least get a big bowl of snow cream made and 4 loads of laundry!!

Just Another Day In The Life

This weekend was great!
Sunday was even better Church then lunch/dinner with the Family.
DH and one of the boys from Church went hunting. Yes, DH is still in full hunting mode even after getting a deer a few weeks ago.

Work went by pretty fast for a Monday.
Being the professionals we are, when Mr President came back from lunch and having his SUV cleaned he brought in an "air freshner". It was suppose to have that "new car" smell. It was hideous. So we strategically placed it in the Sales & Marketing Manager's (who by the way rarely does his own stuff and pushes it off on me) office while he was out "sick" on this pretty day. Ya know, sometimes it's just the little things in life.

DH talked to the "Outlaws" tonight and it's official that they are coming for Thanksgiving. Yea Haw!

Christmas Shopping

I had an awesome day out with my second Mom Donna. We into the city to do some shopping.
We hit the big sale they were having at Kohl's .  I spent enough "Christmas" wise to get $10 Kohl bucks for my next visit. I also bought me these awesome "hooker boots" as I like to call them for my birthday.

Then we went to Bath & Body Works another one of my favorite stores.  There I even got FREE merchandise, which I picked to be their new flavor of Twilight Wood lotion and $10 off my next purchase.

Now I am in FULL Christmas mode.  I am so ready to get a tree up.  DH says it's too early.  He's also still telling me no about a real tree as well.  He says I have a hard enough time remembering to water my flowers outside, and the dog.  Fuddy Dud.  Well it's coming soon.  This sista is BRINGING IT ON!!!

If I can't have that, I am going to be ready blog wise. 

Also I put my "followers" back up.  I'm so over the whole "I'm not following you anymore" thing.  Follow me, don't follow me.  But seriously, it's an uneven number, can at least one person add theirself?  You know I hate odd numbers, lol.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

What the Heck Am I Doing with My Life???

Ever have one of those mornings you wake up wondering what in the heck you are doing with your life?
Then you roll on over and you're like oh my, what is it I'm doing??
Is it what I'm suppose to be doing?
Am I where I am suppose to be?
Is this what I "dreamed" of doing?
What happened to ME?!?!

This morning I woke up asking myself those questions, and then I rolled over, pried myself from under the covers, got ready for work, and rode for an hour there.
Today was one of "those days". 
It was a Monday.
If I could get behind, I was.
Nothing went right.
There was a full moon. 
The people proved there was.
Then on the ride home I received confirmation from the Man in the Moon.

All evening I have wondered how I got here.  This is not what I "dreamed" of. 
This is not the life I had planned. 
Or the people who are in it for that matter.
 
As a kid you have these big ideas and dreams that you will marry the boy you grew up with and had your first crush on.  You're going to live next door to your best friend for the rest of your life.  You'll have tea every day, cookouts together, and raise your children so that they will be "best friends" too. 
 
Here I am many years later, my best friend doesn't live next door (across town, and states/cities away). 
No sounds of pitter patter of the feet at my house.  I'm not married to the boy I swore in grade school would be my husband.  I never became a beautician, a pharmacist, a childrens physical therapist or the 1st NASCAR woman driver (come on now I was young didn't you want to be something extreme?).

However, I moved to a big city with a brand new husband and lived in the burbs and we survived. 
I was blessed with the opportunity to be a pharmaceutical rep which had become my dream job as an adult.  I married a man who was picked for me by God, not by me, just especially for me.
I know without a doubt he will be at home with me every night, and right there when I fall asleep.  
We are not wealthy but we are some of the riches people around.  We are truly blessed by not only a "best friend" but several "best friends".             
Even though I may wake up again tomorrow asking the same questions, and question my sanity when I arrive at work.  I know I am there for a purpose. 
But for now, could you please pray for me to come into a large sum of $$ where I don't have to work????


Just my thoughts for today.

Ramblings

Random Ramblings going on in this head of mine today........

Why does Garth keep "coming out of retirement"?? Why not just say "hey, I'm burnt out, I'm taking a break"??

I feel like this song today, "Square One", Tom Petty.

I feel stuck in a time warp today.

Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong time period.

I waited 4yrs on something that never happened.

L'Apputamento has always pulled at something deep inside me every time I hear it even before I knew the translation.

I use to believe in fairytales and the whole works. Now I know they exisist but you to work for it.

I could really drink 2 frapps a day and not feel quilty.

In March when I contacted someone did something so totally out of  my comfort zone the blue it turned my life upside down, and 7 months later my life has been brought back to square one, now the slate is clean.

How people are so much like the wordless wednesday pic. There is life all around them but the feel dead on the inside.

Wondering if it's going to be unbearably cold this weekend for court days.

Do I give enough, do enough, love enough?

What was that 6yr old in Colorado thinking today?

Will we actually see snow Saturday?

I'm happy dreading DH being gone for my birthday for a week with work, without me.

I still love Conway Twitty songs even though I realized he's basically romanticizing the one night stand thing.

What has been with me and blogging lately?  I can't seem to remember to do it.



What was your random thoughts or confessions of today?

Work Weekend

It is a "work/play" weekend for me. We have just got to the cabin and settled in. I'm barely functional at this time. I'm glad I didn't drive, we would've never made it.
Tomorrow I will try to get some pictures on here of where we are staying. The men will be busy in class, and I will have some down time. Hopefully then I will be able to get my blog award up!! Yeah!! Thank You so much Tammy for thinking of me!
Hope everyone is having a good week!!

Sunday Sunday

Right now "Manic Monday" by the Bangles. Doesn't that date me just a little?

I went to Wal-Mart this evening. It either makes me feel better about myself, or frustrates me that in podockville they are slower than Christmas and never have a smile when you're there.

Had lunch with the family today. It was nice. Neither brother was there, but Nan didn't hush from the time we picked her up, until we dropped her off. I guess she made up for the two of them not being there.

I need a new header, can anyone help me with that?? I wanted the "fall" look since I am ushering it in early. Don't you just love this weather??

Facebook can be a great thing. I have been looking for my bestfriend from grade school who moved when we were in 6th grade. She found me on fb this week.

I am dreading going back to work tomorrow. Especially since it's food day. I should be happy but I'm not. I have decided I HATE being fat, and I am sick of it.
NO MORE!!! I have signed up for weight watchers, but the site has yet to work for me. Makes me want to scream.

Still hearing "Manic Monday" in my head.

11 days until we leave for TN. I'm excited that I will be only working one full week this week, and then 4 day weeks the next 2.

I think I'm running out of things to blog about, or I'm really boring one.

I love DH, and blessed we get along so well. This week alone I've had 3 people at work talk to me about wanting divorces and have either filed or seperated.

My Dr told me Friday I am not getting enough rest or enough personal time. If I don't start, I'm going to frazzle out. I'm still trying to figure out how to get my mind to slow down and not think of 50 things at once.

I hope everyone here has a good week.

Just for giggles, and to punish you like my mind is at the moment Manic Monday

Have a Great Week!!

The song goes, "Work, work, work, ......."

This blog addiction is getting out of hand.
I am finding very little to no time during the week to blog, but trying to hold my eyes open with toothpicks at night to read every ones. I can't help it. I can't work on my own for wanting to read everyone else. No wonder I have few devoted followers. Can I help it if I like reading their stuff better than mine? I mean, my life is boring, I've already seen what happened in my day today. : )
So I sat down this morning to make me a "house cleaning list". I told myself it wouldn't be too big, just the basics that HAVE to be done. Then I sat down to read just the blogs that have been updated. An hour has passed and I haven't even pulled the paper out to make the list. The list has also escaped from my brain.
If I turned around I could probably SEE what I need to be doing, but what fun is there in that?? Anywho........here is a quick run down on my week.
Work, work, work, no fun, work with fun. That covers the work week. It has been busy around there getting ready for our Prestonsburg location "Re-Grand Opening". Yesterday was the big hoopla with corporate there from Dubuque. It went over well and the crowd was great, even though it was raining all morning, and half of the lunch time. (Minus the 6hrs I was on the road, to work 1hr, PBurg 2hrs, and then back the same 3)
Maybe this should be called "Bomb Week". It seems like I've had a dozen. 1st, I ordered a cake for our big hoopla, and go to pick it up Thursday evening. No Cake. I was like, WHAT?!?!?!?!? The girl had written pick up for 4:30 on the 21st, instead of the 20th. Ok, so I work it out that I will pick up the cake at 7 am the next day. Go to pick up the cake, guess what? No cake. I didn't have to panic, the President of our company had gone with me and he did instead. I walked out with my cake at 7:49. The day before a couple we are friends with dropped a bomb. How is it you can be sad and glad for someone at the same time? Then last night after an extremely long, hot, raining, exhausting day the last bomb of the week comes.....Emmy calls. Luckily DH talked to her and not me.
This morning the house needs desperately cleaned. I have a 100 things I want to do, so I guess I better get to them. We are suppose to be having fall like weather here this weekend. So maybe when DH gets home from squirrel hunting we can go. DH has decided he is going to hunt EVERYTHING this year, since he hasn't had the opportunity to hunt any for the last 7yrs. That's a story for another blog entry though.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and does something fun!!

Things I'm

Sick Of:
1. not having the time or money to what I want to do.

2. not having the energy to do what I want to do IF I do have the time.

3. not having the time or collective thoughts I want to blog

4. CRAZY STUPID PEOPLE!!!!

5. the current president and our government.


Crazy About And Can Make Me Smile At Anytime:
1. the sound of a baby laughing when it gets tickled.

2. a morning sunrise with a steaming cup of coffee.

3. my toes in the sand with the waves washing over them

4. the laughter in a friends voice when you answer their call.

5. knowing I will snuggle into DH's arms at the end of every day of our lives together and know that in it's self is enough to make me happy every day.

Blah, Blah, Blah....What did you say????

I guess my life has become a bore. Every time I start to blog, I try and piece things together in my head, and by the time I'm done, I hear.........."blah, blah, blah..........what did you say??.......blah, blah, blah, I am sooooooo boring.
I don't know what is with me. It seems I use to have so much to say and now so little.

I was off two days this week. My cholesterol is still out of sight, my blood pressure for the first time ever has started to elevate a little Doc says I'm stressed out and don't even realize it. Is that possible??

I guess with Nan feeling horrible, and not being able to keep her BP up.
My irresponsible brother keeping company that he shouldn't keep.
DH getting a new position and responsibilities at work.
Them laying people off at work, (not knowing if you are next)
The are we going to get a baby, or are they going to "back out" thing is taxing.
It was like having an epiphany right in the Dr's office when she pointed all the above out to me. (She happens to be a friend of the family)
Oh did I mention I am sleeping less than 3hrs at night? 1 solid hour if I am lucky, and then 30 minutes hit and miss afterwards.

Please don't mistake me for a whiner. I don't like whiny people. It just happened to hit me like a bomb this week why I don't have time for anything, especially blogging. I need to get back. It is therapeutic. I love knowing what every one is doing, only now I have to read two weeks worth plus to catch up! haha.
At least it's relaxation reading!!

So tell me what all is going on in your worlds??

Ok, on the brighter side, my 3yr old nephew is playing t-ball this spring. Here is a picture of him looking all adorable in his uniform at a game.

Enjoy!!

Ashamed

I am ashamed.
I admit it.
I have been a super slacker when it comes to blogging the past week or so.
There has been nothing there.
I am an empty vessel.
Sometimes I think it's stress central, lol.
Nan has been in the hospital, stress.
What is with these days?? It seems everyone is on edge, and stressed. : )

So, for today, I leave with a "Wordless Wednesday" a beautiful, and peaceful picture.

Toodles!

Nothing, but Something

Today is normally recipe day for me, but I'm not in the mood today.
It's a "Nothing but Something" kinda day.

How is it that sometimes when you have nothing to say, that you have so many "somethings" going on upstairs??
Why is it that so often you are wrapped up in emotions, thoughts, ideas, yet you don't know how to express them?
And you have, "nothing"
You are exhausted.
You are drained.
You are empty.

You have "nothing" to share, but are full of "something"
Sometimes I wonder if the people closest to me even have any clue what is going on with me. Inside my head, inside my heart.

Ok, weird post for me I know. Nothing funny today. Just rambling.

No Words

Nothing to Say Sunday.........I have nothing.

I have a new blouse for my date Saturday.
My best "girl" friend and I were able to see each other twice this week.
We managed 4 calls. lol. Between Graycen, (who I consider one of my nephews) and us (hubby and I) working an hour in the oposite direction is gives us little time together for shopping, or just visiting for that much anymore.
She and her Hubby are going out with us Saturday.
Saturday I got a new perm, a wax, and a mani. That was cool.
Except for the annoying little girl who's mom had taught her no manners.
(She told the hairdresser that she was getting on her nerves and to shut up)
I wanted to tie her up and use some duck tape.
Ok, I'm totally get off key here.
Hubby hooked up our new heat pump since it's been in the 60's today.
How is that possible? We had 12 inches of snow Wednesday 19 degrees
Then 55 yesterday, 60 today?
One of the higher paying jobs that gets paid no matter if you are right or wrong.
I haven't figured that out today.

Hubby and I had to work Saturday morning until 12.
Lady comes in, tells him she wants to buy stuff to make a moonshine still.
It is legal here to make it, as long as it's minimal "family" consumption.
Other words, you can make enough for the family, but not enough to sell.
Being from Indiana he was surprised someone asked.
Being from Kentucky, I couldn't believe it took 4yrs on this job for someone to ask.

I did pick some new tunes for the week. "Lovey Dovey Songs" Some jazz, some country, etc. Hope you enjoy them.

Ok, that's what I got. Have a great week!!

Oh yeah!!! I almost forgot! I found Miss Marilyn "The Farm Blahg". I was going into withdraws! If you haven't had a chance to stop by her place, I HIGHLY reccomend it!! She's a hoot. You will find her under blogs I follow now as, "The (Trailer) Parks Farm"

P.S. Please keep Gert in your prayers, (that is Hot Tub Lizzy's little girl) she has the flu and strep!! Poor Baby, We wanna see her better ricky tick quick!!!


1 more thing, how do I get this stupid "flickr" thingy to work????? I have tried everything, anyone willing to help, please let me know!!! Thanks!!!!