Men, you can have them!

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. ~Katharine Hepburn

My friend and I are talking about the woes of husbands. I welcomed her to my house to stay over and refused because I have a husband there too! She wants to go to the casino and spend the night taking along his money of course! I told her I wanted a massage. She agreed that was good too. Then I thought about it a little deeper, as I could picture it more clearer... I want to sleep in a blue room in a comfy soft bed with crisp white sheets and a down comforter all by myself. With lots of white pillar candles burning in various hurricane lamps. A slight cool breeze blowing through the open window as the long sheer white curtains sway. And Yanni playing ever so soft in the background.

WAKE UP! Ain't gonna happen.

My annual fall Girl's weekend is only 9 days away, woo hoo!

Has anyone watched the NEW 90210? Some of that content is RISKY! Holy cow, but do I dare look away? Heck no, I've watched all the episodes today. It's too young for me to get involved with. But I like the fact they're using old characters and story lines. I knew Dylan was the father of Kelly's son! (I'd have his baby too) The new 'Walsh' kids are too cute; always doing the right thing. Should have been more like them in H.S.

I've had a craving for egg salad sandwiches like I used to eat in H.S. lately. My lunches either consisted of an egg salad sandwich or celery and P.B. & an ice tea. I made some killer egg salad for work this week; has satisfied my craving! Mom will tell you I make a great egg salad. I always felt it needed some tweaking. I tend to get it too runny with mayo or too much mustard... And tweaking I found this time around! First I grated the eggs vs. using an egg slicer. Next I only used spoonfuls of mayo rather than heaping mounds at a time. Ground mustard and not prepared. A pinch of sugar and a dash of pepper & salt. Too bad the bread was stale.

Peace!

Hi, my name is Kelly and I'm a coffee whore

Caffeine isn't a drug, it's a vitamin! ~Author Unknown

Wow! Friday afternoon I slammed 2 coffee drinks from QT and went from 'Kelly' normal to unwarranted in less than 15 minutes. Mom and I were headed to meet Lisa to see NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, mom is freaking out how I am swerving in and out of traffic. I'm playing around at a stop light by inching up & breaking every 2 seconds as she tries to apply her lipstick. I damn near took her hand off as she ask if I had a napkin, I flipped open the middle console to show her. (She didn't say she wanted one; just if I had one. I wasn't paying full attention to her and she went to grab for one the same time I let go of the compartment lid to shut!) Oops! Sorry!!! In the parking lot I almost lost it and fell out while attempting to exit my truck. My shoe had caught but luckily I caught myself too! Mom wanted to pay for the movie and Lisa was already in line so when I entered the building I yelled out, "Lee la!". Everyone looked at me then her. Sorry girl; didn't mean to do that to you but mom wanted you out of line. Desperate times calls for desperate measures. By the snack bar they have DDR (dance dance revolution); while Lisa was in line for popcorn I challenged mom to a dance off. Of course she didn't accept. So I walk over and start "dancing" as fast as I could!!! (Yes, people were probably pitting the 2 ladies with the slow kid)

I'm a back seat sitter when it comes to movie theatres, no - not for THAT reason. I like it cause its darker, more room and no ones behind me kicking my seat. The movie was late and in that little window box where the movie comes out of had a light on and shining right into my face. Rather than moving as mom and Lisa suggested I wanted to stand in the seat, knock on the glass and ask the person to "shut the light off- it's shining right into my eyes" As I was about to stand in the seat; the picture of me losing my balance and causing a horrible scene flashed in front of me. Or it was mom's threat. Either way, I calmly remained in my seat to see if the light would be turned off - and it was.

GREAT MOVIE. Although it veered from the book. It's expected right?

After the movie there was a line in the little girls room. Lots of eyes all red and puffy from the movie. One gal behind me was still crying, I unloaded a bunch of tissues out of my purse for her. Told her I stocked up because I knew it was coming!!!

(HOLY SHIT SOMEONE HERE AT WORK HAS JUST UNLOADED IN THEIR PANTS!!! THAT'S PHUCKING RANCID!)

(A.D.D. back on track) While washing my hands I noticed a soap dispenser had fallen from the mirror. Looked like an old Polaroid camera, I picked it up and waited. Mom came out of her stall and I told her 'smile' and released the soap button. I thought foam would then dispense from the front of the camera but it was broke. ; ) We cracked up. Even had to go out in the hall and get Lisa to show her.

So then we're having dinner at Cracker Barrel. They have this picture of their new dessert - Coke cake on each table. I told mom is was a scratch N sniff. Although, she'd spent enough time with me that evening to know better!!! Dinner was awesome we laughed and laughed and laughed. Making jokes one right after another. I just hope mom and Lisa don't decide to go out without me!

And damn if I didn't come down as fast as I went up and hit hard.

Saturday was HOT. Sold popcorn in from of Wal-Mart from 9-noon. Ty and the other boys worked so hard only to be turned down time and time again. Then Ty had a football game at 2:30p. Saw Stac and coach on their way to see Fire Proof, honked at em and talked a quick sec. Stac - I was looking for a movie review today!!!

Sunday we helped Lisa and Mark sand down their cabinets. They are over hauling their kitchen. What was only going to be re-tiling a back splash has ended up re-finishing cabinets, replacing counter top and tiling! It's going to look great when it's completed.

Peace

All blunders don't end in tragedy

Never say, "oops." Always say, "Ah, interesting." ~Author Unknown

Last night I was fixing dinner, homemade burritos. I've been making my own re-fried beans too. So I dump my pintos into the bowl and reach into the cabinet for my ground cumin and heavily start sprinkling it over the beans. 'Gee, this has a cinnamon hint to it' - I look at the label and 'Oh, caca!!! IT IS CINNAMON' So I search the cabinet for ground cumin and douse the beans with it hoping to hide the cinnamon. Normally I keep the cinnamon on my 'baking' shelf but I've been using both quite frequently that they were on the first shelf right in front. The beans turned out great! As a matter of fact, I might just start putting a little cinnamon in there from now on.

Today at 5p! Nights in Rodanthe!!! Wahoo! I wasn't more excited to see movie reviews than this morning, interesting because I normally care less what others think (on anything for that matter). But they gave it 3 out of 5 not popcorn bags but Kleenex boxes! : ) One of the critics even manned up to state he shed a 'man tear'! They said it was a really good chic flick. And gave it only 3 since it was a predictable love story, ain't nothing wrong with that!

One more thing, all I am going to say is Ty had another math paper for homework last night. Brian was helping him and Ty was getting frustrated. He got to the point he was crying and cried, "I want my momma!" I was in the bed room getting ready for bed and heard that... Ahh! I haven't heard him cry like that since he was 3! 'I want my momma!' - He's definitely a mommas boy and I could careless! He even talked my into giving his feet and legs a massage before bed! Anything for my boy! ; )

Have a great weekend.

Peace

I'm bored with my blog

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. ~Author Unknown

So Stacey is out trying to perfect her blog and I want to change up too! She's much more experienced in these blogs than I. She's migrated through the blog world and has found some really interesting places. To me, I just sit and type out whats on my mind. The other day, I ventured out to see what I could find, I too found really cute blog sites. These people are still way more advance than I. I did want to change the background of mine to something else I found but gave up rather quickly as I just didn't have the time to dicker with it. But I did manage to put that cute little sign up. (If it required some nails and a hammer, it would be no problem at all) So anyway, you'll see I did change it up. I'm not sure if I'll ever get to where I'm a 'follower' of other blogs or have my own little posse of people but that's OK with me. Just as long as I have a place to reflect, vent or be what may.

Good news, I lost 4 pounds. I hope I don't find them. My mom has told me about this Wii fitness test on Wii Sports. It has you do 3 different events daily AND ONLY daily. You cannot retry. On my first attempt I scored the ripe ol age of 77. And my mom is flaunting a 30 something score. I wouldn't put a long of credit into those numbers, it's just like that stupid simulator in drivers ed. That stupid thing would irk me to no end. Here I thought I was doing well and always scored low. HEY! STOP THAT! I know what your saying right now and NO, IT'S NOT THE END USER! ; ) I drive perfectly well thank you very much.

Wasn't learning to drive fun? I learned down on the farm in Warrensburg. Learned to drive a stick shift. Got stuck in a corn field. It was just dad and I, had to wait on a farmer to pass by for help. Spent countless hours at Santa Fe park with my grandpa. He taught me to parallel park. (That's a breeze!) Then I got to drive the country road to my grandma's house. In mom's new Ford Probe. I'd be laughing so hard I could barely see the road! Mom would freak as I got too close to the mail boxes. When I was 14 my step dad let me drive his (then in the works & now a really nice show truck) old pick up truck down to Oswego, KS. Mom you can comment and state what the truck actually is. That's a few hours south from here. I did real good all the way down there until I saw a cop and had to my a right hand turn. Took it almost on two wheels too! Steve almost soiled himself when mentioned I was only 14! Then on my 16th birthday mom took me to get my permit, I was so excited when she handed me the keys. I was driving us to Crackerneck pool to spend the day soaking up the sun. Gone are the days and gone is the pool. The days are numbered when it will be me handing over the keys to Ty. Wow! Just calculated that one - 1,566 days!

Peace

It's finally on its way out!

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. ~Author Unknown

Only 92 more days till Christmas! I have my alarm clock set to K-Love a 'positive and encouraging' Christan radio station. And every morning when it goes off the DJ announces (from 100) how many days till Christmas. Now you too are informed! ;)

Finally! I'm feeling better and better each day. Yesterday afternoon it was like a switch turned on. I immediately felt better. I'm not taking as many drugs and Brian is back to annoying me.

The last couple of nights I've sat out at football practice enjoying the evening air. Aside from visiting with the moms I've been trying to read a book, The Shack, the one my mom loaned me. I've just read to chapter 4, the great sadness, where Mack finds his daughter's blood soaked red dress. (How awful, these aren't the kind of books I read.) I've been keeping this book in the truck so if I have a moment I can pick it up and read. I'm still reading The Art of Racing In the Rain, this is my 'before I go to sleep book'. And too in this book, Denny's wife just died. His in-laws want custody of their granddaughter and slaps a bogus rape charge on Denny to try and insure custody. While sick I didn't pick it up to read much but last night it became a page turner for me. Remember, this one is told from the dog's perspective. I thought reading two books at once would be confusing for me, to my delight, it's not hard at all!

Only 2 more days to NIGHTS IN RODANTHE!!! Richard and Diane better not disappoint me. The Lucky Ones come out too. I wonder if they'll be having a Kelly 2 for 1 that day! ; )

Peace

Happy Fall

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. ~Elizabeth Lawrence

I'm still under the weather; I'm sick of being sick. The weekend was busy with scout camping & football. We pulled out a win 7-6. And I've been around enough little boys to last me several weeks.

Short thought on mine...
Almost everyone has their favorite/ fantasy vehicle. Most people I talk to say - "Oh I would love to have a ..." or "My next car is going to be a ..." I've never been one to have a favorite car. I just want something dependable, nice looking and affordable. Then it occurred to me the other day - I was finally able to nail it! If someone asked me what my dream vehicle was, I would be able to reply, "A Jeep Wrangler Sport edition". Not one of those new ones either, maybe like a late 90s or early 2000s. When I was younger, I was told I didn't want one. It was hot in the summer, too cold in the winter and easy to break into. But I like the feeling of my hair to blowing in the wind and I love to play in the mud. Too bad I listened to the advice given; I think it would be perfect for me!

Peace

I feel like dog doo doo

When an illness knocks you on your ass, you should stay down and relax for a while before trying to get back up. ~Candea Core-Starke

I left work yesterday because my sinuses have the better of me. While I enjoy the fall and spring; the allergies kill me!!! Come on hard frost!

Even though I felt horrible, I attended the Piccadilly Auction last night, it supports the vitalization of downtown Lee's Summit. I had already spent the $50 to go - so I doped up on meds and went. It's considered a formal affair; but you don't have to dress up. It is cool to see all the woman who do though! This years theme was Fire & Ice and the attire was black, red & white. I wore a black dress and the most sparkling jewelry I owned hoping it would out shine my undone hideous face. This year it was held a John Knox Village. It's a ladies event and all the volunteers are mainly men aka "Hot Guys". The took us by our arm and escorted us to our seats. Before dinner they had an cash bar, silent auction and appetizers. I wasn't going to pour any more money into this event so I wasn't going to look at the silent auction. HOWEVER, like last year, they had a puppy up for auction. A full bread miniature Beagle. She was only 6 weeks old, so I had to go see and pet her. While there, a women was in the circle around the dog and spoke up and asked us how we like her dog. Apparently she WAS going home with it. She told us she had spent $700 on her boy dog but her husband said don't go that crazy for this one. I asked her, "What's your dogs name?" She didn't know as it took her 3 days to name her boy dog. While talking I suggested 'Piccadilly' - she really liked it. Who knows if she would really use the name and if she got the dog. I'd place bets she did - she wasn't moving too far from the bid sheet.

As for dinner, it was quite generous and catered by Beauchamps (pronounced 'Beach Ums') of downtown LS. A salad of mixed greens & carrots with a vinaigrette dressing. Main course of mahi mahi, brisket, and chicken breast with red skin mashed potatoes and carrots. I only ate the beef and chicken & left everything else. Dessert was cheesecake with a raspberry sauce.

After dinner we started the auction. Which is normally really fun. They have items anywhere from a piece of furniture to a pedicure to 3 hours of house cleaning. A wide array of things. Final prize was a trip for 2 to Mexico. How it works is each bid is normally .25 or .50, there is a pot in the middle of your table and you throw your quarter in and hold up the number assigned to you. They pull a number from the barrel, and if its your number you win AND the number goes back in for a chance to win something else (which happens a lot! ladies winning multiple items). If a number is called and that person didn't bid (we make fun of them) and another number is pulled until there's a winner. 3 ladies won at our table last night! Myself being not one of them. I took 50 dollars in quarters and bid on everything and came home with about $13 bucks. It is a fun evening for about a hundred bucks. I'll be back next year hopefully feeling well and lucky!!!

This weekend is Ty's Boy Scout camp out weekend. I had planned to camp until I came down with this caca. I'll plan on being there the entire time just not sleeping in a tent, which I kinda am going to miss. :( It's the biggest camp out of the year. The cub scouts get together with the boy scouts and all the families go. It's called Show & Do camp out. It's always lots and lots of fun and this year the weather is going to be PERFECT! Then Bri decided he was going on a bike ride with his buddies on Sunday morning. Meeting at the Corner Cafe for breakfast, yum! Then riding to Atchison. I wanna go!!! Another reason not to camp out.

I'm out; time for more drugs.

Peace

Tid Bits

Our distrust is very expensive. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bri's mom calls last night at 5:30p. His dad bought us comedy tickets for last nights show to attend with them and some of their friends but forgot to call and tell us. OOPS! She was calling to see if we could make it or not. NOT, we had other things going on. Would have liked to have gone there instead for a few laughs.

On the way to dinner, good ole Pizza Street where kids (4-9) eat free in the month of September, Tyler tells me his getting older now so he should be able to use the word "sucks" because everyone at school says it! And Ty being older than 9 got the free buffet! We got to also do some heavy duty people watching - one of my favorite things to do. A lady refused to move her pizza butt away from the buffet until they brought out piping hot pizza.

Tyler and I attended our friend's husband's visitation. It was so sad as they most always are. I felt lucky enough to be the last in line so that we got to talk longer without anyone waiting on me. We hugged and shared tears together. She feels cheated as they were going to spend their retirement years together. They hadn't even retired yet. Her son had put a video together of him. It was heartbreaking as the video showed him mounting the mule he'd fall off minutes after from cardiac arrest. They were laughing and having a good time. Showing off his yellow "mule rider" coat. His smile is precious as it was contagious. Send a prayer if you may.

These were friends from my old church where I grew up. I recognize a lot of them but their "oldtimers" (as that's what I thought it was called years ago) must have set in as they asked who I was. They are still as crotchety as ever! I had asked if they've already been up to talk to our friend and she blurts out, "NO, I CANT STAND THAT LONG." (She walks with a cane) I offered to let her in front of me but she refuses. The person in front of me continues to talk. Crotchety motions with her cane, "MOVE UP SO They'll HURRY UP." I took a baby step forward, I am not about to rush someone giving condolences. She continues to get impatient and finally moves forward to kiss and hug her and hobbles out the room. (Good grief, I hope I'm not that way when I'm older like that. If you see me acting that way - take my cane and knock my butt on the floor!)

Remember death comes in 3s? So I am wondering if this counts for me... The third being my friend's boss's relative. (I think that's stretching it!)

Ty's got a math packet he's been working on and it's due Friday. He had to get a parents signature to sign it stressing the importance it cannot be done in one night. So it highlights these points and there is no big deal and I sign it. I see he's worked some problems out and has three left. After we get home he starts working on a title page on the computer, "Ty's Math Packet" - what' that got to do with it? He has to "show his work", which made me laugh as show his work doesn't mean making a cute title page. Enter Bri, home from his home owners bi-laws meeting. Bri reads the ENTIRE math packet instructions and sees that Ty has to make a cover page (what he was doing on the computer). Caca hits the fan because I signed it w/o reading ALL of the instructions. Ty's work is all wrong and needs to be done over!!! Ty's upset because as parents we had to let him know that school work comes first and he may not be able to attend football practice tomorrow night if it's not done. Ty retaliates with his emotions causing more feuding. I get tired of being the referee. After things calm down, we're out at the kitchen table doing Math till 11:15p at night. In the end - He needs a cover title sheet & 6 examples (a page each). On those pages he labels the example, rewrites the problem, works the problem showing his work, writes a complete sentence for his answer then a detailed sentence explaining how he was able to solve the problem.

As we went to bed, I was lectured about not signing my name to anything without reading it's entirety! Bri was glad it was my name and not his! Then as soon as I can see the back of my eyelids Bri asked if I would sign some papers for him! :)

OK, OK, OK lesson learned - you cannot trust a 6th grader with his homework I still have to go over every single detail whether I'm sick or not.

Which today is the worst day of my sinuses yet. Which stinks because tonight is the Piccadilly Auction! Which I will write about tomorrow.

Peace

I'm Switching Gears

Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Yesterday was not a pleasant day for me. By evening I was trying to change it. I kept myself busy while Brian took Ty to football practice. I unloaded, reloaded and ran the dishwasher. Did several loads of laundry while making posters and price tents for our up and coming Show N Sell Boy Scout popcorn sales. I had opened the windows & turned on the attic fan to enjoy the evenings cool breeze. Even though I was busy, it was nice to sit & work on something rather than rushing here then there. Closer to the time the boys were expected back, I reheated chicken enchilada soup I had made over the weekend. Ty wanted Price Chopper's Chopper Chicken Tuesday Special. Maybe next week, we needed to eat what we had at home.

Once home we took our bowls of soup and watched a little TV. Caught the tail end of Wipe Out, made me laugh. People are so silly. Then we watched some of Epic Movie - not a Ty movie. Bri & I were secretly laughing at all the innuendos that were flying over Ty's head. Apparently it's what I needed. That and the good night sleep I got. Now only if my sinuses would clear up!

Peace

I'm fearful today

Death is a debt we all must pay. ~Euripides

Death comes in threes and have learned of two this week. One Monday and again today. I wasn't close to the ones that passed but know the ones that morn. My heart goes out to them and pray God's loving arms will comfort all.

Besides the weather change making me ill, this just puts me in more of a somber mood. It shouldn't. I've come to believe we morn for more selfish reasons than any other. As Diamond Rio has sung, "God only cries for the living". We cry because we are not ready to let go.

Peace.

Honestly, Do I Look that OLD?!?

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ~Mark Twain

I'm looking forward to aging gracefully, I just didn't think it was this soon!

The rain cancelled the game on Saturday so we were out running our errands. At Sam's Club, we were comparing computer chairs. A gentleman approached me asking if I needed any home improvements such as vinyl windows, siding or sun rooms. I politely declined with a smile and went on my business.

Later we were in the food section, I was grabbing the frozen foods we needed while Bri and Ty horded the food samples. Bri called out to Ty, "Son, do you want some yogurt?" The same gentlemen who approached me about home improvements was within ear shot range. He came over and said, "Son?" - "I asked the lady about home improvements because I thought she was your mom. I thought you were about 21."

Brian GLEAMED, I'm sure of it! He found me to ask if I felt old and then went on to tell me the story. I found the guy and wanted to ask him if he really said that, but I decided not to. I didn't want to embarrass him.

We decided to get the computer chair. While Bri was assisting Ty in electronics (writing him Christmas list) I went back to get the chair. I was trying to lift this huge box into the cart that keep moving away inches at a time and wouldn't you know - Home Improvement man came to my rescue and held the cart still. I thanked him for his assistance and he asked me, "Have we spoke about home improvements?" I told him he had yes and he said, "I thought we did." As I was walking away, Bri was coming up behind me and the man laughed and said, "Oh yea, I REMEMBER now!"

So Dom if anything, this post shouldn't make you drive to drink but I'm pouring a stiff one for me! ; )

Peace!

Stay With Me, Are You With Me?

Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer. ~Carl Sandburg, "Arithmetic"

Tyler is learning to work the problems backwards, right? In the mean time you are to try guessing and looking for patterns. OK, so I wrote out the problem like this -

1/2 - Elephants
1/4 - Big Cats
1/8 - Camels
1/16 - Horses
8 - Monkeys

See a pattern? If going in order the next fraction would be 1/32 (if you halved 1/16). So assume 8 = 1/32 & 8 x 32 = 256 & 256 would be the total of animals. So all you would do from this point would be 256/2, 256/4, 256/6 and so forth to get the number of each animal. That would mean -

128 - Elephants
64 - Big Cats
32 - Camels
16 - Horses
8 - Monkeys

But then you add them up & it only comes up to 248. 8 shy of the 256, how can that be!?! This is when we gave up and went to bed. But Bri finally thought it through. 8 doesn't = 1/32 - 8 = 1/16! There were not 256 animals but only 128!

64 - Elephants
32 - Big Cats
16 - Camels
8 - Horses
8 - Monkeys

Ty came home and called me - His "homework" was actually morning work for yesterday to do at school, what he didn't finish at school would be homework for last night! aye aye aye!


Peace

Are You Smart Enough to Finish 6th Grade Math Homework

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three. ~Author Unknown

Thank goodness Brian understands Math a hell of a lot better than I. Ty came home last night and started right in on his "only 5" problems. They're learning to work problems backwards. It wasn't too long until we sat that aside had an early dinner than then off to football practice. I played Bunko last night (winner of most Bunkos - 3 winning $32, thank you!) and came home to find Ty in bed and Brian at the table struggling with the last problem. He asked me to look at it and not to look at his nor Ty's answers.

Dave and his dad go to the circus. Walt decides to count all the animals. 1/2 were elephants, 1/4 were big cats, 1/8 were camels, 1/16 were horses and 8 monkeys. How many animals of each. And how many in total.

sidebar - LOL!!! Too funny Stac, I cannot believe your post was about the VERY same thing. I FEEL your pain. I already knew I was going to write about this before reading yours!!! I too, think there are misprints on these sheets and do not give all the information (as Tyler had a 'Sara' problem night before last). And Ty rarely gets to bring home a text book for the very same reason you give. Err.! I bought some Scholastic "Everything you need to know about _____ homework", they cover Math, English, Science, World history and American history - they cannot get here soon enough! They also have other books available for parents re: homework help. We also learned that Ty leaves his Math class early to go to the Learning Center for his reading. (Bri is bringing that up at conference! so tell K not to feel too bad - other parents speak up too! :))

SO, back to the problem. Brian was thinking on a college level doing all these equations and I was looking at it on an elementary level. It's been 17 yrs since I've taken a Math class and haven't looked back since. So low and behold, I (yes I - not Bri) figured it out! Made me feel REALLY good. We got Ty out of bed, to write his work down and as we have him doing that - we noticed - I too was wrong!!! ERR!!! Ty goes back to bed and Bri and I continue to look at it. After an hour, I gave up and went to bed, Bri stayed up a little longer trying to work it out. I feel asleep thinking about it, as Bri did too! This morning Bri tells me the answer is out there on the counter. I asked if he got up in the middle of the night to do it and he said while he was in bed thinking about it - it came to him. (only an hour later!) OK, so it FINALLY was solved and I was on track with my thinking, just slightly off.

HERE is MY challenge to you - Can you solve the problem? All the info is there. Mom, need not to reply - I know you know as we've already discussed! ; ) I'll post the answer later.

Peace

Can a girl get a nap!?

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. ~Carrie Snow

Yesterday between loads of laundry I thought I would just lay across my bed and rest a minute. I had 40 mins before the dryer went off - the buzzer would be my alarm clock. No sooner did I fall asleep Ty comes jumping on the bed, "I didn't know you were asleep!" He leaves me alone and 10 mins (and I know this because I looked at the clock) Brian comes in rather loud, "Are you sleeping?" - No, I am up! Damn!! I just wanted 40 mins of a flippin' nap.

Ty's team lost 21-7 (I did get to ring my cow bell). They gave it a good shot though. It was a tough, tough game. There was a lot of smack talk and excessive shoving. One of their kids even threw a cheap punch on our player! This team we played, is thought to have an "illegal" player. We are told he's from Haiti and moved here 6 yrs ago w/o a proper birth certificate. They claim he's 11 but stands about a foot taller than all the other boys. And just how many 11 year olds do you know with sideburns? Anyway, our team was out to get him, get him out of the game - without him, the team wasn't as good. I don't think we've seen the last of this team, stay tuned.

Peace

What to do, what to do -

Weekends don't pay as well as weekdays but at least there's football. ~S.A. Sachs

This weekend doesn't feel like a whole lot is going on. A football game Saturday afternoon, Royals game Saturday evening and team pictures Sunday afternoon. HOWEVER, it never ends up as simple as that.

My "never can sit still" husband will find some project to do. A project for the both of us nonetheless. I can see it now, he'll want to sand down the front railing and stain it. Bet. I would also like to paint the trim around the front door our trim color, add a storm door and re-paint the front door (just to give it a fresh coat) I have an Upper Case Living sticker I also want to apply to the front door. It says "Welcome to our home". I'm sure he'll say my project can wait since it will require spending dollars. No need explaining that any further, as we all know! :) I have plenty of projects to do around the house instead of Bri finding something else for me to do.

Tyler's team football came is going to be an exciting one, they are playing against their toughest rivals. The Liberty Blue Jays and they are out for blood. They have tried to defeat our team for the last couple of years and just cannot make it happen. We tied 6-6 last year and put a hurting on them at the Truman bowl with a 30-0 score. We are the team everyone wants to beat. Just to give you an idea, Kearney tied with us 0-0 and they were celebrating that! The week before Liberty played Kearney and won 34-6. I think Kearney stepped it up last week against us. Kearney couldn't move the ball, they just blocked well. So tomorrow is going to be an exciting game. Come out an watch if you want, we can use all the support!

Went to visit my gpa and uncle last night with Lins. Gpa seems to be doing OK, looks good. Not only did we surprise them with our visit but I brought them both a shake. Strawberry for my gpa and Vanilla for my Uncle. When my gpa was in extended care out by my house I would bring him Strawberry shakes, "they were the best". Wouldn't you know, gpa traded out his Strawberry for the Vanilla! Linds and I were told that both houses on either side of them were for sale. I asked Linds which one she wanted and I'd take the other! :) I think we'd drive my uncle insane if we actually did that! One has foundation problems and the other has asbestos! As we were leaving gpa made the comment if feels like we had just gotten there, I wouldn't mind at all living so close to them. Gpa also made the comment that in one of the pictures on his wall of Linny - she resembles Chelsea Clinton. My uncle and I whole heartily disagreed and told gpa I was leaving so I wouldn't be a witness to what comes next! We all laughed.

With that, I'm out - have a great weekend. Peace.

Hyped on Caffeine & No Where To Go!

One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball. ~Don Carter

Today's quote is for Dom, as he plays both! ; ) Enjoy!

Yesterday I watched some trailers making another list of movies I want to see.

Everyone Wants To Be Italian comes out this Friday but is limited. I don't think KC is considered limited. If only I was in NY or LA would I be able to see this film. In short - it's a love story with humor.

The Women - 9/12 - gee, can you guess what this is about?

Appaloosa - 9/17 - again limited. Dom showed me this one, so I think were flying to NY for the weekend so we can see it! ; )

Igor - 9/19 - a cartoon with John Cusack. We were going to marry, it just didn't work out with his schedule and mine. We remain friends though.

Nights In Rodanthe - 9/26 - Nicholas Sparks novel comes to film again. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG!!! I hope it's only as good as the book.

The Lucky Ones - 9/26 - Rachel McAdams, I think she talented and loved her in The Notebook. It's a group of strangers coming back from war and travel the road together.

In October comes
The Express - first black male to win the Heisman trophy.
The Secret Life of Bees - probably too young for me, a movie made from a young adult novel, but it stars Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning.
Pride & Glory - A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers
The Boy in Striped Pyjamas - based on a book about a boy befriending a concentration camp boy 8 yrs of age.

So anyone want to join me, Ty wont be able to see some of these?

Holy Mackerel Batman - It's Bionic Woman!

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ~John Wooden

I met Lisa for dinner at Cracker Barrel on Friday night before heading to Santa- Cali-Gon. We had a very enjoyable dinner, after much "studying" of the menu a day before and having my mind made up to have breakfast for dinner (one of my favorites) - "cod" slipped out when ordering! - Never fails! We rocked in the chairs on the patio before and after our meal just enjoying the weather, people watching and the quite sounds of our absent husbands and children... We laughed as everyone we saw was about 30 years older than us. We said, we're just getting a head start!

We took Noland Road to get to Santa-Cali-Gon. We caught a red light and there was a man on a Harley in front of me. He scared me because he was on the car's @$$ end in front of him. (They need not to be that close!) So anyway the light turned green, the car went, the motorcyclist tried to go and went squirrely! He flat laid it down! Without thinking twice I threw my truck into park, jumped out and asked if he was OK as I approached him. His leg was stuck under the bike so I picked the bike up off him (setting it back up) and he stood up. At the same time men are fleeing from Firestone and the cars behind me to also assist. He was definitely a little shook. The Firestone guys asked if he wanted to sit a minute but he declined and went on. {I can tell you, he wasn't on a Sportster (men don't look right on those). When I told Bri what happened that's the first thing he asked. I had always heard once a bike is laid down, it's hard to get up.} We followed him clear to 23rd Street and at every light, he'd do the same thing - get up on the car in front on him. Lisa asked if he was drunk, I told her probably not. It was a brand new bike and I don't think he was comfortable with it yet. His poor license plate & holder now resemble an accordion!

Be proud of me, the only thing I bought at Santa-Cali-Gon was a homemade root beer! I did see some great stuff I wanted but Lisa was my strong hold. We said we'd go back and get it, but by the time we were done - it was too far and my dogs were barking! We were still full from dinner that we didn't even buy a funnel cake! That's just unheard of!!!

Saturday, Ty played a GREAT football game! My hormones are wreaked. I wanted to cry in the stands. THERE IS NO CRYING IN FOOTBALL!!! An excerpt from the head coaches e-amil - "On a positive note I thought Tyler ******, boy, boy, boy, and boy played well on Saturday. These boys are exceeding my expectations this year and I would like to recognize it. Great job." I cannot tell you the details as far as what position & etc., but I can tell you Ty kicked @$$ on the field. Makes Tyler really proud that his coaches called him out. We ended the game with a tie 0-0. After that I took Ty and a friend to see The Longshots. Cute movie about a female Pop Warner football player that makes it to the championship game.

Sunday and Monday were low key. Sunday after church we went to dinner with our neighbors and their family. About 18 in all at Jose Peppers! We had some good laughs. Monday Bri and I drove to the outskirts of Warrensburg to an Amish Furniture shop. They are VERY fond of their furniture so we let them keep it. Over $900 for a bench to put at the foot of your bed! I was planning on somthing like... oh say $200! Ty & I later went to the pool and Bri joined us. We played monkey in the middle for about 2 hours. And I straight hit my baby right in the face with the ball! Don't feel bad for too long as he returned the favor in no time! We came home and Ty & I headed to the grocery store. He's such a good helper. He pushed the cart. I even told one lady, "I teaching him how to drive!" :)

We ended the extended weekend with a nice dinner on the deck enjoying the last few days of summer while we can.

Peace