Where did you get that gorgeous box of tissues?

“I must find one for myself!”

Why do they make tissue boxes “fashionable”?  It’s not like someone is going to walk into my house and say “Wow, Tanzie, that’s a great looking box of tissues.  I love it!”

I mean, it’s not like they’re a permanent fixture.  They don’t have to match anything.  Just to spite the tissue companies, I’m planning to buy the most plain boxes I can find from here on out!

Idiots!

Dumb AND Horny

We’ve confirmed that one of our credit card numbers was stolen and used to make fraudulent purchases.

At least we caught it before more damage had been done!  The funniest part…whoever the idiot is that stole the number is also a horny bastard, as evidenced by the $2,000 dollar purchase at a place with…

“la prostitución”.

I performed a Google search using the name of the merchant and a large amount of Spanish popped up on screen.  I don’t actually read Spanish but I’m smart enough to know what that word is!

And before you get all paranoid and suspicious, Mike has denied any involvement in the transactions.  What do you think?  Should I believe him?

ow. ouch. uh that hurts.

Started my workout at 8:30am and ended at 11:30am.  It wasn’t a solid 3 hour workout, but almost.

Why?  I taught the Friday Silver Sneakers class for a co-worker at 10:30 but started my normal workout at 8:30 and then needed to kill time in between, by you guessed it…working out some more.

I’ll pay the price later, I know it.  In fact my eyelids are feeling very heavy right now.  Damn, my toes even hurt.

It’s Friday and I am glad ’cause I’m missing my honey, and just as Anne mentioned in her blog, the guys are readying themselves for Indy week.  Which means no Mike for a couple of days starting this Wednesday.  I am excited for him to get away and enjoy some time with the guys.  I just hope he doesn’t scare any of them into not getting the vasectomies they have discussed!

My Mum will be coming up and spending some quality time with us while Mike is gone.  The boys are really looking froward to having her here for a while.  As am I!

By the way, Rogan is still peeing on the potty and doing so more and more.  In fact he now goes by himself while I stand back, truly fascinated and thankful for the changes in this little boy.

I hope you all have a good weekend…as soon as I pop some pain meds, I’ll be just fine!

Enough Doom & Gloom…

…as documented in bullet format:

• Beautiful day, TRULY!
• Great appointment with my EAP counselor yesterday, I feel good about where I am with everything right now!
• Still feeling thrilled that Mike had his Vasectomy!!  Best decision we made for the time!
• Looking forward to a weekend of great weather and family time!
• We have a duck couple visiting our bird feeders, or at least what has fallen on the ground, and this brings me great joy!!
• I’m eating pizza for dinner tonight, and I can hardly wait!
• The pair of watches I donated to the silent auctions sold for $80.00!!
• McKade is at a party right now!!  It was from 6 ’till 8pm!!  Who has parties for kindergartners that time of the day?  I hope he’s having fun!!
• I miss my Mum, but she will be here on May 6th and will be staying until the 11th!!
• I miss my sister, but feel joy knowing that our friendship is getting stronger!
• Have a great weekend!

Just Checking In

So I’ve written a letter to my father.  I emailed it to him.  I don’t anticipate a response, but I’ve done my part for now and with that, I wait.

It’s Wednesday and I just home from the gym where I kicked ass and then taught class!  I thoroughly enjoy my time at the gym, which I know is a rarity.  When Rogan and I got home though, I felt so hungry…ready to eat anything!

I need to shower now and then run to the grocery for a few things.  And I better take advantage of the fact that Rogan is watching something educational on TV: Sesame Street!  It’s like school, but at home!

-Will post again soon!  I promise!

Have You Seen My Missing Marble(s)?

You want to know why I haven’t posted anything this week?

I seriously feel like I can’t keep up with myself…or the calendar for that matter!  I have woken up in the middle of the night several times and racked my brains just trying to figure out what day it is or was and whether I was coming or going.

I have also had several dreams that have so impacted me that deciphering them from reality has been a challenge.  So, I’m off this week…a little shaky in the thinking department.

I’m anticipating a wonderful weekend with old and new friends, and hopefully by the time I return to blogging next week, I’ll have all the screws in my head nice and tight, determining dream from reality will be a piece of cake, and I will have found my missing marble(s)!

A Nugget of Wisdom

Don’t inhale parmesan cheese.  It really hurts.

Gettin’ Bloggy With It!

Yo Yo Yo!!!

I’m back and I’m ready! Still not 100%…but I’m steady.

I’m not puking, and I am eating, I guess my sickness, it was just fleeting!!

So, the state of my union ain’t nuthin’ but good.  I’ll tell you all about it, as you knew I would!

No more rhymes though!!

• You didn’t know I could rap did you?!?!?

• We’re planning McKade’s 6th birthday party…I know!!  Can you even believe it?  6 years old!  Amazing.

• We’re anticipating the BIG V for Mike on the 27th of this month.  We’ve definitely had some serious thoughts on the issue, but it’s time.

• We are both so happy with our two boys and neither one of us feels like we have it in us for any more children.  The bottom line for me is this: before getting preggers with both of my boys, I craved getting pregnant. I felt almost obsessed with it. (But not the Nadya Suleman kind of obsessed!!) I have not had a repeat of that kind or craving since then,  and I believe the older I get, and the more independent the boys become, the less the chances are that I would ever have that kind of desire again.  We feel good about our decision.

• I’m in the throes of making some travel plans to visit my sister in Portland this August.  I need to do some searching with frequent flyer miles to see what kind of deal I can find.  My Mum can fly out of Cincinnati for just over $200!!  But I’m sure as hell not driving all the way there to save a couple hundred on my ticket!  This will be my 3rd trip out to see her there!

• I’m considering shorter hair again!!  And since my Mum will be here for McKade’s birthday, I’ll be able to get it done then!

• I love getting a tax refund!!!  Can I get a “What, What!!”

Can’t think of much else to say right now….I’ll keep trying to get bloggy with it!

Let’s Make Just One Correction, Shall We?

My Dad forwarded this email to me:

How many women with MENOPAUSE does it take to change a light
bulb? Personally I think this question is not being asked the right way.  The question and it’s answer have nothing at all to do with a woman’s reproductive disposition.  Here’s how the question should be asked (please note the answer does not change…because it’s the right answer, for any woman!):

Question:
How many women does it take to change a light bulb?

Woman’s Answer:
One!
ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY? because  no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They don’t even know that the bulb is BURNED OUT!! They would sit in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it out.
And,once they figured it out,

they wouldn’t be able

to find the #&%!* light

bulbs despite the fact that

they’ve been in the SAME

CABINET for the past 17

YEARS!

But if they did, by

some

miracle of God,

actually find them, 2

DAYSLATER, the

chair they dragged to

stand on to change

the STUPID light

bulb

would STILL BE

IN THE SAME

SPOT!!!!! AND

UNDERNEATH

IT

WOULD BE

THE WRAPPER

THE FREAKING

LIGHT BULBS

CAME IN!!!

BECAUSE NO

ONE EVER

PICKS UP

OR CARRIES

OUT THE

GARBAGE!!!!

IT’S A

WONDER WE

HAVEN’T ALL

SUFFOCATED

FROM

THE PILES

OF

GARBAGE

THAT ARE

A FOOT

DEEP

THROUGH-

OUT

THE

ENTIRE

HOUSE!!

IT WOULD

TAKE AN

ARMY TO

CLEAN

THIS

PLACE!

AND

DON’T

EVEN

GET ME

STARTED

ON WHO

CHANGES

THE

TOILET

PAPER

ROLL.

I’m sorry.

What was the question?

How Sweet is She?

Internet, I want you to know how much my friend Anne loves me.  Please go here to find out!  I do so love that homemade jam!!