Six Word Saturday

Changing this to six sayings Saturday since I couldn't pick just one to use.



Noles are Gator bait for sure!

The BIGGEST game of the year.

Tim Tebow makes this girl swoon.

Bye Bye Bowden. It's been fun.

I bleed Orange & Blue. You?

Can we say 2010 National Champions?

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Wordless Wednesday v. Meet Isabella

Meet Isabella (The Iguana)

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Bloggity Blog Blah Blah.....Highly Unlikely

........Yep, I'm sitting here staring at the monitor trying to come up with something to write about. Anything. I've looked for writing prompts and read some of my favorite blogs. Nothing. I've been in a crappy mood for days and it doesn't seem to be getting better. It's the holiday's. I don't normally get like this, but this year things are different.

The thing with Keith's family has still not blown over and this whole thing is now just an awkward mess. I sometimes feel like I should just suck it up and act as if everything is ok, but I have been doing that for years. I don't want to be the bigger person. I want to be immature and rude. I want to scream and yell things that I have been holding back. Will I do these things? Highly unlikely.

A nice Christmas shopping spree would normally pull me out of my slump but money is still tight since the beginning of the year when both Keith & I lost our jobs. Yes, Keith did get a new job and I'm getting unemployment, but we are not making as much as we were. Will I go on a huge shopping spree this year? Highly Unlikely

My kids are driving me crazy. Seriously. Between Amber's recent meltdowns over EVERYTHING and Andrew's attitude, I'm done. I want to tell them both that Santa is NOT coming this year. Will I do this? Highly Unlikely

Yep. This post is as crappy as my mood. Gonna hit send anyway. Will you care? Highly Unlikely

Do YOU get the blues this time of year?

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My Laminated List

I have seen laminated lists on a couple of blogs and figured I would share my list with you too. For those of you that don't know, a laminated list is a list of 5 celebrities that your significant other has agreed that you can "hook up" with and they cannot get mad. The laminated list all started on an episode of Friends....

Keith and I have not actually laminated our lists, so if for some reason I run into an "alternate" I should still be ok with *ahem* well, you know....

Without further ado, here are my 5; In no particular order. I don't want anyone on this list getting their boxers in a bunch because they weren't first.

Joey McIntyre

Those baby blues have had me hangin' tough since I was 9 years old. When you got the right stuff, what do you expect? I'm a big girl now and whenever you want to do some dirty dancing at 2 in the morning, I'll let you show me how. Step by step. 20 years and counting, it's safe to assume that I'll be loving you forever.

 
Jeff Schroeder

Jeff is from the most recent season of Big Brother and he's a total hottie! Not only does he have killer looks and a body to die for, but as seen in his showmance with Jordan he's a nice guy too. Looks + Personality = Me swooning!


Jeff Hardy

This rainbow haired, dirtbike riding, song writing, high flying wrestler makes my heart beat fast.


Antonio Sabato Jr

I first saw Antonio in Janet Jackson's video circa 1990 and I immediately fell in love with his hard, cut, half naked body those dimples. Hot right? I know. I recently saw him on My Antonio, and like a fine wine this man has only gotten better with age.


George Strait

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that he's on my list because he IS old enough to be my father. I couldn't have this list without George on it. Besides, I have my husband's permission to leave him the moment that George asks me to marry him. I'm still waiting....

Consider these guys as my "alternates".



And yes, I know the last one is dead. But, if I meet up with him in the afterlife, I still want the possibility to be there.

Sending a shout out to all my new followers. *Waves* Hello! I haven't had a chance to check out your blogs yet, but it's on my list. No, not my laminated list silly. My to do list. *Snickers* haha "to do" list. Isn't that what a laminated list is? Anywho, it's on a list that doesn't involve hot guys. Unless one of my readers is a hot guy. Then I might have to add you to my other list. Are you confused yet? I'm starting to get there.

Who's on your laminated list?

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Are you kidding me?

I just heard on the news that there is a government task force that says that women should not start having mammograms until they are 50. They also stated that women should not perform self breast exams. They claim that there is no proof that either of these methods are saving lives. Have they lost their minds? If my mother had not had a mammogram when she did, she could have DIED from her breast cancer. It would not have been found for a couple of years and by then it may have been too late.

They claim that the women getting screened for cancer before age 50 are causing false alarms and too many unneeded biopsies. I say that it's better to be safe than sorry. I mean this is life and death that we are talking about. I am so mad right now. How many stories did we read last month of women younger than 50 that were diagnosed with breast cancer? How many of them would have died had these new "guidelines" been in place?

I hope that every woman out there does not listen to this advice. Continue your self breast exams. Continue getting your mammograms. Continue LIVING!

Do you think women should stop doing self exams and having mammograms before 50?

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I'm a Farmer. He's a runner. You're a winner. There's more.....

For those of you that have been kind enough to friend me on facebook, then you might know what I'm talking about....
Yes, that's it. FARMVILLE.  I farm online because I am as close to being a real farmer as I am to becoming a man. I am totally addicted. I find myself "farming" at all hours of the day and night. I have even set my phone to remind me to harvest my crops. Well, what do you expect? They WILL wilt if I don't harvest them in time. DUH! Most of the people on my friends list are farmers too, and it's great when they "find" some sad animal on their farm that I can adopt. I seriously get excited and rush to adopt hoping that someone else hasn't already given the animal a home. This month, people are finding Turkeys, and I'm hoping that we get reindeer next month. I even have my daughter addicted to the game. The first thing she wants to do when she wakes up is watch mommy farm. Where's the 12 step meetings when I need them?

Now I know that there are certain people out there that despise Farmville. All I can say is, if you can't beat 'em you should join 'em. You never know, you may become addicted too!

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Andrew will be coming home today for the first time since his escapade and I have yet to figure out exactly what I am going to do or say about the situation. He left our house on Thursday night, and ended up at school on Friday. Thankfully his friends were kind enough to message me as soon as they saw that he was at school. I knew that if he came directly home from school on Friday that it would turn into another argument because I was still angry and there was a possibility of him taking off again. I had been in contact with one of his friends father's who Andrew has deep respect for, and when he volunteered to pick Andrew up and let him stay the weekend at his house I immediately said yes. I figured that this would give us all time to cool down and hopefully provide Andrew with an opportunity to talk to an adult that is not a part of the situation. We will see how this one turns out.....

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I have WINNERS!
Here are the 12 winners for the Giveaway Extravaganza.
I was going to announce them by video, but my batteries died halfway into it :(

See, I paused it so I could cut the names up and get Amber, but it was dead by the time I came back. 2 other sets of batteries were tried with no luck so I used www.psychicscience.org to pick 12 random numbers for me.

Eyeglass Chain    14        Carma
Fight Like a Girl    20        Carma
Angel Cell Phone Charm    37        Naddez
Dragonflies & Birds    2        Rebecca Smith
Pink Floral    15        Carma
Owl Gift Bags    25        michellesmall1
Cupcake Tags    35        Kelly
Memories Journaling    10        Tanya
Think Pink Cards    12        Tanya
Heart Cards    23        michellesmall1
Pendant    13        Carma
Checkbook Set    26        michellesmall1

Congratulations everyone! I will be sending out personal emails to all of the winners later today!

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Randomness;

Don't know if you noticed, but I gave my blog a Thanksgiving facelift. I kinda like it.

I have updated my blogroll and also added a section called the players. You can find both of these at the top of my blog. Please check them out :)  I have been horrible about checking blogs lately, but I have cleared my reader and am starting fresh. So, be on the lookout for me in your comments section. I won't mind at all if you comment on my posts either.

I will be cooking my first Christmas dinner for the entire family this year. If you have any tips/suggestions or recipes to share, please send them over!

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Andrew update

He's safe and sound.

Will write more later, lots to do today. And YES, I do realize I have totally slacked on blog posts and on announcing the winners of the last giveaway. Anyone wanna give me a "You suck" award?

I promise to post again later today and will have the winners!

Here I Sit

So I'm sitting here in the garage talking to Keith as if it's a normal night. As if he has just come home from work and we are discussing his day. Instead, we are discussing what we should do when Andrew walks through the front door. We aren't sure whether we should hug him or knock the shit out of him. You see, he ran away this evening. It's been 3 hours and 17 minutes since he said " Fuck you, bitch" and walked out the door. He's doing exactly what I did at 14 and it scares the shit out of me. He has so much going for him and yet he continues to make the same mistakes that I made.

Hey Mom, now I know how I made you feel. I am REALLY sorry!

I've driven around the neighborhood and called everyone I could think of. Now here I sit. Worrying.

Wedding Woo Woos

We went to a wedding last night. Not just any wedding, but my son's father's wedding. I know that some people found it a little strange that we were invited, and even stranger that we were going to attend. But, why shouldn't we? We are like one big discombobulated family now. Tony & Paula have actually been married for 8 years (I think) but were unable to have a real wedding when they got married. The plan was for them to have their wedding a year later, but life has a way of changing things. It was very important to Paula that she be married in church in front of GOD, and this was the reason for their wedding last night. It was a beautiful ceremony that started off at a Catholic church in Tarpon Springs.

All 4 of Tony's sons were "in" the wedding and looked great in their tuxedo's. I literally teared up when I saw Andrew in his tux. He looked so HANDSOME!

After the ceremony we headed to....shit I forgot where the reception was. Anyway, we headed to the reception hall (at some fancy country club) where we proceeded, to eat, drink, and dance the night away. The food was great and the drinks kept coming. I started off by drinking white russians, but shortly into the night Tony's sisters talked me into trying a Woo Woo. Regular woo woos consist of vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice. (ours had sour apple pucker too) and they were so good. If you drink these, beware! They will sneak up on you. I'm not sure how many woo woo's I consumed, but boy was I feeling it by the time we left.

The entire evening was a success! Here's to many more years of happiness for Tony & Paula!

Country Bumpkin? Not quite.....

Moving from the "suburbs" to a more "countryfied" location has been quite an adjustment for me. I am not used to having to drive into "town" for 15 minutes just to get milk. I'm not used to walking outside of my house and hearing goats and horses. I'm not used to a lot of things that Hernando County has brought into my life. BUT, I absolutely love it here. It's so peaceful and a much slower pace than what I'm used to. It has given me the opportunity to really appreciate this beautiful state that I live in!

One of the neat things about living out in the country is that there are farms here. Yes, I'm sure that is pretty basic information but just in case you weren't "in the know" I figured I would share that little bit of information with you. I had the opportunity to spend Halloween morning at Sweetfields Farm in Masarkytown with the kids.

The main attraction at Sweetfields Farm is their 4 acre corn maze. We took a hayride from the front of the farm to the maze. It was quite bumpy and Amber kept complaining about how "pointy" the hay was.

When we arrived at the beginning of the maze we were met by a sweet little lady who explained how the corn maze was made and showed us some aerial shots of the maze.

Amazing!
The maze says "Sweetfields Farm" and there is a tractor and 2 pumpkins with 2009. Here's a drawing that shows it a little clearer;

The lady then handed us a set of questions. We had to answer each of the questions at the different checkpoints along the maze. Whether we would go right or left at each checkpoint depended on our answer to the question. We managed to only make a wrong turn one time and completed the maze pretty quickly. Of course, we had to stop and take some pictures along the way!

The corn had already been harvested and the sunflowers were mostly wilted. We were able to find a couple of small ears of corn still left as well as one beautiful sunflower.

There were different games set up across the farm including a water pump rubber ducky race and also a corncob shooter. Amber claimed that she won EVERY race, and Andrew came very close to winning $20 shooting corncobs but walked away with nothing.

We had fun climbing on the hay bales,

swinging on the swings,

and posing for pictures.

All in all, our day at the farm was a success!

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