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My Baby Piglet

All Aboarrrrrrd

Last week Jim and I enjoyed a quiet evening in Branson while my parents watched Sydney. We went to a quiet steak house (TBones) then to the new Titanic Exhibit that was opened this year on the main drag. I was still recovering from the nasty summer cold and was downing Musenex DM pills like Pez candy every few hours. I was physically drained from being sick and thought that me coughing my way through a musical was not a good choice of events to plan for the evening.
We stood in a short line as the evening was young and really too humid for anyone to stand outside in the hot humid late afternoon. We each got a ear listening device which I highly recommend to attend our walk through (at your own pace). I exspecially liked the to scale model of the Titanic that was used in the movie. It was a haunting reminder of all the lives lost at sea. Objects/items that were recovered from the waters or off of persons were on exhibit along with a beautiful picture showcase of the Titanic from the building to her last days.

T.P Plug

There is nothing more sexier than toilet paper shoved up your nostrils to keep the thin runny snot from running down to your lips. Now don't everyone say ewwww at the same time. It happens to us all. "No more brains to plug up with snot so we'll just run out". But when you go to blow - nothing comes out. What is up with that???? Your gagging into a gut wrenching short of throwing up, sometimes piss your pants cough, post nasal drip, and a two nostril t.p. plug; it's a summer cold. Was this something that Christopher Columbus brought over to the new world? I can see why the Indians died.

p.s. It was 105 AGAIN today

Tim Curry, Brian Bostwick, Susan Surandon- Rocky Horror Picture Show
I was introduced to this show when in the 80's a friend of mine Torry Martain took me to the movies with a paper bag filled with items. I never knew why.........and then I saw the movie. What a great time I had.

It's Hot And I Can't Get Up

Now when it is hot I can be the Bitch of Blab. It is HOT, I HATE the heat. Why did I ever leave Washington State? Water under the bridge now.
Since Jim decided he was going to learn to live with this night owl, I have been cleaning out Sydney's closet to get rid of junk. AKA Crap. Tearing into this job has been slow and very tedious. Old on-line class work, log books, pictures etc... All items that I have had to go through to make sure there was not anything of importance to keep. From 3 huge binders I only kept a 25 point Power Point Tip paper that one of my instructors posted.
2 cross stitch projects that lack a meager 2 hours max each to complete. They are years old and I will vow to myself to get them done this year since they are Santa Clause stuff for Mom.
I tore the remaining carpet and padding out of the closet but cannot find a hammer to get the tack board up. Total chaos. Now I cannot find the dust pan either. rrrrrrr
I'll use the vacume.
And if that were not enough his bunk beds are not complete because of a Tiwaneese who drilled the holes in one of the rungs backwards. I have to wait 1-2 weeks till that new peice comes in the mail. Well, I may be lucky if he does not take a flying leap off of the top bunk till then.
I saw a baby snake today in the front yard. Only snakes would like this weather.

A Walk To Remember Music Video

And wasn't David Bowie Too Hot in The Labyrinth? Yeah Baby he was!

All Work And No Play

I have been working this last week while Jim has been taking care part time of Sydney. Now I am off and he is working this weekend. He has been complaining that there is no time for us. He got over it quickly after a confrontation though.

HOT HOT HOT

Extended Forecast
Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny
High: 102°
Low: 70° High: 102° -today Saturday
Low: 71° High: 105° -Sunday
Low: 75° High: 104° -Monday
Low: 74° High: 103° -Tuesday
Low: 77°


Robin Williams said it best in Good Morning Vietnam. "Fool, I said it was hot, damn hot."

I do not think or remembering it raining since my July 10th post

The Sukiyaki Song

Dad, I thought you might enjoy the old version I found while surfing for the 80's version. I still did not find the version I wanted but Usher sounded good too.

Two Ships Passing In The Night

Jim and I knew that going into the marriage that nothing would change. It just so happens that this has been one busy week for the both of us. And that is OK. He likes his job and I like mine. We are happy and I can see that Sydney is starting to get use to the idea of him being around more than he was than in our dating stage.
The other night I met him at a truck stop to have dinner. He was coming out of Nashville I was going in. Yesterday I sat in a gravel yard along side of him and we got to visit for about an hour.
We are not getting the 3rd degree or razzed about getting married as bad as we both thought. But there is still joking between a few of us and I am alright with that.
Jim said I bring out the better in him and as I have matured into a 40 something year old woman I can look back and see that we would have clashed years ago. Yes, some people change and people grow apart for many reasons. I knew this was a good relashionship and we are happy with what time we spend together.
I cannot wait for the cooler weather.

A New Version

I really like these girls and their sound

No Pictures No Posts No Sleep

I'll promise photos this week only if I can swing by Wally Word. Jim and I have been working frantically to get his remaining items out of his apartment that is bigger than my house. Can you say storage?
We are both working long hours this weekend and I'll be back after I have had some sleep.

Wedding Day events

Wedding Day Eve I had to work and was probably going to late for my own wedding if it were not for another co-worker of mine. Thanks to Jammer I made it on time and had 3 hours to sleep.
I came home and took a shower, Sydney had taken the dogs outside while I was getting dressed and he came back in without the dogs. I drove around to not find either one of my beloved pooches anywhere. I left them outside as I had 10 minutes to get to the church.
Jim, Steve(interim pastor), Sydney and I were there, but his son's family had not shown up yet. We waited 10 minutes when they arrived.
It was hot outside. The heat index was 103. The inside of the church was no cooler than outside and the air was still. Jim was in a nice blue suit and tie with a starched white shirt. I was in a gray skirt suit with a pinkish blouse underneath.
As Steve was talking to Jim's kids and introducing himself to everyone I began to melt. I had sweat rolling down my fresh makeup, in my hair and down my back. The two boys were at the water cooler in the lobby. Boo was in a little boys suit, Sydney in slacks and dress shirt played together, the baby in a baby suit that cooed happily in his chair as he played with a toy.
10 minutes later we were married.
We left Steve at the church while the rest of us came to the house. We visited for about 2 hours and got cooled off.I enjoyed the short visit as I got to see Jim's son, daughter in-law and grand kids.
Did I mention it was hot?
Jason opened the door and Harley was standing there. CindyLou Who showed up about an hour later.



We took Sydney to the sitter's house. We drove an hour to West Memphis to eat at a Mexican restaurant called Margarita's. Steak fajita's for me and steak and shrimps for Jim. Walmart bound to find a ring for Jim. A stress ring at that. We headed back to Marianna to get a bottle of White Zinfandel wine. We watched a DVD, The Astronaut Farmer and then got in the jacuzzi. It was a pleasant evening.

I will post pictures this week sometime.

The Cruuuuuuzers

Well one movie Jim and I agree on that was GREAT is Eddie and the Cruisers. This one is for you baby.





This one is for me (he didn't like this movie) That Thing You Do

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Body Borameter

We (Jim, Sydney and myself) came back with our marriage license. I am so tired right now that I didn't know weather to laugh or cry at this point. Butterflies have set in however.

Last night I felt fall.


I thought long and hard about why I tend to get that feeling of fall aka Autumn and exactly what it is that I am feeling. I figured it out.....

First and foremost the humidity has to be lowered. I was sitting in the truck driving down the road with the air-con on the coolest setting all night long. I had to keep the window cracked a few inches because of the outside condensation. I had to turn the wipers on several times to eliminate the frost/fog beads accumilating in certain areas of the window and windshield. With that said the humidity in the truck was lowered.

Second is the actual physical feeling. "What do I feel like and what are my symptoms?" Right before I yawn I have a wave that for a split second rushes throughout my body; I had that same feeling but in a continuous manner. I had to think hard what it was though. Anxiety is my conclusion

The Invitation

http://profile.imeem.com/pxk3az/music/RahsmmL6/the_invitation/

Comments Anyone?

I see that I have been getting quite a few readers from all over but no-one tends to leave me any feed back. I wonder why that is?
Instead I get a call from Mom who gets a call from someone else to tell her to go read my blog because she didn't know whatever I was writing about. (ok Sandy, take a deep breath now)
I hear you all laughing now at some of my posts; I have a 4 year old and have a keen sense of mommy hearing just like the funny eyes on my back that lets me see around corners.
So please leave feedback, if you have trouble getting to post hit "OTHER" then go from there. I can feed off it for future posts.
Gracias

Calendar Countdown

I am going to start off by saying this post is probably something a man would not want to read.........enough said
I missed my mammogram the other day, not that I mind having the x-ray technician pose me like a Gumby doll then proceed to take the rock crush paper approach to the puppies. But it was for 11am. Yes I would be up- maybe, but no perfume, no powder or no deodorant in the 95+ degree weather gets me. I use all three daily. No stink here, no stink there, etc... I will reschedule sometime soon though.
I have to think about when to try and make the next appointment since you are to come in on certain times of your cycle. I mean as in period.
I sat in my pick up truck at Sonic waiting for my Route 44 Diet Coke to show up sometime this century when I began to count on my fingers. "OK, 19,20,21,22---30, Now did June have 30 or 31 days?" I never did learn that closed fist knuckle 30 31 day thing. For those of you who know it, I salute you and the Mayans; for all others, we buy pocket calendars that we never look at unless we need a phone number or address.
I sat there when it dawned on me,"12+ today is the 12th and the wedding is 6 days away makes, oh noooooooooooooooooo 30 days." Now at this point I feel like a math genius and try 3 more times to recalculate. Still the same end results AND my Diet Coke is lost in limbo somewhere inside. Deep sigh. Now I know some woman somewhere is doing the same counting as I am doing. Please tell me I am right?......... To be continued.......
I met Jim today after we both loaded up our trailers. We were parked side by side in a gravel lot. He left soon after he gave me a box with my wedding set enclosed. It's a petite set and I like it. They make my short stubby fingers not look like they are over-run with bling. I got back in my truck trying to figure out when exactly I twisted my back making my lumbar area hurt.....hummmm no telling what I did.
I got back home and proceeded to weed-eat the yard after winding more line on the double line straight shaft Feather Weight(I can hear Tim The Tool Man Taylor gloating now). I did not know what was going to hold out longer, the clouds and lightening I see in the distance or my back.
......Continuing here..........I came inside and peeled off my sweaty grass covered jeans, next I rolled off my drenched shirt that stuck to my back, I used it to wipe the beads of salt rolling off my forehead, tip of my nose and chin.
Mannnnnn my back is killing me now. I went into the bathroom to get rid of the Diet Coke. HELLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO no wonder my back hurt.
My Einstein brain kicked in again as I sat on the toilet with all my fingers raised. "24 day? There is a God, Thank you. 24 days? 24 dayyyyyzzzzzz?" I won't complain I'll take it.

Has He Solved The Pyramid Question?

http://www.materials.drexel.edu/Pyramids/

3rd Leg Syndrome

Ok, so I may not know much about vehicles. But I do know when something is wrong.
I have run into a problem that I call the,"3rd Leg Syndrome". It has to do with macho men or the elusive woman don't know squat man.
Recently I left out on a trip that I KNEW something was wrong about 30 miles down the road. I was able to make it another 40 miles before my 2004 Peterbilt truck pulling 50,500 pound of rice was spitting, sputtering, and throwing a little bit of black smoke from it's stacks, not to mention I could not get it the last 10 miles to go over 55 mph. I stopped before I got to a scale and called into work telling them to bring a oil filter wrench as my gauge was in the red, the Pyrometer was in the 900 degree range and all the other gauges were out of whack.
I thought of the Bermuda Triangle for one split second.
Another one of 2 drivers who left the yard after me showed up, he changed out the filters using a screw driver and my rubber mallet.(OK, I never would have thought of that one) He put automatic transmission fluid in the filters and tightened them back up. I started the engine after using a 1/2 can of ether to start it. It still sounded like the gerbil's ran out of power and the engine was banging around. The other driver called the boss man thinking it might be an injector, a common break down, and I sat till he brought me another truck. End problem: a broken Rocker Arm that the bolts sheered off from. Under warranty.

Last week after I got my truck back I was coming back from Nashville, my check engine light flashed 4 times. "OH great, now what?". I also found the head of what I thought was a nail in my steer tire. Bad JU JU to pull it out, just leave it till I get to yard I thought.
I get to the yard, told boss man a engine hose was bubbling at the truck wash (Chrome is beautiful when clean, nail in steer tire, and the check engine light flashing. He pulled out a small 3/4 inch screw that the head flattened on, the hose did not bubble for him (making me look stupid), and said it was only minor stuff. He dismissed the flashing check engine light.
The next trip I did what is called a pre-trip, I added 1 and 1/2 gallons of anti- freeze, after going 7 miles the temp guage was up to about 230 degrees. I stopped added 2 more gallons of anti-freeze. The rest of the trip was UN-eventful.
I got a call from the boss man's wife telling me that there was a problem with my truck and had to take the 2007 Pete. Well at least the cigarette lighter worked to plug in my cell phone.
End problem: water in the oil pan. And currently at the Catapillar shop.

I may not have a third leg, but I know when something is wrong.