STOP the Hate!

I am so proud of myself

You would not believe the work I got done yesterday. I did all the girls and Georges rooms' dresser drawers and closets. Jake got all the yard raked, but the leaves have to picked up. Still it was a huge job!!!

Today I would like to get Leroy and my drawers and closet done. The new pain pills the Doc gave me seem to be working....I am actually able to function.

Jake's Big Brother is coming to take Jake to a Bucaneer's game today. Him, his wife, and baby son live in Jacksonville, FL. He is a doctor. When Jake was 7 years old, I signed him up for the Big Brothers program and he still has a great relationship with him.

My Dad and his wife are coming over today too! I am really looking forward to that.

Okay........I finally going to get started on the girl's drawers.

Good Mornin'

Just a few more days before Christmas. I have tons to do, but I'm gonna take it slow.

I have not heard from Joy. She was suppose to have the baby over a week ago, and I have not heard a thing. I'm starting to get worried.

Okay where are my archives?

I have had some very hard times lately with my treatment. I was taking tons of pills, but I needed them and they didn't work well anyway. Finally, I called the Doc yesterday and he is having me come in to get some new pills. A time released version. Hope that works out better.

Leroy has traded in our car on a new truck, now we are going to get his old truck back together and sell it. The payments are almost 200 dollars a month more, but it takes us down to 2 vehicles and now I won't have that old ugly truck right in the middle of my yard anymore. He did it without me because I never would have done it.

Well AGAIN, I have spent a quadtrillion dollars on Christamas. Jake got a ton of the kind of clothes he likes. And I believe the other kids made out well too!

I am teaching my noncustodial parents this week. A great bunch of guys. I am so proud of them! This is the last class of it's kind. It is class number 20 and they truly are special.

I only have a few more things to pick up for Christmas. Only my Dad and his wife, and Jake's girlfriend Anna left, oh yeah...my friend Lillie!

When I take the time to write, I have a ton of stuff to say!!

Busy, busy

I haven't had the opportunity to write much here. In between the holidays, the kids, the job, Leroy's side job, household stuff, etc., it has been all I can do to keep up!

I have a new computer at work with Windows XP. It's GREAT!!

A friend of mine sent this to Leroy....LOLOLOLOL

"Leroy, THE GOLD-TOOTH REINDEER"... SING IT!!!!

Leroy the GOLD TOOTHED reindeer
had a very NAPPY fro
and if you ever saw him,
he was at the LIQUOR sto'

All of Leroy's 'homeboys'
use to PLAYA HATE his 'game'
but they can't mess w/ Leroy..
'cause' he got a big OLE thang!

Then one smoggy CHRISTMAS day
SANTA came to say,
"Leroy...have you seen my sleigh?"
I know you had it the OTHER day!

So Leroy BROKE out runnin'
and SANTA pulled out his 'nine'
and SANTA shot poor Leroy
DEAD in his black behind....

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

House Cleaner

I actually have someone working five hours in my house today to help get it clean. I think I may have to get more hired help or I will not be able to continue to work. I can't do it all anymore, and I have to work.

I had my wedding ring maintenance and cleaning done by a friend in AA today, and he did a lovely job! I am going to continue to use him.

I hope you have seen the link to the new picture page I did for my trip to West Virginia and the training. It's down there a couple of days ago. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I'm still waiting for somebody to ask me for my sweet potatoe pie recipe. I may put it on my recipe page if I have enough energy this weekend LOLOLOL.

Am I pooped yet?

Haven't been here much

I haven't had a chance to write much here lately. I am trying to get a lot of stuff cleared up at work. I have to teach a class all next week, and then I will be on vacation for two weeks. I really need to get things done before Friday. Plus we have a new computer lab for the clients here, and there is no one else to install software.

Well, let me get to work!

Day in, Day out

Just a quick note...............life is so crazy here. Molly (the puppy) is visiting in the house this morning and it makes it more uproarous than it already is. I am barely moving and I might have to kill a kid or two to get them to put their shoes on. I had a rough night last night.

Ah well......life goes on.........

Points of Light Foundation

This is the beginning of the Leadership Training web page I told folks I was going to do!!!

Life Changing Experience

The service leadership training I have just completed was unlike anything I have ever experienced before. It was not what I expected and the results were much more than I could have imagined.

We all took a Myers Briggs test thingy. Later I will look that up and put a link here. I found out that I was a ESFJ. I will describe that later as well. I want to mention a few things though first thing this morning.

First of all, I have been to tons of conferences and trainings. This is the first one I went to as a sober person. It made a big difference. No hang overs, etc. was great, but the location of the training at "The Woods" in West Virginia was the so AWESOME it is hard to describe. I put a link here before I left and I would HIGHLY recommend anyone going there for a vacation, scheduling a training there, or a personal retreat. My room's tub was a jacuzzi and I had a fireplace in my room. The air was fresh and full of pine in the evenings. The food was excellent and the staff wonderful. If you call there, ask for Mary. She even got me some free homemade apple butter!

The training itself included a lot of cultural competence and made me aware of lots of things I am now working on improving. One thing in particular.......I have always had "no problem" with gay folks, but did not want my own children to have those inclinations. I now think it important to say that I hope my children find their soul mate and if that persons is the same sex as them, or anything else..........I would be happy for them. I want them to be happy like I am. Leroy is my soul mate, and I hope they each find theirs.

I cannot explain everything in one entry here, but I will say that a whole group of people merged in West Virginia this week. I will NEVER forget it!

I'm back

I am too tired to tell much about the trip but I will say, it was totally awesome. It was a life changing experience I will never forget as long as I live. I have pictures to be developed and stuff to be scanned and I will make a whole page about it at homestead.com. Now I am going to lay down. Tomorrow I have week's worth of snail mail to go through. Just wait 'til I tell you how great this trip was!!!!1

Ready to Go

It's not yet 5 a.m.. My flight doesn't leave TIA until 8:45, but of course, I need to get there early. Leroy has to be to work too, and he has to drop me off.

I'll let you know what it is like a WHOLE week without Internet access when I get back!!!

God is love, and all is well.

I will be at The Woods Resort for the next week.

Clothes Packed

Alrighty, got that done. Dinner is almost ready. Jake is making corn bread. Leroy almost have the has the outside lights up. George has NOT been good. He whines too much. The girls are taking a bath and washing their hair. Destiny is asleep.

Leroy's brother, Dwight, has gotten out of jail and is now in a drug program. I went and got him some clothes. A couple of pairs of pants, a shirt, a flannel, heavy shirt, and a pair of Reebok shoes. I also got him underware and undershirts, but not socks. I forgot socks.

My sister, Sherry, called today. While she was on the phone, I hollered at Jake and she was telling me not to yell. Kind of pissed me off, but I didn't say anything. I yell at my kids. Actually, my normal tone of voice is almost yelling LOLOLOLOL. She reminded me of my mother right before she died. Had yelled all her life, and then, all of a sudden, got extremely weird about it.

My mother died in December. It was six years ago. I miss her.

Tree

Well the Christamas Tree is UP!!! I still have to pack. Leroy is putting the lights on outside. I am making stew beef and potatoes, whether it is good for me or not! We still have to get that livingroom picked back up and I have to peel potatoes. Jake has to find my causual warm clothes for my trip.

I need to go to be early!

Okay

I have tons of stuff to do. We are gonna decorate the Christmas tree today, and put the lights outside. I have to pack and prepare for a week long trip, and I wanna cook a good meal for the kids. I have to get someone to do my girls' hair while I am gone. Leroy will NEVER be able to handle it. Busy, busy, busy

Tree Top Angel


Not long ago, far away, Santa was getting ready for his annual
trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got
sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as
the regular ones, so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of
being behind schedule.

Then, Mrs. Claus told Santa that her Mom was coming to visit.
This stressed Santa even more. When he went to harness the
reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth
and two had jumped the fence and were out, heaven knows where
they went. More stress! Then when he began to load the sleigh,
one of the floorboards broke, and the toy bag fell to the ground
and scattered the toys.

Totally frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of coffee,
with a shot of brandy. But, when he went to the cupboard, he
found the elves had hit the liquor, and there was nothing to drink.
In his frustration, he dropped the coffee pot and it broke into
hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to
get the broom, and found that mice had eaten the straw it was
made from.

Just then the doorbell rang and Santa cursed a bit on his way to
the door. He opened the door, and there was a little angel, with
a great big Christmas tree. The angel asked: "Where would you
like to put this tree, fat man?"

And that, my friend, is how the little angel came to be perched
on top of the Christmas tree!

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Sleep

The Doc gave me some meds for pain and sleep. I'm just getting used to them. I took two pain pills (about 9 a.m.) before I went Christmas shopping (AGAIN) yesterday. Did okay, came home about 2:30, took a couple of more after all that walking and junk. Went to sleep, woke up about 8:30 p.m. Then, I was afraid I would not be able to go to sleep, so I took a sleeping pill. I'm up now, but have made up my mind, I don't need all those extra pills. When it says "as needed". I think I can wait until they are needed.

I bought a fake tree this year. It's going to look nice. Jake is wrapping all the presents, and I plan on having most of that stuff done before I go to the airport in the morning.

In the mean time...............I NEED A CUP OF COFFEE!!!

Craziness

I taught a job readiness training for the local "Pregnant Woman Needs Help" house here in Tampa for the last couple of days. It was wonderful but exhausting. I have had a rough couple of days but am making it through.

I will be out of town from the 3rd of December until the 8th. In West Virginia on a business training trip, so I will not be posting. No computer access. If you want to read some stuff, go to May......and read through June. That's when I went to Jail LOLOLOLOLOL, and decided to get sober. God is good, isn't he.

Well, I am going to meet Jeri (Jake's girlfriends mother) at J.C. Penney's. I have to buy my brother in law Dwight some clothes. He just got out of Jail and is in a drug program. I want to make sure he has what he need. Have to get the grandkids a couple of little toys too!

Wisdom of the South, or

Things a True Southerner Knows:

1. The difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit.
2. Pretty much how many fish make up a mess.
3. What general direction cattywumpus is.
4. When somebody's "fixin" to do something, it won't be long.
5. How good a cold grape Nehi and cheese crackers are at a
country store.
6. Ain't nobody's biscuits like Grandma's biscuits !!
7. A good dog is worth its weight in gold.
8. Real gravy don't come from the store.
9. When "by and by" is.
10. The difference between "pert near" and "a right far piece."
11. Never to go snipe hunting twice.
12. At one point learned what happens when you swallow
tobacco juice.
13. Never to assume that the other car with the flashing turn
signal is actually going to make a turn.
14. You may wear long sleeves, but you should always roll'em
up past the elbows.
15. Rocking chairs and swings are guaranteed stress relievers.
16. Rocking chairs, and swings with an old person in them, are
history lessons.

Rough Night

Yesterday, after my normal noon mtg, sucked! Jake has been screwing up in school. He is NOT a bad child, he had just gotten to the 'teenage' point where he is not communicating with me. His grades are down, but I have established communication with his Algerbra teacher (that is a GOOD thing!) and have emailed his other three teachers. I have been so sick that I have allowed things to slip. I have to keep up. Not easy with medication that kicks your butt, sickness that kicks your butt, five kids, 3 animals, a crazy husband, full time job, etc.

Well......on my way to the Doc. BYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEe

Another Day

I taught my beginner computer class last night again. Got two more folks hooked up with email. Now I think I have gotten all the new students I am going to get so I can start teaching this bunch I have some more. They really enjoy learning.

I need a Graphics program where I can do text images and be able to manipulate it. Anybody have any ideas?? I have Adobe, but don't know how to create what I want. The text for my header on the blog was done by a friend. HELP!!

You can visit Otoons - Comics from the world of Osho and his friends and be very impressed.

Molly

I live in a neighborhood where there is 2 or 3 children per household. In some cases there are 5 or 6 LOLOLOL. My son, George, hangs out with a group of boys his age. The play the Play Station, throw footballs, go fishing, etc. They are from 9 to 11 years old. Yesterday the whole group came in the house. I was laying on the couch. They brought in a little puppy (who looks like she's gonna get very big). She had the sweetest face. She immediately layed down on me and went to sleep. None of the kid's parents would let her stay. I did.......her name is Molly ;-)!

The Bible in 50 Words!

*God made
*Adam bit
*Noah arked
*Abraham split
*Joseph ruled
*Jacob fooled
*Bush talked
*Moses balked
*Pharaoh plagued
*People walked
*Sea divided
*Tablets guided
*Promise landed
*Saul freaked
*David peeked
*Prophets warned
*Jesus born
*God walked
*Love talked
*Anger crucified
*Hope died
*Love rose
*Spirit flamed
*Word spread
*God remained..

Just watched a good movie about a little boy whose mother dies and he gets hooked up with this white, unemployed man who eventually finds his father and the boys goes and lives with his father. He still loves the white man though.

I've been laying down all day. I'm starting to feel a little better. Ups and downs, that how life is ;-)!

This is a really neatChristmas Gif List

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Sunday Morning

Leroy brought me a rose when he got home last night. I'm easy.

Having kind of a rough morning. Will probably stay in bed today.

I'm pissed at Leroy

And I am not even going to say why. I will say he is a turd, doo doo head, poop. I'm hot, it's hot here. I ordered Domino's Pizza, and I am going to eat it all.

Plastic snowmen in the yard. Not one of my children has EVER seen snow. Well I better get my little girls in the bath. I have to get groceries tomorrow. Can you tell I'm not with it this evening???

Send snow to Tampa, Florida.

Have you seen the people out there!!!!!!!!!!!

I do not like to shop. I don't like being around a lot of people. Crowds constict me. I get irritated. I want outta there! I did it though. Went to K Mart, Target, and to a boot store. Then we (I took the boys with me) went to Wendy's and had a burger. The boot store had a big sale and Leroy has always said he wanted a pair of cowboy boots, so I got him some snake skin boots. He'll be a REAL black redneck now LOLOLOL!

I am scare to even open the Quicken and start putting the stuff in. Think I will wait until tomorrow. I did get all the grandkids $20 gift certificates from Target, and $75 ones for Markeda and Joy. I got Jake a Buccaneers Starter outfit and a Bucs shirt, and a couple of other things. Got Jamila a Diva Doll, Leighanne a Destiny's Child Barbie, George a CD player, and Destiny a big set of those blocks that attach and make a kitchen. She likes that. Plus other stuff. Underware, socks, shoes, etc.

I still have to get George some decent shoes, a couple of shorts and jeans for Jake. Couple of outfits and small toys for girls. Stuff for my Dad and Jane, Jake's girlfriend Anna, Lilly (my best friend). That should do it. I'm too tired to do anything else. I want to get the Christmas tree next weekend.

Maybe we can go to the drive in movies and see Harry Potter tonight or Saturday night.

Shopping

I put a lot of stuff on lay-a-way at K Mart but I know that they have already put it back in stock. So I'm gonna go pick up that money, get some savings out of the bank and go Christmas shopping today. Wonder how well I'm gonna hold up LOLOLOL ;-)

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Thanksgiving Wish

May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!!

Some photos that make me thankful!

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Try this!!!! You can actually get paid

Miss Guest Map

I am so honored!!!! I know that sounds crazy, but I am the Miss Guest Map today! That is great! If you go to my world map and go to the link at the bottom left for Miss G Map--------you will find ME!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!

I gotta go cook LOLOL!

I found delta's domain to be cute!

I am a happy camper!

Four days ladies and gentlemen!! I have four days off work! Is that the bomb or what? I don't feel my best tonight, but just knowing that I have four days off makes everything okay!

Do you want to know what we having for Thanksgiving Dinner? Okay. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, rolls, sweet potatoe pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie..................I think I already told everyone this, did I? Jeez, I wonder if I will ever know what I am doing from one minute to the next!!!! I'm freakin' senile!

Have you decided to follow JESUS - HooRay Home Page

I stole this from RedDwarf as usual.

Sweet Potatoe Pie Recipe

I have been getting a few hits for a sweet potatoe pie recipe. I don't have time to put one on my recipe page right now, but if you want to email me (link on the left), I would be glad to get back with you on it. I make a great 'tater pie ;-)!

Good morning!

I've been messin' around a lot on the web. I guess you can tell lololol. It's the first time in a couple of months and really, it's a good thing!

Well today is the last day of work before the holiday! I am SO glad!!

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There is a place for everyone, even --Heartless Bitches . Everyone's opinion is valid, but not everyone agrees with that LOLOLOL.

Wisdom of God

I found a wonderful work in "This Child's Journey". Some of us were NEVER children.

Mrs. Singh

This is X Rated. Albino Blacksheep - Flash / X Fetish Doll Plus it is mainly for men, but I found it interesting. It's like doing paper dolls when you were a kid..........kinda LOLOL!

Is this weird or what!!! MilkandCookies - Fetish

Weblogs.Com: Recently Changed Weblogs

I have finally added another tracker and have posted at Disturbing Search Requests again. I used to do this all the time, but lost intrest in where people were coming from. Yesterday, I noticed that lots of folks were still coming to my site, so I figured I would see what was up again. DSR is how I first got started blogging. I went to Jamie.com by just typing in my first name, and he had a link to DSR. And the rest is old news........the neat part was when I found out I could do this for FREE. Up until that point I had no idea you could do free web pages.

So if you stop by here, welcome! Do whatever it is you feel you want to do, but it would be kinda neat if you signed the guest book or even better if you put a dot on the WORLD MAP.

The Last Page of the Internet

Computer Class

I taught my little computer class last night and it was great. I had 3 students. Minnie, Rita, and Minnie's husband (forgot his name). They each have their email set up on Hotmail, and are learning to send email. I am also going to give them some time for learning typing. I only have an hour a week, so it's kind of limited. I enjoy doing it though, and they seem to enjoy being there. That's what counts.

All is well on the home front. Leroy cooked the kids Oodles of Noodles (Ramen) last night. Did I say that before? Oh, and please remember you can always go to the link on the right to get family details when I am talking about someone ;-). Georgie is heavily involved in the activities at the Recreation Center. There is something going on almost every night. This weekend they are going to go volunteer at the local homeless shelter. They will be helping to organize Holiday donations, etc. Lee Lee's behavior seems to be improving. She still is not doing well in school, but as long as her behavior stays good, we can deal with the other stuff as it comes.. Jamila is the same. Making up songs and dances ;-). Destiny is her normal bossy self. Three years old is a tough age LOLOLOL. Jake is having so problems in his classes at school. He really does not put forth a lot of effort. He waits 'til the last minute and that doesn't work. I have phone calls in to his teachers, but I guess I will have to go down there.

And that, my friends, is the current life of ME. So far, so good. I will now start doing what these people here pay me to do. I want to get all this stuff done before we are out for Thanksgiving! Yes, that's right, I have a FOUR day weekend coming up!!!!

THE REAL THREE BEARS

It's a sunny morning in the Big Forest, and the Bear family
is just waking up. Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in
his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl.
It is empty.
"Who's been eating my porridge?" he squeaks.

Papa Bear arrives at the big table and sits in his big chair.
He looks into his big bowl, and it is also empty.
"Who's been eating my porridge?" he roars.

Momma Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from
the kitchen and yells,
"For God's sake, how many times do we have to go through
this? It was Momma Bear who got up first, it was Momma
Bear who woke up everyone in the house, it was Momma
Bear who made the coffee, it was Momma Bear who unloaded
the dishwasher from last night and put everything away, it
was Momma Bear who went out in the cold, early morning air
to fetch the newspaper, it was Momma Bear who set the table,
it was Momma Bear who put the cat out, cleaned the litter box,
and filled the cat's water and food dish.
And, now that you've decided to drag your asses downstairs
and grace Momma Bear's kitchen with your grumpy presence,
listen good, cause I'm only going to say this one time ...
"I HAVEN'T MADE THE PORRIDGE YET!!"

Unavailable?

Well, Blogger says publishing is temporarily unavailable. So I'm gonna see if I can at least post and then publish later. I am at the location where I am suppose to hold my class. I hear them coming, so I better get ready ;-)!

Women Who Believe

I have found the GOLD: The Official Ramen Home Page. You can always count on Ramen Noodles.

Check out this new web log I found. I kinda like this guy's opinion out of the couple of posts I have read.

Take the Affliction Test Today!

Link Stolen from Red Dwarf, of course!

Weekend

We had a good weekend. Went to the Tampa Bay Lightening Hockey game Saturday evening. It was actually a lot of fun! I have felt better lately Thank God! I even cooked a big dinner last night. We had Baked Chicken with Italian bread crumbs, yellow rice with onions, bell pepper and potatoes, corn, and salad. I made a deep dish sweet potatoe pie for dinner. It was great.

I have to teach a computer class after work today. So that calls for a long day ;-)!

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Buttermilk Pancakes and Blueberry Sauce recipe

This is funny! It's the good ol boy network/redneck belle Recipe page. LOLOL

Teaching

I have spent the last four days teaching my noncustodial parents how to fill out an application and how to interview. I only had to teach in the A.M. and used the rest of the day for work related email and phone calls. I felt decent yesterday and pretty good today. It was a beautiful day, with PERFECT weather.

I went grocery shopping before I got home so I don't have to do it this weekend when I am not going to feel good from the shot tonight. I am going to let the kids do their own thing for dinner. I am going to go take a bath and go to bed as usual.

I did buy our Turkey today though!!!! A 22 pound Butter Ball. Maybe my buddy Kindly Rat will make his way to Tampa for dinner LOLOLOLOL!

Back to Work

I had a very lazy three day week end. We did go to church Sunday. The only problem was we had to slip out after 4 hours. The kids were very uncomfortable and everyone was hungry. We enjoyed it, it just lasted too long. Leroy wants to start going to Crosstown Community Church and I think that is a great idea. They have the same service on Friday nights as they do on Sunday mornings, so if you want to free up your entire weekend you can go on Friday nights ;-)! The service only lasts an hour and they give good info.

I am teaching my Job Readiness Training to the Non-custodial parents this week, plus I have to teach a computer class for an hour this evening. Maybe no one will show up and I can go home LOLOLOLOL. I do want to show folks how to access the Internet though. There is a lot of info out there, that lots of folks don't know how to get to.

Saturday!!

Leroy is at work, which is a good thing in some ways. I am feeling the after effects of my PEG shot last night. The kids were taking advantage of my weakness, so I got enough energy up to get up and knock some heads together.

Trying to get this house clean. Little house + Lots of kids = Big MESS!! I am able to open the windows though and let the fresh air in and that is a plus. Sometime this weekend I have to go through the girls' closet and drawers and bag the stuff that they can't wear anymore and pass them on to the next smallest kid in the neighborhood. Someone just gave me three big bags and I got through those, and passed some of those on too. It's ongoing!!!

Slow

I plan to take it slow today. I have tons of stuff to do, but I am coming up on a three day weekend and that is a good thing. I have to meet with the director of programs at the county jail today to see if I can do a job readiness training at the work release center. I also have to take Jake and Jamila to the Dentist. George and Lee Lee went a few weeks ago and had no cavities. Hope it works out as well for these two. I DO have a cavity and have an appt on Jan. 4 to do that. I am the BIGGEST chicken in the whole world when it comes to dentists.

Check this out! Stolen from Red Dwarf , as usual!

Brighter Day

I don't know if it is the more mg of Paxil or because it is 6 days since I had my shot, but I feel better today. I like going to bed early and getting up early. That works for me. I was in bed at 6:30 last night and asleep by 8:30. Up at 5 a.m. I even made the kids oatmeal this morning!

Leroy likes his new job, but I think he is getting a sinus infection. He was just at the Doctor's office Monday and didn't tell them a thing about it, now he wants me to call them to see if I can get some antibiotics. He is such a baby. Why couldn't he have told them Monday!

Oh well........better get to work.....

This is a friend of mine's web site, he is a clown that calls himself Punch!!!

Against the Odds

Day by Day

I actually cooked dinner last night. We had pasta with Basil Pesto and cornbread stuffing. I know it sounds weird, but it was good!

Leroy started his new job yesterday. The one that would have paid an extra 3 dollars an hour didn't come through, but he got another one making the same amount, so we will be okay. I hope we start getting some checks in soon from the side jobs because our bank account is almost at rock bottom.

I'm going to a conference the beginning of December for a week. Now that should be fun (NOT), if I don't have internet access, you will find me panicing!

Interview With God

Lousey Weekend

I had a terrible weekend. I'm not going to get into it right now, but it was rough. I'll see if I have time to elaborate later.

I MADE IT HOME!!

And boy am I glad! Jake is making the kid's Bologna and cheese sandwiches and I am going to lay down. Think I will have a cheese sandwich. I miss my couch ;-)!

Play a quick game of GREED. Another link stolen from Red Dwarf !!!

My pig's name is Pooter. I am now in SwineOnline: Prize Porkers - Leaders of the Pack. Right now I am number 3. Don't know if that will stick, but it's quite an accomplishment for me ;-)!

I Am The Flag

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

The kids are out Trick or Treating, and then they are going to the church on the corner for a party! I think this will be a better year than last year. Jake met some kids up at the Church last year and acted crazy. He's not a nut this year ;-)! I hope everyone has a safe evening.

Tired

Thank God it is about time to go home! I am SO pooped!!!!!!! All I want to do is get to the house and lay down. I got some work done today, but not enough. I am really not too pleased with the overall quantity of my work. I could do better if I just had the energy. I like doing a good job, but I guess no one is perfect. I'll see if I can get here really early tomorrow. I seem to have more energy in the morning!

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Morning

A quick note. I'm at work. Feel less assertive today, but that's okay. By the end of the day yesterday my assertiveness I felt yesterday had turned kind of to aggression and I don't like that. I would rather be a tad lazy and peaceful. Funny how this medication can mess with your mind.

Well, I have a million things to do and I have to take my Barley Green (YUCK!!!)

Work

Well, work is going fine. I am actually getting stuff done. Sending myself messages on my Palm Top constantly because I can't remember my own freakin' name 90% of the time. It is working though and that's what counts.

I am working on a few web pages for the Virual Trade and E-Commerce Center here at work. Easy stuff. Just text and links. I will put links to them here when I get them done. I have TONS of other stuff to do though as well. I actually have to time everything I do now, so I can get it done. Kind of squirrely, huh?

My piggie at Swine Online is doing well. If you are playing this, please email me and let me know what your piggie's name is and I will try to beat your butt ;-).

I've started feeling better, must be because I am about ready to go home. Then, by the time I get home, I will be pooped again ;-).

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Witches Britches

Rough night, better day

My new weekly shot kicked my butt last night. It was like it settled in my joints, and I was in big time pain. This morning I have felt better, I went and got groceries and am putting them up a little bit at a time.

Anna (Jake's Girlfriend) spent the whole day with him yesterday so that kept him busy. I'm really glad because he would have been lonely. Leroy went and got her late last night and took her home.

Jake is getting out of the hospital today. They cut out his toenail and have been giving him those IV antibiotics, soaking his toe, etc. I will go get him in about an hour. One thing I hate is waiting at the hospital for someone to get out. I want them to have everything done and all I have to do is pick him up.

The kids are helping us straighten up the house. Leroy has been folding clothes, and I am working on the kitchen. I am going to make Dumplings tonight. My buddy Kindly Rat needs to make a trip down to Tampa and get him some.

How could I have forgotten!!

Leroy got a GREAT new job making 3 more dollars an hour, full benefits, plus his foreman lives by us and he can ride to work with him every day and save gas!!!!!!

Now is that a BLESSING or what!!!!

Jake in the hospital

Well, they admitted him. Did minor surgery on his toe last night to get the toenail off and open up the infected area to drain and start healing. Then, they are giving him IV antibiotics. I'm glad we are getting it taken care of though! One thing after another around our house!

My new "once a week" shot comes by Fed Ex today! Wonder how the side effects will differ?

Other that all that, it's a chilly Saturday morning in Tampa, FL. Makes me wish I had already quite smoking, because I have to go outside to smoke.

I was extremely exhausted last night, but better today ;-)!!!

The Washington Post

published a contest for readers in which they were asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. Here's some of the winning entries:

1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat
stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you
absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after
you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a
proctologist immediately before he examines you.

13. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.

14. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your
soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.

15. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist