Cailin

My nephew and his ex-girlfriend had a baby girl 6 years ago today. She was born with a defective heart and only lived 11 days. The only time I got to see her was to say hello and goodbye at her funeral. I've never seen anything so precious. She seemed so perfect and so peaceful. She was back home where she came from. My sister wrote about it on her blog. Please check it out here. Happy Birthday Cailin. And God bless you, Eric, for what you have endured. I love you!

I've been tagged

I've been tagged. I'm supposed to share 6 unimportant things about myself and then tag 6 people. Just consider yourself tagged if you read this. Please and thank you.

6 UNIMPORTANT things about me are:

1. My contacts are dry right now and are sticking to my eyeballs. Very annoying. But I'm too lazy to go take them out.

2. I went to Roaring Springs on Saturday and most of my toenail polish came off. I need to repaint them.

3. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow to finish my root canal. I am not excited about it. But my temp. crown came off a few days ago and I am thankful right now that my tooth is dead because I would be in a world of hurt if it weren't.

4. I ordered Photobucket Elements off Amazon.com. It was $74.99 and comes with a $20 rebate. What a deal! I can't wait to get it and try it out.

5. I took the sunset picture the other night. I love the green tree in front. It really stands out and is a great contrast.

6. I have gone to work at 4:45 am for the last 5 days and got maybe 3 hours of sleep each night. I am completely exhausted. But today was my Friday so I'm going to try to catch up on some ZZZZ's.

Presidential Hopeful

My 2nd grader had a mock election in her class this week. She didn't win, but here is her campaign flier. Wouldn't it be nice if we had a president like this?? Someone who actually cared about "we the people".

Young and Bee You Tea Full

I was rummaging through my old photos again and came across this one.

Man Oh Man, how I wish I could look like this again. Here are some random facts regarding this photo.

1. I was 17 years old

2. This was the first dance I attended with my future hubby, Flyboy. It was Homecoming 1988.

3. The theme song was Stairway To Heaven

4. This was the one and only time I ever wore a strapless anything (big deal for me)

5. What the hell is that thing in my hair?????? It's baby's breath, but What Was I Thinking?

6. I still have this dress

7. I still have the corsage too

8. If I lost 20 pounds, I would be this size again (SIGH)

9. The ring I am wearing was my mom's wedding ring from Dick (let her tell THAT story)

10. I still have that ring

Talent

My mom is writing poetry again. Check it out here. Not quite as creative as my "sneeze" poem, but still quite good. (ha ha)

Random Crap from A to Z

A - Attached or Single? Attached
B - Best Friend? Yep, NONA- Since 5th grade, 1981
C - Cake or Pie? Cake. White cake. I hate chocolate cake.
D - Day of choice? My day off of work :)
E - Essential Item? Ummmm...depends on the day. Tampons.
F - Favorite Color? Baby blue
G - Greatest Accomplishment? Ummm.....hopefully being a good mom and role model to 3 girls
H - Hometown? Does this mean where I was born? Pocatello, but I never lived there. So I guess it would be Moreland or Boise. Or Nampa, where I now live.
I - Indulgences - Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. This is why I have a jelly belly.
J - January or July? July. It brings summer fun.
K - Kids? Yep, 3 little darlings
L - Life is incomplete without? My family. I wish I had more time with everyone.
M - Marriage Date? February 6, 1993
N - Number of Siblings? 3 - 2 awfully mean sisters and 1 brother
O - Oranges or Apples? Oranges.
P - Phobias? Heights, swimming in lakes, rivers, oceans, (unless I can touch and see the bottom)
Q - Quotes? I AM MASTER OF MY OWN FATE ( I live by this one)
R - Reason to smile? When my kids are happy to see me
S - Season? Spring. I love the "newness" of everything
T - Tag 3 friends - How about 6? Mom, Michelle, Sandee, Jen, Deana, and Country Girl. How about this.....if you read this, you're tagged! :)
U - Unknown fact about me - I have NEVER played Monopoly. Ever. No desire to either.
V - Very favorite star? Gee, I wonder. See pictures on sidebar. MM. Also love Reese Witherspoon.
W - Worst Habit? Eating. Grazing, actually.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound? Definitely ultrasound. It's so cool to see your baby growing inside you.
Y - Your favorite food? Fried chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy.
Z - Zodiac? Capricorn.

A Baby, A Pitchfork and 2 Awfully Mean Sisters

I was reading my niece to be's latest blog and it brought back some memories from my childhood. Her post is about being aftraid of the dark. Let me tell you, I am absolutely and completely afraid of the dark. Always have been. Always will be. I'm afraid of everything, really. A big ol' scardy cat. Seriously. I scare so easily. Since Jen is engaged to my nephew, her post reminded me of a time when he was still a baby. I was in the 5th grade when Eric was born. And he was the light of my life. Michelle still lived at home at the time, so all of us took part in taking care of him until she moved out and on her own.

Me in 5th Grade. (You don't have to point out that I look like a boy. I already know that. I used to pass this picture off as my twin brother "Chris" who lived somewhere else. The kids at school all believed me too!)

Anyhoo, one night, Michelle, Sandee and I watched one of the Friday the 13th movies. It was number 3 or 4 or 27....I don't remember which. It was 3-D and took place on a farm and involved a pitchfork. Well, I absolutely love scary movies. But, being the scardy cat that I am, they scare the crap out of me. No matter how dumb they are, they still scare me. Even now, at 37, I still can't watch a scary movie by myself. No way, At All!!!! Anyway, the movie scared the crap out of me. And Michelle and Sandee took great pleasure in making fun of me for it.

Sandee and Eric, circa 1982

When the movie was over, they both decided that we needed food of some sort and they were going to the grocery store to get some. Eric was upstairs sleeping, so I had to stay home to babysit. I begged and pleaded to let me go. They just laughed and told me how rediculous I was being. That nothing was going to happen. It was just a stupid movie. They were so mean! Big sisters!!

Michelle and Eric, circa 1982

So off they went to the store, leaving me and Eric alone. I was so scared that I parked my butt on the couch and never moved the entire time they were gone. Every noise I heard, scared me to death. I was absolutely certain that I heard footsteps upstairs where Eric was sleeping, but did I go check it out? ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME? Sorry Eric! Obviously my life was more valuable than yours. I just sat there, frozen with fear, waiting for Michelle and Sandee to return from the store. There was no way I was moving. If I moved, whoever was making those footstep sounds would know that I was there and would undoubtedly come kill me. Then, all of a sudden, there was a loud knocking on the sliding glass door (which was right next to me) and I jumped up (and out of my skin) and pulled back the curtains only to find Michelle and Sandee standing there with scary looks on their faces and HOLDING A FRICKING PITCH FORK!!!!! O.K., maybe it was a rake, but they scared the freaking crap right out of me. I screamed so loud I woke Eric up. They laughed and laughed and laughed. They scarred me for life with that one.

SISTERS!!!!!!