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Friday, September 30, 2005
Seven...From Julie
From Julie
1.) WHO IS YOUR HERO? That is a very hard question for me...Hero is such a hard word to define...I think that My husband is my hero...he dropped out of highschool the day he turned 18 and went to work full time. He got his diploma when our son was in second grade and then he went on to become a successful businessman.That makes me very proud of him...I'm not realy sure that HERO is the right word but he is as close as it gets for me.
2.) WHAT TALENT DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? I wish that I could be a good public speaker...I've always been scared to death to speak in public...even at a christmas party...or to tell a joke to a crowd..my knees get weak and I break out in a cold sweat as my face gets all red...it really sucks. I'd like to be comfortable in front of a crowd.
3.) WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY ANGRY? Being lied too. Being made to look like a fool.
4.) WHOM DO YOU TRUST THE MOST? My sister Terri, I would trust her with my life and I know that she feels the same way. This is one relationship that I am always SURE of.
5.) WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? Most people would be surprised to know just how shy I really am, unless they knew me as a child. I usually hide it fairly well now but I'm still that shy little wall flower of my youth!
7.) WHAT IS THE SMARTEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE? Said I DO in 1983...I can not imagine what my life would be like if I hadn't.
If you'd like to answer these questions...go for it...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
My Wedding
This is My hubby and I on our wedding day, August 13, 1983. I was 19, he was 24 and we'd dated for only 6 months (no I was NOT pregnant). It was a very large, catholic wedding, the first on both sides of the family so everyone was there, about 300 guests, most of whom I didn't know. I cried thru the entire ceremony. Nobody had bothered to ask me if I was sure that I was ready to be married...well not until it was too late...My dad turned to me as the wedding march started plalying and said "Are you Sure honey?' At that moment the only thing that I was sure of was that I was too much of a coward to turn and run from that church. I didn't know if I was ready...I was so young...so inexperienced. I thought I was in love...but was it a marriage I wanted or a wedding...A white dress...A beautiful cake...A lovely party? Was I in love with my hubby....or just in love with the idea of being in love? I had no idea what a commitment marriage would be...how much work it was to make a marriage good. How long it would take to erase all doubt from my mind. I had no idea how difficult it would be to become part of his family (I'm still an outsider). He seemed to become a part of mine so easily. I did the only thing I could...I said I DO!
 This is us now...22 years later. I am in love with my husband and I AM sure that I did the right thing. There were many difficult years...arguments....fears, we both had alot of growing up to do...we did it together. I'm still in love with the idea of being in love....I still struggle trying to be a part of 'his' family....I still wish that I'd been a bit older when I married....But I no longer doubt that we will be together forever. He is my destiny and I am his...of this I am sure!
I would recommend to both of my children to become their own person BEFORE they become part of a couple. I'd even tell them to live with someone before marrying them. I want them to both experience life with no responsibilities, except to themselves, before they have to face the reality of LIFE. I love my family with everything in me. They are My LIFE...they define me...I am so thankful that I was such a coward in 1983.
PS: That tuxedo is powder blue with a ruffled shirt...the 80's...YUCK!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Update
Here Goes....
Big Guy: He's all settled in on campus, he is getting along swimmingly with his new roomie, which is a surprise to me. My first impression of the kid was S-T-R-A-N-G-E... the kid had Anti-war posters on the walls along with abstract drawings of, god knows what, african figurines (he's white...with a very large afro) all over the place, some sort of African drum and plants... Well I thought to myself "no way is this gonna work". To my chagrin I was wrong, Big guy really likes him. He's settled in to all of his classes and is enjoying them, he's back to work at the "commons' 13-15 hours a week and is HAPPY! He's home this week end for a visit. It's very good to be able to give him a hug in person and not thru AIM.
Baby Girl: She started the school year out with Strep Throat...after getting that out of the was she's settled into school as well, struggling a bit with a couple of classes but quite honestly she really hasn't been very focused on academics...she's been holding auditions to fill the position of "boy-friend" There have been several qualified applicants but I believe that they may be called in for a second 'reading' before a final decision is reached. I hope that soon she settles down in that department too...then maybe she can get her head back in the books. She is also working 20ish hours a week, for now anyway, we'll see how the grades do.
Hubby: Some of you have expressed some concerns that I may have him locked in a room someplace...rest assured that that is NOT true. He's great...snores to god damned loud but other then that he's a great guy and I do let him out in public occassionally...when he's been an extra good boy. He is just getting over strep throat, but unlike kids, he had to keep working thru it, he's self employed and does NOT get sick days.
Gremlins: The gremlins in my office are starting to depart. I'm still trying to work out the email situation, I get every e-mail 23 times...yup 23!!!! but everything else seems to be working OK.
ME: I'm doing much better. My mood seems to have stablized a bit and I'm not crying at the drop of a hat any more....well I did have a day last week...but I'm choosing to block that from my memory right now. I actually tried on 6 pairs of jeans yesterday that I had put away because I couldn't breath once I put them on...and guess what? come on guess? Yup that's right every single pair not only fit....I could actually sit down and breath at the very same time. WHOO HOO FOR ME!
Car: Got it back after the Moose Accident...looked mighty purty...then I made the mistake of actually driving it someplace...got behind and asphalt truck which started throwing big pieces of asphalt at me...NO I WAS NOT TAILGATING, got hit on the hood...took the paint off right down to the medal...so it's back to the body shop to fix the friggen hood...I'm going to ask them if they can wrap it in bubble wrap for protection when they are finished with it this time.....
That'll have to do it for now....
Monday, September 19, 2005
Thanks Sandi!!!!!
Got this one from Sandi, who, in her great wisdom, did not tag anyone. However, since I'm struggling for things to write about as of late I chose to do it anyway....so HERE GOES......................
7 things I plan to do before I die
1) See my children successful and happy
2) Not worry about money
3) Stop dieting
4) Go to Egypt
5) Own a sports car
6) Tell the people who piss me off....that they PISS ME OFF!!!!!
7) Lay on the couch all day and eat bon bon's, what are bonbon's anyway?
7 things I can do
1) Bit my tongue...figuratively
2) My job
3) Love my family
4) Dance
5) Laugh at myself....and sometimes others
6) Be a GREAT friend
7) Touch my toes to my nose
7 things I cannot do
1) Hurt someone purposely
2) Let people help me
3) Navigate....anyplace!!!!!
4) Fix a car
5) Stand on my hands
6) Drink Moxie...YUCK!
7) Speak in public
7 things that attract me to the opposite sex--had to change this one...BACK
1) Sense of Humor
2) Eyes
3) Smile
4) ASS....oh yeah
5) Reliability
6) Ability to Dance
7) Did I say Ass...oh yeah I did....I'll say it again ASS
7 things I say most often
1) Century 21 Muzzy Real Estate....over and over and over and over again
2) Bite me
3) NO
4) I love you
5) I am ALWAYS right
6) Have a good day...I don't really care if most of them have a good day
7) Filler up
7 celebrity crushes
1) Patrick Swayze as Jonnie Castle
2) Joe Lando as Sully
3) Mel Gibson...as just about anyone
4) Denzel Washington
5) Elvis....the early years
6) Kurt Russell....Love those dimples
7) Rhett Butler....
Anyway there you have it, enjoy.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Gremlins
I've never been a very superstitious person. I have no problem walking under ladders, I don't freak out if I break a mirror, I don't throw salt over my shoulder for luck or knock on wood. I swear lately though that there have been Gremlins in my office...not the cute furry ones....oh no the ones from AFTER they eat late at nite, the scary little critters!
I have spent the past 3 days trying to fix my computer, first the internet was moving so slowly that a snail could have won the race....then NONE of my web-sites were accepting uploads from me and then none of the office e-mails were working...30 of them...nothing. Well after being on the telephone with tech support, for what seemed like an eternity, I now get all those e-mails in my 'inbox"...how fucking fun....Came back from lunch and I had 372 to go thru...YUCK!!!!!
Then my copier decides to stop accepting anything bigger  then 8 1/2 x 11 paper...we use legal and ledger sizes on a daily basis...WTF...give me a damned break... Wouldn't you think that that would be enough...not in my life. NEXT was the phone system...first it stopped letting us answer at all...if you didn't get it before the first half ring it went directly to  voice mail...making the caller think that we were closed...then it locked us out of our voice mails completely. Again....an hour on the phone with tech support...it works, for a while anyway. Maybe I should go back to this phone...carbon paper...pen and paper....life must have been so much easier then. HERE'S to a better NEXT week!  I Just Might DRINK THEM ALL!
Monday, September 12, 2005
Solution to Writer's Block
I've been having a very hard time thinking of anything to post lately...so I've decided to just keep stealing these MEME things.
Stole this little beauty from Sue , who stole it from Sheri who stole it from her sister-in-law Sandra. Just put an X in the ones you've done. I also added a few comments to explain myself if I felt compelled too. Those will be in red.
(X) smoked a cigarette ... I smoked a little bit when I was a teen...only when I was also drinking.
(no) crashed a friend's car
(no) stolen a car
(X) been in love ... God, I've been married 22 years - I hope I answer yes to this!
(No) been dumped ....
(X) shoplifted... I used to take take rocks from the Rock Room at the Indian Store....
(Yes) been fired ... Once, by my uncle, whom I fondly refer to as "Dick the Prick"
(X) been in a fist fight ... Only with sister, Terri, I always lost
(X) snuck out of your parent's house..... They thought I was the good daughter!
(X) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. .. All thru high school, Ricky....swoom.
(no) been arrested .. God NO!
(X) gone on a blind date...Scarey
(X) lied to a friend ... embarrassed to say YES
(X) skipped school ....
(X) seen someone die... Too often
(X) been to Canada.... duh I lived in northern Maine... it's like going to New Hampshire.
(X) been to Mexico ... Cozamel count?
(X) been on a plane ....
(no) purposely set a part of yourself on fire -
(X) eaten Sushi...... Never again though
(X) been skiing..... used to work at a resort. For each day worked, we earned a free day skiing. awesome!
(X) met someone in person from the internet
(No) been moshing at a concert .... No, but unlike Sheri, I do know what it is
(X) taken pain-killers
(X) love someone or miss someone right now
(X) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by ...
(X) made a snow angel ..... mine often have 'horns'
(X) had a tea party ....
(X) flown a kite
(X) built a sand castle ....
(X) gone puddle jumping .... Still love it
(X) played dress up
(X) cheated while playing a game.......Don't tell??
(X) been lonely
(X) fallen asleep at work/school .... At work as a teen when I used to pull an all nighter
(X) used a fake id..... Always got away with it too!
(X) watched the sun set
(no) felt an earthquake .....
(X) touched a snake....... Not by choice
(X) slept beneath the stars...... At fitzgerald...woke in the water..IN my sleeping bag.
(X) been tickled
(no) been robbed
(X) been misunderstood
(No) petted a reindeer/goat ...animal hater here!
(no) won a contest ...
(X) ran a red light...
(no) been suspended from school
(no) dropped out of school
(X) been in a car accident ... Several
(no) had braces
(X) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night......
(X) had deja vu
(X) danced in the moonlight ...... But it's been way too long
(no) witnessed a crime ........
(X) questioned your heart
(no) been obsessed with post-it notes
(No) squished barefoot through the mud
(X) been lost.... I am navigationally challenged and directionally impaired...it's an aweful disease to have...makes getting lost just a fact of nature though!
(no) been to the opposite side of the country...
(X) swam in the ocean ....
(X) felt like dying.......
(X) cried yourself to sleep ....
(No) recently colored with crayons ....
(no) sung karaoke....
(no) paid for a meal with only coins
(X) done something you told yourself you wouldn't.....
(No) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose.....
(X) caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) danced in the rain
(X) written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) been kissed under a mistletoe ....
(X) watched the sun rise with someone you care about? Often at camp...coming up over the lake
(X) blown bubbles... I have a child... this is a given!
(X) made a bonfire on the beach
(X) crashed a party
(X) gone roller-skating....... I sucked at it
(No) had a wish come true ...
(X) worn pearls ... My grandmother's on my wedding day
(X) jumped off a bridge ... Wilson Bridge once...only once, and YES because my friends were doing it
(No) ate dog/cat food .... .
(no) told a complete stranger you loved them
(X) kissed a mirror
(X) sang in the shower .... and badly I might add
(No) had a dream that you married someone ....
(No) glued your hand to something.....
(no) got your tongue stuck to a flag pole....
(no) kissed a fish... but a guy that kissed like a fish..does that count?
(X) sat on a roof top ... Used to sun myself on my roof
(X) screamed at the top of your lungs
(no) done a one-handed cartwheel....Could never even do a two handed one
(X) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours ...and I hate to talk on the phone
(X) stayed up all night....
(no ) didn't take a shower for a week
(X) pick and ate an apple right off the tree
(X) climbed a tree
(No) had a tree house
(X) had a complete stranger tell you You are Hot..... Too bad I was so drunk that I can't remember his name!
(X) met someone you swear you have met in another life .... Really freaks me out when it happens too
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
New Beginnings?
Well...he did it...my son managed to get his shit together in time to get his but back at college. He for a few things but nothing that he can't live without....at least for a couple of weeks.
This is him:
Bre all Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed - Doesn't she look excited for her first day of school?
Actually she was excited to go to school and had a TERRIFIC DAY. 
Both of my children are happy...for the moment at least which makes me happy.
Friday, September 02, 2005
You've GOT to be kidding!
My son goes back to college on the 6th, he's been telling me that he's been packing for a week...well I made the mistake of going into his bedroom last night...WHOA...it looked like an explosion had gone off in there. He hasn't done a damned thing except get his towels and bedding out of the closet, where I had neatly stored them after washing them. He promised me that the room would be clean when he left...yeah RIGHT! I'm ready for him to go back, I'm sick of the 'anticipation' of him being gone...let's just get on with it PLEASE! I've been promised that he will be ready...we'll see...he may have no undies...or soap....or shampoo...but I'm sure his TV, COMPUTER, AND VIDEO GAMES will be ready to go. KIDS!!!!!
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