Oh dear god.  If I ever decide that taking my trazadone at 12:30 is a good idea again, someone slap me, okay?  I finally woke up at 9-something but I'm hungover and can't function worth a damn.

I can has pictures nao?  D bought us a camera!  Has anyone ever used a Kodak EasyShare Z1275?  I'm liking it so far, and plan on pestering the animals and wandering around outside, to see how it works.  Expect photo-spammage.  Maybe even a photo of me in my birthday dress (yes dress, not suit! *g*) since we didn't get any that night.

D has been working on trying to get the AC in his car fixed.  We went and ran around town after we saw Hancock and I was so danged hot I was almost sick by the time we got home.  I don't know how he does it every day, although I will admit that he's built for the heat - tall and skinny.  I, on the other hand, am built to swim the North Sea.  (What's that old phrase?  It's the difference between a waterbed and an army cot?  Use me for shade in the summer and heat in the winter?  You get the idea.)

Hancock was a good-ish movie, but it was like they had two ideas and squished them together to make one movie.  I enjoyed it, but it wasn't what I expected from the trailers.    I just want to state something for the record.  I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm basically straight, but for Charlize Theron?  OMG!  That woman is so beautiful, she's almost not real.


EDIT:  Oh yeah, and they had iced coffee at the theater and I drank one and now I'm bouncing off the ceiling.  Caffeine and sugar (which I hardly ever have) and I'm probably not sleeping until tomorrow!  :-)

I AM NEKKID!

My MiL went out to look at some things in stores that are not *here*, so I stripped down and I'm sitting here nekkid.  I haven't been nekkid anywhere except the bathroom in 3 weeks!  I might go out to the kitchen and get a glass of water nekkid, JUST BECAUSE I CAN.




It takes so little to make me happy, doesn't it?  :-)

Farmers Market haul this morning...

Baby eggplant, blackberries, grape tomatoes, slicing tomatoes, fresh black-eye peas, figs, fig jam.  Om nom nom nom.  :-)

I can't wait for July 15th.  I know I'm probably the last person to hear about this, but Joss Whedon's 'Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog' just looks like too much fun.  I'll admit it - I'm one of those folks who loved 'Once More, With Feeling' and Shay, Cassie and I frequently watched it and sang along with everyone.  :-)

Today?  I can has Hancock, please?  Other than a morning trip to a den of iniquity, we didn't do much of anything.  This will be D's last full weekend off for awhile, so we're relaxing and enjoying it.  I do want to get some steaks and let him do the manly manly grilling thing, too.

This is my list, but I'd like to see how many y'all can add to it.

Middle of the night phone calls
Police car in the driveway
Feeling a seam/zipper split out in public
Lack of toilet paper at critical time
Boss saying 'Come to my office and shut the door'
SO saying 'We need to talk'
Hitting the power button on your computer, and nothing happening
Looking at your diamond engagement ring, and seeing ring with no diamond

Okay, so what can you add to the list?

Is it just me or does going to the adult toy store in the morning seem delightfully naughty?  ;-)

Hey, waking up in the middle of the night does have *one* advantage.  I've got the #3 high score for the day on boomshine.  280 points, which also happens to be a person high score for me, too.  (It takes so little to make me happy *g*).

I don't know why I'm awake, I just am.  I'll probably grab a glass of water and try to read for a bit until I get sleepy again.

I think D and I are going to cook out today, since it's going to be sunny and hot (huh, figure that.  Sunny and hot in Texas in July.  I think our weathermen could take a few months off in the summer most years and we wouldn't miss them).  Steaks, my special potato salad, some grilled veggies, etc.  Means a trip to the store, but what the heck - they won't be busy today, will they.  ;-)

Happy 4th of July for the 'Mericans on the list.  Well, happy 4th of July to *everyone* on the list!

Thanks to the lovely ursulavfor the artwork, robinazzarello for the icon making and (per tx_cronopio) Nietzsche for the concept.  :-)   I don't mind anyone taking it, as long as they credit as I did.

I'm so glad that tomorrow is D's Friday this week.  He's coming home so darned tired that he can barely stay awake to eat dinner.  Honey?  Wake me up if you want.  I'll take you to Temple and pick you up tomorrow, so you can rest a bit.  I think we might get away for a bit over the weekend.  Just some time away from the house - maybe to Austin.  Anyone interested in having lunch sometime, or a beer or whatever?

Having his mom here hasn't been as stressful as I was afraid it would be (thank goodness), and I really like my MIL, but it's put one hell of a cramp on the old sex life.  I haven't had to stuff a pillow in my mouth in almost a year and I'm not liking it.  (Sorry.  TMI?)  *g*

I know I'm going to drag him to see 'Hancock' this weekend at some point, because I *really* want to see it.  Next week I might have to do movies by myself (or wait until Sunday, because if I go see 'Hellboy 2' without him he's strangle me in my sleep or something).  ::sigh::   Oh crap, that won't work.  He's working Friday and Saturday and then we're moving his mom into her apartment on Sunday next week. 

Hmmm, must plot.

Anyone have any exciting plans for the holiday weekend?

Could someone please make me an animated icon out of this strip, from ursulav?

Total credit to you, and the artist, of course.  I just love that strip, and it's *so* useful as an icon.  :-)

I saw that, and immediately thought of all of you.  ;-)

Today's schedule is house-worky type stuff.  I need to do laundry, I have a big old pot roast going in the crockpot, I need to vacuum although I'm not sure if I'll get to that or not.  A shower is the first thing on the agenda.  I wore hairspray over teh weekend, and I hate what it does to my hair/scalp.  Itch, itch, itch.

Amazingly enough, 44 doesn't feel a bit different from 43.  *g*

I still want to see Wanted, but I'd like to hear from anyone who has seen it, and get your opinions.  I think it looks like a fun shoot-em-up type of movie but I've been wrong before.  I *will* go see Hancock this weekend, unless D has to work.  I love Will Smith and his July 4 movies.  And Hellboy 2 is coming up soon!  YAY!  (major crush on Ron Perlman, what can I say?)


script-over: Stupid modern tents don't have a single piece of rope.

This was a pretty good weekend, after all.  We didn't do much of anything yesterday except lay around the house and sleep off and on.  We did end up going to the bar and meeting up with some friends, but then D came home.  Candy and I ran over to another bar (and it rained.  In June, in Texas!  It was amazing. *g*)  Anyway, D came back out later and had some drinks with a bunch of us that ended up at the second bar.  It was fun and too many people bought me too many shots of Jose Gold.

Today, we went to breakfast, to the library and went grocery shopping.  Again, nothing too exciting but it was a good day.

Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes, and Ace for the crown and e-card.  I really appreciated those.  Susie?  I got the card you sent and keep giggling when I think about 'my bad self'.  *hugs*

Hang on to your hats folks.  This is what Blizzard announced this morning!  (Link thanks to susanlawton).

I can't freaking wait.  I've been addicted to Diablo for so long, and this is jut awesome news.

Boomshine.  Highly addictive, so consider yourself warned.  I can not get level 12; best I can get is 51/55.

We ordered pizza from Dominos last night.  Good pizza, but the coolest thing was their new pizza tracker.  You can watch online and see where your pizza is in process, from build to bake to deliver.  I"m such a geek, because I sat here and watched it.  :-)

Flashback to 1985...

I was at my sisters house, with my mom, dad and baby sister Sam, and all of Connie's family.  I was a week over-due with my first baby and didn't think I was ever going to deliver.

My husband (at the time) had dropped me off over there before he went to work, because Connie was my lamaze coach and so I could spend as much time with my folks as possible, since they were on their way from Minnesota to Texas, for Sam to go to school.  I was as big as a house, and spent most of my time lounging around like a beached whale.

Hmmm, something weird is happening.  I'd had false labor pains for about 2 weeks, but these weren't going away.  I told my sister, and we started timing them just for grins.  Once they were staying steady, and proceeding a bit, we called the doctor and then - away to the hospital. 

Checked in, up to maternity and into the fashionable gown and IV.  Connie was so excited, because she'd just had her last baby less than a year ago, and had never seen one be born (without getting the pain along with it).  We played cards, talked, and kept calling the 'rents to let them know that not a lot had happened yet.  I had a labor nurse with the biggest hands on earth, I swear!

Finally, things started moving along and I realized that lamaze worked!  :-)   This was in the days prior to everyone and their sister getting an epidural, so they gave me Demerol to get me through the pain.  Connie said that I was 'interesting' on the drugs.  Checked, re-checked and checked again, and finally it was time to have a baby.  We didn't know what we were having but at that time, I didn't care, as long as the lump was healthy and had all the requisite parts and pieces.

9:06 pm, and the doctor presented me with a beautiful, screaming baby girl.  Connie and I both cried, and then she went out to the waiting room to find my hubby and call everyone to let them know that they were grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins, etc.

Shay was 8 pounds 12 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long.  She had the same little curl in the top of her ear that her daddy had, she had 2 milk teeth and nursed like there was no tomorrow.  3 days later we came home from the hospital and I began a life of loving and protecting her.  She and her sister are the best things I've ever done in my life, and I was so honored to have been her mom.

BTW, I think every new mom should come home with a 5 year prescription for Demerol.  :-)

ETA:  My folks came to see me the next day as soon as visiting hours started.  I had a lot of petichia because I'd pushed for so long and broken blood vessels in my face, plus I still had the wobbly belly.  My little sister looked at me and swore she was never having kids, if that was what happened to you.  :-)

My mom scrubbed like she was prepping for surgery, and held Shay almost the whole time she was there.  She carried her newest grandbaby over to my dad and said 'Isn't she beautiful, Sam?'.  My dads response was to ask him again in 18 years.  On her 18th birthday, she called my dad and asked him if she was beautiful now.  She was.  *g*

And this might be part of the reason I'm so emotional right now.  Tomorrow would have been Shay's 23rd birthday.  I had her less than 3 hours before I turned 21; I remember the doctor asking if I wanted him to put off the delivery so I could have a birthday baby.  (My answer was no, in case any of you wondered *g*).

God, I miss her.  It's getting easier to remember the good times, or even the bad times with less pain.  That's a good thing, but the big days (birthdays, holidays, the day of her death) will always be more stressful.  Unfortunately, there are people on my flist who understand that.  :-(

I know some of you are new to the story, so here's the quick rundown. 
She was such an amazing kid, and the world's less bright without her in it.  Plus, with Cassie in Houston this year, I'm feeling pretty lonely.  I don't know if I'll be Posty McPosterson tomorrow, trying to distract myself, or if I'll see y'all on Sunday.

*hugs* to my flist.

The three-things meme.  You know, you list three things that you've done and find out if anyone else on your flist has done the same thing, or if you're unique - just like everyone else.  ;-)

1.  I had surgery at 5 days old, and was one of the first survivors in Ohio.  I had pyloric stenosis.
2.  I've spent *months* locked up in a single hospital room with my daughter, and we still liked one another when we came out.
3.  I have a few physical abnormalities - my little fingers on both hands are crooked at the joint nearest the nail, and lay over my ring fingers when my hands are held flat and I can wiggle the toes on my right foot sideways, independent of the big toe

Bonus #4 - Take your pick.  I learned how to drive on a tractor; I lived with an outhouse in Upper MInnesota for a year in 1977; I married my first husband after knowing him 15 days.

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Thanks for all the memories of how you met your spouse, etc. on my last post.  It's so nice to hear the stories and think of the way the world works.