Blahghin' n Bitchin'

Volkswagen Commercial: The Force (Taxis Fiesta)

2011-03-02T21:39:00.000-06:00

You enter a restaurant, sit down, and overhear the folks at the next table planning a bondage scene. How do you react?

2011-02-01T23:19:00.001-06:00

I activate my super ear to make certain I get all the details, loud and clear.

When hugging someone of the opposite sex do you side hug or full frontal hug? Does it depend on any other factors?

2011-02-01T23:15:00.001-06:00

Depends on other factors. How good of a friend he is. whether or not I think he's attractive (:P). If he has a wife or GF that would be upset that a female hugged her man... and of course it would depend on the circumstances... a hug to give sympathy, condolence... or congrats I think those are easiest. If its someone that you haven't seen in a while and you are truly happy to see them... those are the ones where I have to think a bit before going in.... I can hear myself asking... who is SHE? why did she hug you like THAT? why did you take forever to let go? huh? huh? huh?

oh ummm.... yeah. i get a bit jealous at times. :P

Ask me anything

If you could rid the world of one thing, what would it be?

2011-01-20T19:28:00.003-06:00

idiots

Ask me anything

Were you a Michael Jackson fan?

2011-01-20T19:28:00.001-06:00

way back when he was somewhat normal. Loved the Off The Wall album. after that. no.

Ask me anything

Have you broken any bones? If so, how?

2011-01-20T19:23:00.001-06:00

Yes.the pinky toe in my right foot. I was at an outdoor concert, early nineties... It was during a song by metallica --- WHIPLASH! I was wearing sandals at the time. couldn't help it, it was whiplash! WHIPLASH!!! c'mon!? So very worth the pain.

Ask me anything

Happy New Year

2011-01-02T17:11:00.000-06:00

Howdy folks!

I'm going to let you in on a little secret.

I am an Addict.

My DOC is.... umm.... farmville.

(hah, as if no one knew...)

I am addicted. Yes. I. Am.

My son thinks I'm lame. But isn't that what most teens think of their parents?
Barry has finally accepted that Farmville is a part of my life and will be ok when I am on my farm and not sitting next to him watching TV. (I don't care for TV). My sister was over yesterday. She told me that she couldn't believe there were gift cards for Farmville. I told her, yes, and I would love one. She rolled her eyes. She thinks I'm a loser. She should be glad, though. when her kids come to visit with me, I don't lock them in the closet so I can play my game in peace. So, Little Sis, be glad. :)

So, yes... I'm a lame loser and I want a freaking farmville giftcard!
hah!

Check out what all this fuss is about...
My Farm!

The only reason I started playing Farmville was because they had gnomes. It took me forever to get my first gnome. Now I have a bazllion! My latest one is the 2011 gnome. I had to buy it. 18 FV Dollars. :)

Heehee!
Happy New Year!
Come be my neighbor!

If you could go on vacation for the next month with an unlimited budget, where would you go?

2010-12-26T17:58:00.001-06:00

The eastern hemisphere. I'd love to travel through Russia, Europe, Africa, The Baltics and Asia. (but I think I'd need more than a month... So maybe Russia would be my first choice.

Ask me anything

Can we postpone Christmas?

2010-12-22T15:16:00.000-06:00

Cos I'm not feeling it this year.

Bah.

This is the closest to jolly that you're gonna get from me.

2010-12-17T15:40:00.001-06:00

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Blogging from my android

2010-12-02T15:53:00.001-06:00

This is just a test. I am trying out the Blogger Droid app.

my New boots. Viva MJ!

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Words

2010-12-02T10:13:00.000-06:00

I love words.
I love to play scrabble.
I love my android.

Lately I've been playing scrabble clone games on my phone. I love it. I've found three apps that I really like. And they're all free.

Wordfued - A free multiplayer word game for Android devices. Challenge your friends or play against random opponents. Play at your own pace. Participate in up to 30 games simultaneously.

Features

Invite friends from your contact list.Play against random opponents.

Play at your own pace.
English, Norwegian and Dutch dictionaries (more languages to follow).
Push notifications.
Supports Android 1.5, 1.6, 2.1 and 2.2

Wordsmith - is a turn-based game similar to Scrabble or Words with Friends.

-Play friends/random opponents
-Push Notifications
-Free version has 3 game limit and ads
-Ad free version available in market

DroidWords - is a 1-2 player Scrabble-like word game for Android. Play against a computer, a friend, or a stranger using custom game modes and more:

* Single Player Mode
* Word Definitions
* Multiplayer Modes - Blitz, BS, and Urban Slang
* Custom Skins
* 50 Simultaneous Games
* Local and Random Play
* Chat and Notifications

I also play scrabble on Pogo as fleashaTX and on Facebook, I play lexulous.
Lexulous.com is another site to play, I am fleasha there. I don't play on that site as much as I do on facebook.

So if you're ever up for a game of scrabble, find me!!

Long time, no see...

2010-07-13T09:52:00.000-05:00

I have something to bitch about.
but I wanted to ease into it before throwing it out there out of the blue.
I may not be back for another year so I felt I needed to give a little *warning*. so here it is...

I've got something to say...

see next post.

for Lauren

2010-01-29T11:35:00.001-06:00

for Lauren
Originally uploaded by fleasha_

WOOWOO! I finally got a project finished!

I made these earrings for my most favorite cousin ever, Lauren. Her birthday is Sunday but we're having lunch today!
It seems like its the first out-of-the-funk crafty thing I've done since last November.

I also worked on some drawstring bags last night. Yep! I'm on a roll...

T-shirt Tote: a How-to

2009-04-20T15:34:00.013-05:00

Someone on swapbot sent me a reusable bag made out of a tshirt. At first I thought, "this isn't going to hold my stuff." but then I tried it and I was wrong.

So then I thought about making these for a fundraiser for Avery. I had already said I would make some reusable bags for the fundraiser, but I wasn't really looking forward to all the cutting and sewing. So I took a look at these bags and figured it looked easy enough so I gave it a shot.

Wow! It was pretty easy and quick too. My kind of project.

So over the weekend I scoured the a few thrift stores for some marked-down t-shirts. I think I ended up buying around 30. They ranged in price from 30¢ to 99¢. I'm cheap. That's the most I'll pay for a thrift store t-shirt. I even used the original bag to carry some of the loot home with me. so, yeah, these things do work.

I am actually considering taking a few to work and leaving them in the break room for earth day. Hoping to raise awareness about reusable goods to the folks that I work with. We'll see how that goes.

So, here's a quick run-down on how I am making them.

First, I think you should get tees that have funny imprints on them. I found one that says "Are you into foursomes?" with lady golfers. I thought it was funny. Anyway, when looking for tees, make sure that there are no holes and that the fabric is 100% cotton... or a blend is ok. but I wouldn't recommend any of those sheer tees. they may work, but I wouldn't want to try them.

Now that you have your tee...

I've been ironing my tees because I like a smooth fabric to work with. Its totally up to you how you do it.

Smooth out your tee then fold lengthwise and cut the neck and sleeves off.

I try to keep as much of the image on the shirt as I possibly can. But you need to keep in mind that you'll need a wide enough opening to put stuff into it.

After cutting you'll have what looks like a tank top.

Gather the bottom sides and fold inward about two inches and pin together. This should make a gusset or whatever its called. (I don't know any other way to describe it. maybe the picture will be better help?)

Time to sew.
Sew about three or four stitches along the bottom hem. I use the smallest stitch settings on my machine to do this.

Once you've got your bottom all stitched up take care of the straps(handles).
What I did was fold over each strap and sew the layers together to hopefully make it more durable. I used a zigzag stitch.

Voila! Now you have a reusable shopping bag!

Now go shopping!

I saw, I conquered. Its a hat.

2009-01-15T10:04:00.008-06:00

Sometimes I look at an item and think, "pshaw, anyone can do that" but other times I just look away as if I have no interest. the majority of those times, I secretly wish I could make that whatever it is. I've always wanted to try making a hat, but for some strange reason I thought they looked too complicated. So I just accepted that I would never make a hat... besides my head is too huge to put one on it.

So anyway, I came across an upcycling tutorial that uses an old sweater to make two winter hats. I looked at it and thought it looked easy enough. I could get a knitted hat without actually having to know how to knit. sweet.

So, being that I live in Houston where it hardly ever gets colder than the 50s, I don't own too many sweaters. I learned of this tutorial on Tuesday. Its been cold here this week... like in the freezing temps cold. so that means I'm wearing all the sweaters I own, this week. So I really couldn't cut into one of my existing sweaters - no matter how ugly and worn they may be.

I ended up taking a trip to one of the many thrift stores in my neighborhood. Luckily for me on the day that I went, they had a half off sale on pink tagged items. I found a decent but really ugly sweater marked at $2.30. I hate that I didn't take a pic of the sweater in all its ugliness. It was the type that had knitted flowers on top of appliqued leaves with a cow like pattern on the front. One sleeve was black and one was white. The back of the sweater was plain white. I used that for my hat. oh, heehee the sweater even had :gasp: shoulder pads!!!! WTF?! hahaha

I wasn't able to follow the tutorial to the letter. I was lazy. I'm always lazy.
I tried to access the tutorial via my cell phone. I can get to the link, but the pictures don't come up. So I had a stab at it by trying to remember what I saw earlier in the day. (no, I don't read patterns. I too lazy to follow directions and I have this thing about breaking rules. :) )

I'm not much of a perfect circle cutter type of person. After I sliced off the sleeves and the collar and band, I folded the back fabric and cut what I thought was a good enough circle (it looked more like a rounded square). Then I went a sewing away. I ended up with an *ok* funky but not cute hat. I wore it.

I conquered the hat and wanted to do something else with the left over fabric. So I made a doggie sweater for our sweet little rat terrier we call, Girl. I used the sleeves of the sweater for this idea. Luckily, Girl is teeny-tiny and fit the sleeve perfectly. The black one is kinda sorta a camouflage sweater. Other than the red strip of fleece at the bottom, it blends well with the color of her fur.

Yes, she’s not happy wearing it, but it DOES keep her warm so she’s dealing.
And no I’m not taking orders… :P

Let's Say Thanks

2008-12-04T10:34:00.005-06:00

http://www.letssaythanks.com

Its been a while...

2008-11-14T15:33:00.011-06:00

A very long while.

I'm going to blame it on Ike. yeah. Ike. Its all his fault.

anyway, I've been a sewing fool lately. woowoo.
I even had a hand in influencing two others to start sewing also. A nine year old and an older old. and that makes me happy.

I got really into making tea wallets.
Tea Wallets? wha??
Yeah, thats what I said.

Well, what happened was...
Ya know? Sometimes I get really bored (zero motivation, zero inspiration, whatever) and I read forum threads that I normally wouldn't read when I actually want to read a forum. So, yeah. I was very unmotivated one day... scanning the threads on Swap-bot, I come across someone wanting a tea wallet... hmmm... tea wallet... interesting... I read the thread. Saw some photos and thought to myself... hey, that looks easy enough... I think I'll try it. So I did.

I used my coworker, Angela as my guinea pig (she's always saying she likes my stuff, so hah! she's stuck with it!). Anyway, I used this really adorable fabric that I got a Joann's. I had been eyeing it for a while, but I didn't want to pay full price. Then one day, like magic, it was HALF price! heaven.

And some others

Cute, huh?
well I think so. that's all that really matters. :P

So since I am all excited about these quick and easy wallets, I went ahead and tried my hand at creating a tutorial. I even busted out my illustrator skillz. check it.

Tea Wallet A quick and simple gift.

When reading this *tutorial* please keep in mind that I have had no formal sewing lessons nor do I know what all the terms are called. I just got a wild hair one day in the Fall of 2007 and bought a sewing machine. I’ve been having fun since. All I want to do is sew and craft. So with that, let’s make a tea wallet!

Look through your fabric stash (who doesn’t have one?) and pull out some cute fabric. I like cute, but you can use whatever you want.

Iron it to make it smooth... oh so smooth. Then, cut out two rectangles about 10" x 4" and one at about 2 1/2" X 10".

On the smaller piece, fold over 1/4" at the top and press to make a nice fold. (see, term… I have no idea) Stitch across the length of the piece over the fold. This will be your pocket panel.

Now get what will be your inside panel and pin the pocket panel to it. Grab the outside panel and face both panels to each other. Pin.

Now stitch a quarter-inch seam around three sides, leaving one short side open.
OK, now turn it inside out. Press it with the iron to make it look all smooth and pretty.

On the open side, fold in so you get two nice edges. Now press it so that its all smooth and stuff. Don‘t stitch it just yet. Whew!

Measure what would be a third of the wallet then stitch.. two stitches and you‘ll have three pockets. now that you have your nice and pretty pockets. Now let‘s decide on how you want to secure the wallet…

you can sew, glue, fuse a ribbon on the outside of the middle pocket. then tie a cute bow
you can sew in some Velcro.
add a fabric loop thing and sew on a button
use a snap button

You can pretty much do whatever you want. Just keep in mind that it is easier to pack the wallet if it is secure somehow.

Now once you‘ve decided how you‘re going to secure it (or not) you can stitch the open side (add your loop at this point if you’re going to do that).

Voila! Now you have a tea wallet.

once I figure out how to add the pdf, I'll include that as well. (yeah, i have a pdf. woowoo. I'm a bigshot wannabe)

Burning the Midnight Oil?

2008-06-26T14:44:00.008-05:00

I should re-name this blog something like Midnight Craft Fool or something. Its like I don't get started with my crafting until dinner is made, dishes are washed, kitchen is cleaned, emails are read, kid is asleep... it is usually after 10 before I can get some me time to craft. I do it for a few hours and get in bed between 1 and 2AM.

I like to watch the local Fox station when I'm crafting. Here's the line-up:

10:00 PM TMZ - not really into celebrity stalking, but it could be funny at times. I think that blond dude is, well, he's just different.

10:30 PM King of the Hill - I wanna marry Hank Hill. Peggy is one lucky woman. :P

11:00 PM - Midnight Two episodes of That 70's Show - I don't know what it is, but I can watch that over and over. My only wish is that they would show the episodes in order. In the first one last night, Kelso and Donna ran away to California. Donna needed to get away after being left at the alter by Eric and Jackie minced Kelso's words and agreed to marry him.
Then the second episode, Donna is back with blonde hair and dating Kelso's brother, Casey and Jackie and Hyde are a couple.

Midnight - 1:00 AM 2 episodes of Scrubs - I had never watched this show until it started airing on Fox in syndication. I can't believe I never watched it.

So that's what keeps me company while I'm burning the midnight oil with my crafts.

Here are some of my latest projects:

It is a Breast Cancer Awareness Dotee. I made this for a swapper who was flaked on. I hope she likes it. I really think she's cute.

This one is for a Winner Take All Dotee Game. Its part of a group that I am in on Swapbot. (I think she's cute too)

I have been so into making zipper pouches. This one started out pretty big. I messed it up so I tore it apart, cut out the mess up parts and started over. Its about 2" x 2.5" and yes, I think its cute. I sent this to someone who says she likes pink. I really hope she does.

For a digital art post card swap I did this:

I had to include my name on the card. So since I'm in love with @gnomad I added him to my card. But if you look at his eyes, you'll notice they are not his. :) They are mine. Its a lot freaky looking but I think its cool.

I know, I know...

2008-06-20T11:08:00.003-05:00

I know y’all have been wondering what I’ve been up to…
So here ya go…

I don’t have photos of them all, but I finally finished all of the summer dresses I was making for the little girls, my sis and gran. Woooo… I made eleven dresses total and one blouse using the mock smock material stuff.
Here's one of the first ones. Since I've learned to make straps.

I finally figured out how to make a zipper pouch. This was one of the hardest things to do.
They even zip and don’t catch! These are my 5th and 6th try.
Be proud of me. I am. :p

I was having an anxiety attack because I hadn’t made anything in a couple of days. So, I made this. I sent it to a friend’s daughter.

This is what made me push myself to get that darn zipper right.

I don’t know if I shared this with y’all yet… Out of PolymerClay, I made this little guy. It was for the adopt a critter swap. His name is Felix Eisenhauer P.
He traveled to his new home in a matchbox and took with him breakfast, lunch, an energy drink and a snack in case he got hungry.

Some other Polymer Clay critters made by me and my son.

So there you have it. Some of my latest crafts.

I'm such a loser

2008-04-29T17:21:00.003-05:00

I am going to update this soon.

I've been doing a lot of crafting and want to show it off. so check for that soon.

Regarding Gnomad?

I have no idea where he is or where he will be next. He's been corrupted with everyone wanting to show him a good time at the bars and stuff and now he thinks he doesn't have to listen to me. i tell him to go to one place but he ends up somewhere else. I give up. look for him on twitter. www.twitter.com/gnomad

The Roaming Gnome - An idea

2008-01-17T10:53:00.000-06:00

A few days ago @ darkGracie gave me an idea.

I don't exactly remember what she said and I cannot locate the update. At the time I was just browsing Twitter on my phone. I wasn't involved in a conversation with anyone. But she said something along the lines of twitter and a roaming gnome....

--lightbulb!--

If you know me you know I love gnomes. I have quite a few just sitting here on my desk at work and they're all over my house. So anyway, I thought since I have one to spare, I could start this roaming gnome project.

I hope enough tweeps join in.

The gnome I am choosing is about 5 inches tall. I chose him because he is small and postage wouldn't be so bad.

Once I get the word out (and enough people wanna play), we'll set some guidelines. Two things that will be a must, first, is that you take a photo of it either with you or somehow indicating where you're located and second, that you send it on to the next tweep.

I'll also start a blog and whoever has the little guy can write a post about the guy's visit. Add your photo, etc. And of course, we'll start a flickr group. :)

So if you're interested in playing and/or helping me organize this, let me know!

happy holidays from our family to yours!

2007-12-22T00:19:00.000-06:00

Don't send a lame Holiday eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!

Cast (in order of appearance)
Elf 1 = OG Old Gnomie
Elf 2 = Kiki, stupid cat or B!$&%
Elf 3 = TheBoy
Elf 4 = fleaSha
Elf 5 = ManBoy

2007-12-21T13:12:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-12-12T08:37:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

At Texans game

2007-12-09T12:27:00.001-06:00

And I bring my yarn n hook! :p woooo go texans!

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies.

My Pets - Digital Photo Swap

2007-12-06T13:18:00.000-06:00

Note:
This is a dual purpose post. One because I need to start blogging again and secondly because I need to fulfill a swap on swapbot.

I haven't been much of a pet owner. We didn't grow up having a dog or a cat around. Well, I take that back.
We did have a huge Irish Setter named Rufus or maybe it was Cherry - gosh I can't remember - my dad had one at his house and we had one at ours... I forget who went where...anyway, when I was about 5-7 years old. My cousin and I would try to ride it like a horse, but she'd buck and we'd fall off. One day, we were on the porch and my cousin tried to ride her again... well she ended up busting her head on the brick pillars on our porch. blood everywhere. After that we didn't treat the dog like a horse.

So after that I didn't have a pet for a long time. I believe I was already out of high school (or it could have been my last year). I found a dog wandering the street so I decided to take him home. I named him PuppyLove. I had PuppyLove for a few months. He ran away three times. The last time he left, he didn't leave a note or anything like that, but I figured since he didn't want to be my PuppyLove so I just let him be. I hope he found a happy home. Obviously mine wasn't.

Oh wait, I do remember having another puppy that a boy from the next street gave me. It was on Valentine's Day. If I remember the boy's name correctly it was Chris. (he was crazy about me and I was like ughhh... a boy! heehee) I was probably about 8 or 9 at the time. Well, my mom didn't want the pup in the house, so I put him in the garage. We lived in a wood house and had a detached garage. The garage had no insulation. Valentine's Day, Winter, Garage, No insulation... can ya get where I'm going with this?? No? Okay... I'll tell ya... the poor thing froze. not a happy story. No wonder I'm not much of a pet owner...

Ok, now come back to 2006. My son, in the fifth grade, wants a pet. I say "No!" I mean, c'mon, I've had bad luck with pets...

Well, my son doesn't listen to me.

He brought home the cutest little doxie mix. OHMAHGAH I fell in love with her...

The dog had been found wandering on the school grounds for a couple of days. My son got attatched to her so the principal called me to ask if Damon could take it home. I said, sure. It was lost. My plan was to find this dog's rightful owner.

I put out flyers and gave it a week... but by that time I had already fallen in love. Thank goodness no one claimed her. She was ours and we named her Coco. Well earlier this year we moved into an apartment. Which meant no yard and no more wood floors. I also had gotten really busy with other life stuff and didn't have the time to care for her, take her on walks, play with her... and since I was the only one that acted like I had a pet (the luster had worn off for my son and Barry wasn't into her as he had been...) so I had to give her away. But I was not about to take her to the SPCA... or any dog killing factory... oh no. (I think I've contributed more than enough to doggie heaven) So I sent out an email (a long one at that) to find a good home. I had so many requests for her it was kinda cool. But I ended up giving her to a friend of mine who I knew would take good care of her. We still keep in touch.

So here are pictures of Coco. You can also check out her Dogster page. Its like a myspace for doggies.

Coco

Well, I thought I was done with pets. Until a few months ago when my son brought home a kitten. grrrr....
again, the luster has worn off but this time I'm not having any of that crap where I have to do everything for it. I will buy her food and litter... BUT I DO NOT FEED HER OR CLEAN HER BOX!!! Damon and Barry do it. Damon doesn't really want her anymore, but Barry isn't about to let me give away another pet. So I'm stuck with another pet (for now).

She's really cute and at times can be fun... but I've never been a cat person. I don't like cats. well except for Garfield. I love Garfield... but he's in either paper or plastic form. I can deal with that. I think this cat knows I don't like her so she makes it a point to only be near me. To follow me where ever I go...
GOSH! it is so annoying! but I do love her. I guess.

KittyKitty

I play Scrabulous (Scrabble) on Facebook, and this damn cat thinks she can play too.

Swap-Bot Photo Scavenger Hunt

2007-12-04T22:22:00.000-06:00

I haven't talked about Swap-bot on this blog... I will one day. For now just a brief...

Swap-bot is a really addicting site where I get to go buy crafting stuff and actually use the stuff on a project!!! Well its just a place where you swap with other people... You'll join a swap and you either buy or create something and send it to your partner. I like to be creative so I join the swaps that let me make stuff.

I was led to Swap-bot by my wonderful tweeps, Twitter Knitters. A group of knitters who tweet on Twitter.(follow me if you are not already, I'll do the same) Well the lovely ladies decided it would be fun to have a swap and the rest is history....

I'll write more about swap-bot later, but the reason I wanted to brief you on it is because I joined a fairly easy swap where I get to go on a photo scavenger hunt. Of course its from my own stuff, but still.

In the rules, we were given the option to email the photos or put them in our blog... Ten bucks you can guess what I chose. (where's my $10?!)

Before we go on to my finds, I want to apologize to my fellow swap partners.
I am using photos that have already been taken and are on my flickr or photobucket pages.
I will also use PhotoShop to crop any of the photos that need cropping... So, in advance, I apologize if these are not what you wanted. :(

Photo Scavenger Hunt List

1. Something Red
2. Food
3. Child
4. Nature
5. Animal
6. Coffee/Tea

First I'll start off with Red

These are the pom poms that I made for the Wool Pom-pom Swap. They went on their way somewhere across the big pond.
hmmmm, wonder if they made it yet....I haven't heard. wonder if they got caught up in customs...

Second we have, Food.
I really like to cook. I really like to make easy stuff. And I usually just go by trial and error when cooking... my family doesn't complain especially when I come up with stuff like this...
So on this day I wanted to make enchiladas but I didn't have all the ingredients. I didn't have any sauce. So I improvised and came up with a sorta chicken quesadilla or maybe a chicken and corn tortilla cheesy pizza. LOL- If I were Rachel Ray, I'd have named it that. she's so cheesy just like me. hehheh

For my child photo, I introduce you my niece Mallory.
Her sisters and I were hanging out at my aunt's house when we found a pair of purple goggles. One camera plus silly girls equals a mega dose of goofiness... we kinda went wild. And had lots of fun.
Mallory knew how to work it as you can see in this picture.
Work it, girl!

So now we've got Nature.
This is my niece Marina. She lives in Northern California with her hippie parents. They went camping and her mom and dad decided she should be at one with nature. :) That's dirt you see all over her body... Now I don't mind her to be a little nudist, but I'm not about to show the world anything it doesn't need to see. Since I wanted to share my nieces pictures, I decided to put a cover up on her. I was going for the Eve look (as in Adam and Eve)... I think I got it.
She's cute, huh? well I think so. She's my Marina!

So that leaves us with Coffee/tea.
Folks, please meet my Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Pot. I use it daily. I'm not into hot tea or even flavored teas. For me its good ol' regular tea but with ice.

2007-12-01T17:41:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

So Sorry

2007-11-14T13:38:00.000-06:00

I haven't been here in a while. but I have been utterzing. That's what you see in the previous posts.

Why don't you check out Utterz? On utterz you call in from your phone and just talk. You can also send in videos and photos to your profile. I don't really have a real use for it other than to talk to my many social network friends who have also joined.

Come meet Bessie. She's Hawt!

What I like about it is that I get to hear everyone that I hang out with on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and the many other socnets that I can't live without. Its cool. Now, I'm putting a voice with an avatar.

Anyway, check out Utterz. www.utterz.com

Join the herd and be heard.

2007-11-13T18:55:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-11T12:43:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-11T11:27:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-10T20:10:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-10T01:22:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-09T09:13:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-09T08:47:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-07T08:46:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies. mp3

2007-11-06T09:16:00.001-06:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies.

2007-10-26T22:40:00.001-05:00

Mobile post sent by fleasha using Utterz. Replies.

I have more things to worry about than who's paying for the water.

2007-10-03T12:11:00.000-05:00

I received a forwarded email today with the title Jena, Louisiana March and the American Red Cross.

It caught my attention. Most forwards are usually deleted upon receipt.

I opened it to find a letter that had been written to the American Red Cross from a Mr. James L Broadwell III, a resident of Jena, Louisiana.

It goes something like this:

I thought that the mission of the American Red Cross was to help people in
times of disaster. I have a problem with what I saw happening in Jena, La. yesterday. My problem is not with the people coming to Jena to march, they have that right, but with the American Red Cross giving away supplies to the marchers. The newspapers have stated that approximately 25,000 bottles of water were given out. I will not mention any medical care that was provided, but we do have a local hospital that offers excellent medical care, but not for free.

I sat on the balcony of my office and watched the marchers arriving carrying no supplies, but when they left Jena they were carrying bottles of water that was supplied by your organization. These people were not in a disaster mode, they knew what they were getting into when they came to rally, and should have planned better and brought their own supplies. I had a house burn in 1985 and lost everything, including my cars and dog, but never got a call or note from the Red Cross. I did not mind that I was not contacted by you and have not ever given it a second thought until yesterday. I have donated faithfully to the Red Cross for the better part of my 56 years, but no more. I know that in the scheme of things I am just a small drop in the bucket, but I will tell everyone that I know what has happened here, and maybe this small drop will turn into a flood. And yes you can use my name: It is James L. Broadwell III, my address is 329 Pleasant Hill Road, Jena, La. 71342.

PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...LET THE WORD GET OUT ABOUT THE MIS-USE OF YOUR DOLLARS!

Get the word out? Mis-use of my dollars?

Reading this kinda makes me want to smack someone and its not the Red Cross.

Frankly, I have more to worry about than who's paying for the water. Whatever my stance is on the Jena debate makes no difference either way. The march made worldwide news. In my opinion, water or not, the organizers of the March accomplished what they set out to do, gain attention, not water.

Oh my goodness... Mr. Broadwell had to go and add his two cents.

Now on the side of the Red Cross. Most people don't realize that the Red Cross is not a government agency (It never crossed my mind until today). But yet the Red Cross is always first on scene when an emergency arises. Its not like we are always prepared for an emergency. Right? ok, well I'm not. Anyhow...

The State of Louisiana requested "humanitarian" aid for the protesters.

First, the town has a population of 2,850 and could never accomodate the amount of visitors whatever the reason. Second, the businesses of Jena, LA decided they would shut down for the day, wishing not to benefit from the march... or maybe hope that the marchers would keel over and die for lack of food and water. Which really didn't matter because the march orgainzers requested that the protesters not support local businesses. No one wins that game.

The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work.

Mr. Bardwell, I am sorry you lost your everything, including your cars and dogs. I'm sorry that the Red Cross was not there in your time of need. From now on, you could have that donation money put in a savings account. Just a thought. And, oh my, no one sent you a note? You poor thing, you. I wonder where the note would have been sent being that your house was "poof" gone... I'm assuming your mailbox was gone as well. Did you leave a forwarding address? That really helps the USPS get your mail to you in cases such as this.

One last thing, Mr. Bardwell. You sir thought wrong.
The Red Cross not only helps people in times of disaster, but they also support people in humanitarian efforts. Food, Water, Shelter, the basic necessities in life. Imagine that. Its all in there. Maybe you missed it.

BTW, check with your local post office, I'm sure that note you were waiting for is in the undeliverable items bin. Good Luck.

He should have gone to McDonalds

2007-10-01T12:09:00.000-05:00

This morning in beautiful Downtown Houston, a driver was caught eating oatmeal.

S/he was so into the cereal that s/he passed a redlight and hit a Metro bus.

Now the really funny thing about this article is that the ad on the page is for McDonald's offering up free McGriddles and advertising their ridiculously cheap Sausage Biscuit and Hashbrowns for a buck. That driver didn't know about it, obviously, so before you go and eat oatmeal in your vehicle, get your free McGriddle.

If this person would have just gone by McDonald's all would have been saved.

This is how close this oatmeal-eating driver was to a McDonald's:

I just had to share

2007-09-22T13:46:00.001-05:00

Ahoy, thar mateys...

2007-09-19T12:30:00.000-05:00

So if you hadn't guessed, today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Every September 19th folks from all over don their pirate attire and start talking like a pirate, arrrr...

Well the folks on Twitter didn't have to do much twisting of my arm to get me to participate, I gladly gave in. If you follow me on twitter, you would have seen my tweets where I attempted to be a pirate.
Here's what I did to celebrate...

I changed my twitter pic to this:

then and went to this site: http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/ to translate my words into pirate speak. (the site was shut down due to high traffic, so maybe when you are reading next month, it'll be up and running again.)

Then later on in the day I christened myself with a pirate name by visiting http://www.piratequiz.com/. So from here on out, but only on September 19, I shall be known as Iron Bess Vane. Beware. That's all I got to say.

I hope you had fun joining in on the festivities. If not, don't forget, there's always next year.

My pirate name is:

Iron Bess Vane

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You tend to blend into the background occaisionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
part of the fidius.org network

Cheech and Chong - Comedy Skits

2007-09-18T10:44:00.000-05:00

Were you a fan of their comedy?
I was.
Make that - I Still am.

Well anyway, they had this skit about sister mary elephant. and she's asking the class to quiet down, they ignore her, she asks again, they continue to ignore her. then at some point she gets frustrated and screams at the top of her lungs... then the class gets quiet and she says "thank-you"
Well, I like that skit. Here are the "lyrics" I found on leo's lyrics

TEACHER: Good morning, class. Good morning, class. Class? Class!?
SHUT UP!!!!! Thank you.
As you know your regular teacher Sister Rosetta Stone is on a small
vacation. However she does send her love, at least fingerpaintings, and desk club she`s making. I am your substitute teacher, Sister Mary Elephant.
Class, attention. Attention, class! Class?
SHUT UP!!!!! Thank you.
Young man, now give me that knife. Thank you.
Now class, you all know who I am, so let`s find out who you are.
Class? Class!? SHUT UP!!!!!

CHONG: Far out, man!

TEACHER: Thank you.
Now class, Sister Rosetta has informed me that your assignment for the last two months has been to write an essay in titled How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Who would like to read theirs before the class?
Class? Class!? Cla-- SHUT UP!!!!! Thank you.

Young man in the first row, stand up, state your name, and read your essay.
STUDENT: Who me?
TEACHER: Yes. Read your essay, please!
STUDENT: Uh, I don`t have it finished yet.
TEACHER: Well then, read what you have, young man!
STUDENT: Okay. The first day on my vacation, what I did on my summer vacation, the first day on my vacation, I woke up. Then, I went downtown to a quiet job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up, then I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up...
TEACHER: Now that`s fine, young man!
STUDENT : ...Then I went downtown to look for a job...
TEACHER: Now that`s fine, young man!
STUDENT : ...Then I got a job, keeping people from here and out in front of the drugstore. The fourth day on my...
TEACHER: Young man? Young man? Young man!?
SHUT UP!!!!!
Thank you.
Now class, I have a surprise for you! I`m going to read you some poems out of this lovely book of poetry. The sun kisses the morning skies. The birds kiss the butterflies. The dew kisses the morning grass.
Class? Class!? Cla-- WAKE UP!!!!!

CHONG: I gotta go to the can, man!

Transcribed by Michael Hack

oh and another one is where the guy is in a drive- thru and wants a larg orange drink... the drive-thru guy doesn't understand and the guy is like "drink! drink! drink!"
yeah, its funny. ok so maybe its just funny to me.
I have the cd somewhere. I'll have to go find it and listen to it again.

Oh, and I always get a kick out of this one, Mexican Americans. I highlighted my favorite part cos its all me.

[Cheech]
Mexican Americans dont like to just get into gang fights they like
flowers and music and white girls named Deby too.
Mexican Americans are named Chata and Chella and Chema and have a son-in-law named Jeff.
Mexican Americans dont like to get up early in the morning but they have to so they do it real slow.
Mexican Americans love education so they go to night school and take they spanish and get a B.
(Ya leave that in)
Mexican Americans love their nana's and their nono's and their nina's and their nino's nanonanoninaninonooooo
Mexican Americans dont like to go to the movies where the dude has to where contact lenseses to make his blue eyes brown cuz dont it make my brow eyes blue.
[Cheech] And thats all I got how do you like it
[Chong] oh ya thats good
[Cheech] Its like a protest tune
[Chong] ya I dig that but while you were singing that I wrote another tune
[Cheech] oh ya
[Chong] its like the same thing only different wanna hear it
[Cheech] ya lets hear it
[Chong] its more rock n roll
[Cheech] alright we'll get down
[Chong] Beaners....Beaners i have to work more on the lyrics but its kinda like that
[Cheech] ya thats heavy

So there's another comedy skit that I just love.
Its by Eddie Murphy and I believe its called The Barbeque when his aunt falls down the stairs and yells, "oh lawd jeesus, hep meh" tumble tumble "mah shoe" tumble tumble . maybe it doesn't go exactly like that, but the "mah shoe" was always my favorite part. I'll save that for another day.

GrandCentral Phone

2007-09-16T02:34:00.000-05:00

Grand Central
One Number.
One Voicemail box.
So many features.

I got a new number.
Its one that anyone can reach me at anytime to any of my phone numbers, cell, work, and home.
(713) 568-8859

Here's the announcement wording from their automatic email thingy...

Hello, friends!
I just signed up with GrandCentral and got a new phone number that will reach me at all of my existing phones. The only number you will ever need to reach me at is now (713) 568-8859.

Now you can reach me everywhere (cell, work, home) with a single number. And if I move, switch jobs, or buy a new phone...this number never changes. You can even use my new number as an email address (7135688859@grandcentral.com). It doesn't get much simpler than that.

Sorry for another "updated contact information" email, but now that you've got my GrandCentral number, this will be the last time I'll ever bug you about it.

Talk to you soon,
Felicia

So, do you want your very own number?? I'll hook you up with an invite, just let me know.

Crochet Project #66 or something like that...

2007-09-14T15:15:00.000-05:00

OH! I forgot to post my first real crochet project. Its a hat that I made for my friend's new baby, Emma. Scary Gnome is wearing it in this pic, but it has already been delivered to the precious baby girl.

The Hat

The Emma

I thought I was just a dork... but a nerd?

2007-09-12T14:22:00.000-05:00

Crochet Project 2 and 3

2007-09-03T01:20:00.000-05:00

Skull or it could be Michael Meyers
(of Halloween fame?? maybe)

So I'm not wanting to make a scarf just yet. I know it will take me a whole year so I'm playing around with easy projects that come out of my head. they don't look put together nicely, but thats ok. :P

Dead Gnome or Shit-Face Drunk Gnome

I love gnomes. and gnomes can be found in any situations. here I started out making him to be a sleeping gnome sitting on his bum, but I couldn't get the pants right so, I just threw him on a pillow and took a picture... thus making him a "finished" project called... well, read above. :P

First Crochet Project

2007-08-31T15:30:00.000-05:00

I can't knit. I've tried. I just can't get started on the second row. I can cast on like nothing else, but when it comes to working two needles and making the yarn stay in place... its impossible. I just cannot do it. period.

But, have no fear... I can crochet.

When I was a kid, my aunt taught me how to crochet a string... dang, I should know what its called, huh? oh well, the beginning string/line/whatever was all I could do back then. but now, with the help of an internet tutorial, I can do something.

Here is my first little project.

Actually, its not my first project. I started on a cellphone holder, but somewhere along the line, it got all curvy. I think I tightened the stitches too much. So I put that aside and began this one.

Its a pacman ghost. Its not what I set out to do. But then I didn't really have anything in mind. I didn't even have a pattern to follow. I just wanted to sink my teeth into something and this is what I came up with. I think its cute.

What do you think?

Well?

Netflix Quick Access 2

2007-08-11T01:30:00.001-05:00

OY... A Meme

2007-07-26T23:58:00.000-05:00

ok ok. Fine.

So I got tagged. I haven't been tagged in a long time... way back in my Yahoo! 360° days. I do not know who I'm going to tag, so I may have bad luck for the next 8 years... as if I don't just live bad luck already.

According to Andy, the rules are:

"In this version, tagged ones are to list 8 interesting little know facts about themselves, supply return links to the those that have tagged them and then perpetuate the meme by tagging others who have not yet been tagged."

ok, here we go

Eight things you wanna know about me
1. I like to spell out numbers whenever possible. (see the title)

2. When I was twelve, my friend Diane had spent the night with me. We were bored so we snuck out the window to go to 7-11 for a microwave burrito and a Big Gulp. At 3AM. She turned 40 on Monday.

3. I own seven pair of sunglasses. Three are knock-offs of some brand... one pair I got at the dollar store, the others are just sunglasses. Oh and I don't spend more than $10 a pair. I'm frugal like that.

4. I drive fast for no reason at all. I don't listen to the radio or music in the car. I think I'm getting old like that.

5. I gave my dog away a few months ago. I almost don't miss her anymore. oh wait, now that I brought her up, I miss her.

6. I am too lazy to hit the shift key to make capitals. I use way too many ellipses... and smilies :) and haha and jk, but I never lol. That's sooo 90s AOL.

7. I prefer my desktop to my laptop. I love my ergonomic keyboard. I have a hard time using the keyboard on the laptop.

8. I have gone gnome crazy. They're all over my desk at work. on my balcony at home. and on my window sill in my bedroom. and all over my myspace page.

So now I have to tag someone else...
I may have to dip back into yahoo! 360° for this one. Sorry if I mess this one up.

1. YOU
2. whatsername
3. Her
4. Him
5. whatsisname
6. tom
7. jane
8. dick

(I'll add someone soon. hopefully)

Security, I need Security

2007-07-20T14:40:00.000-05:00

I'm sitting here thinking about what to do next.

I think its time for next.
But I am so afraid of the unknown.
This here, its all nice and comfy.
I can almost take advantage.
Ok, well maybe I do, a little.

Other than a decent raise, I pretty much get what I want here. In the next couple of weeks I will get a whole new system and two monitors... and I get upgraded to Adobe Creative Suite 3. I'm at CS2 currently. ok, I guess I don't really get what I want, because I'm sitting here wishing I had a new chair. This one sucks. My butt hurts and so does my back. Its old and the padding in the seat has gone as flat as its going to get. so, other than a decent raise, I want a new chair... or one that was made in this century.

I hate working under the corporate title. I mean, my department -- its corporate. which means, we don't generate revenue. We're just "overhead." So every year around April, we all get our yearly reviews and a tiny, little increase. Usually about 3%. I've heard some stories of 5% raises, but the norm is 3%. (oh wait, mine was 5% last time... I forgot.) Now of course you have your managers who get stock options and an occaisional bonus. good for them, huh? But what about us little folk? We do the hard work. The dirt work. And the grunt work, too! Oh, gosh, please don't assign me the task of restroom duty. That would truly stink. I could see it though. I could see it as the company trying to save a buck here in the office so we can spend more on the Golf Tournaments and the weekend outings that our big dogs take the clients on. You know what I hate? I hate Corporate America, but yet I'm stuck here.

Its comfy. I have a decent 401K, good insurance, I get a check every two weeks. I get vacation time and holidays and sick time. and I use them up. My hours are great, Monday to Friday, 8-5, but I don't get in until sometime between 8:30 to 9:00. Hey, there's no clock to punch! What am I supposed to do??

There's no one taking names as the late one walks in way past starting time. There's no "list" that I am on... well, I wonder... because I have a list of my own... okay okay, I have a few lists.
One is the dress code list. We aren't allowed to wear shorts. But some girls 'round here wear bermuda shorts... THEY are SHORTS! hell, it even has it in its name! What does one NOT get from that?? Capris are pants and they are on the Don't portion of the dress code. So if we can't wear capris why do they think they can get away with bermudas?? Ok so I do wear capris , but their bottoms are closer to the ground than bermudas bottoms are, right? Well? answer me!
OK back to my lists...
there's the annoying laugh list, loud talker list, bathroom buddies list, too many smoke-breaks list, roaming the halls list, there's a "I think I'm all that cos I got my first job working in an office" list, there's the lunch clique list, there's the trashy girls list, there's also the skank list. I like the ones on the skank list. They're also on my friends who get the funny-ass, open only when alone forwarded email distribution list. and last but not least, there is the "I so know these people want to be like me list" cos most do want to be like me... hahaha just kidding

OMAN... where am I. I hate when I get lost like that. What was this post supposed to be about??? Ohhhh yeah, security. I need security. Right.

For some reason, I think I have it. But I don't feel it. I really dont think more money will make me feel any more secure... although, I'd take it in a heartbeat and I'll come up with yet another list.

Wanna hear something funny?

2007-06-25T10:36:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was my birthday. I am now two years away from 40.

So today at work, Deb brought a tray of sweet bread and Lily brought donuts and kolaches to celebrate this momentous event.

We all enjoyed the stuffs and had some laughs (at my expense, of course) then it was time to get back to work. So I say my thank yous and good-byes, they all leave and I turn to get to work.

Well, the tray of sweet bread was right in front of my computer screen. I had to move it to do get started with work, right? So, grab the tray while I'm getting up and something catches my foot (ok it is a freaking cord that goes to this heating pad/massage thingy that I have on my chair. I hardly ever even turn it on...).
I lose footing and I trip... The bread goes everywhere and there is this loud crashing. Surprisingly, only Lily is witness to the spectacle. So yeah, there's lots of crumbs on the floor. Here's the bad part --- shhh... I put the bread back on the tray and placed it on the file cabinet where the candy dish sits. shhh... let's see if anyone just comes and grabs some. I'll tell them they can have it if they don't mind the 10-second rule (since the bread did touch the ground and there is evidence that will stay there all day until the cleaning crew comes and vacuums it away). :)

Well anyway, I fell cos I'm getting old. And when you get old, you lose your senses, you're mobility gets strained, bones are weak... Its not a good thing. I mean, c'mon, the heating/massage chair pad thingy didn't give my age away?

Luckily, I was able to get back up, this time. But I'm thinking pretty soon I am definitely going to need one of those med alert bracelets. And possibly, I will be able audition to be the star of the next generation "I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial. I think I'm good enough for that gig.

Now this is Wild

2007-06-16T23:50:00.000-05:00

This is going to be short and sweet.

I had not tweeted all day today. No big deal. Right? Right.
When I finally do, this is what happens. It blew my mind for a second.

You see it? huh? huh?

Well when I tweet I sometimes want to see it on the public time line. Its like seeing my name in lights or on the walk of fame and its cool. To me that is.

Well, check out what got me OMGing.

Just under my tweet. there is a mystical and a mstickel. right after one another. Now this could not have been planned, right? I mean, they can't be friends and thought they'd tweet at the same time so their names can come up together. right? its impossible. right? there are way too many twitterers tweeting to be able to do that, right? I don't know. I guess I'm still blown away.

ok maybe its no big deal to anyone... but it was to me. thus, my blogging about it. so there it is. Could I be totally sick with twitter? That I am actually blogging about it? and its bothering me? is it time to let it go? or what?

Tell me this is wild, please?

anyone?

anyone?

Ladies... what's in your purse?

2007-06-03T23:46:00.000-05:00

I was at the grocery store this morning.
I had my big bag like most times.
Well not really.
I don't usually carry it around to the store. I usually take my Dooney & Bourke wristlet.
(I love that little thing). Mine is in this design,

but this style:

(normally I'd post a picture of my actual bag, but I no longer own a decent working camera)
My cousin Lauren has this bee themed one. She's a huge fan of the Astro's Killer Bees.
Cute, huh?

Anyway. At HEB, I'm ready to pay my bill so I pull out my little wristlet (cos I use it as a wallet in my huge ass bag) and I notice I have some sandals in there!!! a pair of sandals. I got a little embarrassed. What if I would have been in a shoe store and they had to call the cops?? well its a good thing the shoes looked to have been worn. See, I picked them up from my sister's house on Saturday cos she stole them from my house. So my purse was the most convenient place to put them to snatch them back. And I for got to pull them out when I got home. (they're out now and in their spot in the closet. Its one of those door-hangy-organizer-things)

So I had to laugh at myself and wondered what else I've been carrying in my bag.
Well here it goes:

check book
plastic envelope looking thing for my bills and pay stubs and other important info I THINK I need to carry around
a coupon organizer -- and I hardly ever use coupons anymore.
the usb cord for my mp3 player
two sets of earbud headphones one black, one white... (I have to match the best I can)
my mp3 player, in its case
my 120 gig western digital portable hard drive and its usb cord
a tube of lipstick that I never use
several hair accessories - pony holders, clips, etc.
a pen (yeah, one pen?? with all the other crap, you'd think I'd have several pens, huh?)
some gobsomething or another jawbreaker like candy. (haven't even eaten one of 'em)
a spoon. a real stainless steel spoon.
a book of stamps
a pair of sunglasses
a book (cocktails for three, madeleine wickham)
and some loose change.

oh guess what I didn't have in there? my cell. I forgot it at home. oh and my car keys were in my pocket. I hate to put them in my purse cos they get lost in the abyss that is the inside of my bag.

So, go ahead and take a look in your purse... what's in there?
anything interesting?

2007-05-31T22:56:00.001-05:00

Keyhole Obsession

Don't laugh at me. (I know you will, but still dont) I have recently become obsessed.... here it goes. remember, don't laugh.

I've been driving my car for almost a year now. Its an '05 Mazda 3.

Yesterday I just noticed that there isn't a keyhole on the passenger door (I was trying to open the door with the key---??? don't ask - I could have just pushed he remote...). It kinda freaked me out for a second. I thought someone stole it... hey it was a quick second, things go through your mind... so now I've got this obsession with looking at passenger doors to see if there's a keyhole or not. (yes, I have like all the time in the world -- not).

So far my "research" tells me its 50/50. The majority of newer cars don't have the passenger keyhole. soooo....

my question to you is... does your car have the passenger door keyhole or not? and what kind of car is it? And while you're at it, ask your friends & family.

I'm really curious so I'm taking a this survey.

Tuesday Blahgh

2005-02-08T13:30:00.000-06:00

it's mardi gras. helen is having her big do in iowa, la. she does it every year. momo helen is damon's grandma. she's a total louisianan born and raised in a community not far from lake charles.
when he was younger i wanted him to be able to identify with all that he is. so i took it upon my self to find her and let him spend as much time with her as possible. his dad didn't care too much to introduce the two so i did a quick internet search and found her.
she knew about us but not much more than that. today, the relationship isn't all that great, but it's there and i'm satisfied with that. he knows his family, they know him.
so anyway back to mardi gras.
her's starts out with a chicken run/trail ride and then an all-you-can-eat gumbo fest wher later in the evening it's dancing until midnight to a zyedeco band or two.
we've been a few times and had lots of fun but i can only do so much zydeco so to me it's good enough that mardi gras only comes once a year. we are not attending this year.

Monday Blahgh

2005-02-07T20:23:00.000-06:00

The alarm went off. I rolled over. It's 5:30. I wanted to sleep longer but he was there. He got out of bed and went to make his coffee. He came back and we slept a while longer. 6:15 am, he was gone.
I still wanted warmth so I pulled Damon into my bed. He's such a skinny little thing. But he was warm enough for the next 30 more minutes. He was happy. He loves cuddling with his mom.

Damn another Monday morning.
Well the one good thing for me is that its on day closer to the end of the next four years. whew!