Armed with Cheesecake and Vodka, World Watch Out, I'm Back!

Connie wasn't very happy that pictures have appeared with her wearing the hat and boa from the bus trip... my camera, my rules. Yes - I am packed with the exception of tooth brush. San Diego here I come. Better watch out! The boa and the hat are staying home, the planes have enough problems with feathers.

Yes I am still procrastinating. I leave tomorrow on the jet plane, but I do know when I will be back again. I am getting off early today, and am going to go home and take a nap. A NAP??? yep. Then I will pack, or maybe i will pack, and then take a nap. I have an engagement tonight, a friend of mine is retiring from the Government and we are celebrating with her. Of course I cannot drink alcohol... so I drink diet coke, which will keep me up all night either with the caffiene or going to the bathroom. Yes I know that there are non caffinated choices, but I like to put myself through the challenges of obligating myself on a Saturday morning before even the roosters awake. That is the main reason why I insist on being hung over for long flights, which I swear as god as my witness I will never ever do again. which is why I am drinking diet coke in a bar that serves .75 cent screwdrivers.... nuff said. I might have to have 1 teeny 16 oz screwdriver.... I did say that I was going to do wild ...

I am totally procrastinating - I need to pack for my trip to San Diego. I take off at 6 am Saturday and dont even have my suit case out. Things I need to pack Ipod speakers Scented candle for room clothes jammies (those dont constitute clothing) socks for walking around room. I am staying at the Torrey Pines Hilton so the floor should be clean... right? Cell phone charger 2 good books (I have secret life of bees and domestic pleasures) granola bars - so I dont have to buy them there. Camera and extra batteries cord for camera to laptop toiletries (deodorant, toothpaste, floss, toothbrush, which I forgot last time, makeup, curling iron, shampoo, body wash, bubble bath, since they said that there was an extra deep tub. I already have a mini fridge in the room, I had to call ahead and pay a small fee but it will be worth it. I will go to grocery right before I leave San Diego to drive up to Torrey Pines. ok so I think that is it.. I am sure I will add things as I go, I have to pack 7 ...

There are things that I refuse to scrimp on. After Friday's episode with a container full of wax, I will now afford the 8 bucks to get my eyebrows done. You dont think that is alot, but I have to get it done every other week, which equals 16 dollars plus tip so make it 20 every month. That 20.00 can get me to work for a week, buy almost a weeks worth of dinners, definately a weeks worth of breakfasts, or lunch for my son for a week. So to many of you twenty dollars is not a lot, but to me and many more people out there, it means more than a lot. So anyways... Friday night, I am dying my hair and that is going well, I purchase Loreal 2 boxes and some wax for my eyebrows.. I am thinking I can do this... I can put hot wax on my face and rip it off in seconds, without pulling all of the hair from my eyebrows. I put the small container of wax in the microwave for 15 seconds, checked it out still rock hard, so I do it again, and again... oh dear, I take it out of the nukeoven and it...

Just thought I would welcome you to this blog. I have been blogging on Bryant's blog for years, but there comes a time when I have stories to share and I cannot because, well duh what son wants to know about hot wax dripping into his mothers eyeballs. So I created this blog. Again I welcome you

NO seriously I have been thinking.. I swear! Now, what was I thinking about??? It's around here on a post it somewhere... oh yes... next to the purple boa and my party hat. I am 39 years old. I will be 40 on October 21st of this year. I have loved my thirties and cannot wait to start my 40's. I have decided that I am going to cronicle the changes in the next few years in, yes you guessed it, a blog. I would love it if you come over and visit. I plan to have hilarious and down to earth conversations with myself (dont we all?). Please book mark my new blog and come over and visit... http://lotsofyears.blogspot.com/

Tater tot casserole.... I make mine different and I thought I would share... 1 lb ground beef 1 package frozen corn minced onion fresh or dried, I used dried. 1 8 oz sour cream (light works fine also) I can of cream of mushroom soup 1 bag of tater tots Velvetta ( half of a large loaf or enough to cover your tater tots) cheddar cheese grated .. for taste... can also be fat free OKay so I have been manipulating a reciepe I found and I finally got it down..cook 1 lb ground beef, drain and rinse off fat. Add sour cream, onion, corn and cream of mushroom soup. mix and keep on medium heat while prepping the casserole dish. dont use a 13x9 pan, takes too much cheese to cover up. I used the large corning wear casserole dish.. maybe a 8 x 6?? on the bottom I put half a bag of tater tots. Then I placed sliced velvetta cheese over it.. do not make the slices too large becuase then the dish will be too salty. Then pour the ground beef mixture over the tatertots and velvetta. The you want to put th...

Hmm, dont really want to go into detail here about the idiot I became last night, but I had to swallow my pride and go to apologize to my son for going off on him last night, and when he said its alright, I said no it is not, and that I cannot take what he says so personally. It was good! Now for a breakfast of champions.. eggs bacon and sausage and pancakes.. yummo!

Yes, even I get frustrated to the point of disgust with my son. Yesterday he comes home from school, I worked from home so I was there when he saunters in and grunts at me.... grunts WTF?? I ask him how his day was and another grunt. I was losing my patience with him. I then ask him what is wrong, and he says nothing really snotty. (Okay if that was me, my mother would have beat me into next week.. anyways) So then he goes into the kitchen looking for food and telling me he was going to walk over to the sub shop. I think not I tell him, I just spent 200 bucks on food and there is dinner in the crock pot. He gets all moody but I am hungry now, I did not eat lunch. Okay is that my fault? nope! SO then I say well I gave you money to eat at school and I am not going to waste money that we do not have to satisfy your sub craving, go make a sandwhich. OMG he says... OMG i think I am really going to slap him silly. Then I give him a list of options, only to hear OMG I dont want t...

Yes, that they are. I get a phone call from my next door neighbor at work, saying that my son forgot his keys. He was allowed to stay inside her house, and she was willing to drive him to another friends house so he did not have to sit out in the cold. . What is wrong with this picture? When i was a child, and I forgot my keys I had to sit outside in whatever weather was there and wait for a parent to come home. I was not allowed to go to the neighbors, since their life was much busier than mine and they just cannot be bothered. That was part my mothers fault though, I was convinced I was a nuisince to all around me. So, I would have to wait. And gosh forbid I had to use the bathroom, oh well... I had to wait. Think I forgot my keys again?? I think not! . He should consider himself lucky to have neighbors like that and also a mom like me =)

Today we will have a new President. He delivered a message on unity and hope which put him in the place where he is today. He is what they are calling, "a politician of the moment". President Elect Barack Obama will be our 44th President of the United States. . You would think that with an entrance like the one that I just made, I voted for him. Well, I did not vote for him. . This day, I will be able to tell my grandchildren about, how finally after so many years, that we as Americans, can see past color and vote for an multi ethnic individual to be the leader of our country. This in itself is amazing. . 1.2 million for LBJ on 1965 is the largest crowd for an inauguration. I think today that record will be beat. We drove into DC yesterday and the amount of people there just walking around was gratifying, that we as Americans support our government this much that we would subject ourselves by walking around in the cold windy air and surround ourselves in a moment that our chi...

Have another fire going today, and relaxing watching tv. I do not get to do this often so I am enjoying it. Bryant came home from school yesterday and wanted to cook. I was making cranberry bread and he wanted to make some box muffins. I let him. He is pretty good at cooking I taught him well!!!

And supposed to be colder tomorrow. I went and bought some firewood and eggs. Firewood for the fireplace and eggs for all the bread and muffins that I am going to bake today in order to keep the house warm and fuzzy. I do not want to go to the bathroom cuz the seat is sooo cold. OMG!!! I started a fire and it looks sooo pretty. I am addicted for some reason to Gilmore Girls and have been recording daily episodes. Odd for me. I feel as though I am going in different directions today as you can tell from the entry for today. I want to go for a walk but it is too cold... I already did my situp regime. I am getting ready to bake muffins.. . I have a candle burning... and thats about it for now.

OMG it has been so cold here. Not as cold as other parts of the country, but cold enough to make me want sunny San Deigo. Did I mention San Diego? I cannot wait to go. I get out of Virginia in 16 days, and am in Torrey Pines for a glorious 6 day stint. I cannot wait. Did I mention that also, that I cannot wait to go????? Watched my tivo shows this morning, and the Biggest Loser is very different this season, and I am enjoying it. I cannot believe all of that work that they have done that some of them only lost 1-2 pounds. The lady that I wanted to get kicked off the show did not, I feel that she is not trying hard enough, there are a million people that would give anything to be on that show and she is just throwing it away. She should have just taken that money and left. Oh well. Sit ups are increasing and every other day that I do them I do more and more. It is exciting, even if it is just 1 extra sit up or push up that I am able to do. I got very discouraged with the pus...

This was before.... I would never work in the kitchen because it was not "user friendly" so Friday night I reorged everything... AFTER...

Such a shame, I am watching the game now, and I don't think that San Diego will be going any further. I was hoping for a win. They made plenty of mistakes, so we shall see what Nervous Norv is going to be doing for the next season.

I have been taking pictures of the moon all day... and forgot a series at sunset.. damn. I am supposed to be cleaning and reorganizing the kitchen. Instead I am here LOL!!

The friend of mine who had the double mascetomy just found out that she is now cancer free and does not need chemo!!!

It is so hard to get the kiddo ready for school after 2 weeks off. I have a parent teacher conference on Friday in one of his classes, should be interesting. I will be extremely pleased with what she has to say to me as Bryant will be sitting next to me in the meeting, so if he has any problems with what she has to say, he can bring them up there, and if he doesnt have anything to say, I basically do not want him to utter another word about this teacher.