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

If you are you looking for embroidery patterns, almost every sight offers free samples, or "freebies". I usually just download the file extension I need for my machine and leave the rest...they add up fast and take up a lot of disk space otherwise. I forget which brand you have, but there should be a website for all the major companies, both US and Europe. for example, here is the link to the Brother site: http://www.brother-usa.com/HomeSewing/ Here's a link to a shop in Occaquan: http://www.seweasysewing.com/ Other embroidery sites I like for freebies include: http://www.amazingdesigns.com/en/downloads/ http://www.artbuygeorge.com/northpole/ http://www.designsbysick.com/hourly http://www.cassandrasembroidery.com/index.html http://www.sewforum.com/viewforum.php?f=16 http://cindysembroiderydesigns.com/ http://www.embroidery.com/default.asp?sid={A143718E-6C86-4416-9E64-5D6A8CA0751F}&shopstop=1 http://www.embroiderthis.com/ http://www.urbanthreads.com/departments/machi...

Summer around here is going by so fast I can't seem to grasp a free "me" day. I have been going, going, going for weeks now and I need a break! The house is suffering and so is my mind, hopefully I can change some of this, this weekend so at least I can find things around the house. I swear everytime I lose something, instead of blaming Bryant, I blame the cats. I have started several posts to no avail. I want to be readable, whitty, funny and relaxed. I haven't been able to sit down long enough to think of a post. I think of all my friends and what they are doing, how they have made me feel good about myself, how they have made me laugh, how I drive them crazy with my pms, yet they are always there. Each one of them have their difficulties also, and we can always get together and just talk, without being judged, without being laughed at, and without the thought of losing them. I think about my friends every day, and always hope that they are doing well when w...

Remember when you would choose your cereal based on the toy that was featured on the box? Or how you would drive to every single McDonald's so you buy a million happy meals for the Beanie Baby? Today when you go to the grocery store, you no longer look at the toys, you look at the price. Many companies have stopped putting toys in their cereal boxes. I have 5 boxes of cereal on my refrigerator with you have a 1 in 10 chance of winning an ipod gift card. A chance, big deal! Where is my free cool toy? Where were the graphics that Disney advertised on Cheerio's boxes with a small train inside? Or the flying saucers that glowed in the dark. With the Lone Ranger gun offer and the Wyatt Earp ring? Some things that we experienced when we were children will never be the same as our children are growing up. How many times did you get yelled at because you opened all of the cereal just for the prizes? That the cereal is now going to go stale and that we are not going to waste ...

So I am sitting here with of course a pounding headache and it is no ones fault but my own. I went to my meeting last night, thinking that I would leave right afterwards to go home and pack for my weekend trip. I did not leave right afterwards, I did not go home and pack and I did not eat anything for dinner. This is a recipe for disaster! After the meeting, sure we will have one drink. 3 drinks and 2 slim jims later and I going home, there was no way that I am packing tonight, so of course next logical thing, eat cheese and crackers and get on facebook. I have no idea what time I went to bed, but I do remember the pounding migraine in my head waking me up at 3 am with a bout of nausea and tears and no medication in the house. Lovely. I then somehow, gulped about 8 ibuprophens and a gallon of water, then moaning and rocking on the couch, praying for the bad men to get out of my head. I thankfully had a frozen bottle of water in the freezer, which I promptly put on my head and a...

What a weekend. Of course mine started early since I took Friday off. We had a golf gig at the Moose. It involved drinking at 8 am and didn't stop till sometime that night. I golfed very well, after not playing in a year. My team came in tied for third but we did not get the honor! The lunch was great and a good time was had by all. I was a vegetable on Saturday and I loved it. Sunday I had to work, which was fine. Looking forward to the week have much planned!

She will nnow, lay next to me, and the other night she laid on my chest and I could cover her with the blanket. She is starting to like me. Her favorite spot though it sleeping with Maggie.. very odd.

Hope everyone had just as good of a holiday as I did. Even though I was not feeling good, I made the most of it and braved the outside world and spent the day with friends, good food, awesome fireworks and wonderful weather. Why is it that Hotdogs taste so much better when they are cooked at a bbq? I have tried to replicate the same aroma and taste with my hotdogs, grilled with charcol and with hot buns, but that same hotdog cooked in the atmosphere with friends and lots of good times is something that cannot be repeated under any other circumstances.

They play, way too much. They eat, way too much. Calvin can jump from my bed to the top of my television. He is very smart though, I told him "no" he walked away, then came back and did it again, I took him and swatted him softly and said no very deep, and he hasn't done it again.. as of yet. I try not to scare them becuase I want Tao to feel safe. Calvin loves to give kisses, and to lay where ever he wants to on you. His favorite is when I am sititing on the couch, and he will lay half on the top of the couch then his front legs laying over my shoulders, and his head resting on my shoulder. Tao, still is the "Oh let me smell your finger and run away" She gets away with a lot since I dont want to yell at her. She still meow's for Calvin, then hisses at him when he does something she does not want him to do. They are so fun to watch. When they get on the counters, Tao understands get down, Calvin I have to stand up in order for him to get down. He is...