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

Chapter 1 She left the peanuts as planned on the back porch where I can get them easily. I take a nut, examine it and then start chewing. I see her staring at me, and give her the thank you pose. I then sniff and am asked if I would like another, "don't mind if I do" I say as I gently take the nut in my mouth She then surprises me by telling me all of her errands that she has to run, and suddenly all I hear is "blah Blah blah blah mcdonalds blah blah french fry", my ears perk up waiting for that yummie salty fry. I debate having one then wind up eating 8 of them I finally scamper away so I do not have to listen to the lady and I can enjoy my french fry in peace.

Some of you may get this. If you are at the GYN and your obviously laying on the table in the most comfortable of positions, and she asks you to cough.. OMG don't do it!!! I was so worried about maybe passing gas that I couldn't suck in and cough at the same time and as soon as I sucked in to cough oh my heavenly father I felt needles coming out of my nose!!!!! It was as bad as it sounds.. for like a millisecond, then the cramping started, then you can hear her ask her assistant, "can I get the dialator?" Like I need to be squeezed open any farther, I would have said, no need to stretch me too far, but if I breathed it tended to hurt more. Also, another funny part, she said okay by the time you count down from ten it will be all over, well while I was counting of course I was still holding my breath, and when it was all over I felt like I was going to pass out. Happy times, happy times!!! I also found out what was wrong with me, but I forgot the name, not what I ...

I have a Facebook account, do you? Much of what I am about to say are just perceptions and thoughts I have had while playing on facebook in the middle of the night when I have nothing better to do. I am not saying that everyone does all of these that are listed, but think about it... Do you spend hours setting it up, looking for long lost friends, adding them to your network and then wonder who the hell they are? Or why did you friend them at all, since you only spoke to them in passing, your senior year of high school, during 5th period? Think about it... I'm just saying... Do you wonder why someone friended you that you went to 6th grade camp with, exchanged a few letters then dropped off the face of the earth, only to have facebook find you and friend you? Do you look at pictures of members of your graduating class in high school and think to yourself omg I look so much better than any of them? Maybe I will friend some of these people just so they can see how hot I am in my prof...

I want to go see New Moon. I have determined that my age and that hunk of a boy who is in the movie, with no chest hair would get me 15-20 in a maxium state prison. I have read numerous posts about older women being totally in love with Edward, and now Jacob. I fail to see the reasoning behind this until, *blink* I look at my husband and wish so many times that he would woo me like Edward woo's Bella, or protect me like Jacob protects Bella. I then slap myself into reality and ask the hubby for more weekly spending money, there I am happy. First off, someone really needs to talk to Bella and tell her that she does not need a man in her life that is constantly bickering with her because everything in the world is, "just too dangerous for you Bella". That in itself is gross, but hell, words and sentences like that has made Stephanie Meyer sells 85 million books world wide. Now, why could I not thought of the washed up vampire who needs some good PR in order to get a fat roy...

This is the week where everyone is telling everyone else what they got or didn't get for Christmas, the kids are still opening boxes trying to find new things to play with before the dreaded "I'm bored" words come out of their mouth. You start thinking of the menu for New Years. You go to the grocery store and buy healthy food for the week so that when New Years snacks come along, you can have one. You also wonder, "is next year going to be different than this year?" You go through next years calendar and mark important dates, birthdays, fire alarm battery checks, and days off from work. I think to myself, that this is going to be an eventful year, and also a sad one. I don't have an miraculous diet pill so I will be skinny by beach season, I do not think of reorganizing all of my closets one week at a time, I do not think of being nicer to the children, I do not think of making my friendships last longer. Most of these things take work in order for them...

No matter what I got for Christmas, the best thing was spending time with friends and of course family. The weather was cold and dreary today, perfect skiing weather, but not for staying home and opening presents. There was a zoo outside between the squrriels, cardinals, blue jays, black birds, wood peckers and other animals were all outside begging for food. I didn't get any pictures.

1 cup of corn syrup 1 cup of sugar boil together for 1 minute.. add 1 cup of peanut butter (creamy) add 4 cups of corn flakes or rice crispies mix together drop in spoonfuls on wax paper, drizzle with white, dark or milk chocolate by melting chips in microwave for 1 minute, stir then 10-15 seconds at a time. These were a great hit yesterday at home, at friends and also at the moose!

**Gulliver's Corn** ~Butter a souffle dish/baking dish ~2 bags (16 oz.) frozen corn ~1 1/2 C whipping cream ~2 teaspoon salt ~1 teaspoon sugar ~3 Tablespoons flour mixed w/3 Tablespoons MELTED butter/margarine ~1/2 C grated parmesan cheese *Butter an ovenproof baking dish.Sprinkle 2-3 Tablespoons parmesan cheese over the butter,tilting pan to distribute the cheese.Bring the whippong cream to a boil.Reduce heat and add corn.Simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in salt&sugar,bring back to boil.Mak a paste out of the butter & Flour(uncooked roue)and stir into corn & cook until thickened.Turn corn into ovenproof dish,sprinkle w/ cheese & dot w/ butter.*Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes or until bubbling/golden brown **The more cheese the better:) FYI:Refrigerate up to 4 days and can freeze before baking Serves 8-10

It is amazing how 55 days till Christmas can turn into 3 days till Christmas so fast. All I have left to do is wrap presents and buy Christmas eve snacks, and dinner for Christmas day. The snow makes for a perfect backdrop for the holiday, I do wish though it was blinding white as it has been, but with it melting and people walking around, it is not looking as pretty as it did prior to today. I just love going outside for a moment then coming back into the house blind as a bat. I took some wonderful pictures yesterday of the boys trying to sled down the hill. At 17, they still find time to act like normal human beings and not so much of an arse as he has been acting. I will post them shortly.

Did you see the post I had from earlier this morning? The one with the picture of the snow on our table that is outside? Well this was how it looked at 1:00pm... I keep wondering if the deck is going to fall off the house soon. Each time the dog goes outside as soon as she makes a path through the snow, it starts filling back up with snow at a record speed. I went outside awhile and played with the dog. It's funny though, cuz I was home all day with the exception of this morning, and I have been grazing all day from boredom. I finally made dinner and told myself that I am not going back into the kitchen for the rest of the night!!

What can I say, I am a kid at heart. I was up all night watching the snow fall, enjoying the whiteness and quiet of this spectacular event taking place. I woke everyone else up around 6 am to see and the dog went wild and C wanted to go outside with D. It was a blast. The snowplows already came in and ruined the parking lot, but the back deck is still untouched and blissful. I wish everything was this easy, and I also wish for an innertube!

Nothing like a picture of Cheesecake and some vodka to keep you going through the week. Of course you can't have these together, but they make for some great times!

For me, Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. The decorating, baking and being with friends and family is always fun and exhausting but well worth it. I have collected a few decorations over the years that are special to me, and I put them on my tree each and every year with a laugh and a moment where memories come flooding back. I try to pick an ornament each year that signifies what the year has brought, or a special memory. I have no idea what this year would bring, maybe a uhaul ornament. Haven't found one through hallmark yet though! This Starbucks ornament signifies where Mr. Anal and I met and where we would spend almost every morning we were together, this was of course before we had bills, so now this is saved for special occasions, but I still think of one of our first conversations at a Starbucks! This is a mouse with cheese, I always would tease Mr. Anal about how he needed some cheesse to go with his whine, and I would call him a 'titmouse' at times. This w...

Be prepared people.. I am getting a facelift which of course is well deserved. Stay tuned!

I sit here, and think of everything I have to do to make this year a success. I made a to-do list, and tried to delegate everything on it to someone else. That was very easy to do, but now... omg omg omg omg 11 days omg omg Okay, I did make cookies this year, which is more than I did last year. I do have wrapping paper and tape, but I need items to wrap up. I did mail out the Christmas cards, and plan somewhat of a holiday dinner. There is just so much for me to do, and that doesn't include school work. And so what am I do right now??? Blogging... Harvesting my crops and trying to get stuff from eggs... Reading other blogs... Checking my emails at work even though I have the day off... Went to the store and made macaroni salad (how random is that?) Calvin is now the most finicky cat I have ever owned. Does he not know that he is as spoiled as spoiled comes right now? He will not eat the cat food that I purchased for him (its chicken flavored) He likes the friskies fish flavored.. s...

He has this one teacher, from last year that he likes to visit, and one of her teacher friends is an algebra II teacher and has been helping Bryant with his work. I love awesome teachers!!! Anyways, I baked cookies last night, and he took some to this teacher. He rocks!!!

All day yesterday I was wondering what the cats would think of the tree. Well, there is now a hole in it. I thought it was a hole from when the branches fell, but on closer investigation, I saw broken branches. I knew Calvin took a nose dive in the tree. We moved that part to the back and I filled a spray bottle up with water. Amazing what a little spray of water will do.

A funny story, you know you had a good weekend when you have a funny story and it takes you a few days to write it down! I have a funny story to tell and it involves a friend. You know how those stories start, you have a great day followed by an amazing night and you spend the entire next day trying to remember/or forget what you did the night before. It has taken me all week to write this, or maybe to remember all of the details. It involved kareoke, beer, margarita's, vodka and buttery nipples. It started out harmless enough, we went to a computer show, bought some stuff, admired the snow coming down, drove back home, and at that time we all decided that it would be a perfect day for 'buttery nipples'. Now if you like werther's butterscotch candies, you will love a buttery nipple. We went to the ABC store, got all of the essentials, plus a few non essentials and went to lunch. Had a very relaxing lunch, it was very nice. A great couples day!!! What happens next may b...

My son, most of you know and love, most of the time, turns 17 today. Here I write 17 things that I love about him. 1. He holds the door open for girls and his mom 2. He doesn't swear in front of me 3. He loves dogs, and I see him snuggling with the cat when I am not looking 4. He has a job 5. He showers every day, sometimes twice a day 6. He will watch scary movies with me 7. He will just sit down and shoot the breeze with me 8. He will pick me up and drive me home when I need him too 9. He will still go to the grocery store for me 10. He has this infectious laugh, and knows how to make me laugh 11. He doesn't stay mad at me for very long, and will walk away instead of yell at me 12. He communicates with me 13. I can trust him when I go out of town for a night or two 14. He treats his elders how he wants to be treated 15. He likes hanging out with me and playing pool 16. He has my eyes 17. He is going to make a great dad and husband some day 17 years ago I was at Balboa ...

With the holidays coming close and the stress of it all bearing down on me, I am starting to get a bit tired of twitter, ,facebook, blogs, livejournal, myspace. There are so many different social networks out there, and I just want to belong. TO THEM ALL. Every night when I come home I check my facebook, harvest my crops, stalk , whoops I mean look for old friends and then try to have time to cook dinner, clean, get ready for the next day, talk to friends, eat dinner, go to the gym, watch tv, study and sleep. I usually get 6 hours of sleep a night. Yes I know I am in heaven. You would be in hell if I got anyless that 6 hours. So since I have so many other things to do, I have had to let some things do, myspace was the first... mostly for kids anyways and not many fun games. LiveJournal is seriously going down since facebook came along. I only have a few friends that still post, I may delete my account. I havent even tweeted a tweet for the past 6 months so that is gone too. Eno...