link to my booklog

tried to google to find my booklog and it doesn't come up, so here's the link if you want to check it out.

http://cid-de3ef6667ef61f2c.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/booklog%202009.xlsx

good book, driving tips, and some really cool color photos

we'll start with the book everyone needs to at least thumb through. it's called "big ideas/ 100 modern inventions" it's by alex hutchinson. the one thing in it that really blew me away was the thing about insulin. i never really paid attention to diabetes, or it's history as a disease/ condition. turns out it used to take 8000 pounds of cow or pig pancreses to make just 1 pound of insulin! can you even imagine?! anyway, when they figured out how to make it in a lab, it made it alot better for millions of people. there's a bunch of other stuff too, it's a neat book. check it out, i got it out of the tulsa library.

next up, some driving tips or rules of common courtsey that most people seem to have forgotten or maybe never learned in the first place.

1) when you are driving behind someone... if you can easily read their license plate... you are too damn close! BACK OFF! or i will play my favorite game with you, it's called "slam on the brakes, and it will be your fault when you rear end me and you will get the ticket and your insurance company will pay for my car repair". i've never actually done this, but i've sure felt like it a few times. i usually just tap my brakes... and sometimes who ever is behind me gets the point.

2) there's this thing on your steering column, it's called a turn signal indicator. have you ever heard of it before? well, some people haven't. here is the correct sequence for it's proper use:
1) "i think i will turn" you say to yourself
2) move turn signal indicator in proper direction, up for right, down for left
3) apply brakes to slow down
4) make turn, then make sure that it goes off so i don't have to drive behind
you for 20 miles with one of your blinkers on
THIS ALSO WORKS FOR LANE CHANGES
if you do not have working turn signal indicators, learn the hand signals and
USE THEM

3) when you stop behind someone at a light, your bumper is NOT susposed to touch their bumper! you should be able to see their back tires on the road in front of you. it is really important that you follow this when you have to stop on a hill, the person in front of you could be a newbie driver with a clutch... if you're too close... there goes your front end.

i could go on and on about what you shouldn't be doing while driving, but there's not enough space.

ok, i was not aware that 100 years ago some russian guy took a bunch of color photos of russia and its people. but he did, and it's really cool! click on link below:

http://quazen.com/arts/photography/the-incredible-century-old-color-photography-of-prokudin-gorsky

there's another link in the comments to another site about this guy, check it out too:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

ok, that all for the moment... stay tuned...

up movie, bad mcd's service, and fun bowling

took the kids to the sand springs theater yesterday to see "up", very cute movie, but bring tissues. or maybe i'm just an emotional person. anyway, we loved it and even watched all the credits at the end.

next stop was the walmart in sand springs, the girls were hungery, and i needed yarn (like i need more yarn, but this was for a project). so, the girls got the quarter pounder and plain hamburger and fries they ordered, but i had to wait like 10 minutes for the grilled honey mustard snack wrap i wanted. they had to grill the chicken! there were a lot of other people who had to wait for food too. and i think it's just this location, cause i've never had it anywhere else... the fly problem they have is horrible! the fly attracter/killer things they have don't work! it's gross! they did give me a free cherry pie for the trouble... love cherry pie...

we signed up for the kidsbowlfree.com thing. i paid the $23.95 cost to get the adults bowl free too. the girls get 2 free games a day, and so do we with the paid for thing when we bowl with them. it was fun! you just have to pay for shoe rental, and that was $8.25 for all three of us. i got a 70 the first game and a 146 the second. i don't bowl much, but i like it, it's fun! we had to have the bumpers on the lane so the girls wouldn't hit the gutters so much and at least have a chance.

another post in a day or two, got a book everyone needs to read and some driving pet peeves to share...

stay tuned...

a general mismash of what's in my brain at the moment

aaaah! summer break! i love my job! summer's and vacations off. sure, i don't get paid for two months of the year, but i don't work either. they put us on salary, so starting this year 10 equal pay checks, no more being messed up by xmas break or spring break or odd snow days.

summer weather seems to be rearing it ugly head, but we all knew it would... it can't help itself.

so, started keeping track of what i'm reading for the whole year. i've got the excel file parked over on my profile at msn. it's in the public files, it's called booklog 2009. found another book series... the dr. scarpetta novels by patricia cornwell. pretty good stuff!

trying once again to de clutter the house. got the girls bookshelf cleaned out. the videotapes are next. husband finally building them a closet, that will be nice, as their clothing is getting too big to put in drawers anymore. i'll see if i can post pics of the progress and when it's done.

ok, getting on soapbox for a whole bunch of stuff...

so, that daycare in mexico. the one that caught on fire and all those kids either died or had major injuries? why exactly was a day care in a building that was connected to a tire factory?! and why did it only have one door?! if that doesn't wake you up to the fact that mexico is a third world country, i don't know what will. that and the fact that they spawn nasty illnesses, along with all the other third and fourth world nations. (fourth world- pretty much most of africa and the middle east).

next bit. why was our president saying sorry to the middle east terrorists? why is he telling israel to go to hades? (well, he didn't exactly say that, but that's what he meant) why is he telling everyone we're the largest muslim nation on the planet?! i guess he hasn't been to the south lately... we've got a christian type church on every corner, or close to it.

if you haven't seen the dash cam from that oklahoma highway patrol car, where have you been? that cop really needs some anger management classes. i'm thinking you don't need to fly off the handle when someone flips you the bird. isn't that road rage? doesn't law enforcement preach against that?

so, i got a semi decient wrap up of pushing daisies... but why did they have to cancel it in the first place? so they could replace it with more driveling tripe?! i don't even watch ABC anymore, and i won't until LOST comes back on in the spring. the tv in the living room is hooked to directv, the one in the bedroom needs one of those converter boxes, so it's just hooked to the vcr and dvd player we got in there at the moment. mom and dad replaced all their tv's with various sized LCD flat panels (tv in the kitchen, bathroom, living room, and their bedroom). they can't get the local feed of ABC to come in, everything else is fine. but our local ABC station is annoying anyway and we never watch it. the local news is biased, and they seriously need to get some fresh meat on the news desk. the CBS local feed is the best for news and weather. the NBC local feed is second, with the FOX local being in third.

well, can't think of anything else at the moment.

stay tuned...

spring... calling spring... hello?!

so, seriously... where is spring? it cold! i should not still be this cold. i hate cold... really i do. we're half way through april for pete's sake... let's have some warmness already.

finally got to watch the dead like me movie. some people didn't like it on the netflix review, said 'cause the original daisy and rube were gone that it sucked, well... i disagree. they could get any dumb blond to play daisy. and i did miss rube, but having the new guy was funny. i liked how they got rid of him, it was a hoot. and that george was the new post it note hander outter, i really liked that. and that she got closer with her sis and her sis could get on with life. it was a good wrap up... now if they could give us some closer on pushing daisies... i could get on with my life.

gotten into the jesse stone book by robert b. parker. they're good! i read the 4th, 5th, and 6th books, now i'm starting with the 1st, and i've got the 2nd and 3rd from the library to read next.

also, seems somehow i missed a princess diaries book... don't know how! so now i've got 2 to buy in hardback for my series to be complete.

does it bother anyone else that obama was so chummy with that chevez guy from south america? let's suck up to the commies why don't we?

and what was with those news people on the liberal channels and the whole "teabagging" thing? seriously, if i want that kind of humor, i don't watch the news for it. maybe southpark, or one of those american pie movies (which i have never watched as they are a poor rip off of porky's movies).

ok, a movie i want to watch is on, so i gotta go. stay tuned...

another burrito filling recipe, weird spring weather

had too much time on my hands again... here's another burrito filling recipe.

Taco Chicken Burritos
makes 6

6 burrito size flour tortillas

filling-
12.5 oz can tyson premium chunk white chicken, drained
10 oz can Rotel, drained
15 oz can ranch style beans, drained
1 pkg. taco seasoning
4-6 ozs shredded cheese (i used sharp cheddar)

dump drained chicken in mixing bowl and shred with a fork. add rotel, beans, and taco seasoning, mix well. shred the cheese right into mixing bowl, mix well. split between the 6 tortillas and fold up burrito style. wrap up in that press 'n seal plastic wrap or foil and freeze for later lunches... or heat one up and eat it now.

i've got 6 in the freezer for lunches. i figured it up and maybe spent like $1.25 per burrito, you could go cheaper if you used the white and dark mixed canned chicken, but i don't like the taste of dark meat chicken, so i go for the all white meat kind. that's just my over-sensitive taste buds talking.

ok, so not so sure about this weird spring weather we're getting... 9 inches of snow in late march is just not right. but also glad for the water in the cistern out back, it was down to 200 gallons, and i start getting antsy when the tank is that low. full tank now, reserve 400 gallon full as well. main tank is 1500 gallons. for all of you with questions... no county water where we are... water table is polluted by drillers dumping god knows what down oil wells to bring up oil to surface, so we don't have a well... with the metal roof space we have, we get 600 per inch of rain... we use a pump and pressure tank, so we don't notice any difference... i do wash at the laundrymat, so we don't need water for that...ok, any other questions not answered, comment and i'll answer them.

ok, gotta go, stay tuned...

ugly yellow house and other stuff...

why, oh, why would anyone do this to their house?! i have the top 3 reasons below:

1) they got the paint on sale
2) they really LOVE spongebob squarepants
3) they REALLY HATE their neighbors

i'm leaning toward reason #3.

there have been some other ugly houses in sapulpa, most notably the pink victorian over on independance street. it was pink with dark hot pink trim and red indoor/outdoor carpet on the porch. when new people bought it, they had vinyl siding put on in tan with brown trim and they ditched the carpet on the porch. there's also the turquoise house on the same street, it's still that color. over next to the arby's is the pink house, but it's a locksmith business... so maybe they can get away with it. on the west side of town is the "no tell motel" that until receintly was painted "god NO! orange", but they painted it that color in protest of the city trying to get rid of them for the widening project. they wouldn't sell...anyway... it's now been repainted this last week in a lovely shade of a greyish light blue.

so, it's spring break. a nice quiet week spent mostly at home. yesterday i finally got dad's computer back up and running. that thing is 10 yrs old now, so it's in the patchwork stage of it's life. had to bum a floppy drive off a friend, and i thought that the cdrom was bad too... but turns out it's a bad plug in on the motherboard. so i jockeyed around some stuff and now the harddrive and cdrom are on one ide cable. it's only got a 500mhz pentium 3 chip, and i was gonna try to run ubuntu on it for the OS, but after trying to get the modem found... i've decided that linux is for people who really miss the DOS days of windows. so, it got the windows 98 se back on it. with the bond issue passed for the schools, they'll be getting all new computers for the schools, so i can put in my chit for a couple of the old ones (only 4 yrs old) to cobble together dad a newer one.

today oldest has dr appt for check up on her activity induced asthma (from playing trumpet), then i think we'll do the wash. tomorrow both girls have dentist appts, then maybe we'll go to the zoo in tulsa. it's nice enough weather for it.

what i'd really like to do is flake out for the day on the computer and play my favorite game... puzzle pirates... maybe thursday...

ok, all for now... stay tuned...

do the obama shuffle!

look left... look right... look left... look right... now put a bounce in your step... and snap those fingers and you're doing the obama shuffle!

ok, even if you can't stand to listen to him, you've got to watch his next speech! mute the tv and you'll see him do the above dance... ok, maybe not the bounce in his step and the finger snapping... but watch him for a while and you'll be waiting for the rest to kick in. it's funny! and if nancy pelosi (not spelled right, i'm sure) is behind him, you can see her impression of a happy seal clapping it's fins together. when she's this happy... we're all screwed.

the reason for the looking left and right is because he's teleprompter addicted, just like he's addicted to his blackberry. he never looks out at the crowd, just left and right at the teleprompters. he can't talk without them... and if he does, he couldn't win the "um" game to save his life. the "um" game was a local radio station game back in the late 80's, you had to talk about any subject for 30 seconds and not say "um" to get the prize.

bush may not have been the greatest speaker in the world, but at least he looked out at the crowd and tried to connect with them. obama just looks like a ventriloqust dummy, it's sad.

ok, that's all for the moment. when i get a funny pic uploaded, we'll be wondering why someone would do this to their house...

stay tuned...

blocking ads for legal products?! how?! and vegiterrorists

ok, getting up on soap box.

i have yet to understand how the government can block ads for perfectly legal products. this is about the cigarette and tobacco industry, so if you're a commie stop reading now.

this is still a free country, right? we still have free speech, right? so if something is legal and is sold in stores everywhere, why can't said industry advertise their product? i just don't get it. yes, said product is not really healthy for you... as people die from smoke inhalation in house fires... but still. it's a free country! if people want to smoke or dip or whatever is it REALLY your business? no it is not.

i used to smoke, social smoking really, from age 11 to 15. at 15 i decided it was a stupid, smelly, costly habit and never puffed as the cigarette was passed around again. i never smoked pot, even though i could have... there was plenty around the house... dad spent prison time for growing the stuff back in the 80's.

what's brought this to the fore front again is this stupid town in california that passed a law that you can't smoke in your own house. commie libs! lets just start up the gestapo from germany again while we're at it! our freedoms in this country are slowly being chipped away... and no one cares!

when they outlaw tobacco products (yeah! right! like they'd give up THAT tax money!) then i will not have a problem with the ad ban, but until then, i do have a problem. it's just another freedom gone... blowin' in the wind... just out of reach.

now on to the vegiterrorists! you know who you are! you who think you must push your anti meat eating agenda on the rest of us. you who throw paint on really nice fur coats! what else are you gonna do with a mink? it's like a rat! the best thing that happens to it is a nice coat. i really like meat and it's good for me. soy is not an acceptable meat substitute! i've tasted vegi burgers (on accident, mind you! got one at backyard burgers once in a drive thru screw up), and really... yuck! nothing is more enjoyable than that nice steak... just off the grill... with some seasoned potatoes on the side... i can smell it now... can't you? i'm a proud member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals). we raise our own cow... the last one was named T-bone. i like watching the cow grow... knowing that when it's nice and fat and juicy it goes to the butcher and i get lots of beef for the freezer to feed our family.

oooohhhh! i'm really in a mood today... can't you tell? it's the DMS (During Menstrual Syndrome). ok, outta here, must go eat some meat and breathe the secondhand smoke from my husbands cigarettes, i'm sure to some of you out there that means i will die soon. get a life! (gads, i really am horrible today, better get outta here now...

stay tuned...

icy... but i still got power!

it decided to dump the nastiness on us again. started monday afternoon with ice, followed that evening and the next day with sleet and then topped it off with some snow last night. sun today, but that won't do us much good as it's still below freezing outside. but, hey! i still got power, so i'm a very happy camper!

out of school, of course. roads are a mess. we are now going to school into june, we used our 2 built in snow days last month. i don't see the roads being any better by tomorrow and the weather guys are saying we could have some fog with the icy roads in the morning. i'm thinking that ice and fog don't mix... but that could just be me. mom left for town a bit ago for supplies, she's got studded tires on the front of the dodge caravan. when oldest was little, she said "nana, you have claws on your tires!".

so, the latest bloody jack novel was so great... i started making that whimpering noise when i finished it... wanting more. if you haven't read it, give it a try. the first one is called bloody jack, the author is l.a. meyer or mayer... i'm not so good with the spelling sometimes.

lost is getting good... glad to have it back. life on mars is also back tonight, so that's what i'll be doing this evening... flaked out in front of network tv (a rarity).

k, it's back to puzzle pirates. i must have more poe! and what else am i gonna do? i can't go anywhere and there's only so much tv i can watch and i'm outta books to read. ugh!

so, see ya later... stay tuned...

driveling tripe and other ramblings

ok, after being exposed to the new line up on abc, cbs, and nbc i have come up with the newest catch phrase to describe it all... "driveling tripe"! i think it accurately takes care of all of the dancing (please tell me who went down on who to get that on the air?!), house renovating with sob story attached, singing contests (i HATED star search!), weight losing, and beauty (on the inside) contests/drama/i've got no clue time wasting crap they are now showing. my time watching the over the air networks has greatly decreased anyway, the only things i watch there are Lost, Life on Mars, Reaper (if and when it comes back on), The Price is Right, and Wheel of Fortune. Also, Survivor when it's on, it's funny, the others are all just copy cats and bad ones at that.

so, got my car back. nissan engines are apparently not meant to be worked on, the bill told me so. $835.00. i was expecting worse as the heads had to come off and go to the machine shop, they weren't as bad as wily first thought. to celebrate we will be traveling to owasso today to partake of lunch at baja jack's burrito shack and dessert at maggie moos ice cream. i also have to go to the library in west tulsa to drop off a book and pick up the one i got on reserve, the new one in the bloody jack series.

guess that all for the moment, stay tuned...

the last 3 books i've read

ok, yeah, i like to read... alot. i'm pretty much a a speed reader, so i can go through a lot of books. this can get expensive, to combat the price i go to the library. sapulpa's is ok, and i do get alot there, but tulsa is even better! since i don't live in tulsa county, i can't get a free card, but at $50 a year, this is a serious bargain.

i'm not real picky, but it does have to have humor, a decent plot and fun characters. i'm not really into sex and violence. if there's too much describing, i put it in the "les miserables" pile, i hated that book! got to page 107, couldn't go any farther, read the cliff notes, and got the highest grade on the final... 86%. when they start describing the lead character taking a leak... well that's just too much for me. i'm thinking something (maybe a lot) was lost in the translation from french, but since i'm lucky to get by in english, i won't be reading the original french novel anytime soon.

so, here's the last 3 books i've read, in no particular order.

Elle Woods, blonde at heart by Natalie Standiford (based on the character created by Amanda Brown)
This is about elle's late teen years, her sophomore year. it's really cute, and i didn't even know it existed until i was browsing the teen section at the brookside branch of the tulsa library. you can find a lot of books just browsing the stacks. anyway, it's really fun, and a quick read and i would recommend it.

Cindy Ella by Robin Palmer
A different take on the whole cinderella thing, and better. she lives in L.A. with her dad, stepmom, 2 twin stepsisters and her half baby brother who is about 1. the step sisters are seniors and she's a sophomore. she's got 2 great friends, and weird guy she IM's with, and a cute new SAT tutor. it's a fun ride. i loved it.

Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson
I'm a big fan of the whole "undead and" series, it's a hoot! if they ever make a movie (please, please, pretty please with sugar on top), that chick who played the fiance in the remake of the parent trap should so play betsy. i can see her now... really. if you haven't read any of these books, start with the first one and read them in sequence or you won't get it. i have them all in paperback, and have read them at least 3 times each.


ok, so got the baby afghan done. it's real cute. haven't de cluttered the house yet... i'm working on it slowly... yeah... right.

hmmm, guess that's all for the moment, still stuck at home... car still in shop... stay tuned...

it's alllllll ooooooovvvvveeeeerrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yea, the annoying time of year seems to be over.

well, didn't get my mommy holiday this year. since my car is still in the shop (engine has compression leak, can we say $$$$$$?), there was no way to get everyone to nana's. nana dropped gifts by on wednesday to her brother in kellyville who delivered them here. she has yet to step foot in our house. she visited us twice when we lived in town in the duplex on hickory, but only after first daughter was born. some people say i'm lucky to not have the interfering mom-in-law, whatever. we visit her in inola, and i guess that works out fine.

so, i have a lot of stuff i'd like to do, but with no car, i'm stuck at home. almost done with a baby afghan for a teacher's first grandbaby, but need more yarn. need to de-clutter house, but out of the large black trash bags. yeah.

i've been playing too much puzzle pirates, and i've finished 3 books since saturday. and i've been cooking... great burrito filling:

1lb. ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 can rotel (do not drain)
1/3 cup instant brown rice
1/4 cup water

brown ground beef, add rest of stuff, bring to boil, lower heat to simmer, cover, simmer about 7 minutes. i used about 6ozs of shredded montery jack cheese. this made 5 burritos with the large flour tortillas. if you want to stretch it, add a can of ranch beans. yummy.

i hope i get my car back soon, i got stuff to do.

stay tuned...

oooohhhhh! almost forgot...

our lovely ex-judge thompson was in the news again! he got picked up on DWI! lovely mugshot photo... so like nick nolte, or gary busey! he's even got an earring in his left ear now. they took another mugshot after they shaved his head and facial hair off and took out his earring, that one made him look like an old skinhead.

seriously feel really sorry for his family.

if you don't live in the area, go to http://newson6.com for the info, look in the local news archives for the past week or two. they don't have the 2nd mug shot up, i saw that on tv, but the first one will give you a giggle.

stay tuned...

9 yr olds new word... christmaholic!

upon hearing that our favorite radio station (mix96) was playing nothing but christmas music from thanksgiving through christmas, my 9 yr old asked "mommy, are they christmaholics?". christmaholic, isn't that a great word? we've decided it applies to anyone who goes overboard and gets drunk on the holiday. if your house can be seen from space because of your light display... if your house looks like you're having a yard sale because of all the decorations... if you have a christmas sweater collection... if the inside of your house looks like an over priced gift shop... if you have more that one christmas tree in your house... (i could go on and on...) then you're a christmaholic.

you can either be proud, or join a support group.

not really enjoying the cold weather... but at least the power hasn't gone out! i get unbearable with no power on... it's not pretty.

joining the digital tv revolution today... directv is upgrading our system. we've still got the same box and dish we put up in dec of 98. we got our 10th anniversary present from directv, $5 off our bill for 10 months. pretty nice of them.

car in the shop for over heating. thought it was fixed, but now the thermostat is sticking! i was lucky to get it home. it just got replaced, so i don't know what the deal is... i'm annoyed.

tried to e-mail ex-best friend, just asked if she was still pissed at me. haven't heard back, so i'm guessing she is. she can hold a grudge, it's only been 2 yrs, maybe i should try in a couple of more years.

ok, back to being cold.

stay tuned...

aaaahhhh... vacation

one wonderful thing about working for the school district is we get all the vacation time the kids do!

the holidays (bah hum bug!) is once again upon us. so, my remote is getting a workout again when i have to mute those damn kay jewelry ads! at least the moody's jewelry don't have a stupid jingle that won't go away.

have joined up on facebook, it's so much nicer than myspace. better interface, and everyone seems to be on there.

so, today i've got to do some wash, and drop a computer that i fixed back to it's home, and get some eggs and cat food at walmart.

interesting development. oldest daughter has developed asthma... from playing the trumpet! activity induced, says the doctor. so she has the flovent once a day and has to carry an inhaler that she uses before band. husband says he developed something similar from playing so much sports, but he grew out of it... so i hope this will happen to her.

husband went hunting on monday and got three deer within 30 mins. made his brother mad, though, cause he's a trophy hunter and husband head shot all 3. lots of meat in the freezer, would have preferred another cow in the freezer or a pig, but the deer will do.

ok, all for now, stay tuned...

Handbasket replaced!

instead of "going to hell in a handbasket!", the country has voted! we are now "going to hell in a stretch limo with a mini bar!"

enough said.

although i am glad it's all over and i don't have to wear out the mute button on my remote anymore! that was getting tiring.

ooooooh! new favorite show! life on mars, 9pm central, on abc! it's really good! this show will hold me over until reaper and lost get back. now, if they would just bring dead like me back, i'd be a happy camper!

the girls ran in the 1k fun run in sapulpa yesterday, there was about 70 people who ran it. they came in in the top 20. now, they just want to rest.

oooooh! really good development! i finally said bye, bye to dial up! got the at&t wireless internet, it's great! i'm only in the edge network at the moment, so download speed is 237k, but when you were putting up with 26k on dial up... this is wonderful! works great with puzzle pirates and husband's party poker. they are expanding the 3G network, so i'll have the 3Mb speed soon, we're right on the edge of it at the moment.

saw ex-best friend in passing at walmart (where you run into everyone), and she didn't give me a dirty look or try to hit me, so maybe she's done being pissed at me. (for info on this, look up september 06 entry)

ok, all for now. stay tuned...

can this election just be over with already?!

i swear, the last month before any major election makes me want to run screaming for the hills! the campaign ads are really giving my remote a workout, i have to hit the mute button so much. we don't get the presidential ads much here in flyover country, so it's a toss up between the inhofe/rice ads or the sullivan/oliver ads as to who makes me cringe more. i'll be so glad when all of this is over... it's just too much.

ok, off soapbox.

stay tuned...

igby goes down

ok, it's hot and it's august and it's a sunday where i'm trying to stay in the house to keep from frying outside.

as usual there is nothing on tv... except golf and infomercials (and we all know how i feel about those!). so, i'm flipping around... trying to find anything. (the only tv hooked to directv is in the living room where hubby is watching 3 shows at once). i'm in the bedroom, with the 13" color. so, yeah, flipping around... and it goes to the fox affiliate (ch. 23), and it says "sunday movie". ohhh, a movie, maybe it's something i haven't seen. then this really bizarre scene comes on... and i keep waiting for the title of the movie (you have to wait a while for it) and by the time the title comes on... i'm hooked! i have to see this movie!

two hours later, i was like... that was really good...! i looked it up on imdb.com and i really don't remember this movie in the theater, but in 2002 i had a lot going on. the girls were 3 and 5, and i was dealing with the older one in full day kindergarten and the younger one not happy about sister gone for so long during the day.

so, anyway, yeah, if you haven't seen "igby goes down", you should really give it a look see.

regular post tomorrow.

a general mishmash of stuff in my noggin

so, it's summer. finally. not that i don't love my job, cause it's never boring and changes from day to day (you never know what elementary age kids will do...), but i love having the time off.

got a new weed eater, it's the orange one a husky? the Swedish one. really nice and takes care of the hilly rocky yard that i could never deal with if i had to use a mower. if you look outside, you'll go "ice storm, what ice storm?" cause it looks like a jungle out there! the tree that fell down in the front yard by the driveway... is still growing! the tall skinny oak trees that kinda snapped at the top, still growing! got love scrub oak trees, husband says that's who we have to worry about taking over the world, not aliens. you cut them down, they grow back tenfold!

trying to figure out what to do this summer besides cleaning out my house. thinking of going over to arkansas to take the girls camping and see some stuff. like quartz crystal hunting, a lake or two, and blanchard springs cavern. cheap vacation, we'll only stay at a motel if it looks like rain. they have showers at the lake campgrounds, and we can roast hot dogs. not going to new mexico this year, nana and papa are in the midst of selling their house to move to colorado to be closer to family. their house is half packed up and not company ready. gonna miss that trip, as we've done it for the past 5 yrs.

am seriously wishing that gas prices would go down, but know that won't happen until after the election, when whoever gets in says "see, look what i did! i made gas go below $2.oo a gallon! i'm the man! (or woman, if hillary pulls something nasty)."

so, i know people are reading this stuff outta my head, but no one comments. what's up with that?

ok, guess there's not anything more in my noggin at the moment. stay tuned...