I spent the afternoon today visiting with my sister-in-law, Angie, who is at home convalescing from back surgery she had on Monday. It seems she blew out a disc in her lower back when she sneezed while picking up her son to put him in the car. She had been having some problems with her lower back for a few weeks prior to that, but when she blew the disc out, she was in IMMENSE pain. Her regular doctor (a very prominent doctor in Summerville who also happens to be a raging a$$hole) basically said she was just having muscle spasms and wanted to just throw more pain pills at her. Long story short, she went to MUSC and had an MRI done on her own because she was convinced she was NOT crazy and they scheduled her for surgery three days later. The long and the short of it is that she was not crazy. Not only was she in the worse amount of pain in her life, she may have permanent nerve damage in her right leg due to walking around with a blown disc/spinal injury for two weeks! She is feeling much better today (after three days of pain from the surgery), and we had a very nice day laughing and just catching up. She is going to be homebound for five to eight weeks so I told her I would come over once a week and visit. I think it will break up some of the monotony of being home day in and day out.
My BFF, Brandy, is also back up and running after a nasty case of the H1N1 swine flu. She was quarantined from her husband and daughter for quite a while and I definitely think she was going stir crazy. I feel really bad about not being able to do more for her, but having gotten pneumonia just three months ago, I am a little gunshy about being around sick people. But she is back up and running and will be working at Charleston Scrapbooking this weekend. I can imagine she is thrilled!
My other BFF, Yvonne, has been back and forth to Georgia because her mother is having some medical problems. Her mother has been sick on and off quite a bit for the last year, and Vonney, being the great wonderful reliable daughter/friend she is, she takes care of her from one state away! Her mother sure raised one hell of a woman! Her mother and her family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Man, it really seems people are falling apart around me! I am just glad that everyone is back on the mend!
Have a happy, healthy day!!
Musings of a woman who is not quite clinically insane.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Paranormal Activity.......
No, not at my house (or my mother's house).......but at the movie theater! Sweet Joshua and I went to the movies tonight and saw the most excellent flick, Paranormal Activity. As a HUGE horror movie buff this movie did not disappoint!! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! It was not gory....it was one of those suspenseful pee-your-pants kind of movie. LOVED IT!
This is what I don't understand.....why is it that no matter what time we go to the movies, no matter what day of the week, and no matter WHAT we got to see, we always sit in front of the jerk offs who want to whisper and talk through the whole damn movie!!! It is so aggravating! Just a word to the wise, when you go to the movies please do not do ANY the following things:
Sorry for the lesson in movie etiquette, but I felt I had to get that off my chest. Happy night y'all and hopefully I will have something more interesting to post this weekend!
This is what I don't understand.....why is it that no matter what time we go to the movies, no matter what day of the week, and no matter WHAT we got to see, we always sit in front of the jerk offs who want to whisper and talk through the whole damn movie!!! It is so aggravating! Just a word to the wise, when you go to the movies please do not do ANY the following things:
- Talk to the screen;
- Make or take cell phone calls;
- Text;
- Repeat the funny lines in the movie;
- Tell your friends, "Dude watch what is going to be coming up behind her";
- Laugh inappropriately;
- Talk or whisper in general.
Sorry for the lesson in movie etiquette, but I felt I had to get that off my chest. Happy night y'all and hopefully I will have something more interesting to post this weekend!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Ode to My Socks......
I have been following a blog lately by the name of the Time Crook and he is just funny as hell. He writes these wonderful short funny stories and has been writing haikus lately that are just a freaking riot. So inspired by him and my new ultra fabulous socks I just got, I have composed this haiku about my socks:
Oh black and white socks
The ones I bought from Wal-Mart
You make me happy.
I was trying to shoot a cool perspective picture of my socks and got this cool shot:
It made me pen this haiku just for the picture:
Sweet fuzzy Ella
Framed by my cool witch-like socks
You look furr-ocious!
And to close I would like to publish this last haiku about my Ella:
Ella licks her butt
I know this....yet I will still
Kiss her in the face.
Gross, huh? Totally unexplainable though. I cannot keep from kissing her. She has a strange power over me.....I think she may be magic.
Oh black and white socks
The ones I bought from Wal-Mart
You make me happy.
I was trying to shoot a cool perspective picture of my socks and got this cool shot:
Sweet fuzzy Ella
Framed by my cool witch-like socks
You look furr-ocious!
And to close I would like to publish this last haiku about my Ella:
Ella licks her butt
I know this....yet I will still
Kiss her in the face.
Gross, huh? Totally unexplainable though. I cannot keep from kissing her. She has a strange power over me.....I think she may be magic.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Bradford Pear Trees.......so Pretty, but so Sucky
Last Friday morning my Sweet Joshua woke me up at 5:15 AM (WHAT????) to tell me a tree fell on his truck. I sat straight up in bed and said "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!" I mean, we didn't have a storm, and I couldn't imagine what tree he was talking about. There is only one tree even CLOSE to his truck and it is on the side of our garage....our beautiful Bradford Pear. I LOVE this freaking tree! It is gorgeous in the spring and summer when it blooms and even more gorgeous in the fall when the leaves change. I have taken some of the prettiest pictures of the kids here playing in the leaves. I love the shade and privacy it provides, yada, yada, yada......you can see I love this stupid tree.
So I pad down the stairs in my jammies with my lovely bed head (Vonney and Brandy know about my great morning hair) to see what the devil this crazy man is talking about and this is what I see:


The first two pictures were taken by me when we found the tree, the second were taken by Joshua when he came home to clean the mess.
I am like......what the hell is this and how did this happen? Luckily, Joshua's truck was unharmed, but I was still in shock about the tree. Was it stuck by lightening? Did the wind blow it over? Was it foul play.......did someone mean to hurt my sweet tree?
I mulled it over in my head all day, talked to a few people and they said they thought it was lightening. When I got home from work that day, Joshua and I could see the damage more closely in the light and it looked as if the tree was rotten. Well, Joshua spoke with his mother (who is an expert on plants and trees) and she said that Bradford Pears are known for this. She said that they do not have one trunk, but rather have split trunks (sometimes two, thee or more) and after a while, the pressure and weight of the branches on one of the trunks will make the tree split. This particular tree has three trunks and I guess it was it's time to happen. He asked if the tree could be saved, but she said it is doubtful. She said the tree will probably die within a year of the split and we better hope another split doesn't happen now that the tree is lopsided. If the other trunk splits, it will take out our fence - and we can't have that. I have resigned myself to losing the beautiful tree......it just breaks my heart.
I am in mourning for my beloved tree.......it will be forever in my heart......but it WILL make some good firewood this winter, so I am grateful.
So I pad down the stairs in my jammies with my lovely bed head (Vonney and Brandy know about my great morning hair) to see what the devil this crazy man is talking about and this is what I see:
I am like......what the hell is this and how did this happen? Luckily, Joshua's truck was unharmed, but I was still in shock about the tree. Was it stuck by lightening? Did the wind blow it over? Was it foul play.......did someone mean to hurt my sweet tree?
I mulled it over in my head all day, talked to a few people and they said they thought it was lightening. When I got home from work that day, Joshua and I could see the damage more closely in the light and it looked as if the tree was rotten. Well, Joshua spoke with his mother (who is an expert on plants and trees) and she said that Bradford Pears are known for this. She said that they do not have one trunk, but rather have split trunks (sometimes two, thee or more) and after a while, the pressure and weight of the branches on one of the trunks will make the tree split. This particular tree has three trunks and I guess it was it's time to happen. He asked if the tree could be saved, but she said it is doubtful. She said the tree will probably die within a year of the split and we better hope another split doesn't happen now that the tree is lopsided. If the other trunk splits, it will take out our fence - and we can't have that. I have resigned myself to losing the beautiful tree......it just breaks my heart.
I am in mourning for my beloved tree.......it will be forever in my heart......but it WILL make some good firewood this winter, so I am grateful.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Guess Who Made her First Scarecrow?
I posted a longer post about her on my scrapbooking blog, so if you are interested, pop on over and check it out at www.portraitofagirlwhoscraps.blogspot.com
I have a lot of things to do by tomorrow, so I will post more tomorrow evening.
Smell ya later!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Can Your Cat Tell Time?
My Ella is super smart. And I am not saying that because she is my "child". If you talk to Sweet Joshua (aka the Mean old Man - as Ella sees him), he will tell you she is as dumb as a rock. Well, people, she is FAR from dumb. How many cats do you know out there that can do a trick? Check out her trick here:

Now, I will tell you....that trick took me several years to perfect and she doesn't do any other tricks (not that I have taken any more time to teach her any), but she has taught herself another trick and this one will blow your mind! I say that because it blew mine.
The past few months, my Ella has started making it a nightly ritual to sit on the arm of my recliner and meow steadily in the direction of my fireplace. She does it EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! Being a big fan of shows like Ghost Hunters, A Haunting, and other ghostly TV shows, the first thing I thought was.....she is talking to someone. I thought maybe she was "seeing" someone there by the fireplace and responding to them (people say animals are more perceptive to paranormal activity......or something like that - whatever). I was convinced of that and even said something to Joshua about it. His remark was the usual, "Babe, that cat is so stupid she is probably just talking to herself". But when she started doing it in front of him, he started to raise his eyebrows as well.
I was just baffled by it as it continued every night. I finally went and talked to my mother about it and she came up with a very logical explanation. She said she wouldn't be surprised if I had birds nesting in my chimney and she hears them roosting at night. She said they would return to the nest at night and that would explain why she only does it at night. I said, that sounds completely logical....maybe I should call a chimney sweep. Well, I never did (that shit is expensive) and just figured that when we go to burn in the chimney this winter, the birds will probably be gone by then anyways.
So just now I am sitting here surfing the Internet after a totally satisfying dinner and here she comes. She jumps up on my chair and turns to face the fireplace. She starts meowing. And then she pats my shoulder (she does that when she wants to get my attention) and I say "what?" She then looks in the direction of the fireplace and meows again. I then realize she is not looking at the fireplace at all, she is looking at the freaking clock (which happens to be on the wall right beside the fireplace). All of a sudden the dominoes start to fall into place. She has figured out the clock. I feed her every night at 10pm on the nose and she has studied that freaking clock and has figured out what it looks like when she is about to get fed. It just so happens she starts meowing around 9pm and when I feed her at 10pm, she stops. IS THAT FREAKING AMAZING OR WHAT????
For all of you out there that believe cats are dumb useless animals - think of Ella. She not only does tricks, but she can tell time. So I ask you again......can your cat tell time? I bet you it can't. But want to know a secret? Mine can!
Chew on that bi-yotches.
Now, I will tell you....that trick took me several years to perfect and she doesn't do any other tricks (not that I have taken any more time to teach her any), but she has taught herself another trick and this one will blow your mind! I say that because it blew mine.
The past few months, my Ella has started making it a nightly ritual to sit on the arm of my recliner and meow steadily in the direction of my fireplace. She does it EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! Being a big fan of shows like Ghost Hunters, A Haunting, and other ghostly TV shows, the first thing I thought was.....she is talking to someone. I thought maybe she was "seeing" someone there by the fireplace and responding to them (people say animals are more perceptive to paranormal activity......or something like that - whatever). I was convinced of that and even said something to Joshua about it. His remark was the usual, "Babe, that cat is so stupid she is probably just talking to herself". But when she started doing it in front of him, he started to raise his eyebrows as well.
I was just baffled by it as it continued every night. I finally went and talked to my mother about it and she came up with a very logical explanation. She said she wouldn't be surprised if I had birds nesting in my chimney and she hears them roosting at night. She said they would return to the nest at night and that would explain why she only does it at night. I said, that sounds completely logical....maybe I should call a chimney sweep. Well, I never did (that shit is expensive) and just figured that when we go to burn in the chimney this winter, the birds will probably be gone by then anyways.
So just now I am sitting here surfing the Internet after a totally satisfying dinner and here she comes. She jumps up on my chair and turns to face the fireplace. She starts meowing. And then she pats my shoulder (she does that when she wants to get my attention) and I say "what?" She then looks in the direction of the fireplace and meows again. I then realize she is not looking at the fireplace at all, she is looking at the freaking clock (which happens to be on the wall right beside the fireplace). All of a sudden the dominoes start to fall into place. She has figured out the clock. I feed her every night at 10pm on the nose and she has studied that freaking clock and has figured out what it looks like when she is about to get fed. It just so happens she starts meowing around 9pm and when I feed her at 10pm, she stops. IS THAT FREAKING AMAZING OR WHAT????
For all of you out there that believe cats are dumb useless animals - think of Ella. She not only does tricks, but she can tell time. So I ask you again......can your cat tell time? I bet you it can't. But want to know a secret? Mine can!
Chew on that bi-yotches.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Survey of Randomness
We all get them. Some of us just choose not to fill them out and forward them on. Some see them as a waste of time. I don't. I not only like to fill them out, I like to read what others write about themselves. What am I talking about? Personal surveys. The ones we get from friends and relatives in our emails. I will always fill them out and send them on, but have never chosen to copy and paste one here on my blog. I started thinking about that, and realized it would be an even better way for my loyal readers to learn more pointless things about me and my life. If you really were not that interested, you wouldn't be reading this right now......so let's get right to it - okay!
1. Where is your phone?
My question is....which one? My cell phone or my house phone? If it is my cell phone, that is upstairs on the charger in my office. If it's my house phone, man, take your pick. I have them all over the house (kitchen, office, bedroom, art room); yet I can never find one of them when it rings - how is that possible?
2. Your hair?
UGH! I should just delete this question and pretend it was never in the survey. What can I say? Short, thin, mousy and brittle as straw. It sucks ass!
3. Your mother?
Great as the obnoxious answer to questions you don’t want to answer: ie - Question: “What were you doing last night?” Answer: “Your mama".............no, really; my mother is a saint.
4. Your father?
My father is a walking talking music encyclopedia. He can tell you just about everything you might want to know about early rock n roll, R&B, beach music, blues/rockabilly, bluegrass, etc. I DO find it comical, though, he was well aware of the Taylor Swift/Kanye West/Beyonce MTV VMA blow-up. I mean, he is in his mid 60s and it was funny to hear he knew who the hell these people were. I mean, I am only 34 and I don't know who the hell they are (well, maybe Beyonce....but only because she has been in a couple of movies).
5. Your favorite food?
I like a good soup. There is nothing more comforting than a nice heavy soup. Winter, Summer - doesn't matter! I love, love, love to hit delis to see what kind of soups and sandwiches they have. I really love good cold cuts and would die for some good cheese, not that processed crap either.
6. Your dream last night?
I cannot for the life of me remember.....I have sat here now for five minutes trying to remember anything at all about it. I do know Joshua was in it, but I didn't wake up pissed off, so it obviously isn't the dream I have where I find out he is cheating on me.
7. Your favorite drink?
Hum, love some sweet tea (but picky about the amount of sugar); but am never let down by my staple beverage - Pepsi.
8. Your dream/goal?
My goal is to be happy. I dream of a time where this shitty economy gets better; Joshua and I can build our dream house; and I can eat cake every day without gaining any weight.
9. What room are you in?
My family room.
10. Your hobby?
Scrapbooking is my number one hobby. I guess you can say any kind of "mixed media art" is my hobby, so is eating cookies (god, I really want some cookies right now.....).
11. Your fear?
Clowns.....and zombies. And the innate fear I may wake up one day and realize I like the Black Eyed Peas.
12. Where do you want to be in six years?
I would really love to be in my dream house, sitting in my own designed art studio. And maybe if I am lucky, I will also be counting my millions of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck.
13. Where were you last night?
Working until late......watching Hell's Kitchen with Joshua.
14. Something you aren't?
Chinese.
15. Muffins?
Hum, I prefer cupcakes to muffins, really.
16. Wish list item?
Fame and fortune......no, really, I wish for Joshua and I to just be happy and healthy. (I also TOTALLY wouldn't mind a BMW.)
17. Where did you grow up?
I was a Navy Brat. I guess I would have to say I "grew up" right here in Summerville seeing I have been here since sixth grade.
18. Last thing you did?
Just ate two pieces of lunch meat (cracked peppercorn turkey and sun dried tomato/rosemary ham). I am starving - but am waiting for Brandy and Zoie to make it over here for lunch.
19. What are you wearing?
Nothing......:sick perverted laugh:.........no, really....just wearing clothes - jeans, shirt, shoes.....do they really think I sit here answering my emails in the nude?
20. Your TV?
I have three - one in the family room (it is on right now playing Intervention); one in my art room and one in the master bedroom. I can watch Futurama and Family Guy in bed - WOOHOO!
21. Your friends?
My friends are wonderful. Without them, my life would suck ass.
22. Your life?
Complicated yet fulfilling. And tranquil so long as my Pepsi supplies don’t dry up.
23. Your mood?
I try to be mellow and understanding, but have a streak of bitchiness in me that comes out sometimes. I just hope it's not really that I am bitchy and have a streak of mellow in me that comes out sometimes.
24. Missing someone?
I miss my cat. She is upstairs ignoring me.
25. Vehicle?
Paid for, paid for, paid for. I am so happy to say that, I have never owned a vehicle outright in my whole stinking life! Did I mention it is paid for?
26. Something you're not wearing?
A fez. I usually wear my fez on Fridays. You know, for Fez Fridays.
27. Your favorite store?
Hum, I would have to say Charleston Scrapbooking (not just because they PAY me....); and Target. If you don't like Target, you must be retarded.
28. Your favorite color?
Turquoise. It makes me happy.
29. Last time you laughed?
I just did a title search for STD Vending.........isn't that a nice thought. For a fifty cents you can get a can of herpes.
30. Last time you cried?
When I left Missouri and saw my sweet Grandma standing at the end of her driveway waving to me as I drove away. She just waved and waved and waved, and I cried and cried and cried (I do that every year.)
31. Your best friend?
I have two: Brandy and Yvonne - sweet, lovable, caring and hilarious! We are the three musketeers.....or maybe the Three Stooges.
32. One place that you go over and over?
Publix. I need to eat - right.....they also have good cookies in the bakery - ummmmm, cookies.
33. One person who emails you regularly?
Duane. He sends the funniest emails.
34. Favorite place to eat?
If we are talking about chain restaurants, then I would have to say Outback (they have the best cheese fries known to man). But, ultimately....my favorite place to eat is at my mothers.
Okay, done! See, now don't you know just that much more about me? Now, copy my survey and paste it to your blogs and fill in YOUR answers.
1. Where is your phone?
My question is....which one? My cell phone or my house phone? If it is my cell phone, that is upstairs on the charger in my office. If it's my house phone, man, take your pick. I have them all over the house (kitchen, office, bedroom, art room); yet I can never find one of them when it rings - how is that possible?
2. Your hair?
UGH! I should just delete this question and pretend it was never in the survey. What can I say? Short, thin, mousy and brittle as straw. It sucks ass!
3. Your mother?
Great as the obnoxious answer to questions you don’t want to answer: ie - Question: “What were you doing last night?” Answer: “Your mama".............no, really; my mother is a saint.
4. Your father?
My father is a walking talking music encyclopedia. He can tell you just about everything you might want to know about early rock n roll, R&B, beach music, blues/rockabilly, bluegrass, etc. I DO find it comical, though, he was well aware of the Taylor Swift/Kanye West/Beyonce MTV VMA blow-up. I mean, he is in his mid 60s and it was funny to hear he knew who the hell these people were. I mean, I am only 34 and I don't know who the hell they are (well, maybe Beyonce....but only because she has been in a couple of movies).
5. Your favorite food?
I like a good soup. There is nothing more comforting than a nice heavy soup. Winter, Summer - doesn't matter! I love, love, love to hit delis to see what kind of soups and sandwiches they have. I really love good cold cuts and would die for some good cheese, not that processed crap either.
6. Your dream last night?
I cannot for the life of me remember.....I have sat here now for five minutes trying to remember anything at all about it. I do know Joshua was in it, but I didn't wake up pissed off, so it obviously isn't the dream I have where I find out he is cheating on me.
7. Your favorite drink?
Hum, love some sweet tea (but picky about the amount of sugar); but am never let down by my staple beverage - Pepsi.
8. Your dream/goal?
My goal is to be happy. I dream of a time where this shitty economy gets better; Joshua and I can build our dream house; and I can eat cake every day without gaining any weight.
9. What room are you in?
My family room.
10. Your hobby?
Scrapbooking is my number one hobby. I guess you can say any kind of "mixed media art" is my hobby, so is eating cookies (god, I really want some cookies right now.....).
11. Your fear?
Clowns.....and zombies. And the innate fear I may wake up one day and realize I like the Black Eyed Peas.
12. Where do you want to be in six years?
I would really love to be in my dream house, sitting in my own designed art studio. And maybe if I am lucky, I will also be counting my millions of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck.
13. Where were you last night?
Working until late......watching Hell's Kitchen with Joshua.
14. Something you aren't?
Chinese.
15. Muffins?
Hum, I prefer cupcakes to muffins, really.
16. Wish list item?
Fame and fortune......no, really, I wish for Joshua and I to just be happy and healthy. (I also TOTALLY wouldn't mind a BMW.)
17. Where did you grow up?
I was a Navy Brat. I guess I would have to say I "grew up" right here in Summerville seeing I have been here since sixth grade.
18. Last thing you did?
Just ate two pieces of lunch meat (cracked peppercorn turkey and sun dried tomato/rosemary ham). I am starving - but am waiting for Brandy and Zoie to make it over here for lunch.
19. What are you wearing?
Nothing......:sick perverted laugh:.........no, really....just wearing clothes - jeans, shirt, shoes.....do they really think I sit here answering my emails in the nude?
20. Your TV?
I have three - one in the family room (it is on right now playing Intervention); one in my art room and one in the master bedroom. I can watch Futurama and Family Guy in bed - WOOHOO!
21. Your friends?
My friends are wonderful. Without them, my life would suck ass.
22. Your life?
Complicated yet fulfilling. And tranquil so long as my Pepsi supplies don’t dry up.
23. Your mood?
I try to be mellow and understanding, but have a streak of bitchiness in me that comes out sometimes. I just hope it's not really that I am bitchy and have a streak of mellow in me that comes out sometimes.
24. Missing someone?
I miss my cat. She is upstairs ignoring me.
25. Vehicle?
Paid for, paid for, paid for. I am so happy to say that, I have never owned a vehicle outright in my whole stinking life! Did I mention it is paid for?
26. Something you're not wearing?
A fez. I usually wear my fez on Fridays. You know, for Fez Fridays.
27. Your favorite store?
Hum, I would have to say Charleston Scrapbooking (not just because they PAY me....); and Target. If you don't like Target, you must be retarded.
28. Your favorite color?
Turquoise. It makes me happy.
29. Last time you laughed?
I just did a title search for STD Vending.........isn't that a nice thought. For a fifty cents you can get a can of herpes.
30. Last time you cried?
When I left Missouri and saw my sweet Grandma standing at the end of her driveway waving to me as I drove away. She just waved and waved and waved, and I cried and cried and cried (I do that every year.)
31. Your best friend?
I have two: Brandy and Yvonne - sweet, lovable, caring and hilarious! We are the three musketeers.....or maybe the Three Stooges.
32. One place that you go over and over?
Publix. I need to eat - right.....they also have good cookies in the bakery - ummmmm, cookies.
33. One person who emails you regularly?
Duane. He sends the funniest emails.
34. Favorite place to eat?
If we are talking about chain restaurants, then I would have to say Outback (they have the best cheese fries known to man). But, ultimately....my favorite place to eat is at my mothers.
Okay, done! See, now don't you know just that much more about me? Now, copy my survey and paste it to your blogs and fill in YOUR answers.
The Time Crook
I was poking around the blogger world and came across a wonderful, creative, funny blog called "The Time Crook". This guy is funny as hell and his blog is definitely worth a looksee. He has the same type of humor I enjoy and is definitely a fantastic writer. I highly recommend y'all skipping over and checking him out!
www.timecrook.blogspot.com
I do plan on making my own posts again real soon. I am in that funk I always talk about, but can already see the light at the end of the tunnel. I will be back in a posting mood in no time!
www.timecrook.blogspot.com
I do plan on making my own posts again real soon. I am in that funk I always talk about, but can already see the light at the end of the tunnel. I will be back in a posting mood in no time!
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