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what would you do-oo-oo for a klondike bar?

no, this isn’t a blog about annoying jingles, i’m just trying to get some of the goofiness out of my head.

i am rather exhausted today. it appears to be a combination of insomnia and kids who are trying to put me into an early grave. i don’t know what i’m going to do about either.

this is where i was going to put a photo that i took this morning, but for the last few days i’ve been having problems uploading photos to flickr. suddenly, i’m only able to upload one photo at a time, and it’s really starting to piss me off. i don’t know if it’s a problem with flickr, my computer or my internet connection. is it possible that cincinnati bell have discovered that hubby and i were going to change over to time warner and have slowed our connection speed down in retaliation?

did i mention i was tired? i think it’s worth mentioning again.

and it’s monday. yet another weekend gone with absolutely nothing accomplished. yay. the grass still hasn’t been mown. we have 6 trees of as yet undetermined species sitting in a bucket of water down in the basement waiting to be planted. if they’re not dead by now. and hubby keeps talking about doing a vegetabe garden. ha! i’ll believe it when i see it. any of it.

the highlight of my weekend was date night last friday. we got out rather early, had a nice meal at cracker barrel and then went to the bookstore for coffee. the ony black spot on that evening was going to the ladies room and hearing someone exit a stall and leave the bathroom without washing her hands. *gag* almost makes me see why my sister walks around with 3 types of hand sanitizer in her purse.

and just so you don’t forget, i’m tired and need a nap. heh.

>what an incredibly long day…

>so. i didn’t end up going to bed last night. that was fun. i won’t go into the boring details of the whys and wherefors. *shock horror* what the hell am i going to blog about then?

*shrug* i don’t know. let’s find out together, shall we?

since i was up all night, around 5am i decided that i needed to go shopping. i grabbed my camera as i headed out the door, too, because i thought it might be a good chance to get some sunrise photos somewhere other than my front porch. i think i mentioned that i’d wanted to go out saturday. that didn’t happen. it’s too bad, too. that would have been the only way to see any sun at all.

it was a dismal morning. way too many clouds to see any sunrise. it only managed to get lighter, nothing else. blah.

i guess i should tell you that i drove up to that abandoned railroad track that i went to last summer. i should probably put a link to the blog where i posted those photos, but i don’t feel like it. sorry.

i decided a few days ago that i really need to figure out the manual settings on my camera, so i set the little dialy thing to m, which i think is the totally manual settings. i don’t know, i could be wrong. i haven’t looked at the manual since i first got my camera. heh. anyway, as i was driving up to the railroad tracks, i saw a bunch of deer. they were in three different fields along the route that i was going. i thought, “great! i have my camera!” except that it wasn’t so great. i didn’t have the settings right and everything was so, so dark. that sort of unsalvageable dark that there is just no fixing. poop.

anyway, i took quite a few photos while i was there. unfortunately, hardly any of them turned out. i suppose i’m going to have to quit being so damn stubborn about using a tripod. although i am going to blame the wind a little bit, too.

i’m not sure this photo really should have been kept. in the larger sizes you can see how blurry this photo actually is. but i deleted so many! and i seem to have lost one. i have no idea where i saved it at.

after i finished messing around here, i came home and waited. my mom was coming to pick me up at 11 so we could go to my cousin’s daughter’s baby shower. she lives way out in the middle of nowhere around an hour away. i thought i might get a chance to take some photos on the way there, but it started raining.

i did take photos at the party, but they were of my family, so i won’t bore you all with those. i’m sure just trying to get through this blog was difficult enough. yay you!

who says you can’t finish with a thud? again, i couldn’t be bothered to arrange these from worst to best. *sigh*

what an incredibly long day…

so. i didn’t end up going to bed last night. that was fun. i won’t go into the boring details of the whys and wherefors. *shock horror* what the hell am i going to blog about then?

*shrug* i don’t know. let’s find out together, shall we?

since i was up all night, around 5am i decided that i needed to go shopping. i grabbed my camera as i headed out the door, too, because i thought it might be a good chance to get some sunrise photos somewhere other than my front porch. i think i mentioned that i’d wanted to go out saturday. that didn’t happen. it’s too bad, too. that would have been the only way to see any sun at all.

it was a dismal morning. way too many clouds to see any sunrise. it only managed to get lighter, nothing else. blah.

i guess i should tell you that i drove up to that abandoned railroad track that i went to last summer. i should probably put a link to the blog where i posted those photos, but i don’t feel like it. sorry.

i decided a few days ago that i really need to figure out the manual settings on my camera, so i set the little dialy thing to m, which i think is the totally manual settings. i don’t know, i could be wrong. i haven’t looked at the manual since i first got my camera. heh. anyway, as i was driving up to the railroad tracks, i saw a bunch of deer. they were in three different fields along the route that i was going. i thought, “great! i have my camera!” except that it wasn’t so great. i didn’t have the settings right and everything was so, so dark. that sort of unsalvageable dark that there is just no fixing. poop.

anyway, i took quite a few photos while i was there. unfortunately, hardly any of them turned out. i suppose i’m going to have to quit being so damn stubborn about using a tripod. although i am going to blame the wind a little bit, too.

i’m not sure this photo really should have been kept. in the larger sizes you can see how blurry this photo actually is. but i deleted so many! and i seem to have lost one. i have no idea where i saved it at.

after i finished messing around here, i came home and waited. my mom was coming to pick me up at 11 so we could go to my cousin’s daughter’s baby shower. she lives way out in the middle of nowhere around an hour away. i thought i might get a chance to take some photos on the way there, but it started raining.

i did take photos at the party, but they were of my family, so i won’t bore you all with those. i’m sure just trying to get through this blog was difficult enough. yay you!

who says you can’t finish with a thud? again, i couldn’t be bothered to arrange these from worst to best. *sigh*

>zzzzz

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well, it’s friday once again. i have been so bored today. and tired. i haven’t been sleeping that well the last week or so. g has been off all this week for spring break, and that’s gotten us all off schedule. easter didn’t help any, let me tell you. they had so much candy on easter they were bouncing of the walls. of course, i didn’t really enforce bedtime too much since he was on vacation. bad mommy.

i have been dying to go out and take some photos this whole week, but just haven’t had the opportunity. i’m hoping this weekend, although i have to go to a baby shower on sunday. yay. i guess i can take photos on the way there and back, they do live out in the country. i hope my mom won’t mind stopping along the way.

my sister is coming for a visit next week for our dad’s birthday. i finally admitted to her a couple of weeks ago, that i’ve gotten interested in photography. i have this feeling that after she sees my camera she is going to suddenly get more interested in photography herself. and then go and get one of the top of the line dslr just so she can have a better one than mine.

well, could this blog have been any more boring? sorry. i had actual topics earlier in the week that i’d contemplated blogging on, but i can’t remember any of them now. oh well. hey, maybe this will help those of you with insomnia.

i knew i’d find a silver lining if i thought about it long enough.

zzzzz

well, it’s friday once again. i have been so bored today. and tired. i haven’t been sleeping that well the last week or so. g has been off all this week for spring break, and that’s gotten us all off schedule. easter didn’t help any, let me tell you. they had so much candy on easter they were bouncing of the walls. of course, i didn’t really enforce bedtime too much since he was on vacation. bad mommy.

i have been dying to go out and take some photos this whole week, but just haven’t had the opportunity. i’m hoping this weekend, although i have to go to a baby shower on sunday. yay. i guess i can take photos on the way there and back, they do live out in the country. i hope my mom won’t mind stopping along the way.

my sister is coming for a visit next week for our dad’s birthday. i finally admitted to her a couple of weeks ago, that i’ve gotten interested in photography. i have this feeling that after she sees my camera she is going to suddenly get more interested in photography herself. and then go and get one of the top of the line dslr just so she can have a better one than mine.

well, could this blog have been any more boring? sorry. i had actual topics earlier in the week that i’d contemplated blogging on, but i can’t remember any of them now. oh well. hey, maybe this will help those of you with insomnia.

i knew i’d find a silver lining if i thought about it long enough.

this probably won’t make a lick of sense, so you might as well not read it.

you know it’s going to be a bad day when you find yourself up all night thinking too hard on crap that depresses you because you were already dreading the day anyway. i made the mistake of getting that holiday coffee again. you know the one. it kept me up all night a couple of weeks ago. only that time i was in a goofy, silly mood. not so tonight.

part of the problem is, we have to go to a family function today. if you’ve known me for any length of time, you know how much i hate family functions. let me explain. i am the black sheep of my family. my mom’s side of the family. you’ve read all this before, you can skip it. anyway, my mother had the audacity to divorce her first husband and marry my dad. my dad who is 22 years older than her. who had already been married twice and had two kids. who had been my mom’s boss when they met. you know, for the sixties it was still pretty scandalous.

i’ve always felt like an outsider around these people. i think that my uncle’s wife and one of my aunts have harboured some jealousies towards my mom because she was always one of the pretty and popular girls in school. she was a cheerleader. she dated the captain of the football team and they married not long after high school. so after shocking the family with a divorce and subsequent marriage to someone everyone felt was inappropriate, i’m sure there was a lot of gloating. then i came along and it seemed like any opportunity to put me in my place, embarrass me, or generally just make me feel left out, was pounced upon. not that it wasn’t subtle, but it was definitely there. i felt every jab when politely worded barbs were thrown in my direction. i didn’t understand it at first. i knew i was being excluded a lot of the time, but i didn’t know why.

anyway, today is my grandmother’s 90th birthday. i can’t get out of going to the party that’s being thrown. i keep wondering if subconsciously that’s why i’ve been sick for so long, because i’m hoping my mother will say that i shouldn’t come. but she hasn’t said that. damn it. no, i have to go. i have to take my kids, too. and i will have to sit around and wonder what the hell to talk about with a bunch of people that i have nothing in common with other than a shared bloodline. hoping that i or my kids don’t embarrass my mother too much. or disappoint her. she’d never admit to feeling either, at least to me, but the fact that she makes up stories to the rest of the family so that i will look good must mean something.

as much as i dislike winter and all that it entails, i hope you all join me in wishing that the weather is just as bad, if not worse than they are predicting today so that we won’t have to stay long at the party. make an appearance, have a little lunch, then make our apologies because the weather is bad and we have to get home. what a shame, we were so looking forward to this. kiss-kiss, hug-hug, fake smile and then rush out of there as fast as we can.

so of course this means that we will have clear and sunny weather all day. *sigh*

this probably won’t make a lick of sense, so you might as well not read it.

you know it’s going to be a bad day when you find yourself up all night thinking too hard on crap that depresses you because you were already dreading the day anyway. i made the mistake of getting that holiday coffee again. you know the one. it kept me up all night a couple of weeks ago. only that time i was in a goofy, silly mood. not so tonight.

part of the problem is, we have to go to a family function today. if you’ve known me for any length of time, you know how much i hate family functions. let me explain. i am the black sheep of my family. my mom’s side of the family. you’ve read all this before, you can skip it. anyway, my mother had the audacity to divorce her first husband and marry my dad. my dad who is 22 years older than her. who had already been married twice and had two kids. who had been my mom’s boss when they met. you know, for the sixties it was still pretty scandalous.

i’ve always felt like an outsider around these people. i think that my uncle’s wife and one of my aunts have harboured some jealousies towards my mom because she was always one of the pretty and popular girls in school. she was a cheerleader. she dated the captain of the football team and they married not long after high school. so after shocking the family with a divorce and subsequent marriage to someone everyone felt was inappropriate, i’m sure there was a lot of gloating. then i came along and it seemed like any opportunity to put me in my place, embarrass me, or generally just make me feel left out, was pounced upon. not that it wasn’t subtle, but it was definitely there. i felt every jab when politely worded barbs were thrown in my direction. i didn’t understand it at first. i knew i was being excluded a lot of the time, but i didn’t know why.

anyway, today is my grandmother’s 90th birthday. i can’t get out of going to the party that’s being thrown. i keep wondering if subconsciously that’s why i’ve been sick for so long, because i’m hoping my mother will say that i shouldn’t come. but she hasn’t said that. damn it. no, i have to go. i have to take my kids, too. and i will have to sit around and wonder what the hell to talk about with a bunch of people that i have nothing in common with other than a shared bloodline. hoping that i or my kids don’t embarrass my mother too much. or disappoint her. she’d never admit to feeling either, at least to me, but the fact that she makes up stories to the rest of the family so that i will look good must mean something.

as much as i dislike winter and all that it entails, i hope you all join me in wishing that the weather is just as bad, if not worse than they are predicting today so that we won’t have to stay long at the party. make an appearance, have a little lunch, then make our apologies because the weather is bad and we have to get home. what a shame, we were so looking forward to this. kiss-kiss, hug-hug, fake smile and then rush out of there as fast as we can.

so of course this means that we will have clear and sunny weather all day. *sigh*

this probably won’t make a lick of sense, so you might as well not read it.

you know it’s going to be a bad day when you find yourself up all night thinking too hard on crap that depresses you because you were already dreading the day anyway. i made the mistake of getting that holiday coffee again. you know the one. it kept me up all night a couple of weeks ago. only that time i was in a goofy, silly mood. not so tonight.

part of the problem is, we have to go to a family function today. if you’ve known me for any length of time, you know how much i hate family functions. let me explain. i am the black sheep of my family. my mom’s side of the family. you’ve read all this before, you can skip it. anyway, my mother had the audacity to divorce her first husband and marry my dad. my dad who is 22 years older than her. who had already been married twice and had two kids. who had been my mom’s boss when they met. you know, for the sixties it was still pretty scandalous.

i’ve always felt like an outsider around these people. i think that my uncle’s wife and one of my aunts have harboured some jealousies towards my mom because she was always one of the pretty and popular girls in school. she was a cheerleader. she dated the captain of the football team and they married not long after high school. so after shocking the family with a divorce and subsequent marriage to someone everyone felt was inappropriate, i’m sure there was a lot of gloating. then i came along and it seemed like any opportunity to put me in my place, embarrass me, or generally just make me feel left out, was pounced upon. not that it wasn’t subtle, but it was definitely there. i felt every jab when politely worded barbs were thrown in my direction. i didn’t understand it at first. i knew i was being excluded a lot of the time, but i didn’t know why.

anyway, today is my grandmother’s 90th birthday. i can’t get out of going to the party that’s being thrown. i keep wondering if subconsciously that’s why i’ve been sick for so long, because i’m hoping my mother will say that i shouldn’t come. but she hasn’t said that. damn it. no, i have to go. i have to take my kids, too. and i will have to sit around and wonder what the hell to talk about with a bunch of people that i have nothing in common with other than a shared bloodline. hoping that i or my kids don’t embarrass my mother too much. or disappoint her. she’d never admit to feeling either, at least to me, but the fact that she makes up stories to the rest of the family so that i will look good must mean something.

as much as i dislike winter and all that it entails, i hope you all join me in wishing that the weather is just as bad, if not worse than they are predicting today so that we won’t have to stay long at the party. make an appearance, have a little lunch, then make our apologies because the weather is bad and we have to get home. what a shame, we were so looking forward to this. kiss-kiss, hug-hug, fake smile and then rush out of there as fast as we can.

so of course this means that we will have clear and sunny weather all day. *sigh*

>this probably won’t make a lick of sense, so you might as well not read it.

>you know it’s going to be a bad day when you find yourself up all night thinking too hard on crap that depresses you because you were already dreading the day anyway. i made the mistake of getting that holiday coffee again. you know the one. it kept me up all night a couple of weeks ago. only that time i was in a goofy, silly mood. not so tonight.

part of the problem is, we have to go to a family function today. if you’ve known me for any length of time, you know how much i hate family functions. let me explain. i am the black sheep of my family. my mom’s side of the family. you’ve read all this before, you can skip it. anyway, my mother had the audacity to divorce her first husband and marry my dad. my dad who is 22 years older than her. who had already been married twice and had two kids. who had been my mom’s boss when they met. you know, for the sixties it was still pretty scandalous.

i’ve always felt like an outsider around these people. i think that my uncle’s wife and one of my aunts have harboured some jealousies towards my mom because she was always one of the pretty and popular girls in school. she was a cheerleader. she dated the captain of the football team and they married not long after high school. so after shocking the family with a divorce and subsequent marriage to someone everyone felt was inappropriate, i’m sure there was a lot of gloating. then i came along and it seemed like any opportunity to put me in my place, embarrass me, or generally just make me feel left out, was pounced upon. not that it wasn’t subtle, but it was definitely there. i felt every jab when politely worded barbs were thrown in my direction. i didn’t understand it at first. i knew i was being excluded a lot of the time, but i didn’t know why.

anyway, today is my grandmother’s 90th birthday. i can’t get out of going to the party that’s being thrown. i keep wondering if subconsciously that’s why i’ve been sick for so long, because i’m hoping my mother will say that i shouldn’t come. but she hasn’t said that. damn it. no, i have to go. i have to take my kids, too. and i will have to sit around and wonder what the hell to talk about with a bunch of people that i have nothing in common with other than a shared bloodline. hoping that i or my kids don’t embarrass my mother too much. or disappoint her. she’d never admit to feeling either, at least to me, but the fact that she makes up stories to the rest of the family so that i will look good must mean something.

as much as i dislike winter and all that it entails, i hope you all join me in wishing that the weather is just as bad, if not worse than they are predicting today so that we won’t have to stay long at the party. make an appearance, have a little lunch, then make our apologies because the weather is bad and we have to get home. what a shame, we were so looking forward to this. kiss-kiss, hug-hug, fake smile and then rush out of there as fast as we can.

so of course this means that we will have clear and sunny weather all day. *sigh*

did i repeat myself again?

yes, it’s another blast from the past! ok, blast is probably the wrong word here. anyway, it’s another repeat from early on in my blog. at this point i think i had one person reading my blog, but only commenting occasionally. i don’t think i’d made my blog public yet, either. small wonder, after reading that last one, no? you probably won’t be shocked to learn, either, that i’ve edited this one a tad, as i did with the last one. talk about embarrassing. 🙂 when i read this, it doesn’t even sound like me, i don’t think. i definitely think other people influence my writing style, which when reading this yesterday, i found very scary. anyway, hope you don’t mind a repeat. 🙂

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well, let me tell you, the excitement never stops here. we are always on the cutting edge!

hubby and i went out last night for our weekly date night. we only do the finest restaurants on date night. last night it was arby’s to sample their newest cuisine, their version of a gyro. LOL

the adventure continued when we went to value city looking for cheap curtains and curtain rods. weren’t successful on all fronts there, only found curtains. but still, what a rush!

then we headed to target to see if we could find some curtain rods there. still no luck with those, but i did see a chair and ottoman that i would love, love, love to have.

for our final destination, we went to walmart. finally, found some curtain rods that weren’t completely hideous and that we could almost afford. yay. plus we also found some temporary paper shades to put in the kitchen. our house no longer has to look like it’s been abandoned!! yippee!

in case you have no idea what i’m talking about, my darling, precious, angelic boys have destroyed pretty much all of the el cheapo blinds that we have in our home. they started off with the blinds in their room. then they moved on to the blinds in our room. next came first the left window and then recently the right window in our living room. and the shades in the kitchen had holes in them just because they were old.

anyway, at some point today, we are off to the grocery store. that will, no doubt, be a blog entry onto itself. can’t wait, really.

oh, this should be good. hubby is about to try to put the curtain rods up. his electric drill isn’t working and all we have is regular screw drivers. i feel another blog coming on later!

i so shouldn’t laugh!