weekend update/recap

this weekend started with a quick clean up to my place just so i didn't have to worry about it for the rest of the weekend.

friday\saturday - shaggy came to spend the nite. i picked him up and asked where he wanted to go, completely avoiding bringing up McDonalds. i even named RED LOBSTER (booger's favorite)! at first, he wanted Taco Bell. then he thot about it and said he changed his mind. he'd rather have McD's... because he wants to play on the slide!

so off to the slides we go.
















he had a pretty good time, i think. up until the part where he got in trouble and started crying and wanted to go home. after explaining to him why he got in trouble, the boy made ME cry more than he was crying. ugh! five minutes later, he was fine and laughing. my whole face was still red from crying.
















of course, no visit to McD's is complete without SOFT SERVE!!

afterwards, we went to Wally World and picked up a game for him to play at my place. we got the joystick game that has ms pac-man, galaga, pole position and two others i had no clue how to play. he caught on pretty quick.

he also took his first self portrait. i'm so proud.
















here he is as THE KING. he made me watch Space Jam and we fell asleep watching The Lion King. good god man, i almost fell asleep just watching the frikkin' previews on that one.





















the next morning, we were up bright and early for breakfast. we went to Denny's and i have to "thank" S2 and BIL2 for the (not so helpful) tips on what he likes for breakfast. let me tell you first that after he looked at the menu he said he didn't want "waffles" but the other kind was fine. i assumed he meant pancakes. we also showed him two different types of eggs. he picked overeasy. when our food came out, not only did he not eat his pancakes and tell me he didn't like eggs, but then stole MY bacon! and then i had to order him toast just so he'd have something in his belly! freak kid. after breakfast, i took him to the beach to play "explorer". he had fun climbing on the rocks, scaring the birds and gathering sticks "to make a fire".
















of course, after he found the PERFECT stick, we drew his name in the sand.
















after dora the explorer came down from his "beach high", we walked down the strand to check things out and do a little shopping. he felt like a big boy because he got to feed one of the carriage horses. he stopped short of letting the horse give him kisses, tho.
















he also lost his christmas bracelet on the beach so i bought him a new one. the new one was black with $$$$$ signs all around it. i asked why he wanted that one since the only money in his pocket were all the quarters he stole from my change jar???? he replied with the cutest frikkin' grin you've ever seen.
















this is my shaggy on the way home. we had a pretty busy day and a late nite before that. when we started to pack up he asked if he could stay with me again, tonite. melt my heart.

he loves me.

the rest of the weekend. well... shaggy just made my weekend.

strange magic

- elo

i think someone's trying to put the voodoo on me. a while back (couple of years ago) addie gave me a book called, financial peace by dave ramsey. i have to admit, i only thumbed through it and never actually read it. now... that book is coming at me from all sides.

seeing as we just bought a house and neither one of us are the best when it comes to saving, i thot about that book again. i saw it in my bookcase and decided i need to look and see what it had to offer. i mean, it helped addie out, i'm sure it could do the same for us. i still never picked it up.

two days ago, i was reading another blog. a friend of addie's wrote that she had just gone to a seminar that focused on that book and author and she was already taking steps to get her finances in order. i thot, "that's strange. i just thot about that book". i told HM about it and said that i needed to take it out of the bookcase and actually read it now.

yesterday, i had to work a little late. i was joking to a user about "missing oprah" because i had to stay and fix her pc. when i got home i turned on the tv and there was a family talking about giving their kids credit cards and how stupid that was. then another couple was on, talking about their wedding expenses and asking if they should postpone blah blah blah. there was this balding man on oprah's couch, giving advice. i only caught about 15 minutes of it and when oprah said buh-bye, she thanked DAVE RAMSEY for being on the show and sharing his advice and his book, FINANCIAL PEACE!

do you believe in signs? cuz i think this one just hit me on the head and rendered me unconscious. when i come out of my comatose state... i WILL take the book out of the bookcase and read it cover to cover!

good day sunshine!

- the beatles


when i woke up this morning, i noticed a very pink hue in the window. after hemming and hawing and showering, it wasn't pink anymore, but still beautiful.

no more champagne and the fireworks are through

- happy new year, abba

so new year's eve weekend was fun. addie came down and we had some friends over to HM's friday nite to play games. we played scene it-movie edition and later, name that tune. after everyone left, addie, HM and i played some more. it was 3:00 in the morning before we realized what time it was and immediately went to bed.

the next day was new year's eve. addie and i hung out, went shopping, and talked 'wedding talk'. she even convinced me to go into this mescan-looking wedding shop on the corner, but it was already closed.

seriously, none of us were up for going anywhere to bring in the new year. HM was hungover from the nite before and addie and i were just being lazy. we finally got our butts up and moving and made it to the party.


it was fun once we got there. all of our closest friends were there. yes, 40-50 of sistah sweet cheeks' closest friends.
i'm glad we went after all. i got to see people i don't see every day and some i haven't seen in a while.
afterwards, we came back and HM put all kinds of meat on the grill! we had brisket, turkey, chicken, pork loin, and more. addie made a really good ham the next day. i don't even like ham and i was tearing it up! she made all the other fixin's too. we had, black eyed peas, cabbage, cornbread, beer bread, pork and beans, and more.there was a lot more that happened, i'm sure. it's just not coming to me right now. it was a pleasant holiday overall. i'm just glad it's finally over.

happy new year

that's all i got for now. i'll update later, when i'm feeling better.

oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day

wedding bell blues, 5th dimension

so i finally "brided" out and got my first bride magazines. i got Modern Bride and BRIDES. HM just about freaked out when i told him. he asked why i was starting to act like a "normal" bride. when i recited this back to mamalane, she responded, "oh no honey, a normal bride would have been buying them the day she got the ring!" well, i got my ring in september... so there!

addie also gave me some advice on managing all the information i'm going to be coming into. she gave me a list of things to get:

-binder (holds all information)
check
-dividers (separates info)
check
-sheet protectors (for cut outs of hair, dresses, etc)
check
-paper (jotting notes)
i'll get it today

it's the best thing anyone's told me to do so far. so now i'm ready to be a "bride-to-be". i also looked at the bridal extravaganza website. the bridal extravaganza is only texas' biggest "must attend" event for engaged couples. i think mamalane and i are going to check that one out. get ideas and what not. i'm getting pretty excited.

hi ho parker boy!

this is a video taken from daddy's cell phone.


the horse is so cool! it actually plays the lone ranger theme and does the horse sounds and everything! it's so cool! click here or click play above.

weekend update/recap

merry christmas everyone!

friday - i thot i'd never get out of work! but i did. made my way to my fiancee', almost having a near wreck. ass-munchers on the road. the streets were filled with tourons! everybody on their damn cell phones!

HM had a christmas eve eve party. lots of fun, i had a few of my friends show up. i would show you pictures but being the dumbass i am today, i forgot my picture card in the video bag at HM's (below is one from the card i did bring home). i'll show more later this week. i got some really cool stuff, tho. candles, candle holders, a picture frame for ringo, a bottle of wine, santa ornament, gift card for target, and a wonder woman cookie jar!

we made our big announcement as well. we're getting married at THE SHACK. yes, THE BEACH SHACK! it was ET's idea. HM said he had thot about it but was too scared to bring it up to me. all i wanted was to have a very casual wedding on a pretty beach. casual, it is. beach, we got. pretty.... we'll see what we can do with it. we gotta see what papatom will let us do with it. we also moved it back to october. no date set yet.

like i said, originally, we thot of getting married on the beaches of mexico. but the more we thot about it and the cost our guests would have to incur and the limited guest list because of it being so far, the shack sounded like a plan. it's where we met, so it's special to us.

saturday - it's christmas eve!! we spent the evening at S1's. wrapping paper, bows, and gifts all over the place. the kids were having a blast!

i got a gift card for foley's (thank god! i need some lipstick), some cash, and scene it - movie edition. my brother got KISS rubber duckies and both S1 & S2 got tv and music trivia games.

i think the highlight of the evening was HM's gift to everyone. from the "key" video, you know S1 never has towels in her guest bath. HM thot it would be funny to give everyone hand towels for christmas. they were tie towels. everyone tied them around their necks or belt buckles. they came in really handy. we ended the evening at 21 w/ringo, megan and smooth.

sunday - it christmas day!!! santa was so good to me! he brought me the one thing i've been wanting forever... a SONICARE! he also brought me the record player hallmark ornament i wanted and some diamond earrings! is he the best fiancee' ever or what???

later, it was christmas dinner at the stratt's. granna, aunt lizbeth(sp?), mamalane, papatom, topher, rob... the whole gang was there. after dinner, the boys sat around telling stories that reminded me of my dad and his siblings telling stories. those boys were bad.

today - christmas is over. i went to see sistah sweet cheeks and received the Retro Housewife book. a tribute to the 50's housewife. guess she thot i might need some help.

it was a very good christmas! i'm happy with everything! especially the SONICARE! you people just don't know how freaky i am about my teeth. time to get ready for new year's eve. addie's coming in to celebrate with us. she also wants to cook all the traditional new year's day fixin's. it's all her.


to see all the christmas eve photos, click here. good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

The key is 2 the lock, the lock is on the door

-cindy c, prince

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

so tonite was fun. NOT! tonite was the last nite i needed to feed nara's cat. AND take out it's kitty litter. ick. since tonite was the last nite, nara asked me to just leave the keys on the bar. no problem. so i leave my place and make sure i have her keys. check.

i feed the cat and clean the litter. i leave her a note telling her i left the tv on so kitty wouldn't be lonely and placed the keys on top of it. done. i walk out, kitty litter in hand, and make my way downstairs to throw it out. i get out of the elevator and as i'm walking down the stairs and hear the 'clunk-clunk' of the elevator door closing, i realize i don't have MY keys with me!!! MY KEYS!

the store (landlord owns store underneath) is closed so i can't get a spare. i walk over to the side of the building. there are NO lights on anywhere in the building! everybody is gone. thank god i had the bat phone. i started making calls. the first one to nara to see exactly when she's coming back into town... seeing as she has my spare key... IN HER APT THAT I JUST LEFT HER KEYS IN! her flight has already been delayed two hours. no dice.

i call more people that live in the building. no luck. i move onto others who may have keys or maybe just a warm place to stay for the nite. calls were being made by everyone, everywhere. pooop gave me some tips on how to get back in. the first tip worked. I WAS IN THE BUILDING! still not in my apartment.

about 40 minutes later, after alot of hemming and hawing and punching and screaming... i got back in my apt. and it's only 9:30... i still have time to blog about it!

headed for the future

-neil diamond


click on the picture or here to catch some candid video after the closing.

i can name that tune in SIX seconds...

OMG!! last nite was so much fun! of course, you all know that i got NAME THAT TUNE - 80's Edition for christmas. so as soon as i call S1 and tell her, immediately she calls S2 and the game is ON!
we met at S1's house at 7:00 and it started full force. of course there were an odd number of us so we made teams. S2 brought a friend and S1 had friends over already. i'm not gonna lie... me and my sisters will kick ass on any 80's music trivia game so we had to split up. we took partners that didn't even know who 38 special is!!! the horror! i gotta say, my partner pulled his weight. except for the AC/DC question. he should have known that. but he saved himself on the Slash question.

there were times when we were in tears. sometimes from laughing so hard and other times from KNOWING the song that just would not form words from your mouth!! S2's partner actually got teary because she KNEW the animotion song! she had JUST listened to it and it was IN.HER.CAR.as we played!! seriously.

there are also videos that you have to watch. you either have to Name That Group or Name That Song or answer trivia from a video clip. that one is the hardest. then it's on to Bid A Vid where you have to name the tune in however many seconds you said you could. S1 had such an easy one with the Ramones' Rock and Roll High School (we both watched that movie 50+ times) but by the time she got through all her drama from knowing the answer, her time was already up! she didn't get the answer and we got the point! HA!

i'm going to have to find refill cards because i have a feeling this will be played A LOT in the coming months. my sisters and i thank HM for giving us "all" such a great gift!!

p.s. did anyone else notice the before and after change of pants???

weekend update\recap

friday - was happy hour at my place. since everyone is lame and "has christmas stuff to do" alot of people backed out. other people got off work early and didn't want to come back. i don't blame 'em. my true friends showed up. all two of them! HM was there, too. he got off work early to come help me set up. of course, this was for the 10+ people i was expecting to begin with. we had a really good time, tho, with manny & pollie.

afterwards, we went down to 21 with our christmas hats on. how cute are we? don't answer that. anyways, mine is red sequined, HM's is an elf ear hat. too cute. we didn't stay out late because i wanted to get up "earlier" than usual to prepare for his parents coming down the next day.

saturday - why is it that now that i'm making an effort to get up early, the retard i am in love with now tells me, "go back to bed. it's still early". arrgghh! i'm so kicking his @ss. so we get moving around and he tells me he forgot his cufflinks. we search the island looking for "less than $40" cufflinks. no dice. he improvised. he took my favorite pearl mardi gras bead necklace (i couldn't watch) and made cufflinks. how's that for a handyman? when his brother showed up with his cufflinks, later, the pearls actually looked better.

mamalane, papatom, topher and hayley all arrived and the festivities began. we really wanted to send a horse and carriage to get mamalane and papatom but we were too late. they were already walking the seven blocks to get to us. if you ask me, it was too damn cold to be walking. they're braver than i am.

we opened our presents. topher really dug the posters we had made and mamalane wanted pot warmers.... is that what they're called? HM's showing off his sweater, below, from mamalane and papatom.

i got some cool wine toppers and a wine bottle cover thingy, that's all beaded and shiny. i already put it on one of my bottles. here's HM showing off his model GT. it's the same paint scheme as his real mustang. yes, it does exist. i also got "NAME THAT TUNE" 80's edition! YAY! i can't wait to have my sisters over for that!

after presents, we made our way to rudy & paco's for dinner...

after dinner, we went to see the production of A Tuna Christmas at The Grand Opera House. it's a really cute show. i love all the different characters they play. then on to "shake some ass" at 21! mamalane and papatom were gettin' down! they held out later than i thot they would.

sunday - HM got up to get us breakfast and we just kinda hung around the apartment all day. we went for a walk, later, to do some shopping. i don't think we actually bought anything, tho. we just kinda played around in the stores.

it was a fun weekend. a good time had by all, i would have to say. i'm glad HM got to spend time with his brother before he moves and we were all able to share our little family christmas on the island for the last time. last time on the island *sigh*. for all pictures of the weekend, click here.

good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

i'm takin' what they're givin' cuz i'm workin' for a livin'

-huey lewis and the news

today was evaluation day. i was actually kinda worried that the dork might take points off of mine since i give him such a hard time. turns out, he doesn't care so much. or at least, he doesn't let it affect work stuff.

i'm meeting all expectations, occasionally exceeding in a few. go me! he actually put some nice comments and congratulated me on not letting my "torrets" loose when dealing with a customer/client. he says i use time productively... if he only knew... and demonstrate effective use of technical support to expedite work stoppages.

so i say to him that since i'm meeting and exceeding, where's that raise? cuz, uh... we just bought a house yesterday and all. he says my good evaluation makes me "eligible" for one but that doesn't necessarily mean i'll get one. WTH? if it's not in the budget for raises, then we don't get them. and even if we do, it's some crappy ass 1.7% or something idiotic like that. frikkin' state jobs. BUT, it's my choice to work here so i can't be that much of a hard ass.
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on another note, the closing went smoothly. we spent about an hour in the house afterwards. we also took more pictures and video so i'll be posting those soon.

on yet another note, shaggy had his christmas program yesterday. poor baby was sick but he still wanted to go. i'll have pictures and video of that, too.

closing time

-green day

today, we close on our house. YAY! are you excited for us? i'm plenty excited! i think i'm going to do another run-through with the realtor today. YAY!

rainy days and wednesdays

it's so nasty outside right now. bad thunder. worse lightning.

my poor boss... he has a pretty sad life. he's constantly apologizing to his wife. especially if he's not exactly where she expects him to be at a certain time... "i'll be right down", "well i didn't know you were downstairs", "i was in a meeting" you get it. so today, he takes us out for christmas lunch. you can tell he had a certain amount allotted for this because when our waitress came up to ask if we wanted an appetizer, he interjected, "oh no, i think we're all ready to order". not that we weren't, but still. after lunch, she brought the dessert tray. quickly, he says, "oh, i think we're all too full, right guys? hyuck! hyuck!" as if! at least give us the option. anyways, the check comes and he tells her to put a certain amount on his debit card and the rest cash.

so we get back to the office and his wife calls (as she does every frikkin' half hour). apparently, she asked about lunch and he told her that he had to put some on the debit card. this is where the apologizing comes in. i guess she asked him why and he tried to keep quiet cuz i'm sure he didn't want us to hear. how embarrassing. geesh, woman! he bought us lunch. what did you expect him to spend? it's not like we had appetizers and dessert! can you imagine if we had???

i really wanna feel sorry for him, but he makes it hard. he's a total dork and not very likeable. i'm also guessing he gets no say about anything at home so he overcompensates at work. he really tries to be "the boss", but we're really not up for it. he's new, by the way. only here one year. my guess is he's gonna blow one day and it won't be pretty. another guess would be to say i'm the one that's gonna push it and probably be fired in the interim. i'm sure HM's wishing for the latter.

p.s. it's now flooded outside and i have to walk home in this.

weekend update\recap

overall concensus = good

friday - work "holiday" party. geesh! why can't people just say CHRISTMAS party anymore??? frikkin' hannukwanza! good times, tho. afterwards, we went downtown for a couple of drinks. bad idea. why do people always want to give us shots?!?!?!?

saturday - hungover like a mutha! HM had to drag me out of bed, caveman style, to ride to Houston with him. after sleeping off the hangover and going shopping for a bra (i forgot to pack one since i was drug out of bed and put in the truck in my robe and slippers) i met HM at his store. it was Lights in the Heights. it's a pretty big deal in that area and he hadn't been the past couple of years. it's pretty neat. they have bands and choirs and random christmas stuff to see in the neighborhood. you just walk around this six-block radius and check everything out.

sunday - woke up and made my man breakfast in bed. we did some shopping and then back to the island. went to fedi's party later. no pictures... haven't quite been in the picture taking mood lately.

so that was it. low-key. thank you and have a pleasant tomorrow.

you oughta be in pictures

click here or on the picture for parker boy's rendition of what a puppy dog and kitty cat sound like:

ctrl+alt+delete

below you will see a very deleted blog entry. only it's not deleted on the blog. it's been deleted from my posts which means i cannot see it therefore, unable to edit to try and delete it any further. maybe it's an overnite delete thing happening here.

just so you know, if you click on anything, you will not see the video of parker boy. i tried to fix it but it didn't work. i will try again later. until then, either enjoy the broken links to nothingness or if you're that bored you can read the archives.

update: oh...NOW it wants to update\delete! geesh!

weekend update\recap

i'd really love to go into my weekend and tell you all about it but there wasn't a whole lot going on. how 'bout i just give you the highlights...

- friday, went to mia bella's for dinner and to see ryan b
- saturday, had a holiday open house at HM's store wherein i stood out front and served cookies and wassail
- saturday, i drove the '65 'Stang again! i love that car! i'm gonna get HM to take pictures of me in the 'Stang so you can see how good i look in it. =)
- sunday, HM cooked enourmous meals for me to bring home. yes, food is a highlight.

good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

changes in attitudes, changes in latitudes

-jimmy buffet

last nite was the infamous k-pooop's going away party. i told you everyone was leaving! he's supposed to be leaving for florida tomorrow nite. it was a pretty melancholy evening. i'm gonna miss my pooop. BUT it's time for him to move on... bigger and better things await.

from l to r: 'nando, don-keeey, k-pooop, anna, me, jessica rabbit, some random guy

for all photos of the party, click here.

parker boy

weekend update\recap

friday - got up and went to sistah sweet cheek's place. she's been sick and wasn't able to make it to her mom's for the holiday. she had been eating off of the ham she was supposed to take. ET was kind enough to let me make a plate for her.

i also had lunch w/HM and went grocery shopping for the weekend. note to HM: do not send me shopping for meat ever again. addie got to HM's soon after. i can't really remember what we did. i'm pretty sure it involved watching the big screen and stuffing our faces. damn... what DID we do friday?

saturday - we were supposed to go to S1's and take some family photos. since it was raining out, she didn't wanna do it. so, addie and i went shopping. well... addie went shopping. i went for shopping support. we hit a few stores then came back for a snack. left again for something else that i don't remember. what the hell is going on with my memory???

that nite, HM grilled us up some good stuff. shrimp enbrochette and talapia with some special sauce and sweet potatoe something or other. good stuff! we were supposed to trim the tree but we were so full it didn't happen.

sunday - addie and i went to see walk the line (to get out of HM's hair). good flick. i actually thot i might want to buy the dvd when it comes out. kinda long, but still good. amazing how he sounded like johnny cash. not a bad singer, at all.

we had a good time trimming the tree and putting all the CAR ornaments on it. it's so cute hearing HM talk about each ornament... how he got it and what kind of car it is.

that's about it for the weekend. it seems like a lot more happened but something's going on with my memory. then again, i do recall just sitting in front of the big screen for quite a bit of it.

good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

p.s. friday, i also remember taking the mustang to the body shop then stopping at happy hour. after that, i'm drawing a blank.

over the river and thru the woodlands...

...to mamalane's house we went.

HAPPY- you-stole-our-land-and-killed-our-people-DAY! that's the indian coming out in me. today is thanksgiving and i spent it with HM's family. it was a good one. we got to see his brother and parker-boy, who i don't see very often. he's so cute. and getting so big.

my dressing was well received. mamalane said she loved it and even kept some. i'm pretty sure she did really like it.

the highlight of my day, you ask? that would DEFINITELY have to be driving mamalane's 1965 mustang back to HM's! oooooh, it was so cool! HM says it could use a tune up but i so didn't care. I WAS DRIVING A '65 'STANG!!

we got back and went to ET's for drinks and merriment. i had a good time. we met some random people that live on the rock. i know i've seen them before, perhaps on a walk-thru on the post.

good times on turkey day.

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

~William Jennings Bryan

there's no way i would have been able to pull off the dressing if it wasn't for S1. she rawks! she came over last nite to "guide" me thru the process of making dressing. excuse me, CORNBREAD dressing. as i was told last nite, there's a difference between my dressing and "real" dressing. as if! white folks.

anyways, she told me she was just going to sit and watch but as soon as she got there, she dug in. everything was prepped, we just had to put it all together. of course, she chopped up everything more (i think it was just because she wanted to use my big sharp knife that she fell in love with) and started crumbling the cornbread. she even took out the burnt pieces of bread. she's so good.

when we were all finished, i did the taste test and was worried that i might have put too many greens... not enough cornbread... not enough salt. i didn't know. k-pooop to the rescue! he came up to give it a taste. i could tell he thot it was good but it was still missing something. he nailed it! i added the "secret ingredient" and it was poi-fect! well, we'll see when we get to mamalane's.
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after the dressing, i baked cookies to take to "the last supper" at commerce. i couldn't make my usual garlic mashed potatoes as i was just a tad busy. this year we didn't do the traditional turkey and dressing. instead it was a big ol' pot of turkey & dumplings. mmmmm, good.

it's the last thanksgiving dinner we'll do at commerce. this is the 4th year for it... my 3rd. everybody's moving out of the building so it was a "goodbye" dinner for most. hopefully, we'll have our house in place and we can do it again, in a different location, next year. it won't be commerce, but it'll still be family.

p.s. THANKS SIS!! YOU ROCK!!

weekend update\recap

pretty uneventful. yes, it's tuesday and i couldn't get online, for some reason, last nite.

friday - invited to a martini party. i really didn't feel like going so i stayed in and watched once upon a time in mexico, i think. did some laundry.

saturday - laundry. oh, and i watched thru season 3 of the old mtv series, daria. i didn't have cable when it was on before and only caught an episode here and there. god love the internet.

sunday - more laundry. went to the grocery store to get some dinner fixin's for my man. watched sky high. it was a cute flick. also watched family guy that's always funny, but there was this one part where brian started singing and dancing to "peanut butter jelly time" and i laughed my ass off! HM didn't think it was so funny, but i was cracking up. supposedly, it's a kids' song or something...??? anyways, today i saw the original video version of "peanut butter jelly time". you should check them both out.

i had more on my original post. yes... as uneventful as it was. i think it was more "filler" than anything else. this is the raw version. good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

weekend update\recap

i just typed up this long thing... uneventful as it was. i'm not typing it all over again. frikkin' blogger!

aarrggghh!! if i get the urge later, i'll do it again. for now, no way.

to sir, with love

football hero
all that jazz

if the tiara fits...

hey big spender!
i told you i was a princess

and you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house

- once in a lifetime, talking heads


today was inspection. the inspector went to look at the house and said that he had not seen a house in that good of shape for how old it was. granted it's only 11 or so years old, but still. the realtor said he's usually more talkative only he wasn't talking because he wasn't finding anything wrong.

i took plenty of pictures. we're going to play around with a paint program HM has. we have 'til march, so there's no rush. click here for a few BEFORE pictures.

dear old golden rule days

punk rock princess

here is the request from the princess:




i can't wait to show her this when she's 17!

wide open spaces

-dixie chicks (as if i ever listen to them)

WE FOUND A HOUSE!! not only did we FIND a house, but we BOUGHT a house! the house has everything we wanted. big open kitchen, master bedroom downstairs, gameroom upstairs, plenty of yard for the boys, and room for his cars.... on the side of the house.

the princess already has her room designed with some crazy color scheme (i think her mom smoked crack while she was pregnant). she has picked out hot pink, lime green and bright orange as her colors of choice for the bedroom she will be taking over. she has a very specific floor plan laid out and drew it all out for HM. it's something straight outta Woodstock!

HM wanted to respond w/a drawing of a crack pipe because obviously this child has been smoking, thinking he's painting all of this.

we really can't hold in our excitement! even mamalane is trying to tone herself down. she's really excited for us! hell... she's so excited, the woman is trying to put me on folic vitamins already!!! yeah, and HM thinks the princess has been smokin'...??? she wants grandbabies STAT!
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as far as the weekend update\recap...

friday - HM went to look at the house. loved it. decided to make an offer. went to dinner.

saturday - HM called and said, "we got the house". me... stunned silence. was not thinking it was going to happen that fast. he mistook it for disappointment, but honestly, i was just in shock.

saturday nite - celebration dinner w/friends. we went to mia bella and got to hang out with sir ryan. he's so good to us. i love ryan. went to a place called muldoon's afterwards and a friend of a friend expressed interest in renting HM's place. awesome!

sunday - went to see S1 and family. she made chicken & dumplings for lunch. yum. this is where i got "designs by princess" for her room. afterwards, i came home and took a nap. it was a long day already and i had to rest for the going away party later.

sunday nite - went to fannypack & sara's going away party. they're moving to florida and i wish them the best. it got a little sad, tho. everyone's moving. lil bit already moved to sugarland, sir ryan's in houston, fanny pack & sara are moving to florida, k-pooop was supposed to be moving to some far away resort place in the middle of nowhere, i'm leaving soon and i think sbw's leaving right after me. i love these people... we had some good times on "the post".

from l to r: sara, k-pooop, sbw, sam, HM, sweet t (me), lil bit, billy & fanny pack.

so that's it for the weekend. good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

p.s. we move march 1.

searchin' for so long

-chicago

so today i looked at seven houses. count 'em, SEVEN. five scheduled, two we just sort of happened upon. out of the seven, i liked two of them. completely different homes. one built in the 60's, the other mid-90's. very different styles.

on one hand, i like the older one because of it's old charm and curb appeal... and i really just love those neighborhoods. the newer one just totally rocked, tho. of course, being newer. very spacey. these people were way into the whole "santa fe" (way overdone) look. and they weren't afraid to use color in any of the rooms. blue bathroom, peach living room, pink bedroom, you get it. i didn't get the same feel for the neighborhood, tho.

i went solo. HM will look at them either tomorrow or monday. if he likes one over the other, i'm fine. if he doesn't like either one, i'm fine with that, too. i don't want us to rush into a house just because we want to live together already. i want us to both like it and know we can live in it for a good long while. i know he wanted us to be in a house before christmas, but i don't think it's gonna happen... even if he does choose one of these. i also don't want him to think it has to be one of these. we will find one. maybe not this week, but it will happen. we'll see what he thinks when he sees them.

take it to da house

it's been a slow week. i've been looking for houses and found five to look at tomorrow. doesn't that sound like FUN?!?!? HA! i'm going solo tomorrow. HM has to work late. actually, HM just has to work normal hours. ownership's a bitch, ain't it? if we don't find anything in this batch tomorrow, we're throwing the towel in until after the holidays. =\

it's not making us happy. we've broadened our search. first, we liked the "more bang for your buck" lots in friendswood, but then we totally fell in love with the "family friendly" neighborhoods of seabrook (well, i did). we started with one subdivison, moved on to another when we couldn't find anything affordable or do-able. we're on our third subdivision now. i've heard good things about it, tho. i have a co-worker friend that lives there now and one that just moved from there. she just wanted a newer house. they built in another subdivision.

i'm so tired... tired of looking at houses we don't like... looking at houses we like but are "pending"... looking at houses we may like but are SOLD. i'm tired. okay, i'm going to stop now because i'm just going to start rambling. i hope we can find something tomorrow. and i hope it's not too far for HM to drive. that man works long hours and i would hate for the drive to add to the grumpiness after the long day.

weekend update/recap

friday - the princess and honey bunny played each other in a scrimmage game. S2 was convinced that honey bunny's team was going to win. they had a really good chance actually. her team was 5-2-1 for the fall ball season. she's in pixie1. princess is in pixie2, which means and older age group. pixie2 won out, 7-5. amazing game from what i hear. i wouldn't know, i was taking a nap. good nap.

HM and BA got in around 8-ish. i went in to work at 9:00 and let the boys have the nite off.

saturday - the boys were so hungover we kinda stayed in for most of the morning. i bought us all breakfast burritos (with HM's tip money from my jar). when we finally decided to get up and out, it rained. does not make well for saggy painted ta-ta's... eewww.

after coming back in, i had to get ready for rucker's wedding. i gave myself an hour to get there. first of all, of course, it took me a while to get to sadie to begin with. next, i hit an ass load of traffic in clear lake. then, there was a wreck on the freeway. i got on the feeder but i was way late. i even did a few loops around the block it was on, because who the hell gives the address to the BACK of a church?!?!? and who sends an invitation with no address or map?!?!? anyways... there was no sign, no big door, no steeple. i finally took a different turn and pulled up on the side of the church. while i was getting out of sadie and walking up to the church... here comes the bride and groom out of the side doors!! at least i made it. but i was so busted.

for the few wedding pics, click here

afterwards, i came back to the rally and hung out with the boys. very tired. very annoyed by everything. ready for bed, but trying to be a trooper.

for all rally pics, click here

sunday - BA took off early. rally over. looked at some more listings for houses. i'm so tired of looking for houses. i know it'll be all good in the end, but gawd it's tiring. i found four more today. hopefully, i'll get to look at those on friday. assuming they don't sell by then. that's been an issue. wish me luck... AGAIN.

good nite and have a pleasant tomorrow.

get your motor runnin'

note to self

do not use BLUE mouthwash the day after you get your teeth cleaned.

does not make for pretty white shiny teeth.

A-T-T-A-C-K, ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK

tonite, was my booger's last football game. the first one i made it to, tho. SOMEONE didn't send me the schedule!! but i got to see some old family friends of S1 and BIL1. one of the family friends is a little girl who used to have a giant crush on booger. he was friends with her brother and more or less treated her like a little sister. the crush soon ended after booger was invited on vacation with them. when they got back, she said she "couldn't stand him". he was mean to her, obnoxious, and farted all the time. right. in. front. of. her. eeewwwww. being as she's all growed up now and a very cute cheerleader, i'd say booger missed his chance.

cute cheerleader and number 43

booger also scored TWO touchdowns in the first half of the game! he rocks! he plays both offense and defense. S1 says that alot of the players do that. i'm guessing it's because they don't have enough players. when i left, at half time, the score was something ridiculous like 42-10. if the other team even had that. i know we had 42.

i had to take off to get provisions for the rally this weekend. i think we're gonna grill some hot dogs on the roof. HM's also making a brisket and BA (one of his buddies from austin) is coming down. i really like BA. he's pretty much the only one i'll trust HM to run off with. i don't know why. he's probably the worst one, he just hides it well. sistah sweet cheeks is supposed to make it down as well. i hope she makes it.

p.s. we're going to check out another house tomorrow. wish us luck as sylvia will be coming with, to meet mamalane and papatom.

trick or treat, smell my feet

tho it rained, it didn't put a damper on the cha-cha slide or the macarena. here are a few pics of the kids gettin' down in S1's garage last nite.