More George...

George Carlin quotes
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
If man evolved from monkeys and apes. . . why do we still have monkeys and apes?
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section? " She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him. . . is he still wrong? (yes)
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
Is there another word for synonym?
Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all? "
What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
How is it possible to have a civil war?
If God dropped acid, would he see people?
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?
If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry?
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?
Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
Where are we going? And what's with this hand basket?
If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole damn airplane made out of that shit?
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
I'm not into working out. My philosophy is no pain, no pain.
I'm in shape. Round is a shape.
I'm desperately trying to figure out why Kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
Ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you, but when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window?
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
You have to stay in shape. My mother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now and we have no idea where she is.
I have six locks on my door, all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three of them.
One out of every three Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you.
They show you how detergents take out bloodstains. I think if you've got a T-shirt with bloodstains all over it, maybe your laundry isn't your biggest problem.
Ask people why they have deer heads on their walls and they tell you it's because they're such beautiful animals. I think my wife is beautiful, but I only have photographs of her on the wall.
A lady came up to me on the street, pointed at my suede jacket and said, "Don't you know a cow was murdered for that jacket?" I said "I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you too".
Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore.

In defense of big vehicles...

So, I got this comment from Jade, a fellow AZ blogger, and I went over to her site to check it out. (She's frickin hilarious and still serious at the same time; don't know how to make the link thingys, but she's at www.AzJade.com, so check her out) She was blogging (funny! I might add) about a mom at her daughters school, who drives a big ass SUV and has 0 respect for anyone else on the road. (Among other things!) And I agree, for the most part. See, I happen to be a SAHM with a big truck. Not an SUV, a truck. A Dodge Ram 1500 Quad cab, which I absolutely love. However, I differ in the respect that mine was bought for a purpose, not just so I could be bigger than everybody else. I use the ever living hell out of it! Today alone, I have hauled 2200 pounds of old fence, old bathroom, etc. to the dump. I also do the hauling for everyone in my family (for gas money only) since I am the only one with a truck. We visit Lowe's almost weekly, since we are the (dumb) do-it-yourselfers, and usually load up the bed. I didn't get 4x4, cause where the hell would I use it, and you probably won't see mud all over it because a) it doesn't rain in AZ, b) not what I got it for, and c) my husband is a freak, and washes both vehicles every weekend! So, I guess I'm excluding myself from Jade's SAHM-big-SUV post (since I do drive very carefully...small vehicle or big, accidents still hurt!!) and I have to agree with her, that those that buy it just because of the trend in big vehicles, no driving skills, suck. Ok, back to cleaning my damn carpets. (again, a dumb do-it-yourselfer!)

Thursday Thirteen

I decided that this Thursday, I wanted to focus on the future...vacation spots, that is. So, here goes 13 Vacation Destinations.

1. Greece
2. Australia
3. Okinawa
4. Scotland
5. England
6. Egypt
7. China
8. New York City
9. Brazil
10. Hawaii
11. Switzerland
12. Spain
13. Easter Island

Now, I know that these are pretty general in destination, but there is a purpose to that. At no point (well, with the exception of NYC) do I want to go to any of these places to visit one or two sites/cities/etc. I fully intend on spending some serious time, at least a couple weeks each, in my retirement exploring until I cannot explore any more.

And, for Alicia, here's New Mexico...

You buy salsa by the gallon.

You are still using the paper license tag that came with your car five years ago.

Your favorite restaurant has a chile list instead of a wine list.

You do all your shopping and banking at a drive-up window.

Your Christmas decorations include "a yard of sand and 200 paper bags".

You have license plates on your walls, but not on your car.

Most restaurants you go to begin with "El" or "Los".

You remember when Santa Fe was not like San Francisco.

You hated Texans until the Californians moved in.

The tires on your roof have more tread than the ones on your car.

You price-shop for tortillas.

You have an extra freezer just for green chile.

You think a red light is merely a suggestion.

You believe that using a turn signal is a sign of weakness.

You don't make eye contact with other drivers because you can't tell how well armed they are just by looking.

You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful front lawn.

You have to sign a waiver to buy hot coffee at a drive-up window.

You ran for state legislature so you can speed legally.

You pass on the right because that's the fast-lane.

You have read a book while driving from Albuquerque to Las Vegas.

You know they don't skate at the Ice House and the Newsstand doesn't sell newspapers.

You think Sadies was better when it was in the bowling alley.

You have used aluminum foil and duct tape to repair your air conditioner.

You can't control your car on wet pavement.

There is a piece of a UFO displayed in your home.

You know that The Jesus Tortilla is not a band.

You wish you had invested in the orange barrel business.

You just got your fifth DWI and got elected to the state legislature in the same week.

Your swamp cooler got knocked off your roof by a dust devil.

You have been on TV more than three times telling about how your neighbor was shot or about your alien abduction.

You can actually hear the Taos hum.

All your out-of-state friends and relatives visit in October.

You know Vegas is a town in the northeastern part of the state.

You are afraid to drive through Mora and Espanola.

You iron your jeans to "dress up".

You don't see anything wrong with drive-up window liquor sales.

Your other vehicle is also a pick-up truck.

Two of your cousins are in Santa Fe, one in the legislature and the other in the state pen.

You know the punch line to at least one Espanola joke.

Your car is missing a fender or bumper.

You have driven to an Indian Casino at 3am because you were hungry.

You think the Lobos fight song is "Louie, Louie"

You know whether you want "red or green."

You're relieved when the pavement ends because the dirt road has fewer pot-holes.

You can correctly pronounce Tesuque, Cerrillos, and Pojoaque.

You have been told by at least one out-of-state vendor that they are going to charge you extra for "international" shipping.

You expect to pay more if your house is made of mud.

You can order your Big Mac with green chile.

You see nothing odd when, in the conversations of the people in line around you at the grocery store, every other word of each sentence alternates between Spanish and English.

You associate bridges with mud, not water.

You know you will run into at least 3 cousins whenever you shop at Wal-Mart, Sam's or Home Depot.

Tumbleweeds and various cacti in your yard are not weeds. They are your lawn.

If you travel anywhere, no matter if just to run to the gas station, you must bring along a bottle of water and some moisturizer.

Trailers are not referred to as trailers. They are houses. Double-wide trailers are "real" houses.

A package of white flour tortillas is the exact same thing as a loaf of bread. You don't need to write it on your shopping list; it's a given.

At any gathering, regardless of size, green chile stew, tortillas, and huge mounds of shredded cheese are mandatory.

Prosperity can be readily determined by the number of horses you own.

A tarantula on your porch is ordinary. A scorpion in your tub is ordinary. A poisonous centipede on your ceiling? Ordinary. A black widow crawling across your bed is terribly, terribly common. A rattlesnake is an occasional hiking hazard. No need to freak out.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from New Mexico.

You know you're from Iowa....

Had to post this, as I am originally from Iowa. Now, I moved from there when I was 13, so I don't get all of them, but, sadly, I do get most of them.

Vacation means driving through the Amanas or going to Adventureland

Down South to you means Missouri

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Moines"

You know the answer to the question, :"Is this Heaven?"

You know where all the Yoders live (or Andersons, or Van den Bergs)

You know what "hawks" and "clones" are

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable

You can locate Iowa on the map

You've ever been on a "Geode Hunt"

Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and is accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice

You say "catty-wampus" instead of "kitty-corner"

You've never taken public transportation

You have boiled fish in lye for Christmas

You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly

You know what "Amish Country" is

The only reason you go to Wisconsin or Missouri is to get fireworks

You know exactly where "Field of Dreams" was filmed

When someone says they are going out for dinner or supper, you know which meal they are talking about

You listen to "Paul Harvey" every day at noon.

You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, corn, and soy nuts.

You're pulled over and asked by the cop, "Had a little to much to drink, (your first name here)?

You own the complete "Dukes of Hazzard" video collection.

"Hick" is a style of clothing.

You can use the words, 'crik', 'holler', and 'skunk weed' in the same sentence.

Your Christmas gift, when you were ten years old was a shotgun (a BB gun if you were a 'townie').

You know someone personally who is involved in meth trade or manufacture.

Your idea of a party is throwing cans of WD40 in a campfire while you're drunk.

You've been to a rave in a barn.

You've had sex in the back of a truck ... amid cows.

You know that cows don't sleep standing up.

You're concerned about the rates of corn growth in Illinois as compared to that of Iowa's.

You listen to Ag Day at 6AM ... two hours after you get up in the morning.

You believe that trees in Iowa lean towards Nebraska ... because Nebraska sucks!

You know several people who still refer to Japanese cars as "rice-burners."

"Styx" plays a concert at the county fair, and people actually show up.

You don't get nervous when you walk into a biker bar (unless you're an Iowa City cop).

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Iowa.

In Arizona...

*the birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
*the potatoes cook underground, and all you have to do to have lunch is to pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.
*farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
*the cows are giving evaporated milk.
*the trees are whistling for the dogs.
*you eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off.
*you learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.
*the temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.
*you've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
*you would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
*you can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
*The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
*you discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.
*hot water now comes out of both taps.
*you actually burn your hand opening the car door.
*you break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.
*no one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning.
*your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
*you realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
*a sad Arizonan once prayed, "I wish it would rain - not so much for me, cuz I've seen it -- but for my 7-year-old."
*You can say 115 degrees without fainting.
*You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.
*You notice your car overheating before you drive it.
*You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.
*You discover, in July, that it only takes two fingers to drive your car.
*You can make sun tea instantly.
*You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.
*You can say Hohokam and people don't think you're laughing funny.
*You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.
*You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
*You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.
*You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
*You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.
*The reporters, trying to prove a point, actually BURN the egg they're cooking on the sidewalk.
*Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.
*You can pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Cholla", and "Tlaquepaque".
*It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.
*You give up on the idea of washing your car until October, because the dust storms will just get it dirty again anyway.
*You know what a dust devil is.
*Umbrellas are not for rain. In fact, they aren't waterproof.
*Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less the 30spf is a joke, and you wear it just to go to Circle K.
*You know the real name of the Phoenix daily newspapers (Repugnant & Gazoo).
*Some fool can market minimisters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them.
*Eight Scottish bagpipers from Canada, dressed in full regalia, pass out from heat prostration in February.
*A parade for the Phoenix Suns is held at 12:00 noon in June and 500,000 people turn out in 110 degree weather.
*Hot air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.
*A main form of recreation for teenagers is ice blocking down hills.
*Convertibles are not a status symbol. They are a sign of blind vanity.
*You've signed so many petitions to recall governors that you can't remember the name of the incumbent.
*You can understand the reason for a town named "Why."

Brief history lesson

Have you ever wondered where and how yodeling began?

Many years ago a man was traveling through the mountains of Switzerland. Nightfall was rapidly approaching and he had nowhere to sleep. He went up to a farmhouse and asked the farmer if he could spend the night. The farmer told him that he could sleep in the barn. As the story goes, the farmer's daughter asked her father, "Who is that man going into the barn?" "That fellow traveling through," said the farmer. "needs a place to stay for the night, so, I told him he could sleep in the barn." The daughter said, "Perhaps he is hungry." So she prepared him a plate of food for him and then took it out to the barn. About an hour later, the daughter returned, her clothing disheveled and straw in her hair. Straight up to bed she went. The farmer's wife was very observant. She then suggested that perhaps the man was thirsty. So she fetched a bottle of wine, took it out to the barn, and she too did not return for an hour. Her clothing askew, her blouse buttoned incorrectly, she also headed straight to bed. The next morning at sunrise the man in the barn got up and continued on his journey, waving to the farmer as he left. When the daughter awoke and learned that the visitor was gone, she broke into tears. "How could he leave without even saying goodbye," she cried. "We made such passionate love last night!" "What?" shouted the father as he angrily ran out of the house looking for the man, who by now was halfway up the mountain. The farmer screamed up at him, "I'm going to get you! You had sex with my daughter!" The man looked back down from the mountainside, cupped his hand next to his mouth, and yelled out..... "LAIDTHEOLAIDEETOO"

Kids...

This is priceless!
RETARDED GRANDPARENTS (this was actually reported by a teacher).
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Arizona. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore.
They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, and do exercises there, but they don't do them very well. There is a swimming pool too, but in it, they all jump up and down with hats on.
At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it.
He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out.
They go cruising in their golf carts.
Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night: Early Birds.
Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center and call it pot luck.
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too.
When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house.
Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.

Answer with one word....

1. Yourself: sincere

2. Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend: husband...

3. Your Hair: boring

4. Your Mother: irreplaceable

5. Your Father: which?

6. Your Favorite Item: many!!

7. Your Dream Last Night: firefighter...

8. Your Favorite Drink: Dr. Pepper

9. Your Dream Home: mortgage-free

10. The Room You are In: great room

11. Your Pet(s): dogs

12. Your Fear: bugs

13. Where You Want to be in Ten Years: happy

14. Who You Hung Out With Last Night: family

15. What You're Not: wild

16. Your Best Friend: Alicia

17. One of Your Wish List Items: Dodge SRT 10

18. Your Gender: female

19. The Last Thing You Did: paint

20. What You are Wearing: jammies

21. Your Favorite Weather: thunderstorm

22. Your Favorite Book: most

23. The Last Thing You Ate: Oreo's

24. Your Life: blessed

25. Your Mood: exhausted

26. The Last Person You Talked to on the Phone: Steve

27. What are you thinking about right now: A lot

Mad Cows

Mornings are the best

I should be starting my daily "home restoration", but I had to take a few minutes to play with the web cam, and get a picture of me and Lexi...It's too much fun when she realizes that she is on camera!

Better late than never!

Ok, so I'm about a day behind everything, but I can still post my Thursday thirteen, right? Well, I am anyways!

13 Reasons we need want to move

1. Separate bedrooms for all the kids.

2. Bigger bedrooms for the parents!

3. Closer to Ian's school. (no more 30 mile trek each day)

4. More room

5. More bathrooms

6. Newer house, so no more remodeling!

7. Normal sized garage

8. So my bedroom doesn't have an east/west exposure (sucks in the Arizona summer sun)

9. Dual paned windows

10. possible guest room

11. Smaller back yard, so we can't build a guest house for my mother in law, like she keeps asking!

12. Find a less busy street, so I don't freak out about the kids playing catch out front

13. Because I love house hunting (ok, not really a reason, but I do!)

I like George!

George Carlin's new rules for 2006:

New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for Classmates.com! There's reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days: mowing my lawn.

New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain? Trout?

New Rule: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

New Rule: If you need to shave and you still collect baseball cards, you're gay. If you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your idols. If you're a grown man, they're pictures of men.

New Rule: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.

New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket - water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water.

New Rule: Stop fucking with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis.

New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ...ooh, you're a huge asshole.

New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy.

New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it actually translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the US Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."

New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&M. If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two.

New Rule: If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is that the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.

New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.

New Rule: (and this one is long overdue): No more bathroom attendants! After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. Don't want to be on your webcam, Dude. I just want to wash my hands.

New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to know in months. Not "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't really care in the first place.

A good quote to live by.

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way."

Belated Happy Mother's Day

To all of you who have children, Happy Mother's day, slightly belated as I enjoyed a blissfully boring day yesterday, and did much of nothing!

Family

Hee hee hee! Thanks Alicia!

Call me crazy but...

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what criterion was used to define whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.

"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."

"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

"No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?

The ABC's of me

Because I am still fairly new at this blogging thing, I occasionally come across something else on another bloggers site, and feel the need to repeat it, with my answers, on my own site. This is one of those instances. Sorry again. I'm not always the most creative of people.

Accent: Midwest meets Southwest. Actually, until recent years, I thought everyone else had accents, and I didn't. Apparently, I was wrong.

Booze: Not big on alcohol, but when I do drink, I go for broke with tequila shots

Chore I Hate: laundry. Not the washing, but the folding. One basket of 2T and 3T clothes is the same amount as 3 baskets of my clothes!

Dog or Cat: Well, I like both, but we do have 2 huge doggies who would love to eat, I mean meet a kitty

Essential Electronics: My cell phone. I'm not sure how we got along without them before!

Favorite Cologne(s): Male? Not sure. Female? Either Victoria's Secret Divine or Bath and Body Works Moonlit Garden body splash

Gold or Silver: White Gold

Hometown: Des Moines IA, although I claim Phoenix, AZ more

Insomnia: All the time. I haven't found the off button for my mind yet.

Job Title: Domestic Engineer, or CEO and CFO of the R*** Family Enterprises

Kids: 3. 2 biological (ages 3 and 6) and a 10 year old foster child that may turn permanent drive me absolutely crazy

Living arrangements: 3 bed 2 bath home (owned) that really needs to be traded for a 4 bed house with more sq footage!

Most admirable trait: My goofiness, and ability to laugh at myself

Number of sexual partners: uhhh.....No Answer. I don't really get caught up in the past

Overnight hospital stays: Couple times. Once as a little kids, twice more recently with the births of my 2 kids. (2000, 2003)

Phobias: Spiders, bugs, insects, creepy crawly things...shudder!

Quote: "If you can't be kind, talk shit w/ your girlfriends or at least have the decency to be vague."

Religion: Undecided at the time being

Siblings: 4...2 half and 2 step

Time I wake up: usually 7:15. 7:30 if I'm lucky and the boys got themselves up and ready for school.

Unusual talent or skill: Uhhh...I haven't killed my kids or husband yet. Does that count?

Vegetable I refuse to eat: Squash. Period.

Worst habit: Interrupting others

X-rays: Yes. Teeth, intestines, wrist. Do ultrasounds count?

Yummy foods I make: Grilled chicken and Monterey Jack quesadillas, Homemade chicken nuggets and hand smashed potatoes, and (kids' favorite) pancakes and eggs and sausage

Zodiac sign: Libra

A Blogging Faux Pas?

I am sincerely hoping that I have not inadvertently committed a blogger faux pas.... Recently I have found several interesting blogs, and rather than searching for them, or putting them on my provider favorite list, I added them to my blog links. I didn't think to check if that was ok. Hopefully, they are not calling me all kinds of a jerk. If so, in my defense, I haven't learning blog etiquette, if there is such thing. Sorry!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I Need to Accomplish 2006

1. Finish the master bath remodel
2. Finish all the house painting projects I started last year
3. Overcome my budding credit addiction
4. Pay off main credit cards
5. Lose a bit of that extra weight
6. Sort through the kids' toys
7. Finish shredding all financial docs from the last 5 years
8. Make more time for just Steve and myself
9. Buy a new house, with 4 bedrooms this time
10. Get rid of some of the stuff I have held onto for too long
11. Update our family photos
12. Set (and stick with) a budget
13. Get Steve to stick with budget

    
    Looks like I'm in for a boring remainder of 2006