Where are the comments?

I suppose that it's just me writing and reading my own blog but that's okay! I can look back and remember things in my life that have gone on and get a sense of timing! It also helps me when I try to remember what to journal when making my scrapbook pages!

Today I finally went back to water aerobics only to find that the class is suspended for the week beginning Monday! So, it's lap swim for me!

When I come home from the "Y" having finished my workout I feel so relaxed and rejuvinated. Right now I'm waiting for the extra energy to kick in that is supposed to come with exercise!

Gotta go see the big "O", kindly I refer to this MD as Big "O"'s bar like in Gretchenn Wilson's song, Pocohontas Proud! He keeps me out of depression with his magic pills and I keep showing up to let him know it's workin'!

We're on the map!

Another Questioner

Christie sent this to me via email! Rather than post and forward I thought I'd just put it right here on my blog!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 9:00AM

2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Failure to Launch! Don't get out much do I?

4. What is your favorite TV show? Gray's Anatomy

6. What is your middle name? Lee

7. What foods do you dislike? Pork roast, my MIL's potato salad!

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?

9. What kind of car do you drive? 1998 Ford ZX2 around town because gas is so high, out of town I take my 2002 Lincoln SL V8

10. Favorite sandwich? Tuna on toast with lettuce, tomato and onion.

11. What characteristic do you despise? Fraud, girlfriends who tell things they're not supposed to tell other girlfriends, liars! People who get in the 20 items of less land at Wal-Mart with 60 items and pay with cash, food, stamps and a check on one order!

12. Favorite item of clothing? Pajamas

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Cruise of Greece and Italy with side trips into Spain, England, and France. I think they call that Europe!
14. Are you an organized person?

15. Where would you retire to? Mountains in the summer, FL in the winter.

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? When I turned 50! My husband bought me an opal ring and a new car.

17. What are you going to do when you finish this? Check the Scrap Jammies Message Board

18. Furthest place you are sending this? Around the world, it's on my blog, look at the map!

19. Person you expect to send it back first? Maybe Kris will put it on her blog!

20. When is your birthday? Soon

21. Morning person or a night person? Afternoon and evening!

22. What is your shoe size? 8 1/2

23 Pets? Two sister daschunds, bred, born and raised in my old kitchen.

24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? We're expecting a hurricane

25. What did you want to be when you were little? A doctor.

26. How are you today? A little tired from all the work this past weekend!

27. What is your favorite flower? Roses but secretly love the smell of carnations!

28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to see? January 15, 2009!

29. what was the last thing you ate? An oatmeal cookie.

30. (missing) I guess that means a person, my late father!

31. Do you wish on stars? Nope, but I pray to the maker of them!

32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Burnt Umber because I like the name and It was saved from the delete list of Crayola in 1998!

33. How is the weather right now? Hot, Humid, Sticky, chance of thunder storms this afternoon!

34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My son.

35. Favorite soft drink? Diet coke with ice, always ice in any coke!

36. Favorite restaurant? Season's 52

37. Hair color? They make me dye it blond!

38. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbie

39. Summer or Winter? Winter

41. Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla

42.When was the last time you cried? Can't remember!

43. What is under your bed? Nothing because we just painted our bedroom this weekend!

44. What did you do last night? Watched my granddaughter swim and heard all about the Kenny Chesney concert from my son and his wife!

45. What are you afraid of? Alligators

46. Salty or sweet? Yes

47. How many keys on your key ring? One! (Don't know about the other one that's in my purse!)

48. How many years at your current job? I have been a stay at home wife for four years now.

49. Favorite day of the week? Sunday

50. Do you make friends easily? Yes

51. How many people will you send this to? I'm not sending, I'm posting!

52. How many will respond? I have no idea!

53. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? Yes!

54. Are you going to put this on your blog? Reply with a link!

Free Association

Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.
That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I'll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.
"Rules are, there are no rules." There are no right or wrong answers. Don't limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head.

1. Groceries ::Hate to shop for them!


2. Deodorant ::Keep two on hand at all times!


3. Psychic :: Satanism


4. Cherries :: Bing and in season right now!


5. Spooky ::Skaredy Cat


6. Yogurt ::Diet Staple


7. Kitchen ::Hate doing dishes!


8. Nothing personal :: Just a general statement!


9. Be nice :: What goes around comes around!


10. Delivery ::Good mail day!

Friday's Fill In's

And...here we go!
1. When I'm sick I'm _all about sleeping_________.
2. When I take a walk, I think about __my music________
.3. Money can't buy happiness but it can _a lot of mind relief!_________
.4. Cotton makes me __cozy________ and leather makes me _sweat_________
.5. The strangest person/character I've had lewd thoughts about was _ Not politically correct!_________.
6. My favorite color these days is _blue_________ because _it sooths me_________.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to __sleeping___, tomorrow my plans include _cropping____ and Sunday, I want to _hang out with DH____!

Happy Birthday Kristy

For our new daughter-in-law who brought with her our first grandchild. Happy Birthday!

Friday's Fill In's

1. Dancing to the ___band_______ while _in the arms of my husband_________ makes me _feel like he really loves me_________.

2. The last time I ___went to the inlaws_______ I nearly ____went crazy______.

3. When I drive I ___speed and sing_______.

4. I saw ____3 Sandhill Cranes______ standing ____in my front yard______.


5. Give me ____strength______, give me ____hope______, give me ___energy_______.

6. Next week I am looking forward to ___finishing up scrapbook obligations and doing some of my own work_______.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to __sleeping___, tomorrow my plans include tidying the house, Saturday my plans include _a crop with friends____ and Sunday, I want to __spend time with DH___. Monday is Labor Day! Woo Hoo! Bring on the sunshine!

All Over The World

I'm looking at my map thingy and people from all over the world have visited my site! I wonder how they got here, I wonder why they didn't say hello?

Wanna Play? Check this out from Luna Nina

1. Signature:: My long name, Jeannette


2. Olympics :: those kids are young


3. 100% :: Give my all!


4. Damn! :: Hurt my toe!


5. Gold :: White prefered


6. Fresh and natural :: Clean


7. Fraction :: % off sale!


8. Hurry :: Why?


9. Summer :: Hot!


10. 29th :: Leap Year!

Dry

Finally, all of the wet items used to mop up the water are clean and dry. I'm out of clothes and need to start washing clothes!

Second consecutive day keeping my Granddaughter. She has tested me every way she can think of! My home projects are on hold.

There's scrap room stuff all over the whole side of the house that I pulled out to save and clean up the water! I sure don't have the energy to tackle anything!

I'm signed up to go to a 12 hour crop tomorrow. Hoping that I can get some energy to pull some pictures to put with some kits and get out of here to scrap!

DH comes home today! Yeah!!! He gets to make the treck to Orlando tomorrow to take my niece and her new husband to MCO. Wears me out just to think of it!

Once my energy returns I know that my reorganized scrap room will be much better! I've got a little hutch to move into the room for my Stampin' Up Business ! The new catalog just came out August 11 chock full of goodies! (Right before my flood!)

Boring isn't all bad. Today I will be bored and rest my weary bones. Got parental concent to let my DGD watch TV today! Pool? Maybe later! Gonna milk this one for all the rest I can!

Water Damage!

A supersonic big wahhhhhhhhhhhh from the heart of Florida!~

I've been cleaning, I mean deep cleaning the house today and had almost called it quits!~ DH reminded me that he needs his black pants to wear Monday for the presentation, so I figured I'd better get his clothes washed, at least two loads!~

I went into the laundry room, which just happens to be adjacent to my scrap room, and flood...............flood into the scrap room too!~ My sewing machiene right there in a puddle of water under my die cut desk! At least the Cricut was on top and the sewing machiene is hopefully ok since it's got a big base and I found it right away!

I'm so tired I could cry and now this!

DH was eating lunch when his tooth began hurting really badly where he had some endodontic work a couple of months ago!~ I said, "that's not normal" so he's off to the dentist so that they can "fit him in" before he goes out of town tomorrow AM! I don't even want to call him b/c he's got so much on his mind right now!

I think I'll just go have a little pitty party! I had quilts and rugs to was from the dogs so I threw them all over the water. The water ran through the kitchen closet and into the dining room and onto the carpet! Also all the way across my scrap/computer room! Nothing important was damaged as most of my stash is in plastic bags or bins!
Calgon! Take me away!

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Mid-Life Crisis

Midlife Crisis!
So, you think you’ve had one

There’s always room for another!

At first I realized that I was having a midlife crisis at 33. I left my ex and took the kids. I thought I was over it! Now, I find myself considering a tattoo! Good grief, what’s the matter with me. I want to place it like a “tramp stamp” where no one can see it. For heaven’s sake, there are a lot of stretch marks, shaving, and scars no one sees! So, after considering this I decided the perfect ink and style! Now, I don’t care if I get the tattoo or not!

Instead of going to the city to be with my sister and mother while my niece had her gallbladder out, I ended up with chest pains (usually associated with panic attacks!) After the second “chill pill” the chest pain was still there so I called my daughter, who is an RN, and asked her what to do! She said take an adult strength aspirin and go to the hospital. So, with soaking wet hair, fresh from the shower, I drove myself to the hospital which is literally within a stone’s throw! Not that I could throw one that far!

You should have seen how quickly they slapped me onto that gurney and stuck me full of IV’s and ECG stickers! Got admitted for the weekend and had myself a mini vacation a la hospital style! The food was yuck!

Since then I’ve had a stress test which was normal. The cardiologist said to see him right away if I have any more chest pains. There was one spot that couldn’t be visualized by the scanner they scan your heart with after receiving a dose of IV radiopaque dye. He said there was too much breast tissue in the way!

He cleared me to go out of the country for a cruise that my daughter and I had booked the night before…..details to follow!

I’ve joined the YMCA and am doing water aerobics and swimming laps. Having been raised in Florida I take to water like a duck!

I’ve changed my diet to mostly vegetarian since I can’t eat much cheese that I love! Red meat is kept to once a week!

The good news is my pants are all getting too big! So far my bras still fit! Big boobs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be! We women carry those things around 24/1/365 so our “titty lovin’” husbands can get their jollys!

As you can see my humor is intact and I’m fine! More on the cruise later!

I'm Tagged and YOU Might be Next!

Here are the rules...
Each player answers questions about themselves.
At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 or 6 people
posts their names,
then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.

What were you doing ten years ago?
Hotflashing through the Summer after my mother board crashed!
Accepting that DH and I would not be able to have children together.
Raising a 14 y/o DD with a major attitude.
Taking 11 y/o son dare devil son to have broken bones set.
Road trip from FL to WY, down through CO and NM and onto San Antonio.
Driving straight through from San Antonio to Orlando (I got to drive through Houston)
Learning that my father had colon cancer.

todays "To Do" list
1. Finish this Blog tag
2. Shower, shampoo, shave, primp and dress
3. Pack my ditty bag to leave for Orlando by 1:00 PM EDT
4. Mail out two packags
5. Redo left page of "Change" LO
I'm addisicted to:
Scrapbooking
Cameras
Computers
Cell Phones
Black Licorice
Diet Coke-

I would do if I were a MILLIONAIRE:
Tithe
Pay off all my debt
Put some aside for retirement
Build a new house and decorate it with new furnishings

Places I have lived:
Collegedale, TN
Baltimore, MD
Orlando, FL
Longwood, FL
Angwin, CA
Glendale, CA
Yucaipa, CA
Yucca Valley, CA
Altamont Springs, FL
Sebring, FL
Sarasota, FL

I'm tagging:
Bev
Alicia
Meredith
Lisa
Cassie

According to.....

Face Book

Just a quick heads up for you Face Book users! It's a major pfishing site so I'm not going there anymore! You should have seen all the cookies I had to clean off my computer!

New Brides

A couple of days ago I met with DD's friend Ann! After a family discussion of "when and where" to hold the wedding Ann's mom won out to hold the wedding and reception on their new property. They've got a lot of landscaping to do and need time! Ann's mother also upped the ante to $30,000.00 thus the date has been pushed to April 2010.

On the up side, you can't deny the idealism and zeal a new bride has! Ann wants everything, save the date, invitations, RSVP cards, place cards, favors, and a scrapbook. This girl knows how to scrapbook and states, "I don't have time!"

I think that I will charge her a design fee and sit on this until the time gets a little closer. Ann chose her colors and envelopes so I need to do some "mock up's" for her and contemplate the fee. As per her request I will break it out into items @ 100 each. Seems reasonable to me! After all, what's to keep her from scraplifting my designs and making her own after she sees my prices, which will be reasonable.

I need to see how much detail she wants them to have and factor in the supplies and my time.

Geeze, this is so far off in the future I'm hoping to get some other jobs before then. Even more than that I hope that Ann's date doesn't clash with my DD's wedding date (once she gets the ring).

So Much To Do, So Little Time

Orange, I like orange. The color the fruit, the juice, I like them all. Orange also reminds me of caution and prioritizing my things to do there's what I have to do, what I need to do, and what I want to do. Achieving a balance of these to do's is always a challenge! I needed to send out a newsletter for my Stampin' Up business. If you're not getting my newsletter and wish to receive it just click on the link and request the newsletter via my Stampin' Up website!

I want to add a slide show on this blog of my family, my scrapbooks, and the list goes on!

At least I'm getting laundry done while working on my list! I need to have something clean to wear today by 1:00 PM to get out and take my mother to the endodontist, (better her than me!)

My cupboard and refrigerator are bare! Step by step, item by item I'll get 'er done!

Dryer is calling my name! Sorry for such a short blog today, maybe more later!

Could this be it?

Last night I had a chat with my DD via telephone. She has been asked to serve as maid of honor in her girlfriends wedding. They have been friends since high school.

Girlfriend, I'll call her Ann, saw the wedding invitations that I made for my son's wedding. She asked my DD where he bought them. DD told her that I made them. Ann was so surprised and wants me to make her "save the date" announcements as well as her wedding invitations. To top it all off Ann wants me to make her wedding album!

I've got to figure the cost of my supplies and time, plus a little for the design aspect. I want to be fair to Ann but I don't want to cut my own throat and make it something that isn't worth my while! All this and giving Ann a break as these invitations will probably go out to about 75-100 people!

When DD and her Ann were in high school, Ann's mother called me one day to ask if she might drop by my house after school and talk to me along with the two girls. Now, and even at the time, I wasn't quite sure what point she wanted to make. It had something to do with the two girls not being friends anymore. DD and I both agree that Ann's mother is a bit of a nut case. Even Ann got out of her mother's house ASAP.

The above makes me skeptical as I don't want to get involved with Ann's mother! Ann has a good job that pays well. She has even purchased her own home.

The plan is/was for me to go up to DD's home and meet with Ann to get an idea of where Ann wants to go with this.

I would spend the night with my DD and spend some much needed time with her.

I didn't sleep well last night for some unknown reason but slept in and got a couple of good hours this AM.

I'm off to call DD and DM (in case she wants to go with me). I'll decide if I am going today or tomorrow.

Bottom line! I think I've landed my first big job making invitations and a wedding book! Who knows what else! Maybe place cards or take home memento's! I'm just glad that Ann is "on the ball" planning this far ahead instead of the six week planning time my DDIL's mother took to plan DS and her daughter's wedding!

Wish me luck! Comments and advice encouraged!

My Pet Peeve

Pet Peeve's, I've got more than one of them! This one just happens to be on top of my list at current. Click on the title of this post to go to the definition of Pet Peeve!

Here it is:
Ya know, most people are pretty computer literate or at least capable these days. I'm especially referring to people who have BLOGS and post on message boards!

Ya think they'd take the time to learn to use their email properly! I just detest receiving an email that has been passed along for "generations"! People, learn to clean up the mess before you and just email it from you! Delete all the previous people who have forwarded it to you! I don't care who has seen it, I probably don't even know them!

All you have to do is highlight and delete all the previous mumbo jumbo and leave yourself at the top as the sender. To do this you probably need to hit forward and then edit out the mess.

Then, when you send the message, for Pete's sake, BCC all the people you send it to! I for one don't care to have my email address spread all over cyberdom!

It's easy and makes the message more crisp, easy to open and easy to read!

Check it Out!

For more in depth and great information about our getaway check out Kris's post for today!

Manitou Springs Girl Time!

Here it is Monday after Mucho Vacation

Seems like I've been running here and there and everywhere, up down and all around. The house is quiet and I'm left with sticky counters, messy bed, and oodles of laundry.

My crop room is still a mess but bit by bit I'm putting it back together. I just need to go OCD on the kitchen, get some laundry going and finish straightening up around this place.

I miss my DD. I'm thinking of going up to Orlando to see her but dread another long car trek and back, beside the point that I need to get my own place up to speed!

Tonight is Trivia night for DH at the "Goon", that's what I call the local bar where they play this online trivia game. I usually go on Monday night, but not tonight. Not my kind of people. Nice enough but I think I'll just skip tonight.

Had a long, much needed telephone conversation with an old nurse friend, she's my age but we're both old! I've known her since I started working in the Orlando OR in 1977! Now that's a long time! We became good friends while working together at an outpatient place later on. Time marched on, she remarried, I moved and "things change"! It is good to know you still care for one another and to catch up from time to time.

Need to get my eyes open and awake more, off to get a diet coke!

July 6, 2008

Good morning! Weather here is once again hot, hot, hot! I still don't feel as if I have recovered from my whirlwind of a month, June! I've got a lot to share with you and hope to do so soon.

My Studio where I do my scrapbooking and rubberstamping is all a mess. It needs much attention. There's a fine balance of messiness and productiviity vs. absolute organization. For me, it's time to get toward but have never reached absolute organization before I can begin to produce again.

Also, I'm trying to update my links and perk up my blog! I agree with Kris, this is the way to go instead of posting on so many different MB's to reach all your friends!

Maybe today I can get some techno support for my computer, hope so! I know I need that PCN!

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Let's add to the previous post :(

Still can't get my HP printer to talk to my computer, or at least not add anything new by scanning! I've spent at least 2 hours on this problem, somewhere along the line I may have messed up my Microsoft Vista and have lost my Penicillin virus protection.

Things like this drive me into my OCD phase! The guy who helps me out with these problems is at Sea World today along with DS and DDIL, so there won't be any picnicin' tonight 'cept for DH, DM and myself!

Got a photo email from Kelly, I'm sure it's from the Kenny Chesney concert but I can't find it on my phone! I'm pretty sure I paid for it! Off to Sprint to see my account data!

What's a girl to do?

What's Happening to me?

I've been away and downloaded some stuff onto my computer and I'm afraid I have a virus! I'm trying to do all the right things to resolve it. Honestly, I think I got it on Face Book, so, won't be visiting there any time soon!

Secondly, last night I dropped my new camera and broke the zoom lens, well, I bent it and it won't zoom or close......thus, no picture taking for me! I didn't buy Best Buys additional insurance but I don't think that it would cover owner clutzism!

Thirdly, I can't seem to reply on Kris's Blog, she just started it and I wanted to give her an atta girl!

Four: Got a much needed new cell phone, now I am afraid to mess with it for fear I am on a "screw up" streak! I MUST send in the rebate ASAP!

Five: Got mixed up in some juvenile "drama" with some of my friends, oh I hate that! I've done all I can to fix what I messed up so now it's back to what Mom taught me, "You can please some of the people all of the time and You can please part of the people part of the time, BUT, you can't please all of the people all of the time. Lesson learned!

Bad me, no blog for so long!

Hey y'all! I'm in the midst of many projects of creativity and travel! I promise to update ASAP, flying out on June 26 and home on June 30 so, catch ya in July!

Ms. Maasdam

Yes, we really did go on a wonderful ten day cruise all the way down to Aruba!
On November 29, 2007 we boarded the MS. Maasdam for a vacation that would far exceed our expectations!

Our Ship:




Our Route:



Leaving Port Everglades:



Our Itinerary:

Cruise Itinerary
Day
Port
Arrive
Depart
0
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

5:00 pm
1
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas ^
8:00 am
3:00 pm
2
At Sea


3
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.
8:00 am
4:00 pm
4
Roseau, Dominica
8:00 am
6:00 pm
5
At Sea


6
Willemstad, Curacao
8:00 am
midnight
7
Oranjestad, Aruba
6:00 am
5:00 pm
8
At Sea


9
At Sea


10
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 am







I've got oodles to share and can't wait to add a little about our fantastac vacation! It's the first "alone" vacation we have had in at least five years!