Todays Post brought to you by 'Keywords'

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Every now and then I check my google analytics, I say check, all I really know how to do is click on keywords and I'm always amazed at the words people type in to google that in turn brings up this blog...

For your viewing pleasure this is what peeps have searched for and were led astray...

cola paperwork- all I can say is I'm sorry, I rarely talk about cola or paperwork

noreply-comment@blogger.com- this one I get and I hope that post was helpful

I am terrified of horses- me too my friend me too

camping- may your camping trips be nothing like mine

Is his cox bigger than mine- well I was referencing cox cable not ummmm that

everytime I shat I get hemmoroids- I prefer not to relive that time in my life and I hope my Horror-oid PSA was helpful

forks and spoons and monkey butts- seriously? those keywords brought up my blog

nekkid dare day- I can not confirm or deny ever being a part of this

men and women in bed having sex in w.w.2- I am speechless I never speak the S word on here My mom,sisters,cousins and childrens read this blog

olay regenerist causes stomach aches - who knew? I know I didn't and I can't remember ever talking about Olay on here

what men have to deal with- to the poor fella that found my blog, I hope you realize your life isn't that bad, you could have me for a wife

the meaning of crimson and cream- OU Sooners baby the ONLY meaning there is

Hair plugs and anal plugs whats the difference- OMGosh!

My personal favorite was...

"cookoo" "housewife" "suburb"- That pretty much sums me up...

My confession for today- And the Thunder rolls...

Life Is...

Life is...

• Good
• Complicated
• A Journey
• Exciting
• Short
• Confusing
• Gracious
• Gloryfull
• Hard
• Hopeful
• Magnificent
• Painful
• Questionable
• Significant
• Unpredictable

Last night was one of the hardest I think I have had as a parent, I have so many emotions running through me and it's hard to put into words...BUT I feel I must type this, get my feelings out, I want to scream, my heart is heavy...

On Friday night a young life was cut short, a family is grieving, friends are in shock, a community is rallying...

All I could think was 'That could have been MY child' every parents worst nightmare...

One child gone another in the hospital...Lives will be forever changed...

I took Abby to the funeral home to pay our respects, this was something I hoped I would never have to experience with one of my children, to see her face full of tears, the pain of the loss too much to bare for her fragile mind and young heart, she took my hand in hers and held it tightly, so tightly...Death was real, it does not descriminate...

On Wednesday we will attend a funeral, where a family will lay their daughter to rest, we will offer emotional support to the family but in the end you just feel so helpless, there is nothing you can say or do to ease their pain...

Grab your children and hug them, remind them how much you love them, Life is short, very short...

My confession for today: My thoughts and Prayers go out to these 2 families

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Friday Fragments

It's finally Friday, I'm free again, I got my motor running for a fun weekend and to kick it off is Friday Fragments

• We have been house hunting-I enjoy house hunting-I know what I want-besides 4-5 bedrooms at least 2 1/2 baths the main thing is a POOL, Eric and I are not seeing eye to eye on this....it's time to break out the big guns...yanno my heels...I can wear one so we are eye level and beat him into submission with the other...what? I am so not above Physical abuse...it can be very effective...or so I hear...

• Kings of Leon-I♥ this band and I ♥ the song, Use Somebody

• My Daddy could use your thoughts and prayers-they found a small mass on his lungs-the type of Cancer he had removed then underwent chemo for last year, IF it spreads...it's to your lungs, he has a scan scheduled for Monday, to determine what the mass is-Please keep him in your thoughts...

• I have nosey childrens-I have declared this house a 'Need to know' Zone...I will decide IF you need to know...seriously you know it's bad when your taking a shower and throw back the curtian grab a towel and see your youngest child and your dog sitting on the toilet, scaring the bejeezies out of you waiting for you to get out...yes I locked the door...she picked the lock!

• Eric brought me home a Black Diamond Watermelon-My very most favorite...Dear colon: I am sorry...my colon hates me right now

• I talked to my cousin Amy(who I reconnected with on FB) on the phone the other night, we haven't talked in probably over 25 yrs or better, but you would never know it, my mom is planning a lil family get together in Oct and I am so excited to see my cousins Amy,Shirl,Cindy and Lee and their families...

• Dear Cox Cable: I am about to break up with you, $45 for your so called high speed internet...pffft $40 for a landline with NO long distance pffft, I have been a customer since 1990-it's to early for math BUT I know that's a REALLY long time...I need suggestions-who does everyone use? I am considering AT&T

• In the next month I will be gearing up for the Secret Santa Soiree...I.Will.Need.Help anyone wanna offer their time and deal with me for 3 months, before I start physically calling you out on my blog and dropping hints *cough* AMYBO *cough* I may need 2 wonderful helpers this year *cough* DEB *cough*

• Reese just quit football...I am sad for him...sad that he is the youngest and smallest and didn't feel like he measured up against the other boys in his grade...9th grade is such a pivotal time, I remember it well...
  
  

My confession for today: I finally got caught up on this season of True Blood...WOW just WOW

Back to School

So yesterday was back to school for us...this time of year always makes me happy, not just because I get my quiet mornings and afternoons back but because that means fall is right around the corner...I ♥ Fall

Abby and Reese are at the same school this year, I like that she keeps a lookout on her brother for me, whether he likes it or not, they had the same lunch period yesterday and she saw her brother sitting at a table by himself and she motioned him over-of course he would rather stick needles in his eyes than sit with his sister and her friends OH THE HORROR of it all...but it gives me comfort knowing she is there.

Jess moved up to middle school this year, my never let em see you sweat baby, I offered to go to school with her and help her, yanno wait outside her classes and carry her books, help her with her locker...she laughed at me...don't judge, she cracked open her big toe and it's all black and purple, she needs her mom, she just hasn't realized it yet...

After I dropped them all off, I pulled into my driveway and cried, I cried because my lil pimpess who swore she would never grow up is now a 6th grader, I cried for Reese in hopes the big 10th graders don't stuff him in a trash can, I cried for Abby because she has matured into this beautiful young adult and I wondered where has the time gone...BUT don't cry for me Argentina, I ran inside and hugged my PC and said mine,mine,mine ALLLL Mine....

Roots and Wings...

My confession for today: My MIL is sending me on a spa day, I think I need it...

Why I Don't Camp

There is talk all over the bloggy world of camping trips and I choose to live vicariously through all of them, let me share with you Why I don't camp...

3 glorious trips have cemented my distaste for the great outdoors

Camping trip #1-
Eric and I took an over night trip to a local campground one cool crisp fall day, armed with food and a nice pup tent, we arrived, surprised to have the whole camp ground to ourselves, ya see Eric had convinced me there are less bugs as the weather cools and campsites are less crowded...until 2am, while all toasty and warm, when no less that 8 truck loads of whooping and Hollaring shotgun shooting hooligans showed up and surrounded our tent their truck lights shining into our lil pup tent...I was MOR-TEE-FIED-SCARED-TO-DEATH!!! They eventually left...as did we...it would be several years before I would agree to camp again

Camping trip #2
This camping trip Eric promised me lots of bugs and people meaning summer time camping and lots of PEOPLE was good since our last camping trip-theres safety in numbers. I was 8months preggers with Jessica and we were taking Abby and Reese on their first camping trip. At the time Eric owned a small ford ranger, so we loaded it up with food,a futon mattress(I was 8 months preggers-don't judge), 2 pup tents and fishing poles and headed to Lake Spavinaw. Let me say I am not an expierenced camper-oh sure I camped as child BUT my parents took care of all the details, I just made sure I had my swimsuit and maybelline great lash mascara- a girls gotta look good...

Anyways our first day was wonderful, fishing and enjoying the great outdoors, we cooked on the BBQ grill sang around the camp fire then headed to bed, Eric into his solo tent and me with my futon and Abby and Reese shared a tent...I do not remember the time-it was late though, when I heard noises, someone SOMETHING was stealing all our food, so I whisper Erics name, thinking he was up for a midnight snack, no answer, I call again louder, I hear him in his tent...so IF he is in his tent WHO or WHAT is in our food...our food that we left out on the pic-nic table, yanno stuff like bread,chips,marshmellows etc...

Finally he hears me and he peeks out his tent-then I hear grab the kids and lock yourself in the truck...you don't gotta tell me twice...the truck was behind the tents and the door of the tent opened facing the truck, easy peasy...only thing...I couldn't see what was going on...have I mentioned Eric is BLIND without his contacts...

That night Eric wrangled with a small bear according him MORE like a raccoon according to me and the critter won, they got all our food and Eric lost a contact...fun times fun times...who knew you needed to cover protect your food...

Camping Trip #3-
The straw that broke the camels back...OR the camping trip that Georgie vowed NEVER again...
We left on a beautiful sunny summer day for 5 days of camping with the kids at Cedar Lake in Oklahoma-my car an eagle vision had just met an unfortuante demise-someone set it ablaze in our drive way all that was left was a shell, we had a small rental and Eric somehow thought taking me camping AGAIN would ease my mind-we had progressed to a larger family tent after the great bear/raccoon debacle a few years back.

We arrived to cloudy skies and only a handful of campers, smart, very smart campers that owned RV's...it rained that night, everthing we owned/brought was soaked-we all slept in that tiny(think geo metro tiny) car that night-the next day, determined to not let the rain win-Eric drove into town for supplies,rope to hang-line dry the clothes and bedding, more food, a tarp in case it rained again and BEER...

That evening it started raining-it rained all the next day,raining so much that all the water that had settled on the tarp had started to tilt the tarp, tilting it so much that it poured right into our tent on our sleeping heads and bodies...I cried A LOT...

The next morning after 3 days of rain we packed up thinking we fought the rain but the rain won...as we pull out of the park what do we see? THE SUN...

And that my friends is why I do not camp...


My confession for today: This is why I have never encouraged Abby,Reese or Jess to join cub scouts or girl scouts or GOD FORBID campfire girls... I FEAR the camping trips

Too Much To Title

Lots N Lots of stuff packed into this post:

Last Friday Blogger took measures to avoid the hack that happened to twitter-only thing is they didn't tell me-I was on the blogger forums along with lots of other saying their blog was blocked, thinking I commited some crime and my IP addy was logged and locked out by google and I needed to do a malware scan and if that didn't work contact my ISP because apparently my blog was pinging back bad/questionable stuff...I could visit any site I wanted except blogspot blogs...this is bad when you are laid up due to a bad back and are hiding under your covers useing your sons laptop-I was hiding because he is STINGY and he would have pitched a fit if he knew I was 'junkin up' his laptop-his words...

After about 3 of the longest hours of my life everything was back to normal-I almost broke up with google that day...

My back is better, not 100% but better-thank you all for your well wishes and suggestions

I was tagged for the 6 things meme by Toll House Cookie and Aunt of 14

The 411
1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you. check
2. Post the rules on your blog. check
3. Write six random and/or revealing things about yourself. check
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them. check
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog. check
6. Let the tagger know when your post entry is up on your site. check

Okay it's not like I haven't told you all plenty of random stuff already...so bare with me, some of these may be repeats or even threepeats

• My tail bone was broke twice by Reese during delivery which is why I have such bad back problems, to make matters worse I fell one cold wet Halloween night and crushed it further-I have seen the X-rays it is a crumbled mess back there...i give a whole new meaning to 'junk in my trunk'

• I like ICE a lot-I don't chew it or crunch it but my glass has to be full of ice no matter what I am drinking,tea,water,milk-yes Ice in my Milk. I am a waiters worst nightmare-when he/she comes to refill my glass and the jug doesn't have ice in it, I always ask for an extra cup of ice. I have also been known to go to Sonic and order bags of ice from them, cuz their ice rocks...

• I have all your comments sent to me via email so I can reply to your comment(if you have enabled email comment reply-TIFFANY) only thing is I freeze up, get comment reply anxiety, as it stands now I have 738emails(NO JOKE) saved in the hopes that my reply anxiety will go away.

• I only like chicken breast meat-I can not eat any other part of a chicken, not sure what it is but it just makes me gag-and I know Sherri will read this then freak out b/c she just sent me chicken enchiladas made with a whole chicken...it's all good girl Eric and Reese like all parts of the chicken...

• I am still twitterly challenged-I just never know what to say, I like facebook, it feels so cozy all my family and friends live there, it just seems so much more personal...Oh your not my friend on FB? What are you waiting for click the lil ♥FB icon and friend me...I'm needy like that

• I only go to Long John Silvers because of the free crumbs that I turn drench in their malt vinegar-oh the Baja Tacos are pretty good too but for me it's all about the crumbs baby...

Now the 6 I tag are

The Asphalt blogger

Crazed Mind

Is It Just Me?

Country Dreaming

Yogis Den

Bee and Rose

There were so many more I wanted to tag...these memes cause me some anxiety as well, I never want to leave anyone out OR have someone think I didn't want to know more about them etc...so IF you are drawing a blank on what to post feel free to snag this meme-it could be like a revolution...yeah a meme revolution

I was also awarded 2 blog awards aka bloggy bling-The first from A Moxie Mom she is just lovely herself, inside and out and I can say this because I have met her in person-she is BEAUTIFUL yep yep she is

The rules are simple:

Claim your award.
Post it on your blog along with the name of the person who gave it to you linking it to the person's blog.
Pass on the award to 10 more deserving "lovely" blogs (I am not sure of the exact # Jess did four but ran out of time so i rounded to a nice #10)
Don't forget to contact the recipients.

So the ten I chose to receive The Lovely blog Award are:

The Redhead Riter


Life of a Southern Belle

I'm Living proof that God has a Sense of Humor


John Deere Mom

Jill of all trades


Raising chickies

All along the Hightower

Abstract Arboretum

Under the Influence

That's Baloney!

AGAIN...it is so hard to pick a certain number, because quite frankly I think all your blogs are lovely...


Speaking of BEAUTIFUL have you been to Rose Tea Cottage? If not you are missing out on one of the prettiest blogs I ever laid my eyes upon...Her Grace The Duchess of Tea bestowed upon me this lovely award-it is non-transferable because she is cool like that-go make friends with the Duchess, you'll be glad you did...

My Confession for today: I am so ready for Fall, cooler weather, pumpkins, leaves a changin...ahhhhh

Secret Confessions-the booth is open

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It's the first Friday of the month so that means it's 'I Confess' time'

For those of you that are new to the confessional booth(cb) feel free to click here and get caught up on past months confessionals.

In short the idea came about when I had nothing to blog about 10 months ago, since I always end my posts with a confession I turned the comment box into a confessional of sorts and my blog over to you my lovely wonderful loyal readers.

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Kinda like a 'post secret' if you will. Got something on your mind that you feel you can't say to your boss,neighbor,friend,mom etc...Have a secret crush, are you a music pirate,Do you still drive by your X's house and peer in the windows at his 20 something wife,someone hurt you and you have never forgiven them,pet peeves,skeletons in your closet and dirty laundry are all fair game...Go ahead get it off your chest...VENT my peeps -

Just post your confession in the comment section AND feel free to post as "anonymous." You do not need a blog to make a confession... everyone is welcome...I do not track comments...I will even be posting my own ANON confessions...

If you would like to share this with your readers feel free to snag the 'secret confessions' button on my sidebar and link to this post

My confession for today:I took this post from our last confessional-sorry but I am in serious PAIN-I am 100% out in my back-It is beyong painful to even move-I am wearing icy hot and a heating pad...my bestie brought us dinner-so no one is starving TY Sher-bears

Random Tuesday Thoughts

It's time for Randomness brought to you by the Unmom

• I thought yesterday was Saturday...ALL DAY...it wasn't until 9pm last night it hit me...TODAY is Monday...then I paniced and wondered NOT what appointments I had forgotten...BUT what TV shows I missed...it's all about priorities people...priorities

• I read 'The Jester' by James Patterson yesterday (front to back) which would probably be the reason I thought it was Sat

• Jess goes to pick up her scedule for 6th grade today-I don't know what scares me more-the fact my baby is growing up OR that she has been primping in the bathroom since 7am-she has always been my lil tom-boy, refusing to give in to the latest fads and fashions come to think of it she is very much like her dad-he is a rebel like that. What is it about middle school that flips a switch and all of a sudden they need lip gloss and eye shadow?

• I went to wal*mart to buy school supplies with no list it wasn't very crowded since the only schools that have lists out are the elementary schools, so I bought $150 worth of stuff that will probably not be needed all in an effort to avoid the 12th and 13th day crowds-let me just say it is like BLACK FRIDAY on those days...I'm certain I forgot something OR didn't get the right thing...so I will be sending ERIC back...I am so pulling rank

• I'm going to lunch with my MIL today-Panera-chicken frontega here I come....

• It's bayfa cheer camp week-meaning the BA Varsity cheerleaders teach all the lil girls cheers,chants and dance rountines this week-so I watch Abby with these lil girls and she is so patient and sweet-so I ask her, why can't you be more like that with Jess her reply well, she should have signed up to be a bayfa cheerleader then I would HAVE to be nice to her.

• We had the talk with Reese...yanno 'THE TALK'...that's all I'm saying...

• Short and sweet today-I got a lot of blog reading to catch up on-since I had a snafu yesterday

My confession for today: The confessional will be open Friday-don't know what the confessional is? Click the secret confessions button on my sidebar-

 

 

My doppelganger is stalking me

I was reading blogs yesterday and I came across one(I forget where I was-forgive me please I'm 38 and frazzeled-so if it was your blog let me know and I will link up) that touched on doppelgangers.

This got me thinking-which more times than not isn't a good thing, I am always being told you look so familar, whether it's local or I'm out of town...My typical response is 'Renee Zellwegger?' Granted, now it is more Bridgette Jones than Jerry McGuire Renee but nonetheless that's my response-I never thought I could possibly have a twin or a double out there lurking in the shadows until I was at the mall in all my chin hair glory...

I stepped up to the register at American Eagle with Abby so she I could pay $50 for a pair of capri's withholesinthemforcryinoutloud, embarrassed I didn't raise her to be more thrifty and the cashier guy says 'Oh YOU'RE back' and I just stare at him confused, then he says 'weren't you just in here?'
My reply which wasn't meant to be snarky was 'well if I was can you tell me if I already bought these capris'  And he still seriously thought I had already been in there and checked out at his register and.he.was.adiment...which when I thought about it, was kinda exciting and scary at the same time...

Could there possibly be 2 of me out there-and if there is, does she have childrens that look like mine, is she married, is she rich-cause if the other me is rich, we are so trading places...all kindsa things went through my mind-then Reese stepped on my flip flop and I was yanked back into reality and a broke flip flop...nothing like walking around the mall with chin hairs and a broke flip flop, searching for your doppelganger...no wonder I never saw the other me.

So what do you think? Do you believe in doppelgangers? Is it possible? Could it be? Hogwash?

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Before I go I have one little favor to ask of you-Shannon from welcome to the nut house has a bloggy friend named Kori who is going through a very difficult time, and Shannon is doing an auction Aug 11th to help raise funds for Kori and her family-if you do nothing else today PLEASE click on the link up there and go read Koris' story-

My confession for today: If Reese tells me my food sucks one more time you may be seeing me on your nightly news

I've been arrested

But not to worry I am in good hands

they let me wander the yard....if I'm good...they let me ...

 see the water...gosh how I miss the water...

and if I'm bad they make me walk up to the rails...

They are keeping a tight watch on me here...but don't fear...I am being very good at being BAD

My confession for today: Who ever said being bad was a BAD thing was so wrong...