Happy Birthday Mitey Mite!!!

Everybody make sure you go and wish mitey mite a happy birtday today .

Overdose?

Ok I told you guys that Gup and I went to the eye doctor on our anniversary right? Well I got some new glasses along with a new prescription. She gave me some eye drops for itchy eyes. With as many things as I am allergic to, my eyes tend to itch a lot. Well we fill the script the other day ,and I get to reading about it. It actually says you can overdose on the stuff. On friggen eye drops? How in the world would you overdose on an eyedrop? If you did ,what would it do ? Blind you ?I had to laugh at that .I am sure if there is someone out there that actually HAS overdosed on it, it would not be funny ..but man it is bizarre. It also says not to breast feed while taking them? Are you kidding me? I know women that drink while breast feeding and they are saying you can not put some drops in your eyes? Wow, I never thought about an eye drop making it to your blood stream . This goes down as one of those things that most certainly makes me go... HMMMMMMMMMM??????Has anyone ever heard of this before?

camping out at Wally World

As most of you know, I work at Wal-mart and have for several years( 12 to be exact ..lol).This makes for some pretty funny happenings at times,especially at holiday time.
Today happened to be one of those funny moments.Apparently the brand new game system,X-box 360 is making is debut at one minute past midnight tonight.We got 4 of the good ones with the hard drive and 10 of the not so great ones ( I have no idea the specifics of each ..lol ).At 11:00am, four men( either late teens or early twenties) showed up ,two of them toting folding chairs,sack lunches,and drinks.They were told as long as they stayed in line until 10:00 pm they would hand out numbered cards and they could then roam around until midnight.These guys were determinded to be the first four to get this unit.Ten more people showed up, popped a squat, and prepared to wait it out for the night.When I left work at 5:30 there were more people then we had systems. Management told the guy over electronics department to let these people know that we only have 14 units so they didn't wait for nothing.Not one would budge.lol They are all waiting , hoping someone will get sick of waiting and fall out of line.It amazes me ..lol I can honestly say that I have never wanted anything THAT badly.I was thinking about it at work today,trying to figure out what I would wait in line for over 12 hours for.Maybe if they had a really nice computer on sale for like a hundred dollars..lol I just may have to get my chair and cooler and go camp out somewhere for that one..lol Is there anything that you have or would camp out at a store for ,if so what was it and how long did you have to wait ?

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll

My Grandmother sent me this via e-mail today and I got a chuckle out of it, and thought I would share it with ya'll.

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll !!!!

Pumpkin Fudge..mmmmmmmm!!!!!

I found this recipe in the October issue of my Southern Living magazine. I absolutely LOVE pumkin so I was very willing to try this one out. It turned out tasting awesome but I got impatient and did not cook it long enough, so it was not as hard as fudge is supposed to be. I had a friend from work tell me that some place locally makes pumpkin fudge and gives tours of the place. They said when making pumkin fudge you have to cook it to almost cracking stage because the pumkin is so mushy to begin with. I have the stuff to make another batch and so I will be trying again soon. Well I thought I would share the recipe will all of you so here it is.Let me know if you try and what you think.


Line pan with aluminum foil before you begin to cook the fudge.Once the candy thermometer reaches 234 degreesand the remaining ingredients are added,quickly spoon the fudge into the pan.



3 cups sugar
3/4 C. melted butter
2/3 C. evaporated milk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1(12-ounce) package white chocolate morsels
1(7 oz.) jar marshmallow cream
1 cup chopped pecans,toasted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


STIRtogether first 6 ingredients in a 3 1/2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat,and cook,stirring constantly,until
mixture comes to a boil.Cook,stirring constantly,until a candy thermometer registers 234 degrees (soft-ball stage)or for about 12 minutes.

REMOVEpan from heat:stir in remaining ingredients until well blended.Pour into a greased aluminum foil-lined 9-inch square pan.Let stand 2 hours or until completely cool;cut fudge into squares.Enjoy :)

He that refraineth his lips is wise

I looked at today's proverb on my page and it seemed so fitting for me today.So much so I wanted to post it .The Lord works in mysterious ways I guess..lol

Today's Proverb:
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Have a great night all .....

Skate Night

Last Tuesday Guppy,little one, and I went to the skating rink with the church.Little one had a skating injury a few years back and was shy of skating for a bit ,but it didn't take her long at all to get back on the skates and get going.We took her skating a little while after she got her sling off her arm and she was real skittish ,which was totally understandable.Guppy just wanted to get her out there so she would not stay scared of it .She would mostly walk around on them unless he had her hand .She has a skating class at her day care which she took ,and boy did it show.Tuesday she was skating around the rink like a pro .It was so awesome to see her having so much fun.She was smiling from ear to ear.She was loving the fact that she recognized some girls from her church class and play practice.We may have to start going on more Tuesday nights.Apparently it is Christian music night and seeing as that is what we usually listen to it is perfect.Little one knows a lot of the songs so she was skating around singing along to them ..Too bad I didn't bring the video camera.I did get to take some pictures but it seems that my camera is not conducive to dark places with movement ..lol So here was the best of the bunch ..Enjoy and have a great Monday !!

Look at these skates..lol Do these bring back memories?Man we really need to get him a pair of rollerblades.







I am not exactly sure what Guppy was trying to say here ..lol


Here is a pic of Little one playing one of the games....

Join me in my celebration

That is right ..I am declaring it my official "pimp my tenant day"...I have the wonderful pleasure of renting to my awesome MIL...Which is pretty funny because that would so never happen in real life..lol I would love for her to enjoy her stay and hope that she too.. enjoys the view from up there .I invite each and every one of you to go give her a visit.She is starting out in the blog world but has taken to it rather nicely.It did not take her long at all to become quite addicted...She blames Guppy and I of course...I think it is great .I love spending time with her and this gives us something else to talk about ..lol So please join me in celebrating my "pimp my tenant day " .....LOL Have a great Sunday all!!!

Time flies when you are in love ....

It seems like only yesterday that we were planning our wedding.I can not believe that we have already been married one year.We waited so long for certain things to go through so that we could be husband and wife that when it finally happened it was awesome.It made it so much worth while and that much sweeter.We had the wedding of both of our dreams.I still watch the wedding video and get choked up.lol It was so great that lil one was able to be in it .I remember her coming and joining us during our first dance.Her with tears in her eyes as she said ..."They are happy tears." She looked so beautiful...like a lil angel.I am so glad that I love that man even more today then I did that day ,and I didn't think that possible.He amazes me each and every day.He is so attentive,caring,compassionate,and just easy going.I know I told the story before, about him going to get the car one year when we were Christmas shopping and it was raining.He pulled up to the front of the store and got out and opened my door, like he always does ( even though it was pouring) .Some lady standing with her husband smacked him and said "Do you see that ,you never do that for me!!!" It was funny.

We had a great day yesterday.....We went to my Dr. appointment and then my eye Dr.I told him that I was sorry we had to spend the first part of "our day" going to Dr.'s.Being the sweet man that he is ..he of course tells me that Any time spent with me even if at the Dr., is sweet.I love that man.After the doctor visits were over we started our shopping journey.We love redecorating and we love shopping together.So what a perfect way to spend our anniversary.Gup came up with the thought of us decorating our bedroom for each others gifts.Have I mentioned that man is brilliant also?We had the best time going from store to store looking for the perfect bedding.We finally found what we were looking for at Sears.Oh my,Egyptian cotton is the way to go ....man it feels good.We ended up with chocolate brown,cream,and a burnt orange color.We realized afterwards that we pretty much bought our wedding colors..lol They look great though .We are going to get paint today..We will have to take pics of the progress and let you see..The walls are going to be chocolate brown with cream trim.I am so excited about it ..It is going to become our romantic retreat.At the last house the room was left undone while the rest of the house got redone and we didn't want that to happen here .The next room will be little ones ..She is still throwing around a few ideas in her head of how she wants her room to be.I am thinking we may just need to take her shopping and let her see what is out there .Anyway,I got off subject here so i will end my post...
Thanks to all of your prayers and well wishes ..I am starting to feel much better now.Have a great Saturday all ....

An Apology to the former wife

Well it seems that Guppy's ex wife has Googled him and found me through him .In doing that she read the post where I was angry with her about lil one's refusal to use a public toilet.I wanted to take this time to apologize to her about getting angry and saying hurtful things.She was right about "God not liking UGLY" as she put it.I should have kept my opinion to myself and prayed about it.I was frustrated and angry and said things I shouldn't have.I do want to address some things while I am here though....
Here were the two comments she left me :
Anonymous said...

Maybe you are totally incorrect in what you think the problem is. How about not pointing the finger at her mom. What are you the evil Step Mom. You stupid BITCH! Your step daughter has NEVER went to public bathrooms easily since the first day she started being potty trained. It is a phobia that was not caused by her mom.

6:20 PM
I have taken Heather to public restrooms for a few years with no problems at all.She may have had issues when she was younger but I didn't know that because at four and five she was fine.

then
Anonymous said...

Well, I have known Heather and her "bitch mother" for about 10 years now and She has never said anything bad about you.... You must be ashamed (remember God doesn't like UGLY). I have personally taken Heather to a public bathroom and she goes just fine for me.... I wonder if you should point the finger at yourself instead of her mother. Since I have known her mother I have also known that she is not a phyco nor a bitch and maybe you should just settle in at second place and get over it. Or maybe if you gave her half a chance you would see the person that she really is and not rely on the comments of a bitter EX husband.


I wanted to say I never called her a bitch as it has been said a few times in this comment.I only got my opinion from what Heather told me herself.She would cry and say that she was scared because her mother scared her.She never changed that story after asking her several times.Guppy called Shawna and asked her if she knew what was up with that and she admitted to teasing her about it and said Heather teased her also.I do not form my opinions from her "bitter EX husband" .He is not even close to being bitter but instead very grateful to Shawna.He also does not talk ill of her..he chooses not to talk about her at all.I formed my obviously wrong opinion from little one and my observation, and for that I apologize.Second of all I am not competing for 1st,2nd, or 3rd place with Heather..That is not the case at all .I think she can be loved by everyone involved and that is great.I would never want to try and take the place of her mother.That is not cool nor would it be healthy for her.I am here to be the best stepmother I can be for her and help her grow to be a healthy,strong,emotionally stable adult.That is what I want.I do not want for this journey of raising her together,separately, to be a long bitter one at all.I have often admired Shawna for her strength to raise a little girl on her own.I know how hard it gets on this end at times with two of us.So please do not form an opinion of me(calling me evil and a stupid bitch) from one post that I wrote in anger and frustration( we had been very recently dealing with the potty issue)...I am sure God would not approve of that either.Also if you have the problem solved with taking Heather to the restroom please do share that ..I think for Heather's sake that would be beneficial to everyone involved.I also invite you to feel free to comment as much as you would like to on my blog but please do not hide behind an "Anonymous"...Be proud to show who you are if giving me your opinion.Thanks for sharing your views and please accept my apology :)

Feeling under the weather :(

What in the world does that mean anyway ? I know it means feeling sick or not exactly up to par ,but where in the world did that come from?Was someone standing under a tornado and thought to themselves...You know I am feeling bad here ..hey haha I am feeling under the weather?So bizarre,so bizarre...Anyway ,whatever it means or where ever it came from ..I am feeling it.I woke up this morning at 6:24 to be exact ...on a SATURDAY !!! that is unheard of uless I am going to catch a flight.I woke up not being able to breathe..My throat hurting and not being able to swallow because my mouth was bone dry.Not a good feeling.So I got up and made me some hot tea with honey and lemon and blew my nose about a hundred and fifty times in a row..I felt like I was trying to break a record or something ...I got to feeling better though and now the later the day gets the worse I am feeling.Man I don't want to be sick ...Everyone send me prayers,good thoughts,garlic,OJ whatever you think will help would ya?..lol Uggghhhh!!!I can not afford to get sick ...I hate being sick and further more...I do not want to be sick..I hope all of you had a great Saturday!!If none of this makes sense or I have typos or spelling errors...please forgive me ..I am feeling under the weather remember?That means I am to lazy to proofread...Ok I am going to make me some tea and lay down now....Ciao

Where has the time gone?

How in the world did it get to be November 2005 already?Man the older I get the faster time flys.I wonder if that seems to be so, because as you get older you usually have more things to do.. then you have time in a day .Also the older you get the more precious time seems to be.You appreciate things a little more.Wouldn't it be so nice if that started at an early age ..Started when you had all the time in the world to stop and enjoy life ...back when your biggest responsibility was to make sure you got your homework done and kept your room clean.Oh to be young again with the knowledge and appreciation for life that I have now.

I hope you are all having a great week ...

Why I detest Halloween ....

I have went back and forth with whether or not I should post my view on Halloween or not.I came to the conclusion that it is my blog so why not .What better way to see if anyone out there shares my same views.I am well aware that a lot of people do not so it will be interesting to maybe find someone that does.As for me and my house , we do not celebrate Halloween.I choose not to for spiritual reasons ,you notice I did not say religious reasons ...I believe everyone has their own relationship with God or not and everyone is at different places in that relationship.I do not believe in a "religion" dictating rules and such.I believe we all have to answer to God in the end and we should all do what we as individuals feel is right for us.I use to love Halloween.That was my mothers favorite holiday as well .We always had the coolest parties .Our house was THE place to go every year.We would build haunted houses in the backyard or garage.We would bob for apples all the typical Halloween things that people do.As I got older and closer to God I just did not feel good about celebrating a holiday that so clearly does not glorify God in any way.Nothing about Halloween glorifies God.No one decorates for halloween with cute angels and doves.No, it is witches, bats,monsters and devils.Satan loves this holiday ..It is his time.Christians are to "... have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them." [Ephesians 5:11]
I have a friend that I have known for years that is wiccan...He also tells me this is thier day of celebration."Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." [Romans 12:2]."For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial?" [2 Corinthians 6:14, 15].I understand that most people celebrate Halloween and see absolutely nothing wrong with it.They see it as a holiday that the kids dress up cute and go get lots of candy.Us as Christians need to dig a little deeper and not be so accepting of such an evil holiday is my belief.I can not see any reason to celebrate a holiday that glorifies things that are detestable to the Lord.Not even for a day .What does that teach your children as Christians?That you should surround yourself with what is good and pure and holy except on one day,then you can surround yourself with evil and darkness?Why invite the spirit of fear to your child on purpose?That can carry on to many other things in life.The sort of practices celebrated on Halloween are what defiled the ancient nations [see Leviticus 18:24-30]. The Israelites were warned against such practices when they entered the Promised Land, "When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations." [Deuteronomy 18:9]

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the LORD your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so. [Deuteronomy 18:10-14]

This guy said it best when he said: " It does not have even one single redeeming virtue. It is custom born out of pagan superstition. It is a demon-inspired, devil-glorifying, occult festival. It is an evening holy unto evil, death, and divination. The Scriptures tells us to "Abstain from all appearance of evil." [1Thess. 5:22]
That is pretty much the gist of it for me.I detest Halloween ,I really do .I did not post this to be preachy or judgemental but to express my view.If it helps one preson realize the evils of Halloween then that is great.For all of you that are choosing to participate in Halloween then I pray that you have a very happy and safe one:)

Who are YOU people ?????!!!!!!!!!!

Who are you people that refuse to easily merge into the right lane when the sign CLEARLY states that the left lane will be ending very soon .Who are you people that see that sign and get over into the very lane that is about to close ,just to drive all the way up and get stopped because you NOW need to merge because there is no lane now left?Who are you people that do not realize that by doing so you slow down or totally stop traffic?Who are you people that are in such a hurry to get nowhere ?Who are you people that pass people and weave in and out of traffic just to get stopped at all the same red lights that I do ?Who are you people ,and why do you continue to do these things?

I am an official Bloglord ....

Watch me hula hoop ...You are getting sleepy ...very, very sleepy ....Now go click on my renters blog and give her some hits ...lol

I wanted to welcome my very first tenant 3T from over at "Stumbling through Life with Grace " She has an awesome blog ...A very eye catching template and great content .I encourage you all to give her a click {she can be found at the very top of my sidebar,she has the room with the great view } ....So she can earn her credits and if you are looking for a great new blog to read,she would be a great place to start .So go on over and tell her Stormi sent ya :)

and remember:

A chilly Saturday afternoon ....

Well it is Saturday, normally I would be thrilled but this week it marks an almost ending to my wonderful vacation :( .I am trying to stay positive and enjoy myself until I have to go back on Tuesday ...It just seems to have gone so fast.Isn't that the way it usually works out?

Today we are headed to a Peddlers Show in Rosenberg ,Texas.I have never been to one but apperantly it is pretty huge judging from the site.
There was a very, very small craft show here locally last weekend .When I say small I mean like maybe 8 different booths kind of small ..lol There was this guy that did pencil drawings that have hidden items in his pieces along with hidden scriptures.They are very very cool .I bought my parents and brother/SIL one and had him customize them by writting their names into the drawing .I thought it to be a very unique and special gift for Christmas ...
I talk to my mom constantly and tell her everything ...well I could not wait to tell her what I had bought ( leaving out the fact that I bought her one of course ) and she thought it to be so cool that she asked if I would pick her up three for gifts to some hard to buy for friends and family .The only downfall to this is she will know how much was spent ..lol Oh well ,I am sure she will love hers.The guy that does them is super nice ...he left us his home and cell number. Guppy called and found out that he will be at this place in Rosenburg this weekend so we figured it would be a good chance to get out of town and to visit a huge craft show ( we love em ) .

That is what we have planned for this chilly October day ...what are your Saturday plans?

Hmmmmmmmmmm?

I got to thinking yesterday ...I know you can smell the smoke right?..lol I was talking to my mother about a squash soup when she mentioned her friend making a very good homemade tomato soup.That is what got me thinking ...it is very odd to me how some people, like me, LOVE tomatoes yet I can not stand the soup .I have tried it over a course of years to see if my taste has changed and no go .It is kind of funny how deep in thought I was over food ...I must have been pretty hungry .I thought about how on average I eat a tomato about 5 days a week .I eat them on EVERYTHING just about .If I can not actually put them on something I eat them like an apple.Yet I can not stand the soup ..I have known ( well I still do ) people who HATE tomatoes but love ketchup and pasta with tomato based sauce .I find that very odd as well ..lol Thinks that make you go hmmmmmmm I guess ..lol

I also thought ( as I ate some artichoke hearts) about some foods that I love that gags my family members just thinking about it ..lol

Mine would be :
spinach
artichoke hearts
avocado( I eat this just about as much as I do tomatoes)
brussel sprouts

What food does your family or friends think you are totally nasty for loving?

Scrappin

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Well I got the scrapbooking bug again ..It comes and goes ..Well I shouldn't say it goes really .I love to do it all the time but there are times when I fall into an uncreative funk I guess ..Kind of like writers block I suppose.We recently went to Ky as most of you know, and I was able to snag a bunch of pics from my moms pc of my niece and nephew .I have been wanting to start a book for each of them for some time now and I finally have enough pics to get started .We were also able to take some of our own which is always cool .I love scrapping because when I am out and see a layout op I am like ..."quick grab the camera,I am so going to scrap that" ..lol That is what I did with the four pictures above.....They were all taken by me ( pats myself on the back ) I am rather proud of them actually ,because Guppy is usually the photo genious around here .We were unable to scan the layouts in to the computer because they are the large ones so Gup had to snap pics of them ...I hope you are able to see the detail from the pic ,of the embelishments I used ...simple layouts like this are very new to me .When I first started scrappin I would try and get as many pics on a page as possible .I may scan those in one day to show you .Anyway,the first one ( blue and brown ) is of my nephew Caden .Our evacuation trip to Kentucky was our first time getting to meet him in person,I was so excited.the second one of the lil bathing beauties is Caden on the left and his sister Chloe on the right .I love the one with the towel on her head ...I took that right after giving her a bath in the sink at my moms.I swear she looks like she could do a baby shampoo commercial or something .Then again I could just be a very proud aunt ..lol
Are there any fellow scrapbookers that have any advice or tips for me?

Let's Go Strooooooosss..We still BEE-lieve !!!!!!

UPDATE:We just got our asses kicked by the White Sox :( Damn I hate that they won but most of all that it was a sweep. We fought ,but not hard enough .I guess on a good note,now that baseball season is over I will have a lot more time on my hands ..lol
They were stressin me out ...I never bite my nails and I have none left after tonight.I will give Backe props though ...he pitched a scoreless 7 innings ...You go Brandon :)


Isn't he a cutie pie ladies?



I have been wearing all my Astros gear ..Trying to gather up a bunch of team spirit.Even though we are down three games I am still believing that we can win this...
Thanks to my wonderful MIL(Mitey Mite ) I now own a Stros jersey ...my MIL rocks ....here is a pic of me Astro'd up ..lol
Backe is starting tonights came and I BEE-Lieve he is gonna bring this series back to us ......
I am off to watch it happen ...later ya'll

Why do men ?....

How often do you find a comic that fits you perfectly ?Well Guppy did the other day and e-mailed it to me .It was so funny at how close to the same exact conversation that we have had SEVERAL times with each other is portrayed in this comic ...I am sure some of you can realate ...Why do men not feel the need to change out of good clothes to do a dirty task ?They ruin perfectly good clothes and then bitch that they do not have any good pants to wear some place nice ...HELLO ...does this make sense to any female out there ?HEY MEN...ALL CLOTHES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL !!!!!lol Have a great Tuesday ya'll :