Jane Fonda

So Big C called me up the other night while on the road to ask what "Jane Fonda" meant, because he heard it on the radio. I tell him, "She's an actress and a Vietnam War protestor." Well, the DJ said to look it up if you didn't know what it meant in slang, which is how and why I found the Urban Dictionary. So here you go, the meaning of Jane Fonda:

• Having sex with a girl in numerous positions in one sitting; thus making it more of a workout. Made popular by the Mickey Avalon song.
• A threesome (Two chicks and a dude).
• Janice and I did it all night, Jane Fonda style.
• I totally did a Jane Fonda with Ali and Sarah last night.
  

A List of Complaints

I have the worst bleeping toothache and headache ever recorded in the history of Lavender Dawn. I want to cry. OK, maybe not because that would make it worse!!!

I lost a filling and the temparin stuff just makes it worse, I think. The pain is my own fault. Now I remember why I don't brush my teeth- every time I do my mouth erupts into PAIN! I am telling you my whole mouth hurts! Plus, my neck is hurting, from sleeping funny I think. I am tired, and thirsty, and really need to shave my legs.

The awesome shower head fell off my shower, so now we need to go buy one. I am thinking I want something a little exotic. Until then, I have to bathe in the kids bathroom! Ewww, YUCK! I just cleaned up the toilet, and noticed pee all over it! It must be from Gaige, Austin's friend, because Austin had that smacked out of him a long time ago! (That last part is a joke, I don't smack my kids, I beat them with sticks, rocks, shoes, and spatulas, lol.)

And the worst complaint for this post? Chantz is giving me $250 and I have to spend it on myself!!!! I told him no, I won't do it, and he said, "Yes you will!" So I am thinking, I bought new shoes last week, there is $27, and 3 Amy Brown prints- $42.50, and digital art from Folkvangar, that's another $11... so I can subtract that from the total, na na na! Am I terrible or what? There was a time I would have jumped at the offer, but not now. I won't do it, I won't, I won't, I won't!

Oh wait, I could buy a kick ass digital camera for $250! Muhahahahaha!

Somebody Found the Urban Dictionary!

And it was me! Check out Urban Dictionary.

Today's word is Homoblivious!
Not having the ability to recognize homosexuals as homosexuals; a lack of gaydar.
"He was so homoblivious that he didn't know that guy was coming on to him."

Oh god, here is another: e-penis!
"Some people think having a large post count gives them a bigger e-penis."
or
"My e-girlfriend, SuperSexy69Elf, was totally all over my e-penis last night in the Hobbit Sex chatroom."
or
"I Have 600GB on my Alienware and am connected to a T3. My e-penis is huge"
"I share 2GB on my 10 year old HP and am still on dialup. Any one got a tweezers for my e-penis?"

Oh, and apparently I am not "gettin' any". That has nothing to do with the site, Chantz just thought I should throw that in. Yup, he's home.

Word out!

Out of Gas

I mean that quite literally. The heater kept running and running but it was getting colder and colder in here. Tired as I was, I didn't get it until the stove top wouldn't light. WTF? We just filled that sucker on 12/8! We used 200 gallons of propane in a month and a half! This heater doesn't seem very efficient. C wonders if the tank has a leak. So we are sitting here at 65°F indoors, and there is frost outside (32°F)! The propane lady agreed with me that this is an unusually cold winter and is sending out a truck this afternoon!

Good thing we have an electric skillet. I promised the kids triple chocolate pancakes for breakfast!

2 cups bisquick mix
1/4 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup milk
2 eggs
chocolate chips
chocolate syrup

Mix the dry ingredients first, add eggs and milk; stir in chips. Let sit for a few minutes, and heat up the skillet or pan. I go to about 300°F on the skillet and use plenty of canola oil. Remember that your first pancake is usually trash. I use the 1/4 cup to measure out mini pancakes!
Optional:
Fill a baggy with batter and cut a small hole in the corner. Write a message backwards on the skillet, and pour batter over top! Kids love this, especially if it is their name. Slather the pancakes in chocolate syrup, grab a glass of milk, and go to school!

Of course Tessa had to be difficult and wanted pancakes with just cocoa and regular syrup. (Not "seerip", it's "sirup." I hate when people say "seerip.")

Wait! Today is my alternate birthday- 1/29 instead of 12/29.

Until next time!

Oh Hell, What's Next?

Teacher Reassigned for Anatomy Drawings

Saturday, January 27, 2007
YONKERS,
N.Y. - A teacher has been barred from classes after having his seventh-grade students draw male genitalia on the blackboard during health class, a school spokeswoman said Friday.
The teacher, whose name was not made public, was assigned to administrative duties and Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio will ask trustees to fire him, said Yonkers school spokeswoman Jerilynne Fierstein.
"There was no way we were going to let him be in front of children," she said.
Fierstein said the state's seventh-grade curriculum calls for lessons in human anatomy and sexuality, but "as a teacher you have to be sensitive and you have to look at the age-appropriateness of any activity that you ask a child to do. And this was just not appropriate."
Pierorazio said the teacher had began his lesson by asking students to volunteer to come to the board to draw male anatomy.
Fierstein said the administration learned of the drawings, which occurred in a class of boys and girls at the Pearls Hawthorne school, when a parent complained.
Trustees will consider the teacher's firing at a March 21 meeting, she said.
Jon Klibonoff, a father of a student at the school, said he did not believe the material was inappropriate.
"This is biology, it's anatomy, it's human sexuality," he said. "They're in puberty. They're aware of it on one level or another." Go dad!
Fourth-grader Noah Klibonoff disagreed.
"They're not supposed to know what it's supposed to look like at this age yet, so I think it's a little embarrassing and it's also a little inappropriate," he said. WTF? They interviewed a 4th grader? What the fuck does a 9 year old know about 7th grade anatomy?? Sorry, ass monkeys, interview other 7 graders. Can we say RETARDED?
Pierorazio issued a statement saying, "I will not tolerate insensitive, inappropriate behavior by any staff member toward our students. Every student's physical and emotional well-being is paramount in our decision making, therefore immediate action was taken." So they want to fire him? Oh come on already!!!

Does everyone realize that the students would have to study pictures of the male penis and scrotum in 7th grade biology? Inside and out diagrams? They get tested on it, have to label the different parts? I know, I took 7th grade biology, and that is what we did. It needs to be taught, then people know how the body works, know where babies come from, and just might be less likely to get knocked up if they know about sperm and ejaculation. Oh my god I said it, I said ejaculation!!!!

The Kitchen Sink

Our driveway is no longer a mud pit, thanks to the gravel guy who stalked us while we were in the van, tracked us down, jumped us in my yard and held us at gun point until we agreed to hire him to do our driveways. It almost got ugly. OK, so it was more like he stalked us, tracked us down, and Alice, Larry and I all jumped him and demanded he get these mud pits filled in ASAP!
Now we have beautiful, glistening white driveways. Ahhh, refreshing, like the old 7up commercials that had the guy with the deep accent.


Have you seen this photo yet? How cute is this? Totally adorable. Makes me want a kitty again. Maybe if I remove Logan's name from the answering machine he will come home. I keep dreaming about him. Traitorous cat!

My sister called the other day to tell me she is getting married! On their 6th anniversary he popped the question with a platinum engagement ring! She still hasn't sent me a photo- I have to get on her about that. She wants me as a bridesmaid, which requires saving vasts amount of money to travel to Scotia, NY. We will make a vaca out of it! I will have to use my vacation thing we bought and see all of my family while we are up there! It's not for a year, so we're good. Gives me time to shed some pounds, too. We will do the fittings here; she will get the bridesmaid's dresses at a chain like David's Bridal or something.

She lives in Boston, but she thinks they will have the ceremony at Grandma Betty's (Lutheran)church. Betty has passed away, but Papa hasn't missed a Sunday since, and he never would go before. She doesn't think that Saint John's church will marry them, since he isn't as, um, involved as she is. And when I say involved, I mean that he isn't born again, doesn't profess to serve only the lord, and be his slave, etc etc. He beleives, and that is enough for her.

Hmmm, was that a bit aggressive? I am only teasing. You would have to know our family to understand. Ma and I don't call her ex-husband Saint John for nothing, lol, and that is Laura's dad. We grew up as holy rollers, dancing in the aisles, moving in the spirit, calling out in tongues, calling out interpretations, joyful joyful joyful ha ha kind of stuff. And that was only on Wednesdays... come Sunday, look out!

I got suckered into babysitting for Gage and Hailey tonight because Jan had to go out of town to help out her sister, the bank robber. Jan has such an interesting life. It's awesome! So there are two kids camped out on Tessa's floor, not sleeping and being naughty, I am sure. Austin is on the couch with Bruce watching Cars Austin just went to bed, and I got my feet up on the desk. Its the only way I sit here, unless Brandy is attached to my boob. Just so ya know, I usually blog while breastfeeding. There's an image for ya! Actually, I have a real picture of me feeding her because Alice is psychotic and nabbed a few. I sent them to myself, because my mental health isn't much better than hers. I'd post them, but damn, there is a lot of nipple showing; I'll keep that to myself. Too bad y'all now have the mental image burned into your brains. Mu ha ha, I am evil.

Actually, I don't believe in evil. I have this theory that there is no such thing as evil, just our perception of it. Society is what decides what is moral and good and right as well as what is bad, twisted, wrong or evil- I think some people just have different priorities, and different ways of getting there. The sick stuff we can just chalk up to psychosis. Since psychosis is defined by the head shrinks, and we all know that their word is better than natural law, y'all know I am right!

Wow, I am really on a roll tonight. That is what I get for not posting anything but fluff for the past week. I still have a meme to do that Ma tagged me for, but I am not in a hurry to do it. I'll get around to it... eventually.

Until next time!

Eucharist

Holy communion batman!


How cool is this? I actually like the painting of the baby being annointed with blood the best (the baptism of jajo), but I thought that would be a bit much for some of y'all. Click on "blood" or "the meat show" to see the good stuff. Not that all is stuff ain't good...





Painting copyright Mark Ryden.

Stupid!

You have got to be stupid, on so many levels....my god.

Let's pick this apart, shall we?

"NEW YORK - A newcomer to the city became hopelessly lost for five days after going for a walk. Damon Mootoo was staying at his brother's house in South Jamaica, Queens, when he decided to go for the stroll last Wednesday, 12 hours after arriving in New York for the first time, the Daily News reported Monday."

His family just let him wander alone, in New York, when he just got there? STUPID!

"The 32-year-old man quickly got disorientated by the confusing streets of Queens.

On Sunday night, after a good Samaritan came to his aid, he was recovering at Jamaica Hospital from dehydration and frostbite.

Mootoo, who is hard of hearing but can communicate in English, said he didn't ask for directions because he was afraid he'd be deported and because he had heard many scary stories about New York. He recently had received his permanent resident card."

WTF? He would rather freeze to death than be deported? Scary stories? What, there were no stores with cashiers to talk to? To ask for a phone book?

"The Samaritan, Michael Bharath, was walking home from church when he spotted Mootoo shivering on the street. After he and his wife made him a sandwich, Mootoo opened up and told them his story.

Luckily, Mootoo found a piece of paper with his stepmother's address in his pocket, and Bharath drove him there."

What? He had this the whole time???????!!!!!!!!! Stupid!

"When I see people in need, I try to help them," Bharath told the News. "He was in need, and I'm pretty sure that within a couple more hours he would have been a dead man."

"Mootoo had begged for water, but was too ashamed and shy to ask for food or directions,"

Ashamed? Shy? Wrong... the answer is stupid!

"...his worried brother, Roger Miller, told the News. He slept in an abandoned car or sought shelter under a piece of wood in a stranger's yard. Temperatures dropped into the low 20s on some nights.

"When we saw him, he was just crying," said Miller, who had plastered flyers with Mootoo's photo all over South Jamaica.

"He said he was trying to find his way back," Miller said. "He said he was just walking all over. He was scared. He heard all the stories about New York."

Stupid!

"I want to go home," Mootoo told the paper. "I'm thinking about going back to Guyana."

Good Riddence!

Some people should not be allowed to breed. I mean it. Oh my gawd!

Which way do we go?

Do we support the black man? Should we support the woman? Or do we offer support to the Latino?

I have always been a fan of Hillary, but we need to listen to the issues, pay attention to what we already know about the candidates, and then give all our support to Hillary. Just kidding!!!

Hmmm... divided I think the people may be, if we have to many decent choices, especially choices that look appetising to minorities. I think know that there are those out there who will choose solely on race and sex. This is sad.

In better news, the in laws are coming home and husband is on his way to MT. I have the house to meself. Woohoo! I am still doing nothing... alright...

Am I reading my book (Eragon)? Am I studying my faith? Cleaning? Sleeping? Nope, I am blogging! At least I am back to making dolls. I really want to start sewing, but am afraid. Plus, it entails shopping for fabric, and I want silk, patterns, threads, buttons, etc. Who has the time? And I want to wait until I am at least 20 pounds lighter. That's not going to happen if I keep eating candy bars. They are just so yummy... but it is the sugar craving that gets me. It is a physical addiction, and sometimes I don't feel strong enough to just say no!

What do you think I should do:

Read, sleep, study, clean, doll, sew, or blog?

Green Eyes

This is Green Eyes. I am in love with these jeans; I had a blast creating the embroidery. Tessa thinks her hair is the same as the doll. She said, "It's me, only black!" Umm, Tessa, you have blue eyes sweetie, and you lack boobs and hips! Doll base is from Zandora's Place. My only issue is that it looks like she is squatting!

Green Eyes isn't much of a name, though. What do you think we should name her?

Post 300

...and I have nothing important to say. Everyone is asleep and I tweaked my new templates so that they are easier to read (ie: and I mean easier to find the link that says "post a comment"). I messed with some font sizes, and rearranged some stuff, but over all it doesn't appear that I did as much work as the time I put into it was! You may notice that the previous posts have been removed from the sidebar. They bugged me, and now are gone.

Have you ever been snuggled by a horse? I have been. Dolly will reach her head over the fence and slowly put her head on my shoulder, and rub or bop my head, depending on whether or not I am rubbing her neck good enough. She will also turn her butt toward me, so I can give her hip a good scratch, and then she will move around so that I don't miss any spots. Husband searched all over town for a horse blanket to no avail, but I managed to borrow one from a neighbor. Husband is so smart, it makes me ill, lol. He placed the blanket on the ground with the neck hole around her food bucket, poured her oats into it, and when she started devouring the delicious snack, we slipped it over her head. I never would have thought of that. She is very toasty warm under that blanket, and she goes back into the thick trees where she is out of the wind. Man, is it cold down here.

WISD is slow to react to the weather, I guess they hate shutting down the schools. We won't be sure until 6 am if they have school tomorrow or not. The roads are getting pretty icy, and I don't need my kids getting into a bus wreck! I don't want to have to take them to school, either.

Warning: This is My 299th post! Look Out!

What will I bring you for my 300? While you chew on that, take a look at a photo of me and Dolly, my mother in law's Palomino. I look funny, because my shirt blends in with the hitching post in the background, and because I am fat. *laughs* I wasn't posing for this picture. I was talking to Alice while she was playing with her RAZR phone. I didn't know she captured me!


That is her house in the background, and you can see some of Bruce's toys in the yard. They have three acres, quite a bit of it is in the back, toward where I am facing. The fence is finally up. I get to take care of Dolly while they are gone; she gets outs with grated carrot and raw egg now, twice a day, plus hay. She loves to dig through the hay for the good stuff, when she snorts it sounds more like a honk, and she doesn't like sugar cubes, apples or carrots, which is why we are grating them and mixing them into her oats. She isn't used to being alone because she spent the last few years with the same horses and she gets antsy and lonely.

Larry's been riding her and said she is a bit rough because her toes are too long. They farrier the neighbor uses will come out on the same schedule for her. I was a little scared of her at first, and I told her so, but she seems to like me now. She is very interested in Brandy and she likes to smell her head! Dolly is named after Alice's idol, Dolly Parton. Alice loves Dolly Parton and got to go to her concert last year. Alice said the people in the good seats didn't deserve them; they were not excited enough to be there, lol! She plans to take us all to Dollywood someday!


We are still planning to buy a new couch from Ikea, but we have more money than we thought we would, so we can get a better, bigger couch. The first one is a leather sofa that Chantz really likes. It only seats three, but we can save up some money and buy the matching loveseat later. The sofa costs about $700.


This sofa has a fabric cover that is removable and washable. It is in two pieces, a chaise and loveseat combined into oneand it has attached tables. I prefer this one, but can go either way. I think this one was around $750, or so. We like the leather for the durability factor, but the removable covers are a plus, too. We are undecided. I can't wait to take a trip to the Houston Ikea!

Candace tagged me for a book meme.
You do this:

1) Find the nearest book
2) Open to page 123
3) Type lines 6-8 of said book
4) Tag three others

So here goes:

"Set the bowl and mirror down and hold both of your hands, palms down, over (not touvhing) the bowl, about one inch above the water. Let the vibrations of your body come alive. Open your third eye chakra and..."

From To Ride a Silver Broomstick
by Silver Ravenwolf

I had to cheat a bit because my book had a worksheet on page 123, so I used page 122. I am sure Candace will forgive me? I tag Retarded Rugrat, Jblue, and Diana Crabtree.

So Sad, Yet So True

My mom sent this to me in an email. I just had to post it for you. It is the key to understanding me, I swear.

If "vacation" to you means going shopping for the weekend in Great Falls, Billings or Bozeman (while the kids swim at the Comfort Inn), ::or williston, dickinson, bismarck ND::
You might live in Montana.

If parking your car for the night involves an extension cord,
You might live in Montana.

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,
You might live in Montana.

If you're proud that your state makes the national news primarily because it houses the coldest spot in the nation,
You might live in Montana.

If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy",
You might live in Montana.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
You might live in Montana.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, ::I still do that::
You might live in Montana.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead,
You might live in Montana.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You might live in Montana.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
You might live in Montana.

If you know how to correctly pronounce Butte,
You might live in Montana.

If you measure distance in hours,
You might live in Montana.

If your family vehicle is a crew cab pickup, ::we just sold it::
You might live in Montana.

If you know several people who have hit deer more than once, ::my husband::
You might live in Montana.

If you often switch from "heat" to "A/C"in the same day and back again,
You might live in Montana.

If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching,
You might live in Montana.

If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events, ::does wearing a gun into kmart and not noticing count?::
You might live in Montana.

If you've installed security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked,
You might live in Montana.

If the largest traffic jam in your town centers around a high school basketball game,
You might live in Montana.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them, ::there are woman who don't know how to use these?::
You might live in Montana.

If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Wal-Mart at any given time,
You might live in Montana.

If there are more people at work on Christmas Eve Day than on opening day of deer season
You might live in Montana.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit,
You might live in Montana.

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,
You might live in Montana.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction,
You might live in Montana.

If you can identify a southern or eastern accent,
You might live in Montana.

If you consider Red Lodge exotic,
You might live in Montana.

If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your cottonwood, ::Ihate cottonwood trees!::
You might live in Montana.

If the sunbelt to you means Miles City,
You might live in Montana.

If a brat is something you eat,
You might live in Montana.

If finding your misplaced car keys involves looking in the ignition, ::where else would you keep them?::
You might live in Montana.

If you find 0 degrees a little chilly,
You might live in Montana.

If you actually understand these observations, and you forward them to all your Montana friends, ::if you blog about this, you may be an ex Montanan::
You must live in Montana.

IT'S NATIONAL DELURKING WEEK

WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYBODY? Guess what people? I have a stat counter. I know who you are, and I know you are visiting.... so why aren't you commenting? I guess I can at least feel secure in the knowledge that I haven't been abandoned or anything. All y'all just think I'm boring. Ok, sniff. I see how you are... ummm hmmmm....

Well, how about some lyrics from one of my favorite songs to not cheer up the people who are not commenting then. :p

lyrics - over my head(cable ...

Winter Road Dream

I am on the roof of a van that is driving down a hill, and the road is becoming dangerous and curvy and there is snow on the ground. I am concerned that there is snow in southern Texas! The driver is being goofy, and I tell her to slow down. Instead she slams on the brakes to stop, and it does this weird lurching thing like a cartoon and the back comes up off the ground. I reach in through where the windshield should be (but it isn't), to smack her in the head, but she is not driving, instead a boy is. So I climb back into the vehicle. It is spacious, like a camper, with table seating and then a regular bench seat behind it. I sit down with C. The girl who had been driving is dating this dorky smart kid, but she is also secretly dating this hot guy, but everyone knows about it. They have been doing this for years and it confuses me, bothers me. She has a falling out with the dorky kid, finally in my dream opinion, and she gets up from the "picnic table" and moves to sit in the rear seat. I had gotten up for a moment and when I turn around, she is sitting in my spot next to C- on the outside, instead of between him and her hot boyfriend. This pisses me off, and I yell at her and call her a c#nt. This was not a nice thing to do or say and even though I know I am wrong, I sit at the picnic table for a few moments, wondering what C is thinking about me. I feel stupid for being so stubborn, and I get up and take my spot back since she moved. The ambiance of this dream is still with me, but I can't really explain it. It is cold, winter, and grey. it is surreal, and very "art-like". At one point we visit a famous gallery/museum and it is almost gothic, but even that isn't the right word for it. It was a strange dream, to be sure.

I really hate the word c#nt, and am surprised I used it with such vehemence. I know there were a few times when I was lucid dreaming, once when I sat there pondering what C would say if I acted like that in real life. When I was much younger I was very stubborn and would not admit to being wrong. The other lucid moment was when I was confused by the dream logic of her relationship with the two guys.

I have been having many vivid dreams lately, and I might blog about some of them later, if I can still recall what they are about.

Did I Mention I Have a Headache?

So Susie sent me this pic. I wonder if she is hinting at something? What do you think?

In other news, we are selling our dodge dakota to Hailey's Grandmother. With the extra money we are going to go to Ikea and buy a new couch! (click for picture) Yummy. But not in the vimle green!
I am thinking either natural or dark blue. Or maybe the vimle red, lol! Go look and tell me what you think. I am in love with the price. Oh heck, I guess I can just add the picture of the red one, lol!



But first, I need to go to Austin's school and straighten some stuff out over his behavioral plan. There is a bit of miscommunication between us, the vice principal, and the other admin. At his meeting yesterday we were told he is improving greatly. Then he ended up in ISS (in school suspension) and got a ticket from police, but that needs to be worked out. I can't undo it, but since it was unwarranted (sorry), I am going to see if I can get a note from the school for the judge, stating how much he has improved since last time, how great his attitude has improved, and hopefully, that the constables should not have been called in the first place.

Wish me luck with that!

Great Big Heaving Sigh

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Thank you Badoozie, for reminding me that y'all don't always pay attention to me understand me when I announce stuff. :p

The School Fired the Butt Print Art Teacher!

You're kidding me!

"In its decision, the board reasoned that students have a right to receive their education in a positive learning environment free from distractions and disruptions, Marlow said. The decision also is in keeping with court rulings that hold that teachers are expected to lead by example, be role models and honor core values, she said.

The school system operates under an ideal that holds respect, responsibility, honesty and accountability as core values for all students and employees to abide, and the board clearly felt that Murmer had gone outside those parameters with his art."

I have problems with the reasons for his termination. Sex is not bad! Our bodes are not bad! Exploration, using our bodies, experimentation, is not disrespectful, nor is it anti values. Who determines core values anyway?

Oh, and as for free of distractions and disruptions, it is the school itself that created the controversy and the disruption:

"The unique approach to art became a topic when a clip showing Murmer, wearing a fake nose and glasses, a towel on his head and black thong, turned up on YouTube.com.

That video inevitably made its way to the high school.

Willis noted that it wasn't until the county decided to suspend Murmer a month ago that the video illustrating his unusual approach to art became a topic of discussion."

Don't get me started on the public school system, society, or social mores. Just don't! We seriously don't want to go there. Or maybe we do...

photo: http://buttprintart.com/

My Van

Suzie has a contest going on at her blog and she wants inside photos of our vehicles. Here are mine:
Look at all that junk! And sand and shoes, and even over due library books. You'll notice the creases in the floor? Those are compartments, which are also full of stuff!


my bag is covering up the canister of lysol sanitizing wipes. More books, stuff, garbage, wrappers and miscellany. the dish in the cup holder has coins for the car wash vac- seriously, a broken mini Santa ornament, and keys to MILs house.

Yep that is a bag of fertiliser next to a swimsuit and jacket. Just don't ask. The plastic bag contains Bruce's birthday presents. The third row seat is full of shopping bags for Bruce.

Tomorrow is Bruce's Birthday

Happy Birthday baby boy! He is 2 years old. What a big boy. I love you Bruce!

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**DON'T FORGET MY NEW DOMAIN IS LAVENDERDAYDREAMS.COM. PLEASE REMEMBER TO UPDATE YOUR LINKS**

I put in a theme switcher tonight, and I am still tweaking it. Go ahead and play around with it if you want! I am...

My favorite skin is the Blue Green theme. I used my green haired Stormi doll, and I really like her! I also love the tempus sans itc font. If you don't have it you should get it, for sure. Next I am fond of the Black theme, which features my purple haired Stormi. The font is a little plain, but I am done tweaking for the night. I am not caring for the background color on the default skin, Blossoms and the font on Ruins is irritating the hell out of me. Lastly is Pink, which I like a lot, and has lots of lavender in it. However, the colors were not showing up very well against the background, and right now the posts have a dark pink color I am not too fond of. *grunt/sigh* Tomorrow is another day, though, right?

Firdamatic has a template generator that I used to create my themes/skins. There is 2 column layout option, also. I still had to do some major tweaking to make it my own, but it was fun and different. If you use it, you will need to supply your own header images.

If you come upon any goofiness on my blog, please be a dear and let me know, ok? Thanks!

New Domain

You can now find me at http://lavenderdaydreams.com.

Please update your links! Thanks guys!!

**update**
Ok, I dropped the index.html-for some reason IE7 is being poopy today and would not show me the same page for lavenderdaydreams.com and lavenderdaydreams.com/index.html. Stupid thing. I have it all worked out now. Sheesh!

"About Me", 1-25

1. I am 31 years old.
2. My natural hair color is medium ash blond.
3. I have thick and wavy hair that I am always wearing up in a pony tail or twist.
4. I am 5' 2".
5. I am near sighted and I have been wearing glasses since elementary school. I hate contact lenses.
6. My sun sign is Capricorn, Aquarius rising, moon in Scorpio. That makes me irreverent, unconventional and controlling, :p
7. I grew up in upstate New York, in a small town called Duanesburg. We didn't even have cable TV, so I watched a lot of Thundercats, Little House on the Prairie, and recorded movies.
8. I can recite The Neverending Story and A Christmas Story word for word. How pathetic is that?
9. My world view was created around TV shows. Yep, for a long time my world view was warped and skewed.
10. I wasn't allowed to watch MacGyver because my ex step dad was a gun obsessed retard. Now I watch the reruns.
11. I love Richard Dean Anderson!
12. I love Stargate and other Science fiction TV shows like Dr Who and Battlestar Gallactica. I still love TV!
13. I love to read and always have. I like science fiction, fantasy, time travel romance, classics, mysteries, Grisham novels, and vampire novels.
14. My step family used to tease me a lot. They were just like that. I wasn't singled out or any thing. They were just cruel like that to everyone no matter what.
15. I thought I was an ugly child and that no one would ever want to marry me because I was so disgusting. My step family teased me relentlessly because they didn't understand that I hated myself, not boys. My protests only made it worse.
16. I still thought I was ugly in high school when I had lots of boyfriends.
17. When I was 15 our family was uprooted and planted in Sidney MT. I suffered from culture shock! I thought knew I was better than every one else. Guess how that turned out?
18. I was a cheerleader for one year in high school.
19. I moved out my senior year. I didn't get along to well with my mom, but that's not why I left. It was over a stupid guy that I later dumped for some hot guy I met in 94. I almost didn't graduate!
20. I am married and have been since 1996. We met on July 2, 1994 (the "hot guy"), just after I graduated high school. He still had two years to go! We have four children, Austin 95, Tessa 97, Bruce 05, and Brandy 06.
21. What's that they say about rebound relationships? They're full of shit. We've been together for 12 1/2 years now!
22. Bruce is named after my father who passed away about 4 years ago. Brandy is named after a street, and the oldest two after TV characters.
23. Sometimes I really miss my father and I get very sad. Thinking about Steve Irwin makes me even sadder and I start to cry.
24. My dad visited me the other day (December 29th) on my birthday. He came to me in a dream and asked me if I wanted to move to California; that's where I was born. This isn't the first time he has visited me either. I enjoy his visits. It's nice to know he is looking out for me.
25. It is thundering and raining outside right now, and it is distracting me. Chantz really likes thunderstorms. And I do mean that in a naughty way! :p

Ma's got me beat!

I don't know if any of you read follow up comments, so I am reposting Ma's comment today so you can all see that her birthday is sooo much worse than mine!

Posted in my comments on Oh Great by Gail:
Charles Manson and his Helter Skelter murders of actress Sharon Tate, with baby inside of her and other people that were killed on my 17th Birthday, 8/9. I think I'd rather have Saddam killed on my b-day.
Mom

August 9th also happens to be my wedding anniversary! She could have told us, you know!!! My mom also completed her meme she was tagged for! So please go visit her site, Cloud 9, right now- after leaving me a nice comment on this post because I am very high maintenance, pretty please, and leave Gail a nice fat comment, THANKS!

Brandy Rose

Brandy sat up all by herself on December 30, 2006. She likes to devour Nilla Wafers and dinner rolls and she loves to eat baby cereal. She might not be crawling yet, but she rolls every where and fast! Over over over turn! Big smile, pout or whine. She was all over my room yesterday exploring, she even gets under beds.

She likes the portable crib now instead of the big one, but that might change back. She gets bored being in the same room all the time and she likes to move around in the walker. When she does sit up, she likes to lean back onto me, or onto her left hand. She falls over if left alone, but it is so adorable!

She has allergies, I think, because her and I keep breaking out in a rash. Her and Bruce both have fevers, but Brandy is congested and Bruce has a runny nose. I think we are getting sick from shopping carts, so I am going to be like Mr. Monk, and carry around wipes in little baggies to sanitize what we touch. They are both currently sleeping, and I know that if I were to try to join them that they would wake up. This way I get time to myself, even if it isn't the desired sleep I need!

Shameless Plug

In case you haven't already, go check out Dozer's (Susie's) Gobulous Hottie Bloggers. It's a fun site for us girls. I am not saying you have to join, but you could at least go and have a look.