GO TIGERS!

It's time to break out the blue and gray facepaint and the pompoms again!! It's time to go to the Liberty Bowl, tailgate awhile, and watch the Tigers eat the Cubkittens, er, Bearcats for lunch, er something. HOLY CRAP!!!! I just got the crudola scared outta me!!!! Michael is in the bed, or so I thought, and I'm sitting here on the couch, and within a half a second I hear someone running towards me at the speed of sound and hands are shaking me and I hear a voice going "BOOGA BOOGA!" and I let out a blood-curdling scream, and Michael is laughing his @$$ off, and then I start laughing so hard I'm bawling, and then Michael says "We can expect the police here at any time." He says he's never heard someone scream like that over something like that. Whatever "like that" means.....lol. I'm still laughing. Travis thought it was hilarious, too.

Anyway, Michael wants the computer for a minute so he can check the C-USA board, but he doesn't know yet that I'm not letting him have it until I check it, hee hee hee. Revenge is sweet, isn't it? GO TIGERS!!!

Ebay Addict and Regrets

Beware Ebay!! That place is addictive as crack, not that I've ever experienced that before, lol, but thought it was a good comparison anyway. I got a CD in the mail I bid on a few days ago. Dang it got here fast. I actually found it while doing a Jewel search, but it's a VH1 Storytellers CD. I thought it had some pretty dang good songs on it that I liked, but good grief, all the songs on here are performed live and it is one heck of an awesome CD. Here are the songs:

China Girl (David Bowie)
Edge of Seventeen (Stevie Nicks)
Back on the Chain Gang (The Pretenders)
Rain King (Counting Crows)
Crash (Dave Matthews Band)
Who Will Save Your Soul (Jewel)...and NO, I did not buy it for this one song, lol
Stay (Lisa Loeb)
Regarding Steven (John Popper)
Mexico (James Taylor)
Strong Enough (Sheryl Crow)
Here Comes The Rain Again (Eurythmics)
Carnival (Natalie Merchant)
Jack & Diane (John Mellencamp)
Just A Memory (Elvis Costello)
How Deep Is Your Love (The Bee Gees)

I was just expecting a compilation of pre-recorded songs, but this so rocks!

I was talking on an IM, and I mentioned one of the above songs, and she was like "Yeah, that came out back in 1994" and I thought to myself "Wow, what a year." So much happened that year. It was a bazillion years ago but it was only yesterday in the back of my mind. I don't know if I can draw a line in the dirt or circle a date on my calendar as to when I finally came to terms with myself over some of the events of '94, and not sure if I ever will on some certain things I regret. Golly, my head could get lost in '94 forever, and I'm not really sure if I want to get lost there unless it means I don't have to come back. Nope, ain't gonna go there. I'll just keep my happy butt right here in 2003. But dang, if so much has happened in the past 9 years, what else can happen between now and 2012?? Entirely too scary to think about. I hate change. It's like, there didn't seem to be too much difference between '94 and '95, and not much difference between '95 and '96....sort of like, there isn't much difference between 35 degrees and 30 degrees....it's still cold as a stainless steel toilet seat on the north side of an iceberg. But there is an extremely noticeable difference between 70 degrees and 30 degrees.

Okay, I'm tired, I'm going to beddy-bye now. Tomorrow is the Memphis v. Cincinatti game, so if you're gonna be there, I'll see you at the Liberty Bowl! GO TIGERS!!

Too early

It's too early to be sitting here, trying to get online, spending an hour trying to figure out while the dang blasted modem will not initialize, only to find out it's a software problem and not a modem problem. AOL 9.0 is more trouble that it's worth. No matter how many times I restart, shut down, reboot, cuss at computer, use sledgehammer on computer, throw computer out the window, the modem would not initialize in 9.0, so I tried good 'ol 8.0 and it signed me on, without a problem. So here I am, and it's about darn time!! GRR!!!

Anywayzzz, Travis woke me up at 6:30 this morning, wanting to watch EMO!! (Elmo), pronounced Eh-moe. For some reason, I thought it was Saturday. But then I realized, WAIT, it's not gameday yet. So I drag my butt out of bed, turned on Rugrats for Travis (because it's still 30 minutes 'til Sesame Street comes on) and crashed on the couch. But then I realized I better not go to sleep or serious reprocussions would take place...like, I wouldn't be able to wake up 'til 10 a.m. or I'd let Michael oversleep, so I decided to get online while everyone else was still sleeping, before things get to hectic over here. Well, see first paragraph, and you will understand why that didn't go so smoothly for me.

In other news, does anyone know how to fix a 5-disc CD changer stereo? The friggin' CD changer is stuck. The CDs won't come out, won't switch, and it's gotten to the point to where they will not even play. I push buttons and it sounds like it's trying to churn in there and do something, but it just sits there staring back at me with this blank look, and I'm ready to beat it over the head with a sledgehammer, too. I just want my CDs back!

Anyway, haven't done a quiz in awhile.

I scored a 66% on the "How Memphis Are You?" Quizie! What about you?

Too funny

I'm sitting here watching the TCU/Southern Miss football game, and Lee Corso, ESPN analyst, says "Oklahoma was in the same situation...they were beating the crap out of...oh what was that team?"

Look both ways before crossing the street

YES!!! Michael Jackson is handcuffed and behind bars!!!

In other news...

Where else to begin but the beginning? I left the house around 11:30, had to go to the car lot to pick up the stroller, which was still in the trunk of Michael's car (forgot to get it out this morning before he left for work), and then I went up to my old workplace, just me and Jacob, to see everyone. Now let me tell you about Laurie and Holly. Laurie and Holly are both associate attorneys that work for Mr. Caywood (my former boss) and they both found out they were pregnant at the same time, and they are due within days of each other. They are both about 6 months along now, and their bellies are so small!! They are about the size I was when I was 3 months pregnant, no joke. It makes me sick. I blew up like the friggin' Goodyear Blimp when I was pregnant. Every part of my body swelled from my face to my toes, no exaggeration. I am serious...I weighed 214 pounds the day I went into the hospital to have Jacob!!! Of course, I don't mind sharing that now because I weigh NOWHERE NEAR that now. So Holly continues to tell us about the day she went to get her hair cut, and the woman next to her told Holly "You are going to be miserable! You are huge!" to which I chimed in, "Well it's a good thing she never saw ME!" She would have told me I was going to literally die!! But it was really good to see everyone again, except for certain people we won't mention, ::cough:: DREW ::cough cough:: That woman, after all this time, still will not speak to me. What a shame that people have to be so bitter, but oh well. She can waller in her self-pity for all I care. I am sure she was hoping it would break my heart that I got laid off, but it did quite the opposite. It ended up being a true blessing because now I'm home with my boys, which was an answered prayer.

So ANYWAY, Michelle and I went to lunch, which was great to get together with her, just like old times when I used to work. She was definitely my closest friend there and my partner in crime!! I think the one thing I miss about working downtown is I loved to observe human behavior, which I like to call "people watching." Lots of interesting folks downtown. I wonder where the guitar playing bag lady went? She was always really nice to talk to. She would even play little kids songs when kids would walk by. She probably found another place to sit. It was just an overall gorgeous day outside today. So after I left there, I decided to head over to the Tiger Bookstore to do some Crimma shopping for Michael, and to get an idea for some stuffs I might want to get. So I am driving down Patterson at the UofM campus, and this college student is crossing the street with her head in a book!!! Okay, I can kind of see someone doing this while on the sidewalk, but she was CROSSING THE DANG STREET, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! I wanted to honk my horn just to get her attention. I mean, I was curtious enough to stop for her, but the next person might not have been. So anyway, I did my damage in the Tiger Bookstore, came back home, then we went to eat Mexican because there's no food in the house, and then I went to Walgreens to get a battery for my digital camera, and I took some pictures, which I will be adding to my website soon. Here is a preview though...finally a new picture of me. Like my pretty new bedspread Michael got me? It's all velvet and one you don't want kids climbing and puking all over! Oh, and my hair is about 3 inches shorter than it was 2 days ago. The most recent pic on my website right now is from January of this year from our New Orleans trip. It was looong overdue. Those batteries are too expensive, by the way...$14.99!!! So my advice for the day is, if you have a digital camera that requires a battery that's not rechargeable, use it sparingly.

Minus one

I am without Travis today. He went with daddy to work, so it's just me and J-Boo today. I am going to take him up to my old workplace today to visit some former co-workers, and then we're going to visit the Tiger Bookstore to do some Christmas shopping. I swear, I could spend 9 million dollars in there if I had it. I think Michael is jealous that I get to go in there and he doesn't. Love ya, baby!!! Anyway, I am going to go get Jacob up, and get us ready to get out of here! It's a gorgeous day today, so if you're not stuck behind a computer at work, get out and enjoy it!!!

I'm bored

And you're thinking, how the heck can you be bored? You are a wife and mom with 2 small kids. Well, to answer that question, my kids are content at the moment, and I've cleaned and organized everything there is to clean and organize in this house, well, everything except the fridge...EWWW...that will just have to wait until the next organization frenzy strikes. I found a couple of my missing CDs today, hidden in a cardboard box on Michael's closet shelf. So not only did they sprout LEGS, they also sprouted WINGS and flew away! How clever! I STILL did not find my Jewel "Spirit" CD, so I'm thinking that one buried itself alive, er something. Anyway, Michael is at school right now and I'm waiting on him to get out of class so he can bring me some food. I need to go to the grocery store in the worst kind of way , but I have to wait 'til he's here to watch the kiddies before I can hit the Wally World. So it will probably be a heart-attack-in-a-sack kind of night, but oh well. After all the cleaning I've done today, I really don't feel like slaving over a hot stove.

In other news, I chopped my hair today. Well, not really like it sounds, lol. Just a trim that was long overdue. I have not cut my hair at all since September of last year. I straightened my hair today, too, so Michael didn't even really notice that it was shorter because my straightened hair is NOW the length it was when it was curly. Whenever I would straighten it before I cut it, it was waay past my shoulders, almost to the middle of my back. And when I wore it curly, it was the length it is now straight. So when I wear it curly again, it's gonna look too short probably. Before I cut it, it was the longest it had been since highschool. I really prefer long hair, so I don't plan on getting it chin length like last time I got it cut. I guess my hair grew so dang fast over the past year (faster than it normally would grow in FOUR years) because I was pregnant last time I got my hair cut, and that always makes your hair grow faster, or so they say. Michael really liked it though because I had the ends all flipped out. He thought it was cute. Anyway, I guess I'm outta here for now! Later.

Thanks?

Maybe since I can't ever explain things in words that great, I can explain it better on here, in writing, and someone will understand what the heck I mean.

Michael's parents gave us some money yesterday to use for Christmas, which I thought was incredibly nice. Well Michael just now called me from work and said "I need you to do something for me." and I'm like "Okay, what?" to which he replied, "I need you to call up my mom on her cell and tell her thank you for the money." I thought this was kind of awkward, I mean, why would Michael call me with such urgency to tell me to hurry up and call her to tell her thank you? His parents have given us a lot in the past and I've always said thank you, but in my own way. So I asked Michael, "Why? What's the big deal that I do it right this second? Did she say something?" and he said "No." and then I was like "She MUST have said SOMETHING, or you wouldn't be calling me up like this," and he said "No." but then he added that his Dad called him up just now and asked Michael to call me to call her to tell her thank you! The heck? Okay, so I figure his mom must have said something to his dad about me, and I can't imagine what. I am really confused here. So I say "Okay" and hang up, and then not even 3 minutes later, my phone rings again, and it's Michael and he's like "I NEEEEED you to call her," and I'm like, "Michael, WHAT IS THE DEAL?!?!?!" to which he started getting really ticked at me, and I told him I ALWAYS tell his parents thank you, and that I'd tell her when I see her, which is pretty much all the time, and Michael got even MORE mad at me. I am REALLY confused. So either I hung up on Michael or he hung up on me (I can't even remember now) and then a minute later, he called and I didn't answer. He called again, I still didn't answer. This is ridiculous!! Some people make a mountain out of a mole hill. I thought *I* was the one who did that around here. Now my freakin' phone is ringing again and I'm about to throw it out the window!!! YES, it is important to tell people thank you, but for Michael to make such a huge deal out of it like that, I don't get it. Something is up and he's not telling me what it is, and that makes me madder than anything. So then he says his mom is already having a bad day and for me to call her now and tell her thank you would make things a lot easier on him at work. So just maybe you are asking yourself as you are reading this...."So why don't you just call her up and tell her thank you?" For one, I prefer to do those kinds of things in person, and second of all, whenever I DO tell his mom thank you, she just says "Okay" and that is a really weird response to "thank you". Aren't you supposed to say "You're welcome" or "I was glad to do it" or "No problem" or something? It's almost like she doesn't take me seriously when I SAY thank you! So now, if I DO call her, Michael's mom is going to know that Michael's dad said something and that since it was a "forced" thank you, it's not really a "sincere" thank you. I just don't understand people sometimes, probably never will.

Current mood: Confused

I Found My Computer Desk and I Hate Liars

Not much new going on. I finally got my room completely cleaned up. Well, I still have to vacuum and dust a little, but being able to get to the computer desk and actually sit at it is a real accomplishment. The desk was covered in papers and receipts and bills and other odds and ends. Oh, and I found my little CD player I used to keep on my desk at work. (No, it wasn't buried under the papers...it was in the trunk of Michael's car from way back when he went to retrieve all my personal items when I got laid off back in July.) I bought it last year after Thanksgiving just for the purposes of being able to listen to Christmas music while I worked. Now it sits on my nightstand in my bedroom. I'm listening to my Jewel "This Way" CD right now. And deciding what CD I will pop in next, because this one will soon be over. It's nice to have a radio in my room again, I will say that.

Now, this is really bugging me. There's this girl I talk to online, and she is a big fat liar...I know it, everyone knows it. Why do people tell such far fetched stories? Does it really get them off that good? I don't get it. Actually, I went to highschool with a habitual liar (a couple of you probably know of her) that stole my purse, but THIS girl I am talking about now is just RIDICULOUS!!! I want so badly just to laugh in her face and tell her a thing or two, but I just sit here all nicely and say "Hmmmm" or "Really?" or "Cool." But in reality I'm sitting here yelling at the computer screen, "OH WHATEVA!!!!" I really can't go into too many details JUST IN CASE she reads my blog, plus she knows where I live, so I have to be careful, lol. If you think it's you I'm referring to, just ask. It's probably not you though because I don't think this person even reads my blog. But just to keep from getting my tires slashed, I'll keep it at this.

Current mood: Disgusted

Tiger games

I think we finally decided exactly what Tiger basketball games we are going to get tickets for:

Away games: Louisville ($21 a piece)
Southern Miss ($16 a piece)

Home games: Mizzou (11 a.m.), St. Louis (12 p.m.), and UAB (6 p.m.), (all $15 a piece), all of which are Saturday games.

This is going to be our Christmas present to each other, I think.

A couple of noteworthy things, when I checked the Louisville site to find out their ticket prices, there was a picture on the very top of the site of THE DEVIL. Well, actually it was Rick Pitino, but surrounded by all that red, it was kind of hard to tell. And then when I went to the Southern Miss site to check ticket prices, I thought it was pretty funny that the Memphis & Cincinatti games were in a price range by themselves, and then there was an "All Other Games" category. LOL. Pretty soon, Cincinatti will be no more for C-USA, so then Memphis will be the only high-dollar game they put on down there. So all I can say for Memphis is, we better beat the stew out of every team in C-USA after Cinci, Louisville & Marquette hit the road, because if we can't beat these nobody teams, then we NEED to be in a crappy mid-major conference. I know, the Tigers are my team...I just want to see them WIN.

Current mood: Determined

We survived

Not much time right now because Jacob just woke up and he's ready for his bottle, the little hungry piggy, but I just wanted to say we survived. There wasn't even any LIGHTNING in that piddly little storm. PUHLEEZE! There was a lot of rain and it got pretty gusty outside...that was it. I think some folks in a few counties south of here had a tornado warning, but we were just under a tornado watch, which I know those should be taken seriously, too, but it's not AS bad as those tornado warnings. THAT is when it's time to get SKEERED! I kind of figured we wouldn't get it that bad anyway, given that it was predicted, lol. I mean, seriously, the storm 4 months ago, we were just under "slight risk" and then if anyone remembers the ice storm of 1994 (I do), I think they called for "little accumulation expected" or some crap like that. Anyway, PHEW, that's over with, I think. Now where's the dang cold weather? I have sweaters and I want to wear them!!!

Current mood:

I know it's early, but......

......I was afraid I'd miss the storm. I woke up around 5 a.m., almost on cue. It was windy outside and raining, so I turned on the TV and sure enough, we're under a tornado watch. The worst part of the storm system hasn't gotten here yet, but apparently it's on its way, so I'm just lying here on the couch, keeping an eye out for the family. I've always been scared of sleeping through a tornado and waking up in a pile of rubble, or worse. Tornadoes are, by far, my worst fear. Seems like every time we DO have a bad storm in the middle of the night worthy of getting the kids up and into the hallway, by the time we jump out of bed, dart across the house and get the kids and grab some pillows to take cover with just in case, the storm is about gone. Those things barrel through fast. If anyone is from around here and can remember the tornadoes of January 1999, we had so many dang tornado warnings that night, and I can remember sitting up late watching the TV while my parents slept, and we had a tornado supposedly headed straight for us, and by the time I woke my parents up, it had already passed over us. Actually, the ironic thing is, it is those tornadoes that brought me and Michael together. (No, a tornado did not pick us up and toss us into the same ditch, lol.) What happened was, out of those tornadoes, a really bad one hit Little Rock, and the Saturday after all that happened, Michael was supposed to take a trip with someone over to Little Rock. Well, because of the damage done over there, the trip got cancelled. Michael was supposed to be getting up really early that morning had the trip not been cancelled, so he should've/would've been in bed asleep, but instead, he was up late online. I was incredibly bored that very same night, having just dumped my boyfriend the week before, and so I started browsing through the member directory on AOL to find people I went to school with (Northwest). So I IM'd the first person I saw that was online right then, and guess who it was? Any idea? Well DUH! It was MICHAEL! LOL So anyway, we've been together ever since. We get some really nutty looks when we tell people we met online or that tornadoes brought us together. But oh well, luuuuv yooou, Michael! Just pray that we don't get blown away. From the looks of it, the radar is showing that the worst is yet to come.

Current mood: Lovey-Dovey

A lot Accomplished

I actually got a lot done today. I guess that's what happens when you don't blog 6 times a day. Anyway, I had decided to go through my CD's and organize them. I have a bad habit of putting CDs in the wrong cases, and even putting 2 or 3 CDs in the same case. So as I started going through them, I found cases without CDs and I found CDs without cases. I know we've cleaned out all kinds of crap out of both vehicles several times, and being in a hurry, said crap usually goes into a walmart sack or a garbage bag and left in the garage until I get bored and decide to go through it. So I go out to the garage, which is an act of bravery on my part, and start going through boxes and bags and stuff, and I found a lot of neat things. Here's just a few things I found...

1. Two jewelry boxes that had been missing ever since I got married and moved out of my parents' house.

2. A bunch of bead necklaces I made back in highschool.

3. My best friend necklace charm that I bought for me and Karen back in the 4th grade.

4. Jewel "A Night Without Armor" poetry book and a couple other poetry books.

5. Various snapshots of me and my cousins, Jonathan & Jared.

6. Garfield lunchbox full of crayons.

7. Texas Instrument calculator my dad spent way too much money on.

8. Bryan Adams single "Let's Make a Night" cassette.

9. Lighted makeup mirror.

I didn't even find that many CDs I thought I'd find, but just finding that other stuff was pretty cool. I also did what was supposed to be last week's project...cleaning up my bedroom. Finally you can walk in there and not trip over the stacks of boxes that were once piled in front of the dresser. You can SEE THE DRESSER NOW!! As for my missing Jewel "Spirit" CD, that is still a huge mystery and it's bugging me. And then there's my Carolyn Dawn Johnson "Room With A View" CD. The case I have, but the CD itself is nowhere to be found. But my Blessid Union of Souls CD, "Walking Off the Buzz", the case is missing, but I have the CD. How does stuff just sprout little legs and walk away? Heck, my stuff probably RUNS away from me!

Anyway, I hope I have a computer left to blog on tomorrow. Moreso, I hope I have a house left. These storms are supposedly going to get bad between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. in the Memphis area. The wind is already blowing pretty hard and WeatherBug is showing some rain that's not too far off...just on the other side of the river. I hate bad storms. I just hope I wake up when it hits tonight. I'd really hate to wake up dead.

Current mood: Puzzled & Scared

The Land of Oz?

We are expecting strong/severe thunderstorms sometime tonight. I watched the Wizard of Oz on TBS last night. Did I get a glimpse into what tonight is going to be like? lol

Jacob had a crummy night. He woke up close to midnight, just as we were about to turn in for the night, and then again at 4:45. So unlike him. Either he's getting sick or he's teething. I'd rather it be teething. Looks like right now he's going to have a toothless grin for Christmas just like Travis did for his 1st Christmas.

I made my coffee this morning and decided to have some waffles. Apparently I put waaay too much syrup on them because not only do I have a major sugar rush right now , it also made my coffee taste yuck. It's interesting how if you eat something really sweet, and then you drink coffee that isn't as sweet as what you just ate, it can make the drink taste bitter. I guess maybe that's why I usually drink milk with sweet stuff, and coffee with salty stuff. I dunno.

Current mood: Tired

People suck

Nothing much new here. I think I am getting sick. My body feels weak and my stomach feels yucky. I sure don't feel like eating anything. I hope I am not getting what Travis had.

Anyway, the purpose of this post is to express my strong dislike for sucky people. Basically, this friend was writing in his blog about something bad that had happened in his life, and so I replied asking him what had happened and how he never fills me in on everything, and instead of actually acknowledging the fact that I was concerned about him, he tells me my blog thingy sucks, or to quote him, he called it a "wannabe page". WTF? First of all, I happen to LIKE my blog. It's MINE so I can do with it or not do with it whatever I want to. Secondly, if you are reading this, EXCUSE ME for being concerned! I'll know better next time not to ask! Yeah, I might be a b&*(# for saying that, but that's just the way that person made me feel!! Some friend!!

Current mood: Sick