We rented "The Day After Tomorrow" last night. It's quite disturbing, and not all that unrealistic. Of course, I'm nowhere near any kind of scientist...it just made sense in the movie that it could really happen...someday.

Travis hates it when Jacob messes up his room. Jacob loves to play in Travis' room, after all, he has all the cool toys big brothers have that little brothers can't have yet, and Travis will come running to me, crying, "Jacob is gonna crash my room!" (He means to say "trash" my room, lol.)

I have to look at Michael's algebra so I can hopefully explain it to him. He has a test like next week and we haven't even started on it. It covers 2 chapters, too. Yay for me. What's really bad is we had the opportunity to get free tickets to the Tigers first exhibition game tonight, and we had to turn them down to work on this crap.

I bought two of Michael's Christmas presents yesterday, but he can't have them 'til Christmas. Of course, he knows what they are. He, on the other hand, bought me something for Christmas yesterday, and I don't even have the slightest clue what on earth it could be. I went into Old Navy last night to buy Travis a coat for this winter, and the boys each a new fleece blanket for Christmas. They love cuddly, snuggly things. I have two cuddly little boys :-)

Dude, last night I had this nightmare. I can't remember all of it, except I found Jacob on my bed, unattended, with no diaper on, and his head was shaved!!! Like, apparently, Michael was changing his diaper on our bed, didn't put a new diaper on him, got up and walked away. And he had taken Jacob earlier in the day to get him a haircut (which he actually does need one for real), but instead of a little trim in the back, he got Jacob's head shaved! I told Michael about the dream this morning, and he said "That wasn't a dream. Go look at him in his crib." I knew he was just joshing me though.

Well, I gotta get another load of laundry going and then hit the books. I better take a massive dose of Advil first.

The garbage man has some nerve!! Yesterday was "garbage day", and this morning there was a letter attached to our can. It said:

The automatic truck dumping system is picking up your cart and requires a few changes!

1. Keep trash cart free of all obstructions including mailboxes, telephone poles, and cars. A minimum of 4 feet is requested.

2. Place trash cart curbside with the wheels of the cart facing your house. If the cart is in the wrong position, we will place it in the correct position as an example for future pick-ups. (This one was circled AND underlined.)

3. Place all trash in cart.

4. Place curbside brush four feet from cart.

We at BFI strive to provide a quality service and than you in advance for your help. Shoul you have any questions please call (xxx) xxx-xxxx.

Here's my response to Mr. Garbageman. (Actually, I don't think there's an actual PERSON that rides on the back of the truck anymore. The letter shows a picture at the top of a BFI truck with a long, extended arm that reaches out and grabs the can, which lifts it and dumps it over the top opening of the truck. I guess the bad economy has had an effect on BFI, too.)

Dear Mr. Garbageman:

We will be more than happy to oblige your instructions if you will take our requests into consideration. As a resident of this location for 3+ years now, we are taking this golden opportunity to make a few requests of our own:

1. After emptying trash container, please return it to the location I originally left it. (i.e., So that it doesn't obstruct the driveway. Nothing's worse than backing out of the driveway, bumping into a big blue garbage can.)

2. Please do not abandon trash container lying on its side, across the sidewalk, in the middle of the street, in the sideyard, in our neighbor's yard, etc.

3. Please make sure trash container is left closed after you're through with it.

4. Please pick up any boxes or other bags not inside the trash container. That dinky trash container is not always large enough to contain all of our trash from week to week, especially when you are on holidays, or after Christmas and kids' birthdays.

Thank you for taking our requests into consideration.

Sincerely,
The Brewers

cc: President/Owner of BFI

Here's pictures from last night. I found a cool cat face design on the internet and sort of made it my own. I got a lot of compliments on it last night. It doesn't show in the pictures, but in all the empty spaces on my face where there wasn't paint, I used glitter gel.





Even though Memphis lost, it was a great game. The lead went back and forth...it was simply a matter of who had the ball the last minute of the game, which of course, was Louisville. There are only 3 more games left, and we need to win at least 2 of those. We only need one more win to be "bowl eligible", but it'd be NICE to have the same record we had last year.

Anyway, not much going on today. Just recouping from yesterday. I didn't even get out of bed 'til 9:30 this morning. Michael, I'm sorry that you had to go to work today! :::snickers:::

The news channels won't talk about this much, if any.

Today is the Memphis v. Louisville game. And it's gonna be quite chilly tonight. Michael wants me to do something creative and paint my face. I have an idea, but just not sure if it's going to turn out right. And not sure if I want to be scrubbing blue off my face for the next couple days. I'm also not sure if I need to be out in the cold. My sore throat is getting worse, and cold, night air isn't exactly good for that either. I don't need to be sick this Sunday because I missed last Sunday, and our other piano player's going to be out of town, so I like HAVE to be there. If I'm not there, there will be no music.

I think the red hair is growing on me. I mean, I like it...it's just a tad bit more flaming than I bargained for, which I know will tone down a little after several shampoos. The pictures really do not do it justice. Last time my hair was even close to being this red was 10th grade. I joked with Michael this morning by telling him "You woke up with a redhead in bed with you this morning!" I think now I need some green contacts. Red hair and green eyes look awesome together. Very Irishy. Which would give me a good excuse to be so pale.

I am thinking more and more everyday how much I hate dial-up and want some sort of highspeed connection. NetZero's really not that bad. The connection speed is actually pretty good for dial-up, and it doesn't lock up on me all the time like AOL was infamous for. But things like games and Yahoo LAUNCHcast take forever and a day to load. Maybe one day if we ever strike it rich. Not likely to happen any time soon. If we ever do get highspeed, we will forever be spoiled. I know people that are scraping by worse than me and Michael are, and would probably starve and auction off their children before giving up highspeed. (That's an exaggeration, a joke there, so don't freak if you read this.) I told Michael we need to get rid of Time Warner cable, just get an antenna to get the basic local channels, and use the money we normally pay out the rear for cable to have a highspeed connection instead. I do not watch much TV other than the local news and some of the late-nite reruns on Fox 13. My entertainment comes from the computer. Michael uses the computer a lot too, but he says he has to have cable for Sports. He makes the money, controls the remote, and is ultimately THE MAN, so he wins, lol. So it's prehistoric dial-up for me, for now anyway.

Oh...we're getting ready to have a garage sale not this weekend, but the next weekend. We are sellings lots 'o baby stuff, a bunch of my old clothes and shoes from when I used to be skinny, CDs, books, kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff, bedroom stuff, decorative stuff, jewelry, and other odds & ends. Seriously...if you know anyone that's having a baby soon, or if you're just a huge garage sale hopper, stop on by if you're in the area. E-mail me for directions if you don't know where I live. Like, we cleaned out the garage last weekend, and we already had some things that we didn't sell last time, and then yesterday I moved everything that I had piled in my bedroom out there. The entire right side of the garage is jam packed with boxes and boxes of stuff that I'm selling. Anything that doesn't sell will either go on Ebay if it's worth listing on there, or to Goodwill.

That's it for me for now! Later!

Michael says I colored my hair to match my personality...lol. He thinks it looks hot, and actually, so do I. How do I look in red?

Kerry conceded. Bush is President for another 4 years. I feel relieved that's it over, and relieved that Bush is in office again. Kerry's going to make a speech shortly, and I'm sure Bush will do the same in a little while. I was really biting my nails last night. Bush only won Ohio by 130,000 votes. I guess that's why they say EVERY VOTE COUNTS. There's some folks that are pretty unhappy right now, I'm sure, including some of my friends and family, but this is what I have to say. God is in control. I am thankful that we have a President that prays and makes decisions based on what he believes the Lord would have him to do. (That's what my vote was based on.) How can you really ask for anything else?

We still don't know anything. This morning I'm going to need two cups of coffee instead of one. I finally fell asleep last night watching the news, and thought surely something would be decided this morning. No such luck. I am so groggy this morning, and I woke up from the weirdest dream just a minute ago. Something about me, my mom, and one of her teacher friends in an old run-down parking lot at night, racing in shopping carts. And then some weirdos in funky Halloween costumes approached us. At first they seemed friendly, even though they had toy guns. Well, I said they were toy guns, but one of them shot me in the neck with what he called a "lungquilizer". I immediately started feeling dizzy and I asked him "What's a lungquilizer?" to which he replied, "What does it sound like?" and I said "A tranquilizer?" and he said "Yes, but for the lungs." So I guess that meant I was going to stop breathing and die. Then I fell into my Mom's arms and I woke up. Simply weird!

The pictures I've seen of John Kerry fretting this thing...it's just funny. Different news networks are calling some different states that others aren't calling yet. According to NBC, they've called Ohio, but that only gives Bush 269 EV. If Kerry somehow won all the other states, it would still be considered a "tie" and the decision would go to Congress, which that means Bush would still more than likely win because the Republicans rule the House and the Senate now. Anyway, these are the standings right now:

Bush - 269 Electoral Votes
Kerry - 238 Electoral Votes

The states still not called:

New Hampshire - 4 EV
Wisconsin - 10 EV
Iowa - 7 EV
New Mexico - 5 EV
Nevada - 5 EV

Kerry isn't going down without a fight though with the votes in Ohio. They still have to count the "provisional" votes and argue over which "provisional" votes can be counted. Some people are already declaring Bush as President for another four years, but it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings. Hopefully it won't be as long and drawn out as the last election though. Hopefully next time I write something here, I'll be able to declare a President for sure. Hopefully.

Would Ohio make up its mind already? I'm tired and want to go to bed. Right now, it could go either way in a flash. I don't know what channel everyone else has been catching the election coverage on, but I'm watching CBS and Dan Rather's metaphors are too much, lol. Michael says I'm easily amused. So tell me something I don't know. My favorite one was "We need to call Billy Crystal in to analyze this." I guess you'd had to have seen it if you didn't quite catch the humor in that. And then he was saying it doesn't take Advanced Calculus to figure this stuff out. You don't say? I mean, it must take some sort of algebra at least. It obviously takes more than knowing how to COUNT if it's taking this long to tell us who the President will be for the next four years.

Here's an interesting stat that Michael shared with me. Every election year since 1933, when the Washington Redskins have won their game the Sunday previous to Election Day, the party that is already in office wins the Presidential Election. When the Redkins lost their game the Sunday previous to Election Day, the opposing party not already in office wins the election. This past Sunday, the Redskins lost. Hey, if the Red Sox curse can be broken, ANY stat can be beaten.

This just in...Kerry's lead in Iowa is as thin as turnip soup. Or that's what Dan Rather said just now anyway.

Goodnight for now. MAYBE we'll know something in the morning.

I finally got the laundry done after two days, and so my household can now rejoice. There are clean towels. Lots of big, soft, fresh smelling towels. I'm really not picky about a lot of things, but one thing I am picky about is how the towels are folded. This is why no one can ever fold my laundry for me. Michael's tried, my mother-in-law has tried (back when I came home from the hospital from having babies. She was trying to help me out.) Everyone's towel folding techniques make me cringe. This is how I do it...I hold the towel under my chin long-ways, fold one side into the middle, fold the other side to overlap the first side just slightly, then fold the whole thing in half, then fold the whole thing in half again. Then when I put the towels away in the linen closet, I make sure the fold edge is showing, not the other edge with the ends showing. Some people prefer instead of folding in half, then in half again, to instead fold both ends into each other, overlapping. Which that's acceptable, too. What I CANNOT STAND is for someone to take a towel, fold it in half, then in half, and then in half again. One other thing I do with towels, which Michael calls very "Monica", is I alternate the wash cloth and towel colors. For example, I have one stack of towels that are cranberry and forrest green, which alternate cranberry, forrest green, cranberry, forrest green, etc, etc. Same thing with the wash cloths and hand towels. Then I have some jumbo towels...two white ones, one bright yellow, one forrest green, one royal blue. Those are stacked royal blue, white, forrest green, white, yellow. Then I have another stack of wash cloths that are sage green, grey, white, sage green, grey, white. I honestly don't know why I CARE what order they are in or how the linen closet looks when I open it. Maybe it's the Matha Stewart in me (yeah, right). In the kids' bathroom on the shelf there are pale yellow, baby blue, pale yellow, baby blue wash cloths. I'm such a weird, I know. My MOM...now SHE gets on my nerves with the wash cloths. Instead of folding them, she rolls them. She rolls each one to where the tag is rolled first so it doesn't stick out, then sticks them down in a basket. This might be cute and decorative, but takes a lot more time. As if arranging mine by colors isn't time consuming.

Okay, seriously, there's something wrong with me. Did I just spend a whole blog entry writing about towels?

It only comes around every 4 years. And it's here today. Who am I voting for you might ask? Well if you haven't already figured it out, I am voting for Bush. Now before I get a bunch of nasty comments (since 99% of the time people only comment when they want to disagree with me), I want to say that while I do not like everything about Bush, I don't like much of ANYTHING about John Kerry. Just my honest opinion, he looks like a sly, sneaky fox. Okay, so that's not THE reason I'm voting for Bush. I don't believe we're supposed to vote AGAINST someone, but instead we should vote FOR someone.

In the debates, Kerry kept saying he has a "plan" for this and a "plan" for that. Well, what is his "plan"?

I honestly believe President Bush has done his job to the best of his ability. I mean, afterall, it is a tough job, but then again, I've never been President. I just imagine it'd be a really tough job. Does anyone actually think when 9/11 happened, the President wasn't effected by this, and he just cold heartedly declared, "Okay, let's send a bunch of our soldiers to die over in no man's land."? Does anyone actually believe the President WANTED to send troops to Iraq to be blown up and shot at? No! I'm positive he hates that part of his job every single day. But that's just it. It's part of his job. To defend our country. And I'm glad there's someone willing to take on that job to protect our country and show the world who's boss.

Does Kerry or does he not support the war efforts??

I believe President Bush brought honor and integrity back to the Oval Office, and not just because he says so or everyone else says so. He has stood firm on his beliefs and what he stands for. To know that President Bush takes his faith in God seriously and that he himself is a prayerful person, that means a lot to me.

No one really knows WHAT Kerry stands for, other than he stated he does not wear his faith on his sleeve. And he believes "we are all God's children." My Bible says God created all of us, but my Bible also says God wants all of us to come to Him, and unless you've done just that, I don't think you're a "child of God." You have to BECOME a child of God. Okay, so some of you may never talk to me again, but I don't care. That's what I believe.

Instead of listening to the NEWS, try listening to American citizens, especially those that have been around awhile and seen a lot of Presidents come and go. Listen to Vietnam War vetarans. Well, except for my Grandfather. He blames all of our countries problems on Bush, and says the White House needs a "change". Yeah, well, if Kerry gets in office, heaven forbid, there's going to be "changes" alright, and I don't think Kerry's going to be a very popular man then. And for those that blame Bush on all the country's problems, just remember, for every time you point a finger, there are 3 more fingers pointing back at you.

This may come as a surprise, but my reasons for voting for Bush do not fall under the "He wants to ban abortion," or "He wants to ban gay marriage." I do not support pro-choice, and I do not support gay marriage by any means, but the hard cold truth is that even if those things are banned by law, as long as this world is standing, abortions are still going to take place, and gay couples are still going to cohabitate and do whatever else they do as a couple. It makes me sick, but it's the way of the world. No one ever said this world was a pretty place.

If you vote today, please make a well-informed decision, and not just based on what everyone else says. If you don't know where your polling place is, go to www.mypollingplace.com.

Don't forget to vote tomorrow, unless you're voting for Kerry...then by all means, please, forget to vote.

I know I have friends and family on either side of the fence, but I'm not going to condemn anyone for who their candidate of choice might be. Instead lets all get out to the polls, vote, and show our support for our candidate of choice. Tomorrow, if you support Bush, turn your headlights ON during the day while driving, and if you support Kerry, be sure to turn your headlights OFF at night while driving. (I'm only kidding...please, don't really do that.)

Turns out, I DO get to vote tomorrow. :::skips around the room::: After making a phone call or two, I found out all I have to do is show up where I would've voted if I'd not moved, which happens to be at Desoto Central School. (Last time it was NWCC Desoto Center, so at first I had to make sure the lady was saying "Desoto Central" and not "Desoto Center".) It just seems weird that for people who live on Nail Rd. in Southaven (the part off of Elmore), would have to drive all the way down there to vote. I am almost thinking the lady on the phone thought I ment I lived on Nail Rd. that's off Getwell. (Nail Rd. is split up like 3 or 4 times....it's confusing.) So, in short, I may have to drive to more than one location to cast my vote tomorrow, but I'm going to TRY and make my voice heard. I could just sit at home and not go vote because of the inconvenience, but what if everyone did that?

Michael had to run out for a minute to borrow a book he needs to write a speech, and then he'll need the computer back and I'm sure I'll be helping him write it, so I'm outta here for now!

Quote of the Day:

"Nothing says "use me" like a freshly scrubbed toilet. " ~Me
(This also applies to freshly scooped or changed cat litter boxes.)

Jacob has a virus. Or atleast that's what the doctor we saw today said, but he's infamous for brushing things off by saying "It's just a virus, I think." He thinks?? That's why this guy is the only doctor available when you have to come in on short notice. No one books their appointments with him because he's lousy! I noticed this morning when I was getting Jacob dressed to go to the doctor, his little mouth was full of white blisters. And he was starting to get a red rash around the outside of his mouth and also on his belly. His fever hasn't gone up high anymore, but he started pulling at his ears last night, so I thought maybe an ear infection was coming on. Then I noticed the blisters and rash this morning. So this doctor says it's "just a virus" and I should keep giving him tylenol or motrin for any fever or pain, make sure he gets plenty of fluids, and if he's not better in a couple days, to bring him back. I really hope I'm wrong here, but I think we're going to be back in a couple days. The little guy's mouth hurts so much, he doesn't want to eat or drink anything, and he's drooling rivers. My mom came by a little while ago and brought him some ice cream, which he did eat that at least. It probably made his mouth feel better. So for the next couple of days, he's going to live on tylenol and icecream, and have to wear a bib 24/7 to catch the slobber. I hate it when my baby's sick :(

Okay, like, what the freak happened to Halloween? It's just not the same as it was when I was a kid. Most of the kids mumble, instead of shout, "trick or treat", and some of them don't say anything...they just hold out their Walmart sack to collect free candy.

And then there are the kids that don't even wear costumes. I had one kid come to the door in a t-shirt and blue jean shorts. Even if you are poor (like we are) and can't afford a costume, you can easily find stuff laying around the house and use your mother's black eyeliner to make a cool homemade costume. Actually, a lot of times, the homemade costumes are the best, most creative ones that get the most compliments.

And then....this one kid...he couldn't have been more than 10 years old...he came to the door and said he was a pimp. A PIMP!! What kind of parent lets their child be a PIMP for Halloween? Sure, you can say "Oh, lighten up, it's just kids having fun." Yeah, well, kids can have "fun" being things other than a pimp!

I don't go for the scary, gorey costumes either. I had a 5 or 6-year-old kid come to the door in a white t-shirt that he cut holes in and put red paint or marker in big blotches on it to look like blood and he had black circles painted around his eyes. I go for the more cute costumes, like princesses, genies, Spiderman, or some other kind of superhero. Not ghosts, goblins and ghouls.

The scariest (if you want to call it scary) thing I was for Halloween was a witch. Other than that, I've been a princess, Cindy Lauper (lol, don't laugh...I was in Kindergarten and I was copying my older sister), a cat, a clown, and a couple other things I can't even remember. After about the 6th grade, I didn't go trick or treating anymore, and only dressed up if I got invited to a Halloween party, and I think one year in high school they allowed us to dress up for Halloween.

I'm not trying to say Halloween is ALL bad...just saying there are some parts of it I don't want my kids to participate in. Sure, it's cute while they're little...when they dress up as bumble bees and puppy dogs, but it's when they get older that it becomes a problem. Teens are more likely to get into trouble going out like that. I went out one time with my sister and her friend and they silly-stringed the high school principal's yard. And we were typically "good" kids. What would kids with parents that "don't care" get into?

A lot of churches these days do Harvest Festivals, which has its good and bad points. Some people say that churches have no business participating in that, but if it keeps kids safe and out of trouble by giving them an alternative activity, then I'm all for it.

Haven't done one of these in awhile...

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I don't really have a lot of freak accident/falling dreams. But quite a few of my dreams involve sex, believe it or not. I know, I'm so bad, but hey, I can't help what I dream!

Quote of the Day:

"Gary, you were right. Thanks for not rubbing it in." ~SpongeBob

So yeah, we're home this morning. Jacob had another crummy night, poor baby. We'll more than likely be taking him to the doctor tomorrow. The weirdest thing is in the mornings when he wakes up, he's fine, he plays, he smiles, he crawls around. But the closer it gets to sundown, he starts feeling rough again. It's one of those unexplained medical mysteries.

I hate missing church, especially since I know I'm needed. It throws everything out of whack when I'm not there. Everyone has to scramble to figure out what to do about the special music, and they have to find someone to teach the 3 & 4 year olds. But my baby's sick, and I need to be mommy to him.