Tag, award, and a congrats

This is going to be a busy post. Got lots of blog stuff going on. First of all, I got an award the other day from Amanda. Thanks girl!.

The rules are to tell you 7 things you don't already know about me. Hmmmm, let me think.

1. I had a miscarriage 6 months before I met Benny. This may sound bad but I was not upset about it. I had been on some meds that caused serious problems with babies when I got pregnant so the miscarriage was not a surprise (the baby never had a heartbeat even when it should have). It's weird how things work out. If I had not had a miscarriage, I would not have been at the bar the night I met Benny.
2. Before I met Benny, I never watched movies older than me. It was kinda my rule. I do now because he likes old westerns (and so do I).
3. I hate doing dishes more than anything else in the world. And mopping. Guess what I have to do today!
4. I have been propose to 4 times and never once did a guy get down on his knee. With Benny, he said "You know we are getting married, right?" Sooo romantic!
5. My favorite cartoon is Tom and Jerry. Always has been.
6. All the guys I have dated serious are all completely different. First was a wannabe skinhead (I was 14, first real boyfriend), second was VERY professional and political (ex-husband), third was a wigger (psycho-ex), forth was a druggy, fifth and last is a cowboy. The ONLY thing they have in common is they are tall and skinny. At least the two I married are not a menise to society!
7. I love to play golf and am pretty damn good. I have an awesome set of G5 Pings and can outdrive most of the men I have played with (from the woman's tee box of course). I haven't played in over a year. It's just too hard with 2 little kids.

Than was not as easy as I thought it would be! Now on to the tag. Carrin tagged me for this little meme.

The rules:1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own.2. Tag other people.Sounds simple enough, right?

What is your current obsession? This book that Carrin sent me. I am having a hard time putting it down. It is sooo funny. It's called "I hope they serve beer in hell".

What are you wearing today? Right now I am wearing a tank top and boxers. I don't have anywhere to go so I probably wont change.

What’s for dinner? I have know idea right now.

What would you eat for your last meal? Either Taco Bell or Benny's steak.

What are you listening to right now? A Lifetime movie and the kids acting like dogs.

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Ireland.

Which language do you want to learn? I guess spanish seeins how I live in Texas!

What do you love most about where you currently live? It's a tiny town and people don't bother me.

What style is your current home decorated in? Lived in. No particular style, just random stuff!

If you had to choose between being beautiful/hot or smart, which would you choose? I would most definitely choose smarts! Stupid people drive me crazy!

What is your favorite color? Red

What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe? My dark Wrangler jeans. I have NO ass and they are the only ones that actually fit my ass. All the others are a tad baggy back there!

What were you doing ten years ago? Living in Ft. Worth and planning Little Mans 1st birthday party!

If you had $300 now, what would you spend it on? A Wii for Little Mans birthday that is Thursday.

What are you going to do after this? Read other blogs.

What are your favorite films? Sweet Home Alabama, Lonesome Dove, Quigly Down Under, and Robin Hood (with Kevin Costner).

Your favorite books? Fahrenheit 454. I read it in college and then found out my dad read it in college too. It is an awesome book that will really make you think. That is my all time favorite book.

Do you collect anything? Turtles. I even have a tattoo of one.

What makes you follow a blog? If I can connect with the blogger, then I will follow.

What was the most enjoyable thing you did today? I just woke up a little while ago so I guess, have a tickling match with the kids.

Ann's Question:What makes you comment on a blog? If I feel like saying something, then I will comment. Also, if they commented on mine, I will make sure to go comment on theirs.

Amy's Question:What is your favorite thing to do when you have some free time? Ride backroads.

Annissa's Question: As you know I homeschool -- If you could would you? Do you agree with homeschooling? No I wouldn't. I wouldn't because I think school also teaches kids social skills and other things that aren't in the books. I wouldn't want to deprive them of that. If someone wants to do it, good for them. It's just not for me.

Tonya's Question: What is a talent you wished you had? I really wish I could sing good because I love to sing. I just suck at it!

Kyooty's Question: If you could be any other animal other then Human, what would you be? I think I would be a bird. Flying around all day sounds fun.

Carrins Question: Rush just told me that by 2042, white people will be the minority. Do you believe that? Would that be a big deal to you? It wouldn't surprise me. The town I live in is basically 50/50 black to white so I'm sure I wouldn't even notice.

My Question: What is your favorite thing to do outdoors? Mine is going to the lake in the summer and sitting around a fire in the winter.

OK, that was a lot to do so I tag and award Carrin, Christina, Amanda, Melissa, Brandy, Trudy, and Sage. I don't feel like looking up all their url's. You know who you are.

Lastly, I want to say congrats to Lazy Crazy Mama. She just had a beautiful baby yesterday!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!

My Girl Totally Rocks

Guess she knew I needed a break. Or help. Or just a good laugh and something for this here blog! Either way, she rocks!

Gonna add some stuff so I can get it out here pretty quick.

I got an award and a tag from Christina. She must really love me! If you haven't checked out her blog, you must! So funny!

The award

And look, NO RULES!

But, I will hand it out. Half the folks she gave it too deserved it from me so I will give it to others that she didn't. But if you were on her list and are a follower of me, I give it to you too.

Gwen

Bethany

TMM (she hasn't been around for a awhile. Decided to get a life I guess, but we have kept up through e-mail and she actually posted today)

Now for the tag, it obviously has rules.

Here are the rules:

1. Mention the person who nominated you.

2. List six unimportant things that make you happy.

3. Tag six blogs, state the rules & notify them with a teeny comment on their blog.

6 things that are unimportant but make me happy. Hmmm, seems to me if they make me happy than they ARE important but whatever.

1. Beer. This always works.
2. My baseball cap. Makes me real happy when I don't feel like fixing/washing my hair.
3. My new Hoover Floormate. It's a vacuum moppy thing. Whoever invented that is a GENIUS!
4. Cool Water (for men). I LOVE the smell of it.
5. My belt. It's nice to have my pants stay up.
6. Whatever this new candle is that I bought yesterday. The chick at Bed, Bath and Beyond said it was only .99 cents, an oder eater, and you didn't even have to lite it. I said SOLD! And, it actually works.

That wasn't as easy as it sounds. So since that wasn't, I will make the rest easy for me. I tag the 3 folks I gave the award to!

Tag time

Bethany over at Something to Talk About tagged me with this cute little thingy. Thanks girl because I really didn't have much to say today!

Eight things I am looking forward to:

1. Benny coming home.
2. Insurance check arriving so we can fix our roof.
3. My folks getting their horse.
4. Not being so damn sore from cleaning my ass off yesterday.
5. Summer.
6. This week to be OVER! (That is sad seeins how it only Tuesday)
7. Obama to NOT be our president anymore.
8. Benny coming home. (I know I said that twice but I am so ready for him to be home every night!)

Eight things I did yesterday:

1. Cleaned my house
2. Watched Saw IV
3. Watched Saw V
4. Cleaned my house
5. Picked Little Man up from school.
6. Cleaned my house
7. Watched TV
8. Went to bed

Eight things I wish I could do:

1. Sing.
2. Read peoples mind.
3. Fly.
4. Do magic (so I wouldn't be sore after cleaning my house!)
5. Back up a trailer. I don't even like going backwards without a trailer.
6. Buy the house we saw for sale yesterday.
7. Convince my kids that cleaning is so much fun.
8. Not butt heads with Little Man over everything right now.

Eight shows I watch on TV:

1. Bones
2. Ghost Whisperer
3. The Mentalist
4. NCIS
5. Two and a Half Men
6. Movies
7. Movies
8. Movies
   

Eight people I tag:
I am sore and don't feel good so I tag the first 8 people to read this.

Tag, you're it!

ShortMama tagged me so I figure I will play along. I wish I had read it later on because I am actually getting my hair done in about an hour. Anyway, here are the rules:

Take a picture of yourself right now.

No primping or preparing. Just snap a picture.

Load the picture onto your blog.

Tag some people to play.

Alrighty, here I am.

Yep, no make up, no bra. Just wearing a t-shirt and my fuzzy TinkerBell pj pants. This is what I usually look like when I am just hanging out at home.


BTW, I hate those curtains. I really need to go buy some more. They were here when we moved in over 2 years ago and I have always hated them.

OK, I tag everyone that reads this!

Tags

So since Gwen over at Confessions of a Control Freak tagged me and I didn't do it (because I already did like a week ago :)) I desided to steal a tag from The Stiletto Mom and do it because I thought it was pretty funny. It is to empty your handbag out, post a picture, tell whats in it, and answer a few questions about it. Simple enough for me.

1. A picture of my grandparents and a picture of my great grandmother. I've been meaning to take these out. Now I will.


2. My wallet. It literally has my life in it so if you ever meet me, please don't steal my purse. Thanks.


3. Generic kids tylenol.


4. 4 lighters. I wondered where they all were.


5. Yellow power ranger. I wonder when she got in there because she wasn't in there yesterday, I don't think.


6. Some off the wall cigarettes Hubby bought because they were out of what we smoke. Bad habit, I know.


7. The little thing so I can transfer pictures from my camera to computer.


8. Pen.


9. Sinus meds for me.


10. My phone.


11. Lip gloss. I don't wear lip stick, just gloss.


12. Nail clippers.


13. Hand lotion.


14. 4 reciepts from yesterday.


15. $21.32 that I didn't even know I had. I love finding money.


16. Nutra Grain bar. One of my kids will be hungry when we are in the car.


17. My camera case. Normally my camera is in it but I had to use it to take the picture.

So there it is. I didn't even carry a handbag until I got this one. I just stuffed my pockets and carried my wallet. I was running out of pockets so I purchased this lovely purse from Wal-Mart a while back. There are no keys because we live in the middle of know where and leave the keys in the vehicles.

Questions:

What is the most important thing in your handbag? Wallet. I know I'm stupid but it has mine and the kids birth certificates in there, my marriage liencense in there, shot records, SS cards, plus all the normal stuff. Hubby bitched at me about this yesterday.

What is the most embarrassing thing? I guess 4 lighters. Who needs that many? Apparently me because I loose them all the time. Now, I know where I loose them.

What is the smallest thing? The penny.

Is anything illegal? Nope.

I'm going to tag Gwen at Confessions of a Control Freak because she tagged me (twice) and is obsessed with handbags. And I'm nosy on just how much stuff she switches from bag to bag.

All is good (kinda)

Yesterday, Hubby knew I was upset about the work situation, so he told a little white lie and left work at noon. I was so so happy about this. He came home and we went to Longview (hour away) to go shopping and out to eat.

First, the mall. Needed a birthday gift for my Mom. Her birthday is on Thanksgiving. I found some really good stuff but can't tell you what it is because she reads this. I'll tell ya after Thursday. One has a really funny story. Wasn't planning on it but also found Xmas gifts for my BIL. Kids got hungry so we bought everyone a little snack.


We visit a few other stores that are not in the mall and by this time the kids are tired and hungry again. We decide that they are too tired to act like normal people and go threw Taco Bell drive threw. This always happens. We always plan on going to our favorite Mexican restaurant and end up doing drive threw. Oh well.


We had a good time together. It's funny to me though how Hubby deals with the kids in stores. He is not use to it so it kinda freaks him out. Let me just say, they were actually really good for this trip. Smiley kept changing his mind on who he wanted and Toot kept wanting and touching things (what 4 year old doesn't). There was no running around and yelling but Hubby got all flustered and kept telling me to hurry up. This really got on my nerves. Don't rush me when I am looking for the perfect birthday gift and showing what I would really like for Xmas. Every time he gets like this I always say "Welcome to my world." He doesn't like that. Once again, oh well.


We came home and all crashed. Oh ya, Halloween costumes were 75% off so Hubby bought me a Tinkerbell costume to play dress up with Toot. I think it was for me to play dress up with him because it's actually called Sexie Pixie. He thinks he's sneaky but I know what he's doing.


It wasn't real eventful but at least we got to be together. He is now at work again and wishing he was at home. Back to reality.


Also, I kinda think (actually know but am in denial) that Smiley got what Toot had. I am praying really hard that it's not because that was horrible and I don't know for sure that I can go through all that again and stay as sane as I am right now. Plus, I really want Little Man to come back home. I miss him so much. We keep him away from sickness as much as possible (especially stomach virus) because of his diabetes. It really screws his blood sugar up. He hasn't been home in over a week. I got to see him yesterday but not for very long. It's been a long 2 weeks.


Also, Gwen over at Confessions of a Control Freak tagged me again with the same one she did the other day. I'm not going to answer them all over again but do want to clarify something. My childhood was full of laughter. I do have a bunch of funny things that has happened. I have been dealing with sick kids for 2 weeks now and couldn't think real good at the time last time. Usually the funny moments were when I embarrassed myself. One time my we were driving down the road and my Dad called someone a prick. So I start this. "Prick, Prick, Prick. What's a prick?"
They still laugh about that one. And then there was the whole sodomy conversation at the soccer game (can read in this post). Funny thing, I still don't keep my mouth shut. I still ask questions no matter where we are or what the question is. Some people never learn.


So I now tag anyone that reads this and made it to the bottom of this post. You deserve it. You can find all the questions at Gwen's.

I've been tagged!

I guess Gwen at Confessions of a Control Freak just can't get enough of me because she tagged me and wants to know more. I love her blog and talking back and forth with her. She is like me in ways and completely different than me in ways. Now, I gotta answer 10 questions.



1. What is your funniest childhood story?

Most of my memories involve getting hurt, annoyed, or arn't funny, just really good.

I guess it is when my Dad chunked my puke out the window of his plane. I had eated peanut butter cups and drank a can of Dr. Pepper before the ride. Another time when I didn't have such a great idea. The smell was horrible so he just got rid of it. I wonder what the cows below us thought?



2. What would your dream dress look like if you could design it?

I can't stand dresses so I have know idea at all. I guess a dress that magically made me look like a size 2 or even 4 with a perfectly flat stomach and perfect perky boobs. I'd pay good money for that dress.



3. What weird habit does your hubby have?

When he tells me what he plans on saying to someone, he tells it like they already had the conversation. Like he'll say, "So I told him ....." Somtimes I get confused (I'll say "you did or you are going to?") but mostly can keep up. I laugh inside when he does it. He's also the only person I know that talks more than me. I know that's not a habit, but it is weird.



4. How many cookbooks are in your kitchen?

One, and it's older than me. I have no idea where I got it but it has some good stuff in it.



5. Granny panties or loyal Victoria Secret girl?

Definitely Victoria’s Secret. Hubby calls it the "Pink Store" and loves to go with me.



6. My favorite memory from 2008 so far is...

When I went and bought my jeans and the size 6 was a perfect fit!!! I started my diet at a size 12/14. With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up, I 'm sure this will change. Not the size in jeans (hopefully) but the best memory.



7. I secretly...

am jelouse of my brothers other sister (they are my half brother) because she gets to see them and their kids all the time. I only see them like 3 or 4 times a year.



8. I could really go for...

A vacation. I need one.



9. We are going to have a big snow storm and you will find me...

At my Moms because they have their generator hooked up to the whole house and a fire place..



10. I knew he was the one...

On our first date. We went fishing in the dark. He says he is twice the fisherman than me because he caught 2 and I only caught 1. We could talk about everything and nothing. He was so different than anyone I had ever dated. He loved life and loved just having a good time. Before we went fishing, we went out to eat. He opened the door for me, pulled my chair out for me, and ordered for me(after I told him what I wanted). I love it when men do that. That's the respect my Dad always showed my Mom. Before our sencond date, I remember telling my Mom "I hope I don't screw this up." I guess I didn't because we got married 6 months later. He is the man I will spend the rest of my life with. No doubt about that one.



Now to tag 3 more people. I choose:



TMM at The Scattered Mind of a Tattooed Minivan Mom

Sera at Laughing through the Chaos

Hula at My Secret Blog


Thanks Gwen. Now I'm going to bed because I was lucky enough to catch what the kids have.