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here it is 2am and of course I can't sleep, I took 3 sleeping pills last night and was awake all night, then woke the kids up for school and couldnt stay awake long enough to get them out the door. I need to find a good paying job that entails me being on my computer late and night and won't wake up my family. I would have it made then!!!
so tomorrow night I am meeting some friends that I havent seen in 20 years!! seriously, I can remember a time when I couldnt even say I had known somebody for 20 years! back when I was around 18 years old, ok I actually was 18 years old, my mom owned a live band club and it was a pretty popular place, I made some awesome friends that summer, I can honestly say that was the funnest summer of my life! I met my first serious boyfriend, got to go to some at what I thought at the time were grown up parties, I was an adult by law , I didnt have a curfew, it was great! we would stay out til dawn. now we all had lives during the week, but on weekends we were always together as a group. then we all just drifted apart. My first serious boyfriend broke my heart for the first time, so I started seeing those friends less and less since he was a part of the group too, until finally I couldnt remember the last time I saw any of them.
I tried to stay in touch by phone, thats all we had in those days, but to be honest I think my feelings were a little bit hurt that "the gang" chose my ex over me, they stopped inviting me to their get togethers, and eventually they stopped telling me when the next band show would be. so after a short time, I quit trying to stay in touch and moved on to other friends. I would bump into some of them from time to time, ironically I bumped into that ex boyfriend more than I did any of the others. And I guess they all lost touch with each other as well. we all grew up, got married, had kids, went thru divorces, some of our friends passed away. then thru the miracle of the internet, we started finding each other online again, just a few at a time. it started on myspace, then most of us migrated to Facebook and found other old friends. Then we started posting pics of the good old days. all of us are in are late 30's to early 40's now, and its weird looking at the pictures of all these young, beautiful people having fun, and then the pics of us now, our hair is not as big as it used to be, some of us have lost alot of hair, most of us have put on a bit of weight, some of us have put on alot of weight. we look tired and the lives we have lived show on our faces. some have had harder lives than others. I don't think I would recognize most of my old friends if I bumped into them at the mall or in a restaraunt. and they probably wouldnt recognize me either.
If I could relive any time in my life, the summer of 1990 would be one of the top contenders. almost everything reminds me of that time. for those of you reading that were a part of that year then I don't have to explain why these things make me smile at fun memories....... A trampoline, pina colada scented smoke from a fog machine, red shag carpet, little hole in the wall places that were packed to the rafters with big haired teenagers, a neon spray painted sign, hanging out in a open field by the lake, assless chaps, jeans with so many holes they couldnt really be called clothing, and there are so many others. but those were all I can come up with right now. *LOL*
so i'm looking forward to this get together tonite, I was kind of nervous because the last time I saw most of these people I was a size 3 not a size what I am now. *L* I didnt have gray in my hair, my cheekbones were much higher on my face, (other things were higher on my body as well) I only had one chin, I could drink more than guys that were 3x my size, I liked beer, I could stay out all night AND stay awake the next day.
Tonite I will only be able to stay for a short while, I have 3 kids at home doing who knows what, we have to drive an hour to get home because we aren't really the crash at a friends house types anymore. years ago I would have been one of if not the last person to leave the party.
so look for the next blog about our reunion, and to my FB friends I will be posting pics.
until then,
Love you all!
A.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Warm Weather at last! (or at least not below freezing anymore)
Happy Humpday to everybody!!! we are in the high 50's temp wise in oklahoma, after last week I will take it!!
We went out to dinner on monday for Bryan's bday w/the kids and his parents, his actual bday was the 4th but due to the really cold temps we opted to wait a week. anyways, we went to The Hamburger King in Shawnee, its on Main street west of Harrison. its been there since like 1927 and prob hasnt been redecorated since the 50's, its a really neat place and the burgers are awesome!!! they have the booths with the phones that you pick up and give your order on. Of course we had to go to the grocery store afterwards and surprisingly nothing weird happened, didnt see any crazy people this time, of course the day that my last blog was about I realized later that it was full moon that week, so that explains alot of it!!!
I'm trying really hard to get organized lately, although my kids do everything in the world to prevent that! and the washing machine broke, so we are doing laundry at my mother in laws which is great that she is nearby, but its a pain to have to wait for your laundry to be done, i'm used to throwing it in and then doing other things around the house. so our options are to either buy a cheap one now, or wait a couple of weeks til we have saved more money and buy a better one, we decided to wait and save up.
have any of you ever gotten locked inside your own bathroom at home? of course I have!!! *L* luckily my kids were here and my oldest son passed me my cell phone under the door, my husband was just a few miles away so I wasnt in there for long. I passed the time by updating my FB status and changed the lightbulb, refolded the towels. An OCD person can ALWAYS find a way to pass time! *LOL*
every now and then I find a recipe that I am able to actually make taste pretty good when I try it , last night was one of those. I made a roasted chicken w/orange juice sauce and rosemary potatos. YUM!!! there wasnt anything left of that poor chicken after my kids and husband were thru with it. I will post the recipe on here since a few of my FB friends have requested it.
this is kind of a boring blog today, I can't think of anything funny my kids did or said, and (knocking on wood) I havent fallen down today or gotten locked in a room by accident. although when it was snowy and icky outside I did fall 3x in one day. I usually fall on the way to the car so my kids are in a good mood when we have to do a road trip. and as much as I would like to take credit for it, it isnt on purpose. and I fall down alot!!! and about half the time its in public! once me and my friends Jenn and Abby went to Chelino's in Bricktown and our table was elevated up one step, when we got up I forgot about that step and just stepped onto the floor, since i'm a short person that didnt go very well and I fell on my face in front of about 50 people. I don't even get embarrassed anymore because it happens so often. *L* it has taught me to look for wet spots in wal mart, in parking lots, for rugs placed in stupid places in furniture stores. and hidden steps!!!
ok, guess I better do some housecleaning (picking up the kids stuff) look below if you want last nights recipe! hope everybody is having a great week so far!
Love you all!
A.
Roasted Rosemary Chicken and vegetables
1- 3 lb roasting chicken
1 tbsp butter
4 medium baby red potatos cut into quarters
2 cups fresh carrots
2 stalks celery chopped
1 1/2 tbsp rosemary
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
Brush chicken with butter, Place chicken and vegetables in roasting pan. season with rosemary. Stir broth and orange juice into a bowl and pour half onto chicken and vegatables.
Roast at 375 for 45 min in oven. stir veggies and add remaining juice/broth mixture and roast for 30 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
serves 4, I used about 10 potatos and 3 cups carrots. it was enough for my family of 5.
We went out to dinner on monday for Bryan's bday w/the kids and his parents, his actual bday was the 4th but due to the really cold temps we opted to wait a week. anyways, we went to The Hamburger King in Shawnee, its on Main street west of Harrison. its been there since like 1927 and prob hasnt been redecorated since the 50's, its a really neat place and the burgers are awesome!!! they have the booths with the phones that you pick up and give your order on. Of course we had to go to the grocery store afterwards and surprisingly nothing weird happened, didnt see any crazy people this time, of course the day that my last blog was about I realized later that it was full moon that week, so that explains alot of it!!!
I'm trying really hard to get organized lately, although my kids do everything in the world to prevent that! and the washing machine broke, so we are doing laundry at my mother in laws which is great that she is nearby, but its a pain to have to wait for your laundry to be done, i'm used to throwing it in and then doing other things around the house. so our options are to either buy a cheap one now, or wait a couple of weeks til we have saved more money and buy a better one, we decided to wait and save up.
have any of you ever gotten locked inside your own bathroom at home? of course I have!!! *L* luckily my kids were here and my oldest son passed me my cell phone under the door, my husband was just a few miles away so I wasnt in there for long. I passed the time by updating my FB status and changed the lightbulb, refolded the towels. An OCD person can ALWAYS find a way to pass time! *LOL*
every now and then I find a recipe that I am able to actually make taste pretty good when I try it , last night was one of those. I made a roasted chicken w/orange juice sauce and rosemary potatos. YUM!!! there wasnt anything left of that poor chicken after my kids and husband were thru with it. I will post the recipe on here since a few of my FB friends have requested it.
this is kind of a boring blog today, I can't think of anything funny my kids did or said, and (knocking on wood) I havent fallen down today or gotten locked in a room by accident. although when it was snowy and icky outside I did fall 3x in one day. I usually fall on the way to the car so my kids are in a good mood when we have to do a road trip. and as much as I would like to take credit for it, it isnt on purpose. and I fall down alot!!! and about half the time its in public! once me and my friends Jenn and Abby went to Chelino's in Bricktown and our table was elevated up one step, when we got up I forgot about that step and just stepped onto the floor, since i'm a short person that didnt go very well and I fell on my face in front of about 50 people. I don't even get embarrassed anymore because it happens so often. *L* it has taught me to look for wet spots in wal mart, in parking lots, for rugs placed in stupid places in furniture stores. and hidden steps!!!
ok, guess I better do some housecleaning (picking up the kids stuff) look below if you want last nights recipe! hope everybody is having a great week so far!
Love you all!
A.
Roasted Rosemary Chicken and vegetables
1- 3 lb roasting chicken
1 tbsp butter
4 medium baby red potatos cut into quarters
2 cups fresh carrots
2 stalks celery chopped
1 1/2 tbsp rosemary
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
Brush chicken with butter, Place chicken and vegetables in roasting pan. season with rosemary. Stir broth and orange juice into a bowl and pour half onto chicken and vegatables.
Roast at 375 for 45 min in oven. stir veggies and add remaining juice/broth mixture and roast for 30 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
serves 4, I used about 10 potatos and 3 cups carrots. it was enough for my family of 5.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Funny People
Soooooo, today we went to OKC to see the Lego display of OKC, which was pretty darn neat!!! Caden was facinated, and it made me realize I havent taken him to see any of the landmarks that were replicated in the display, so New Years resolution #1, take my kids to see more of the state they live in!!
First we met my mom at Wal Greens, she got a digital camera for christmas and wanted me to show her how to use the photo kiosk there, so i'm going thru all the options with her and showing her how to use it, several people came to the photo center , these people make me want to get a job at wal greens just so I can people watch! the first lady came in to pick up a vhs converted to dvd that she ordered, inside was her vhs tape and a notice that it was a copy righted item and could not be copied to dvd, the tape was a Disney title and the lady just could not understand why they would advertise that they did this service if they could not, the clerk explained that it had to be something she owned the rights to, like a home video. the lady demands to speak to the manager, the manager explains the same thing to her, lady leave the store in a huff grumbling that its false advertisment. my advice to her, buy the DVD!!!!
2nd customer that caught my attention, a man in his 50's brings in a plastic ziplok back w/about 20 cartridges of 35 mm film to drop off to be developed, his jaw drops to the floor when he finds out its gonna be over $200 to get it developed. clerk explains that the processing is more involved than digital, man demands to speak to manager, manager explains same thing, man leaves store in huff complaining about the unfair price.
3rd customer to come to photo center was a lady in her 50's as well, had a memory card from her digital camera and had a cow when she found out the price for having 600 photos printed. the cashier even showed her how much she was saving since she was only paying 9 cents a print. lady demands to speak to manager to complain about prices. leaves store complaining about them. *LOL*
After all this both photo lab clerks decide they need a break!!! and go into the back room, can't say I blame them. by this time my mom has finished her photo order so we leave.
we go to Penn Square for the Lego exhibit, afterwards there was an area set up w/Legos that the kids could play with, the boys wanted to play so we let them and we just stood inside the door and watched them and waited, while we are waiting a lady comes up to Bryan and asks "Sir, are you from around here???" Bryan opens his mouth to answer and she says "where in this mall is the Dipping Dots cart?" Bryan tries to say "This is the first time i've been in this mall in over a year", but as far as he got was "this is the first time i've been in this mall......" before she cuts him off and says "Oh, this is the first time you've been in a mall????" and turns around and leaves. *LOL*
So next stop was Dollar Tree, Caden's teacher told me before the break that he needs new crayons, and since they HAVE to have the 8 count boxes I get them from Dollar Tree 3 for $1 and I try to make sure he has enough to give him 1 box a week for the quarter, we pull up, and since I was only getting that one thing only I get out of the car, I walk up to the door and the guy inside sees me walking towards the door and runs like heck to get to the door , AND LOCKS IT!!!! what a jerk!!! I told him I only had to get 1 thing and he said "sorry"
So no biggie, we just stopped at Target in MWC on our way to pick up Christian, I get the crayons and a couple of other things , pay for them and am out of there in record time. well, I noticed a large group of special needs adults in the store shopping. no biggie, they have the right to shop too don't they? the ones in the group that were finished shopping were waiting by the door for the others and one especially cheerful lady with a sweet smile had struck up a conversation with an elderly lady that was leaving, the lady was delighted to talk to her for a few min. , she was a very sweet and nice lady prob in her mid 20's, the elderly lady told her goodbye and the young lady told her to button her coat up because it was really cold out there!! and the elderly lady said "yes it is!" and she went thru the door, as she passed the threshold the young lady yelled very loudly " I don't want you to freeze your tits off!!!!!!!", the elderly lady stopped and turned and smiled in shock and then went out the door. this made me chuckle to myself and at the same time be worried about what she was going to tell me not to freeze off??? *L*
ok, so I made it out w/out attracting her notice. Bryan and the boys were wishing/shopping at Best Buy a few stores down so I walked down there rather than meet them, on the sidewalk there were a group of teenagers I assume were from MWC High due to the lettermans jackets some of the boys were wearing, as i'm approaching one of the boys spits all over the arm of the coat of one of the girls, who I assume is a cheerleader from what happened next, that girl did a high kick and kicked that boy in his crotch sooooooooooooo hard!! (which he deserved) as I passed them the boy was curled in a fetal posistion whimpering. I looked at the girl and said "well done!!!"
so Bryan and the boys had left Best Buy unknown to me and were sitting in the car in front of Target, so I called and they picked me up, we went and picked up Christian from her moms, then we hit Shawnee and Bryan decides he needs to get gas now, the price was 3 cents cheaper than yesterday, ok, I remembered something I needed to get in the grocery department so we went inside, and of course 1 thing turns into more, so we are waiting in the 10 items or less lane and I guess I must mention Caden was being veeeeeeeeeery bad!!! Bryan was getting really frustrated with him to say the least, while we are waiting I notice Caden is not grabbing things off the shelves and he is not hitting his brother, but he is yelling, I look around and then down, he is laying on the floor of Wal Mart and Bryan has him in a headlock, w/his ankles!!! I of course tell Bryan to stop because that kind of stuff will get us thrown in jail for sure!!! Bryan explained that Caden got on the floor and put his head between his ankles and he merely squeezed them together trapping him. jeesh!!!! i'm too aggravated to be embarrassed so I told him to go get the car and take Caden with him!!!
and then we mercifully made it home without anymore encounters with the general public and no brushes with child protective services.
Don't know about you but that makes me want to stay at home more than I already do!!!!
ok, done with this blog, it was just too long for a FB status update!
Hope everybody who reads this had a Happy Holiday season and has a Wonderful New Year!!!!
First we met my mom at Wal Greens, she got a digital camera for christmas and wanted me to show her how to use the photo kiosk there, so i'm going thru all the options with her and showing her how to use it, several people came to the photo center , these people make me want to get a job at wal greens just so I can people watch! the first lady came in to pick up a vhs converted to dvd that she ordered, inside was her vhs tape and a notice that it was a copy righted item and could not be copied to dvd, the tape was a Disney title and the lady just could not understand why they would advertise that they did this service if they could not, the clerk explained that it had to be something she owned the rights to, like a home video. the lady demands to speak to the manager, the manager explains the same thing to her, lady leave the store in a huff grumbling that its false advertisment. my advice to her, buy the DVD!!!!
2nd customer that caught my attention, a man in his 50's brings in a plastic ziplok back w/about 20 cartridges of 35 mm film to drop off to be developed, his jaw drops to the floor when he finds out its gonna be over $200 to get it developed. clerk explains that the processing is more involved than digital, man demands to speak to manager, manager explains same thing, man leaves store in huff complaining about the unfair price.
3rd customer to come to photo center was a lady in her 50's as well, had a memory card from her digital camera and had a cow when she found out the price for having 600 photos printed. the cashier even showed her how much she was saving since she was only paying 9 cents a print. lady demands to speak to manager to complain about prices. leaves store complaining about them. *LOL*
After all this both photo lab clerks decide they need a break!!! and go into the back room, can't say I blame them. by this time my mom has finished her photo order so we leave.
we go to Penn Square for the Lego exhibit, afterwards there was an area set up w/Legos that the kids could play with, the boys wanted to play so we let them and we just stood inside the door and watched them and waited, while we are waiting a lady comes up to Bryan and asks "Sir, are you from around here???" Bryan opens his mouth to answer and she says "where in this mall is the Dipping Dots cart?" Bryan tries to say "This is the first time i've been in this mall in over a year", but as far as he got was "this is the first time i've been in this mall......" before she cuts him off and says "Oh, this is the first time you've been in a mall????" and turns around and leaves. *LOL*
So next stop was Dollar Tree, Caden's teacher told me before the break that he needs new crayons, and since they HAVE to have the 8 count boxes I get them from Dollar Tree 3 for $1 and I try to make sure he has enough to give him 1 box a week for the quarter, we pull up, and since I was only getting that one thing only I get out of the car, I walk up to the door and the guy inside sees me walking towards the door and runs like heck to get to the door , AND LOCKS IT!!!! what a jerk!!! I told him I only had to get 1 thing and he said "sorry"
So no biggie, we just stopped at Target in MWC on our way to pick up Christian, I get the crayons and a couple of other things , pay for them and am out of there in record time. well, I noticed a large group of special needs adults in the store shopping. no biggie, they have the right to shop too don't they? the ones in the group that were finished shopping were waiting by the door for the others and one especially cheerful lady with a sweet smile had struck up a conversation with an elderly lady that was leaving, the lady was delighted to talk to her for a few min. , she was a very sweet and nice lady prob in her mid 20's, the elderly lady told her goodbye and the young lady told her to button her coat up because it was really cold out there!! and the elderly lady said "yes it is!" and she went thru the door, as she passed the threshold the young lady yelled very loudly " I don't want you to freeze your tits off!!!!!!!", the elderly lady stopped and turned and smiled in shock and then went out the door. this made me chuckle to myself and at the same time be worried about what she was going to tell me not to freeze off??? *L*
ok, so I made it out w/out attracting her notice. Bryan and the boys were wishing/shopping at Best Buy a few stores down so I walked down there rather than meet them, on the sidewalk there were a group of teenagers I assume were from MWC High due to the lettermans jackets some of the boys were wearing, as i'm approaching one of the boys spits all over the arm of the coat of one of the girls, who I assume is a cheerleader from what happened next, that girl did a high kick and kicked that boy in his crotch sooooooooooooo hard!! (which he deserved) as I passed them the boy was curled in a fetal posistion whimpering. I looked at the girl and said "well done!!!"
so Bryan and the boys had left Best Buy unknown to me and were sitting in the car in front of Target, so I called and they picked me up, we went and picked up Christian from her moms, then we hit Shawnee and Bryan decides he needs to get gas now, the price was 3 cents cheaper than yesterday, ok, I remembered something I needed to get in the grocery department so we went inside, and of course 1 thing turns into more, so we are waiting in the 10 items or less lane and I guess I must mention Caden was being veeeeeeeeeery bad!!! Bryan was getting really frustrated with him to say the least, while we are waiting I notice Caden is not grabbing things off the shelves and he is not hitting his brother, but he is yelling, I look around and then down, he is laying on the floor of Wal Mart and Bryan has him in a headlock, w/his ankles!!! I of course tell Bryan to stop because that kind of stuff will get us thrown in jail for sure!!! Bryan explained that Caden got on the floor and put his head between his ankles and he merely squeezed them together trapping him. jeesh!!!! i'm too aggravated to be embarrassed so I told him to go get the car and take Caden with him!!!
and then we mercifully made it home without anymore encounters with the general public and no brushes with child protective services.
Don't know about you but that makes me want to stay at home more than I already do!!!!
ok, done with this blog, it was just too long for a FB status update!
Hope everybody who reads this had a Happy Holiday season and has a Wonderful New Year!!!!
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