Saturday, June 30, 2007

CH-CH-CH- CHANGES

happy saturday y'all.
well, actually, how happy can ya be at 5 a.m on a saturday? but i'm not doin too awful bad, really. hope you aren't either. but tell me, why is it always a day i don't "have" to get up early, that i DO. erg.

ok. apparently, i have been ordered...again, in a polite way... if being called a "posting slacker " is polite... it is... to update. it's nice to missed! even though i have been keeping up in the comment section of my below post. unlike some other people i know. ehem! BUT... others have done real well. AND have assisted me in finding a new.. yes ANOTHER.. new name for my blog.
soon, it shall be called

"SOUL SURVIVOR"

i can only hope that there isn't one already out there. that would pretty much suck . so don't stop yet with the suggestions, etc on the below post...
and also...if you haven't seen them all yet... read the comments... there are some great funny ones. especially OLDYS!

( Obviously... i have already changed the title, and my screen name...but still, if you haven't read all the suggestions and comments on the name change post below , you should...good humor to be found there!)


alrighty then....movin on to the "update':

oh... i could start with... yesterday..was the LAST day of summer school ! woo hoo! the kid made consistent +90's each week on her progress reports !!!! and swears, it will never happen again. she obviously hated it, but she did work hard, and it gave her a reason to get out of bed...so it was good. but, now that it's over... what am i gonna do with her? she must get some motivation goin. good gosh. i need a cattle prod !

ok, next... yesterday, we also had quite a break in the rain...of course we had a little early... and a lot in late afternoon and evening... but in between... we took the boat out and went fishing. seize the day, ya know! the "new" truck pulled beautifully! yippee ! although.... it was miserably HOT and HUMID out there. we fished for hours, and apparently over an hour longer than we should have. we were both sickly hot by the time we left. the fish weren't very active either. hubby got like four, but only one good one. maybe a bit over two pounds or so. the others were quite small. he got one baby spotted bass, that was soooo adorable, he succumbed to a photo! he's such a good sport!

DAMN.. it looks even SMALLER with HIM holding it! (do you like his new haircut? )



as for me... i didn't catch a single fish. not even a baby. i was very disappointed. but ya know, i have NEVER, in like six years had much luck on that particular lake. hubby does pretty good there...but i never have! not sure why. my luck is at the creek. i have never done as well as i do at that creek! but... the flooding has really turned the fish off there. i don't know when the fishing will get good there again. i had some good fishing luck in kansas...i got some real nice ones there... but i would NEVER live there again.

ok...anyhow... ya, i didn't catch anything but a sunburn yesterday. hubby got burnt too. but at least he got fish! so... i finally had sort of quit fishing for a while..i sat down..and just watched maybe for half hour, then finally told him, i am really getting heat sick here. he said, why didn't you say something? i said, i didn't wanna ruin your fun. he said MY fun?! he had also been miserable for over an hour. LOL... always thinking of the other. i told him...we need to stop being so considerate out here...if you ever got sick out here, i would NEVER find our way back to the ramp! he only laughed at me... but i was damned serious! i can't find my way places in my car! how the hell am i supposed to find the freakin boat ramp if he's passed out or something???? so... we decided we'd better get a flair gun! LOL.
so anyhow, we didn't waste anymore time to get goin. we were miserable. i splashed lake water on my face, and soaked my hat in the water to cool off some. it felt good for a while...but it didn't smell too good.
then we get to the ramp... and what happens..it starts pouring rain. we got out of there just in time! phew.

ok.. fast forward. we get home. we come inside to cool off, relax , recover, talk to the girl etc... ordered pizza..oh yum, y'all know how much i love pizza. NOT. so, after we eat... we go to unload and get the boat off the street and into the driveway. that shouldn't be a problem right? at the time, it had stopped raining. BUT... wouldn't ya know it... (family curse comes into play here)...
we get out there... i guide hubby in as he backs the boat into the driveway... no problemo there. BUT.... he goes to unlock the "brand new trailer lock"... and what happens? not only does the sky open up... and lightening begins to go off like a firework show... of course with very loud and close thunder! he CANNOT find the keys...to the brand new lock. the 8.00 lock he bought at the store with the hitch ball THAT morning! so there i am... sitting in the truck... half way into traffic.. not heavy traffic...it's a residential street, but a lot of cars do go down once in a while. so, i'm sittin there IN the truck, in the pouring rain and lightning... just waiting to get hit by a damn car! we are only the second house from the corner... it wouldn't be so hard for a car to not be focussed on a situation like that in time. we had already looked EVERYWHERE for the keys...NOWHERE to be found. so i look in the mirror... and hubby is in the garage... LAUGHING at me! UGH. i sat there another five or ten minutes, and decided after about three or four cars drove by... fearing for my safety and theirs... i got out of the truck into the POURING rain....and lightning.... and i weren't none too happy about any of this. if he wasn't laughing, i may have handled it better. but i went crazy lady on him. and told him...that i was NOT gonna sit in the middle of the street anymore just to be hit by a f'n car, while he stood there laughing at me!
i shoulda kept my mouth shut... because after that... he stopped laughing alright. :((
and told me he wasn't gonna go out there and get struck by lightning to cut the lock off !
understandable. but that isn't what i expected either. i told him... just park the rig back onto the street til it stops raining! your gonna cause a wreck like this! so we end up in an argument over all this crap. we're both sunburnt, exhausted, wet, cold, and now trying to figure out how to cut a damn NEW lock off the boat trailer. how friggin fun. so, you can just imagine...
anyhow... the keys never did get found... he did manage to cut the lock...and we did, eventually stop bitching about who had the worst end of that deal. me afraid of being hit by a car...or him afraid of being struck by lightning...both in a storm, wet, tired, sunburnt, and angry over lost keys, and a new lock! UGH.
yep... that was a great way to spend an hour of my life!
but, as usual, we got over it, and i'm sure we will live to see tomorrow. we really are pretty child like when we argue. i wish i could see it from the outside looking in. LOL. but in a way it's good. sometimes. sometimes i think we need a good blowout, to just let it all out... but we consider the others feelings too much, and both HATE conflict so much... it makes for a difficult way to argue. oh well. i guess we're lucky that way. to an extent.
other than all that stuff... i accomplished NADA in my pig sty ... it has been totally neglected for a week straight... other than random picking up here and there. i have soooo much to do today. and that includes wally hell. we have been getting to go food for a whole week... i hate it when we do that, but we;ve been so busy with the truck search... and behind on dishes, etc. i am at the point the past two days... i don't even have anything to cook in or eat off of. what a nightmare.

there. i think i am now caught up. although i'm sure i left something out, it will come to me later...if i A0get caught up on my crap... or B) give up on my crap.


i am in dire need of all my cleaning fairies... but josie kidnapped my dish fairie! someone go get him!!!!

16 comments:

SOUL said...

do i have to change my email addy to change my username?

SOUL said...

apparently SO... DAMN

Jamie said...

I hate the minor irritations of marriage, too. Sometimes the dumbest things turn into arguments. At least the two of you get over them quickly, it really is bad when one or both of you won't let something like that go. I am happy to hear that you survived your pretty crappy day...and sunburns turn into beautiful tans!

SOUL said...

hi jamie... what do you think of the new name?
glad you dropped by , now i don't have to write a note to myself to see if the new screen name thing worked... :))

and YES.. i do hate to argue over dumb shit... but am extremely grateful that we get over it quickly.
perhaps that is why..
tomorrow is the big 1-5
ooooh. can you believe it? well, maybe you can, cuz you haven't really seen everything we've gone through , but to those who have... hmmmm.

i do love the guy.. even if he is a big ole grump sometimes. LOL
but.. i am the crazy lady too.
wonder which is worse?
perhaps a tie?

oh ya... the little six inch patches of sunburn above my knees will look wonderful with their new tan! LOL the rest already faded.. cept for the knees. lovely.

SOUL said...

SOB... it didn't change my name. now what do i have to do to fix that ? grr

SOUL said...

THERE it worked. woo hoo.

EE said...

Where was the camera when all of this was happening? I'd love to see a picture of you sitting out there in the middle of traffic...teehee!!
I think I'm gonna need a cattle prod for getting my kids up this fall, too. Great idea!!!!
Love the new title...it's perfect, if I do say so myself;)

SOUL said...

E ! i didn't even think of a camera at that point... i actually don't think anyone would.. except OLDY!LOL...but of course she doesn't live here.
anyhow... ya... it would have made for a good pic...cuz... i failed to mention... i was in my PJ's !!! flannel pants...with of all things... FISH on them..and one of hubbys giant t-shirts ! and barefooted !
so..umm, ya.. too bad that shot can't be reconstructed eh? LOL

anyways, ya... too bad it would be illegal..not to mention immoral.. to cattle prod our kids into doing what they're supposed to huh? LOL

and the title... glad you like it... but tell me... could that be because YOU named it?
:))
thanks, i like it too !
have a good day

Anonymous said...

best name, love it. u and sis are suvivors! me

josie2shoes said...

No Soul, you don't have to change your email!! Go to profile - edit profile again, there you will see a "Display Name" box, you can put whatever you want in there and that's what will show up! :-)

And what nervy person dared to call you a post slacker?? hehehe (I thought that would get ya movin!) :-)

josie2shoes said...

Your fishing story today - both of you waiting it out in the heat and sun just to be nice to the other, was kinda sweet. Glad hubby didn't pass out, or you either. I get very sunsick, so I know how miserable it feels.

The missing key/truck in the road circus would have been enough to do in any couple after being out in that sun, and the dealing with pouring rain and lightning. Nerves get a little short and tempers flare. As you noted, you probably both needed a good vent session, and I'm sure you'll find SOME WAY to make up. That's walys the good part! :-) The biggest fights are usually over the dumbest stuff, I know.

YEAH to the daughter for finishing up her required summer school in style, with such good grades!! I'm sure she'll remember this little lesson and will be trying a bit harder next year. GOod luck on getting her outta bed now. Too bad she's not old enough for a summer job yet. I'm a firm believer in them. Gets kids outta the house and earning a little spending cash.

The only thing good about summer school was that it also got YOU outta the house to play for a little while each morning. You'll have to continue the fishing runs, or something, 'cuz it was making you feel good.

The picture of hubby with his latest catch is adorable - just too cute for words. That one is aquarium size. LOL

And I really do like your new title!!

Headed for nap very shortly here. Trying to decide if I want to bake brownies now or later. Even that sounds like too much effort at the moment. LOL

Josie

Anonymous said...

That is one helluva man you got there...

Must be what... 288 lbs of twisted steel and sex appeal...

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JLee said...

I like Soul Survivor! Much more positive...
That picture of you kissing the fish is hysterical!

SOUL said...

hey JOS
thanks for the tip, but i had already figured that part out. now i have to work on the photo one. i don't have photo bucket, so may have to set one up. dunno, but i'm in no hurry right now. i feel like a dead turtle on a texas highway in august! ugh. but, i got a lot done today. to include ALL of my dishes etc, and wally hell...thank God hubby helped. then after i got it all put away..it was time to cook and eat. i knew if i sat down i wouldn't want to cook, so i just cooked right away. turned out good too...beef stir fry. yum. now i am down for the night. i have retired.

anyhow, ya, we had a "great" day yesterday. but at least we can laugh about it now. i know some people that would hang onto that shit for a week.

and ya, i agree, i need to keep getting out every day, even though summer school is over. that is, IF it EVER stops RAINING!!
geesh.

send brownies my way! :))

SOUL said...

hi JLEE... that is exactly what my daughter said! she HATES "soulmange"... she says "it's dark". she was happy to hear i changed it...finally. she has been on me for years about that "name".

anyhow... yep... bass are great kissers !!!!! try it sometime ! LOL

SOUL said...

hey "anonymous" !!!

fancy meeting YOU here.
he is quite a man... as you know... even HE knows it! LOL

i love you stez.