wrappin up the deets on the mommy daughter get-a-way - umm, yeh

happy friday peeples ! :))

i'm writing from my -- yes MY - couch at HOME right now. i likeeeee. i love home. but y'all know that by now, i'm sure. i am definitely a person who shouldn't 'fly by the seat of my pants' any- more. it used to be my style. my way of doin things. spontaneity was part of my character. part of what made me the crazy person that i am. that would fun crazy -- not mental crazy. just so ya know. i know- it's difficult to distinguish the two sometimes, isn't it? but hey at least THAT much makes me fun. at times. or moments. :)) intervals?

alright -- mooovin on with things. yes. i am home. and i love it. i slept in my own bugless house, in my own bugless bed -- without feeling the need to have my - car knife- next to me. i was home, i was comfy, i was safe, and i was with my soulman.
best night i've had in days.

soulkid - on the other hand, stayed the night with her gal pals, and swam in their pool. and whatever else they do over there. i don't worry as much as i used to about what goes on over there-- they've all three cleaned up their act a LOT. they are growin up-- and doin a fine job. none like any of the consequences they've paid this past year. so lately-- i trust them more. that word -- where they are concerned - had all but left my vocabulary for quite some time. but it's all good. for now.

so anyhow-- yes. home. my man, my dogs, my cats. my safety zone. for agoraphobic me? that is exactly where i belong. and i am happpppppy to be here.

so anyways-- i think there are a few things i didn't have time to write about in here on the mornin we left hotel on day 3. -- please excuse the many many typos in that post-- obviously i was poundin that out so we could get out of there on time) now there's no reason to correct it since almost everyone has read it. typos get easy to read after a while - don't ya think? i'm pretty good at it anyhow.

so-- here are a few things i forgot to include in thursday mornings post--- if you haven't read it yet-- go read it first -- then place the photos where they go in your mind-- i'm sure you can do it-- very kindergarten . then come read this part and it should all fit into one 'fluid' -- or not-- story.

so-- here's how i'll make it a bit easier -- anywhere that i am elaborating on something-- after i post this-- i will go to the other post and put a * by the part to refer to -- k?

aiiiighty then--

for the first *1 - added info -- the first part to this is on thursday part 1.

***#3 out of order-- entered late-- forgot to say this--night one- austin :

so yeh... i think i mentioned everything worth sayin about the first day/night and the hotel stuff. goin shoppin and all that. BUT what i failed to mention earlier? was the part about our return to the hotel -- from shopping and dinner --- it's cuz i am me-- and we will just leave it at that k?
but here is what happened.
without thinkin that there might-- just possible be, more than one of the hotels we were at in this town... we headed out-- without me thinkin-- or even considering any of this-- or writing the address- or noting the location or even landmarks near the hotel, oh yes i did :((
SO-- to make a long story short as i can---- we were on our way back to the room, when it occurred to me.... i had NO clue where our hotel was !!!!! yes, i am totally serious. i attempted the GPS -- only to realize -- there were 5 or 6 of these hotels -- within a nine mile area. OMG -- it was dark, traffic was heavy, i was in terrible pain, and exhausted. soulkid tried to calm me-- but of course i was angry-- and yep-- a little scared. i really shoulda thought to write the address - or something down... right? duh. bren-duh. holy shit- i cannot explain in the english language the many feelings and thoughts running through my mind.
obviously tho-- after an entire HOUR -- no, i am not exaggerating-- we found our hotel -- after hittin two that were not ours.

i will never fly blind again like this. i am way too old for spontaneity -- a lesson learned the extremely hard way. it is no longer fun for me.

it's day/night two-- hotel hell.

it really wasn't all that bad. i guarantee you it coulda been worse -- and i have seen worse. this was ok. but , for starters? i took my 'car knife ' upstairs with me .
( i will put a photo of my knife here later- but for now- i'm still havin my coffee , and i aint gettin up. sorry ) but yeh. i sure did.
i called this place first, from across the highway - the one - that i thought - hell, if i have to walk up stairs, i'm gonna smoke, dammit'

side note-- temple texas is NOT handicap friendly !

so. yeh i left the office and called this place from my car. it didn't look 'that bad -- 300 yards away.--- about three football fields . so i call, and i ask-- do you have a room for 2? ... yes. you don't have bugs , or bad-guys do you? she chuckles, then says no. i asked if she had a smoking room, she said yes.
i find out the room is upstairs with NO elevator-- my legs -- i can't describe the pain... but -- i wasn't gonna drive one more inch to scope out any more hotels without elevators-- that were sure to be filled-- and or-- non smoking. so i took it.
lemmeee tell ya -- that was the roughest stair climb i have endured in ages. my hands were full- i was haulin prolly forty pounds of shit on my back -- yes soulkid had quite the load herself-- she was very helpful. BUT the stairs? OMG... i thought they would kill me-- i had no free hand to hold the rail. falling was the only thing i could think about. soulkid was behind me-- which woulda been doubly bad if i were to fall . ugh. i took each step so slow-- i expected that with every step soulkid would bitch cuz i was slow-- but i think she could see how hard it was for me. i had to lean on the wall for support and my legs were shaking from the pain and weakness.
but hey -- i finally made it to the top-- of what seemed to be mt. everest -- :((
and our room was right there---

BUT-- the door was wiiiiide open !
can we say CREEPY?
but wait-- that's just the beginning.
NEXT-- five minutes-- if that-- after we barely unload our crap-- guess what happens? yeh. yelling, and COPS--- right next door to our room !!!!
OMG!!! it wasn't dark yet --- so i walk out onto the balcony-- there is a lady half inside her room with the door open, talkin with a cop-- she invites him in, he politely declines. i look over the rail to check on my car-- i see the lady who just checked me in. i have my knife in my hand-- yep-- in front of a cop- and the lady next door--- i WANTED it to be seen by anyone who was lookin.

my 'car knife'
AKA my traveling companion :))

i then ask the lady --- smokin next to my car at this time-- right next to the office.
firmly- but not bitchy-- cuz she is the one who told me - no bad guys- remember that? well, i'm like --

'what's this?'
and like no one was there-- i'm sure so i wouldn't leave - she goes ahead and tells me -- long story short-- it's a domestic. lady takes kids- hubby finds her- they fight- police are called. etc.

so -- ok that's cool. we turn on the tv-- after of course vampiring ourselves into out room. tv to drown out the sound of the domestic outside. soulkid and i aren't used to that stuff... we both have our reasons-- but i don't do yelling. i just don't like it.
and in a strange town and strange motel-- even worse.

of course-- upon arrival-- if not after the stair climbing- it was decided- by me-- we were not leaving that room til checkout the next day. there was food delivery available- i could smoke-- there was no other reason to open the door once it was locked-- and we didn't -- only for the foooood.

so yeh-- the other problems were minor in comparison to the bugs the night before-- such as a really cruddy coffee pot-- i couldn't, even after washing it- take more than a sip or two of coffee out of it. and the shower-- let's just say-- i skipped it.
i wouldn't ever stay there again-- but hey- the price is right -- if ya wanna sacrifice the feeling of bein safe and ya like to listen to domestic disputes next door for the first hour after ya get there-- in fact-- i say find a nearby town -- with better , cleaner, safer motels altogether. how's that.
especially if ya have a bad back- or legs- or both. cuz this place -- i do not know why-- has no elevators in their hotels. isn't there a LAW about that? i think there is. really.

ok --- what else?

oh -- *2 -- we didn't stop at all on the way home from temple-- no antiquing , no lunch , no nuthin, just drivin...
only one quick-stop to get -- not starbucks-- cuz i didn't see one. so i stopped up the road for some gross gas station coffee. and during a soulkid third grade flashback-- i grabbed her a 'cosmic brownie'. she was waiting in the car - and, it made us both smile. she had a slight addiction to those when she was 8 or so.

i reckon that's it for any deets i may have missed.

OH wait -- i almost forgot -- my sweet soulkid said THE greatest thing to me the other day. we were in a vintage type of a store-- the clerk was maybe in her early 20's. of course i don't remember what I said-- but i will never ever forget what soulkid said to me. we were lookin around -- i was lookin at old record albums that she might want to put on her bedroom wall.. she mentioned it-- so i was lookin. she was nearby somewhere.... i said-- "something" --- soulkid said --- and i do quote -

"if we were born at the same time you would be my BEST friend!"

my heart melted -- and even the girl behind the counter had to say somethin-- she said --- "awwww, how sweet ! I would never say somethin like that to MY mom"

so- yeh. i have THE most awesome child to walk the earth. she can have her moments-- but don't we all?

so-- here's the albums she chose, out of my pile :))



soulkid slept the entire way home. for the most part.

we were soooo happy to get here.

today looks like an awesome day outside--- and i am --- 'considering goin fishin a little at one of the ponds . thing is.. i just don't know if i am physically able. but then again... a little movement might be good for me.

dr feelgood? paging dr. feelgood.

hope y'all have happy sunny days in your worlds today -- if i get UP -- or not-- it beats the heck outta drivin -- or shoppin. :))

notes from the soul crib - thursday part two - read below post first

ROAD TRIP PIX -- AND SHORT NARRATION
NOW-- I NAP
SEEEE YAAAA -

dining at the MellowMushroom/ on TheDrag

(later, more shopping then back to the 'mystery bug' , non-smoking room)
*3 -- more about 'finding our way back to the room- or not
--i almost-- ok i did-- forget this part-- adding it now--

'good mornin soul"
-DIE BITCHES!-
enter-
the soul-hulk

yeh, only cuz 'gran gran' stepped out :))

- on the road -
day two

obviously, startin out :))

wearin soulkids 'new fedora'
'you look bad-ass'
in the words of my favorite 16 year old :))

- lunch break !
a really cool 'old' restaurant

soulkid had me turn around for this shot-
a donkay :))
he walked all the way across the field to welcome us.

i had to turn around only to identify this hairy ass 'pony'?
i thought it was a buffalo - at 60 MPH.

could it really be him?
Herbie?


my daily intake of smokage
maybe.
actual, gutter on an undisclosed army base.

day three- goin HOME !

soulkids' permanent position
headed home -

"Queen Jitterbug"
oh so happy to see us.

two days on the road - next stop - home :))

hi folks -- yes, there has been a change in plans. today is our last day 'out' , rather than tomorrow. we were 'supposed to have a three day vacation. as y'all know. but, well it just didn't work out that way. i sometimes say that nothing ever goes as planned -- i can't really say that this time-- because - it wasn't really 'planned'. in any regard. we had our first day/night haphazardly 'laid out.' kinda. but planned? that would be a no.

so--we left home tuesday morn,-- already on a rough start -- half way not even ready - and later than 'planned ' :)). we head to 'austin'. no hotel reserved. just shootin in the dark. thinkin - "we'll find a place when we get there" well, ya know what? that isn't a very smart idea -- on the first day of the biggest event in austin texas of every year. yes , the one that "people come from all over the WORLD to be a part of." that is a direct quote from the radio, btw-- not to mention the bumper to bumper, not moving traffic we experienced ourselves. (sigh).

my fist thought when we hit town was.. no way are we gonna find a room here tonight. OMG. i was near panic. my child? her main and first thought-- and words? let's go to 'the drag!!!" she wanted to SHOP.. first thing. without thinking a room might be our first priority, and second? perhaps I might be in severe pain. maybe. yes i was, but i have been trying my best not to be a "debbie downer" about that .
so i had to explain.. in easy terms--
hey, take a look around- see all these cars? they need a place to sleep--- we can't screw around til we have a room. ya think?
hmmm, yeh, i guess.
typical shopaholic. :))

well, i went to one hotel. no luck. booked solid. then another. nope. then another-- i got itchy just thinkin about it -- (slid together cuz i don't wanna be rude to the place - they were nice enough about it --- LaQuintaInn--) well, they did have a room. it of course was - upstairs. non-smoking. and yup, you guessed it - 'jacked up rates for the 'festival'. ugh. the only way it coulda been worse was if they had no rooms at all. but i was grateful for the room so i grabbed it.
ONLY to find after finally kickin off the shoes and kickin back on bed for a while before headin dowtown for a shopping spree on the drag, and another place a few miles from there -- i sooo didn't wanna go- but that was exactly why soulkid chose to go to austin. (sigh , again).

so picture THIS..
there i am. so tired i could go to bed right then. so sore i could shoot myself. i finally have a chance to rest for a little while... what do i see when i reach for my water on the bed table? yup--- BUGS. friggin little tiny bugs. and lots of them. my blind eyes see baby roaches. soulkid tries to soothe my panic by sayin 'mom, they're ants! chill out"
i cannot chill out . they're roaches and i can't get past that thought-- or feeling.
but-- we are gonna leave soon -- and sooner than planned - due to my nausea of 'roaches'.

(insert 'table-bug' photo)

so we do leave and we go shop and eat. it was dark by then - or soon after-- so no pics-- and that is why i wanted to go to the drag-- was for the photo ops-- yep y'all know me. she shops, i take pictures. :))

(enter- MellowMushroom photo)

so- by the time we get back to the room, i'm so exhausted i didn't care about the damn bugs-- although i squished as many as i could. i'm not talkin like hundreds -- i mean three here -- six there -- they'd come around in patches. or maybe troups. so anyhow-- i was able to go to sleep -- soon as i wake up in the morning tho-- in my non smoking room. (erg!) .. i made coffee-- also in the process i get a damn second degree steam burn due to their malfunctioning friggin cheapo pot. i get my coffee, go outside, smoke a ciggie-- come back-- yep - to have my coffee on the bed and then leave that hell hole.

well-- how relaxing-- or reviving -- do ya think sitting next to ten lively roach/ants can be first thing in the morning? yeh. same here. i finally HAD to call the office and say something. i didn't 'expext anything. i just wanted them to KNOW- that this was my 2nd stay in said hotel -- last time being many years ago--- in a totally differnt state- reason i haven't returned? there was a real live nasty roach IN my bed ! i go on to tell her about the 'bugs ' on my table -- and how disgusting they and the entire night and morning had been, also that i will never ever enter this hotel chain again. ever.
she sent pest control immediately-- and offered me a free stay-- at that same hotel. no other option. i said i don't wanna come back. how bout a discount on last night. nope. free stay or nuthing. so of course i took it-- soulkid will never tire of austin. but she can come back with her dad next time. :))

so anyhow day 2? = yesterday.
what did we do ? where did we go? where did we stay?
again. planning is oh so important.
this kinda thing was fun and adventurous when i was 'a kid' i did it and i enjoyed it-- and i also had the option of sleeping at a rest area if i needed to. that isn't an option when ya have a kid. especially one like mine-- and one that i feel so protective of. like mine. it is sooo much added stress to an already stressful situation. which -- y'all know -- was 'supposed to be stress FREE" bleh.

so anyhow-
together - we decided that heading in the direction of home was a good idea. we were running low on funds and her wanting to shop--and shop-- she decided if she sacrificed a hotel night-- it would give her more spending money -- i agreed.
and aside from that? we're just ready to be home. we like home. and i miss my soulman. i grew up like this-- hotel hopping and not knowing where i'd be the next day. and i really don't feel good about it. so we jumped on that train, and headed in the direction of home.

the original plan-- yeh -- i said it-- plan-- being to head to the base near killeem- and see what was there, cuz we haven't been there before. it is much bigger than the one by our place. on the way there - i may have taken a wrong turn or something-- but we found the most beautiful, scenic drive we've been on in a very long time. it was gorgeous. hills, animals, lakes, rivers, streams, awesome homes, ranches etc. we took a few pix, but we weren't in any of em. just animals and stuff.

(insert donkay , hairy 'pony?', and herbie here)

after we shopped on base. (enter cigarette gutter photo here)

we decided to just go home-- but of course my body and eyes couldn't make it--- we made it as far as 'temple tx. ' yeh. i don';t wish this place on anyone.
the first hotel? booked .. except a non smoking upstairs room.. with no elevator.

**1 (see friday)

the next? upstairs, no elevator-- but vacant- close- and i could SMOKE !! i took it.
and it was interesting - to say the least. but there were no bugs ;)) that was a plus. i did however have another coffee pot issue... only God knows the last time the damn thing had been washed. yeh i know - it was a bit - ok a lot disgusting. but y'all know mw.. there is no life before coffee. so i cleaned it up and made some yukky hotel coffee-- drank very little with only the grime on my mind. i'll grab a starbucks when we leave-- which btw-- i hope you appreciate i got a half hour extension on checkout just to talk to yall.

i wanted to put up pix-- but i so don't have time. i gotta get dressed and checked outta heah.

[obviously they are above this post -- :)]

for dinner last night-- we ordered chinese! it was good- but soulkid was in a mood and refused to eat her half of the 30.00 dollar meal. oh well she missed out-- and the leftovers woulda fed three people - on thedrag :))

after i ate -- i was toast-- and passed out after just a little bit of tv.

there's a bit more to say -- but i have to get outta here before they charge me another night-- which btw-- one thing i didn't mind about this place -- it was about a third of the price i paid for the one in austin... but it was about a third of the -- somethin-- too. but like i said-- no bugs-- and we survived -- :))

[ i spose the 'somethin, could be cleanliness? even tho there were mystery bugs in austin.. the room was clean, and sorta comfy-- when ya weren't smooshin ant/roaches.]

* 2 we are gonna antique our way home today.

i shall update with photos and a little more info later-- course the photos are scarce. but good. i think- i haven't seen em yet.

catchya latah folks!

better late than never . right? maybe not.

road trip fail

hi folks .
yep-- i am sposed to be on the road by now. off on my mystery adventure with soulkid. umm, obviously, i am not. or i should say, we are not. yet. several things have interfered with our plans.
senility being 1 of those things.

then; being side-tracked with a separate road-trip i have been planning -
for JUNE , somehow, took precedence of this so much sooner trip.
but i did finally get at least our- me and soulkids- first day and night are worked out.
but we are STILL at home-- and wanted to be on the road by 8 ! uhhhhhhhh.

had to mess with friggin at&t for an hour -- dammit-- all three of our phones are not workin-- the bill is paid-- but i have to leave with no phone service :(( ga-reat !
at least 9-1-1 will work if i need anything like road service- or h-e-l-p. i hope.

so anyhow-- i don't have time to write much else-- i'm not real good with gettin laptops to workin hotels-- but i'll bring it ad try to update and put up photos etc. if y'all don't hear from me-- i can get email on my phone-- the internet works on there-- just not the phone. sigh.

ok-- i am outta heah--

hope to talk with ya soon.. like as in tonight. on here or facebook-- if i can.

if not -- i shall be home friday night.

until then--
ore vois :))

and happy trails :))

take me to the zoo and leave me in the sloth cage

happy saturday folks -

am i late again? if not i feel late. i didn't notice my last post day, but it has to be at least a couple days ago? could be yesterday -- but i don't think so-- cuz yesterday was one of my busiest days in what has to be months. and i'm talkin near non-stop runnin from 830 a.m til after 4 p.m . that's like one of those VA fightin days. remember those? drivin to dallas, usually gettin lost every time, panic attacks, cryin, awful days.
well, yesterday wasn't 'that' bad'. not to that extent at least. it was just physically and mentally draining. and toward the middle? yep-- painful.

i was a smooshed sloth --- :((



in a way -- i was happy that soulkid was with me -- because i had to fill out forms at each stop -- an i could NOT see , to do it ! soulkid had to be my eyes the entire day. really. she had to fill out almost every form..and there were many. all i could do was sign and date them. i hope she didn't mess anything up -- cuz i couldn't even proof read them. i trust her though. anything she wasn't sure about, she asked, before she wrote it down.

oh - sorry-- i didn't even say WTH we were doin yet. how brilliant of me - right?
i'm sure you're wondering why her ass wasn't in school too huh?

well, i'll tell ya. i have to back up a day though.
picture it ... Sicily, 1932 --- oh sorry -- that's the golden girls --
ok off we go ....

Thursday afternoon....
soulkid calls me from the bathroom at school.
yeh i know.
she is hysterical with joy!

MOM, you have to come pick me up- right now! i have to tell you something!
-ummm, NO, i'm not- what's goin on?
you won't believe what just happened.
yeh, maybe not-- WHAT?
i got called down to the counselors office, and they told me that as a transfer student , and because i'm failing too many classes, i have to go back to my other school ! isn't that awesome ?!!!!

(mind you-- she is screeching like a five year old with her panties on fire ! )

(she's also been begging us for weeks to transfer her back to this other school she went to last year-- and even talking about getting a GED- or some other way of some sort of alternative classes to get a diploma -- whatever -- but i have been extremely depressed -- to tears -- about the thought of her not 'graduating' --- because i KNOW she is capable -- and i had always 'seen and expected her to finish school and go on to college) -- i know-- my dream, not hers.

so anyhow-- back to the conversation-----

umm, no 'soulkid' i don't think that's awesome. at all. you just got 'kicked out of school. don't you think that's a little serious?

she didn't care in the least-- this is exactly what she wanted -- since the beginning of the school year-- her boyfriend- and her best friend go to that school. she's dying to go to that school.

so-- i'm feeling deflated-- she's floating on cloud nine-- it's settled that i will not pull her out of school one second early that day-- she goes to class-- and i call the principal to find out WTF is goin on-- and WHY would they talk to a 16 year old BEFORE ME. ugh.
pissed off much?



come to find out -- she wasn't totally thrown out of school-- what she failed to mention to me, was the fact that she was given the opportunity to bring up the grades in the '4' :(( classes that she's failing -- and guys i tell ya -- three of those she should by no means have lower than a C in -- math is her only weak class, it has been for years.
the others she should be doin much better in. it's pure laziness . or perhaps a control issue. i don't know.

anyhow-- once i heard that-- i told him-- she didn't tell me that-- but i know her, and i know that her knowing that it depends on HER bringing up her grades? she won't. she will sit there, and waste everybody's' time, until she gets the final walking papers. and gets her way. (as usual).

he said "you know her better than we do, so is that what you want to do?"
i said-- it's what i have to do. for all of us. i know that's what she will do with her defiant self.

so we went yesterday--- and hell day began. and lasted alll damn day long. i thought i might die. for real.

it didn't start out so bad.

--- OOPS -- first -- we disenrolled her at her school -- (i forgot that part at first )

THEN, we went directly to the school she was to enroll in. we were simply gonna enroll her yesterday, then have her start the day after spring break. that sounds simple enough. right?
ummm, well. NOT.
nothing in my life is ever simple. y'all surely know that much by now right?

ok well, here's how things went down.

she was all but done registering in said school. of course she was thrilled. me not so much. in the back of my mind, i'm still thinkin, my kid just got kicked out of school due to grades. this shouldn't have happened-- and it better never ever happen again. or heads will roll. yes i do think things i dare never say out loud. that's prolly a real good thing. at least i can cage my thoughts-- my mother set them free and really -- i don't think she ever regretted a single awful thing she said. bleh.

anyhow- at literally the last minute-- just as we were going over her new schedule with the counselor --- some other lady came in and said-- we were not supposed to be at 'that' school, but another -- the one that is like a mile from our house.

well, we already knew that. but she attended this school last year-- and the school she was at, had put this school on all her paperwork.. so really it was a lot of wishful thinking and crossed fingers, that she would slip through the cracks and still be able to go to this school, just because she did last year.
-- reason being--- there are a lot of 'bad' people at the school in her district -- and she is basically, 'forbidden by us as parents to attend that school, or hang out with 'those' kids-- for her own safety... and sobriety.

so. that's why yesterday was such a big fiasco. we had to go to her school, the school we 'registered her in', then since she was at the 'wrong school', we had to go to the admin bldg, and talk to the big guy, -- which didn't work out- so we talked with his secretary-- and had to fill out a transfer form online -- then talk to her again... then it-- the request-- now has to go up the 'chain of command' for approval.

but--- since she technically isn't even enrolled in any school at all, at that point-- we had to go enroll her at the school we don't want her to go to--- TWO entire hours there. UGH.

we finally finished and walked out of there at like 4 p.m - after entering our first building of the day at like 8:30. one more errand woulda flat out killed me.



anyhow , before we left , i told them -- actually, more than once, at more than one place, -- i will not send her here / there for even one day-- i don't want to go to jail, but i'm just not gonna do it. -- can this be expedited ?


every person that we talked to-- even at the admin place-- is on our side -- due to the circumstances-- and all of this will be expedited. hopefully it won't take more than the first week after spring break. and i hope she can make up any 'lost time'. because they are gonna approve the transfer to the school she- and we- want her to go to. not that there aren't drugs, and BS at every school, or even every street corner-- it's just that at the one school-- it may as well be in her lap. ya know. and i won't let that happen.

they wouldn't like me when i'm angry :

click it to make it bigger -- it's so great :))

ok peeps -- looks like the child and i have postponed our trip -- leavin tuesday -- know why? cuz i don't really care -- and her boyfriend is off work on monday -- she just has to 'see' him before we leave. sooo-- i get to chill, and skip the weekend traffic, crowds and prices. :)) and let her think it's all for her
bwa hahahahaha

happy weekend folks-

5 minute stone soup -

yep y'all, i am aware that i am a few days behind in posting. sorry. lots been goin on, i think i may be caught up-- well at least a little with myself. i still have a ten mile long list of things i MUST do. without picking and choosing. or procrastinating. it is no longer a to-do list -- it's a have to do list. maybe a do-or-die list. yep. down to the wire list. i'm feelin the pressure now. but hey-- i've been busy. if not busy in the true sense of the word? i been flat out in pain and unable to perform anything above or beyond the bare minimum required of me ... if that.



so. i really gotta pick up the pace around here.
starting with takin the kid to school in like 5 minutes or so... and immediately following that? heading straight to a dr appointment. nothin big. just a pain doc follow up. and med refill. they may throw in a pee test. never know. not ike that worries me any tho. just a bit embarrassing sometimes. seems i'd be used to it. but i just think that's a little personal-- peein in a cup . ya know.

so -- what else? oh -- the update on the police stuff? i did go out and 'claim my crap'
that's about what it was too. my ear rings weren't there for me. it looks like too many people claimed those. or something. i think there were two pair-- but everybody wanted them. told ya they were common. so those happen to be goin to court. along with me, and i have no clue how many other people. i don't know how i'm sposed to prove their mine-- or not-- or how others will -- or not. i have a couple pix of me wearin em. that's the best i can do. maybe other folks won't think to bring a photo?? who knows. not me. and they have no idea when that court day will be.

and about the mystery tv-- i let it be known i didn't claim a tv first thing-- they already knew it was an error-- so i'm happy to be an honest person, and not have gone in there lookin like a dumbass 'tryin' to reclaim a tv -- that they knew already wasn't mine. phew-- i love bein me. re`tard or not (say it like the hangover movie did-- no disrespect to anybody -- that movie was just gooood )

in other news??? hmmm. OH! i'm planning-- or trying to plan.. a mom and daughter mini vacation. just a few days away for spring break. over thanksgiving -- they had a daddy daughter trip to austin. i stayed behind. so it's momy daughter trip time. she wanted to go back to austin again -- :)) thrill me -- i've been like three times, but was still willing to go -- but in my research, there's some huge festival, the hotels are all jacked up like crazy -- all over 120.00 a night, and full. so it looks like austin may be out -- any ideas will be appreciated. sea world has already been decided against-- because of my last whiplash on the roller coaster-- i'm just no fun in theme parks with a kid. so kill me.

so ideas yes throw them out-- minimal driving from DFW-- minimal walking -- and mucho fun factor for the soulkid -- ugh-- there-in lies the problem. young energetic money spending shoppin fool-- and me-- crippled, easily tiring, handicapped, people phobic soul.
wheeeeeeeeee.

haelP ----- she is interested in haunted stuff-- ghost hunting etc-- i found a haunted restaurant on a blog not far from home we may check out.

anyhow-- it is past time to get out of here-- i can't even spell check or edit-- hope you can figure out my chicken scratch --

happy day in your worlds --

i'll be back-

i bring you -- soulkid on film --- happy 16th kiddo

here ya go folks -- someone better like it -- i spent two whole days on these -- well -- here's the long version -- i still have to add music to the short one --

this one is short of 8 minutes long -- but if the photos bore you? i guarantee you'll like the song :)) and i also bet it's been a long time since you've heard it.

and i apologize in advance -- cuz the music runs 20- 30 seconds over the pics -- it's hard to perfect these things. regardless, enjoy --

(btw -- if you pop out the video and watch it 'full screen - the photos look much better - and there's less distraction around it -- just sayin. -- click bottom right icon on video box - press esc to got back to reg size screen )

short version-- FINALLY DONE -- i hope - 3/9
shy of 2.5 minutes

you likee? i DO -- both of em. course , she's mine. :))


i'm blind -- and oh sooooo done.

g'night folks

it'sanuther mughnday folks howdoyoudooo?

(ZERO COMMENTS ? - really? hmmmm. i'm heartbroken. was it really that boring?)

hiya folks---
hope your day is off to a good start-
here? well... if ya count wakin up late-- wakin up to a too sick to go to school soulkid -- yeh, i know :(( -- and remember at the 'last minute' , that today is when i have to be 1.5 hours down the road at the sheriffs office at 10:30 - to claim my stolen property -- doin fine -- well then, i spose i'm off to a fine start. yup. just dandy.

so. i'm tryin to get some coffee in me, then i gotta call the school, and get ready and on the road. soulman is off work today so at least he will be able to drive me out there this time. and yes-- it's still friggin raining. and if i remember correctly -- it was rainin last time i made this trip -- like a month or so ago. ugh. so yeh, glad i don't have to drive.



so-- anyhow- if you're here for the video -- or i should say -- the disaster-- geesh i haven't had this many problems with a video since i first started learnin how to do em. i swear i spent 8 hours on that damn thing yesterday. what a mess. i ended up makin 2 of em. the first one? it ended up bein waaaay too long to hold y'all interest -- i'm sure. maybe not. but i just feel like it's way too long. plus i don't have the music i want on my computer! i thought i could get songs off i-tunes to use-- but if so- i can't figure it out. and if not i have to find my cd's in this hell pit - and upload it -- and if i don't have what i want- and i don't think i do-- i may have to go to the used cd store and buy it -- and then upload it---. same for the second-- yep-- a second, and much shorter version.... same music problem--- but the video is only like 2 minutes long vs... lord-- maybe 15 minutes long. some of y'all may watch both -- family and old timers prolly -- but for the rest of ya-- i'll spare ya the agony and post both -- but obviously -- my morning is booked. so more waiting. i'll get er done-- by dinner. that's like 5-6 p.m round here. tx time.

on that note-- i must get started here-- when i get back from the police place i shall let ya know if my earrings were there.

hmmmm.... not sure why-- but i'm nervous about goin .

and no-- decided against takin the tv-- i know i didn't claim one-- so i aint even gonna consider takin it-- thanks charlotte -- or mary ? :O for lettin me know they auction it and not 'dispose of 'it'. that makes me feel better. we need our roads fixed :))

anyhow--- i'm off -- really -- to start my day--

i shall return...

happy days -- hope you get some sunshine in your worlds today-- we aint. :))

soulkid is a sweet 16 ! or is she? bwa hahaha

( sorry folks , looks like i lied. i have worked on that video all day long. and i still don't have it done. i have everything now except the music, but i am all out of energy, and i am also blind. which means i am finished for the night. i shall finish it sometime tomorrow. i have to upload the music. ugh.
goo'night peeps.)


(earlier)

yep she is -- she really is a sweet girl. y'all know she is. at least she can be.

her party was last night. we took her to the restaurant (dammit i STILL can't spell that!) of her choice. phew-- there went a weeks worth of groceries. :)) but they had a great time. and so did us old folks. but we saw lots of smiles and giggles out of the girls -- and isn't that the goal? so , yeh, i would say it was a success. i will also say -- it was not what we as parents had imagined in our own minds for 'her' sweet 16. but it was HER sweet 16 and she wouldn't change a thing. that is what's important. it was her party, her memory, her day, and aside from the stinkin head cold that crept up on her and still worsens, it couldn't have been more perfect --. so yippee, for her.
only thing? her 'real birthday' is on the ninth-- and lemmee tell ya-- i already hear that train comin--- what she will expect on her real birthday i'm not sure yet-- but it'll be somethin. i'll be sure to let you know. and also if we deliver -- which i'm sure we will. prolly just another dinner out-- but i assure you-- it will not be where we went last night-- or any where near that budget.
more like outback -- or maybe even mcdonalds :))

ok-- so-- i plan to make a video after i do this post-- so i'm not gonna post too many pix here-- but i'll put the video up later-- and y'all know those take a while -- so cruise by later tonight to view it. k.

anyhow-- here ya go-- a few soulkid life moments :)) and b-day pix
i have a almost new frickin all in one scanner printer thing-- and i have yet to figure out the scanner-- other wise i would have a better selection-- i could only use what i had saved on my puter- or photo pages.

anyhow-- without further ado -- i bring you--

soulkid

(click any photo to enlarge)

time goes too fast. i'm almost an empty nester. i know i'll miss the arguing. the laughing. the deep talks. and the tricks on my mind. not far from today.
she might be a little turd sometimes---- but she's mine. and she's beautiful.

come back tonight for the video -
i bet the finished product will make me cry.

laterz folks
happy sunday in your worlds
it's rainin here-- hope y'all are gettin sunshine

oh NO -- and yes- i did too

first, i gotta say this-- baby brodie has a problem -- he has fallen in the parents magazine competition ! how? i don't know. someone isn't bein loyal to him. y'all need to vote. it only takes a second. mamma needs a vacuum ! :))
c'mon. you can vote once a day.. and i won't stop askin til the competition is over -- so just vote so i can write about other stuff in soulland -- not someone elses land. k?

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/id/6/w/09/y/2010?page=519&esrc=

such as the juicy gossip y'all wanna know -- like what my child did to me yesterday. isn't that what ya wanna know? looks like it from the comments yesterday. ya buncha hen partyin fools. :)) i wish for one day we could chill together at the soul crib -- or the fishin pond -- and just BS the day away. that would just be the shiznit-- for me anyhow.


so. ya want me to make my kid look like a bad girl eh?
i used to that on an almost daily basis around here. course... she almost deserved it back then. and really-- if i didn't blow of steam here? i might have died. literally. it almost came to that. i really did have many physical weird and out of the ordinary things happen to me for a while. i do relate a lot of it to the stress an helplessness i was dealing with during that time. not 'blame'.. just -- relate.

so anyhow-- the girl has come a long way since last year. y'all know that. she's a whole different animal. but-- she still knows how to get what she wants. and she can do it with me, better, smoother, and easier than with her dad-- and she knows it-- she knows my weaknesses-- and i have many. i don't think it's right-- and i won't make excuses for her. i find it very wrong-- and hurtful.

so. here's the deal. please keep your parenting and other opinions to yourself. the situation has been dealt with as her dad and i felt best already here at home. ok?

anyhow-- what happened was--

it was early in the morning. which isn't a good time for me to think, or make decisions anyhow.
i had a hard time gettin her out of bed as it was, but she finally gets up and comes downstairs. oh- not to mention the fact that i had to actually go UP to wake her up-- i usually call her cell to wake her up. that, didn't make me happy. [btw- first time i've been upstairs since the trauma of the dresser battle :)) ]
i'm still on my first cuppa coffee -- really not a good time to deal with any damn thing.
we at this point have about 45 minutes before we have to leave for school- so we chat a little like we do almost every day. no big deal right?
well.. time starts slippin by-- i finally ask if what she's wearin is what she's gonna wear to school. she says no. i'm like -- well, you better go get changed.
she says -- i will. we're talkin.
-- this same thing is said uncountable times over the next two hours --- yeh, i shityounot.
along with --
it's my birthday.
i'm not going to school
i have to clean upstairs for my party
and numerous other 'excuses, and i don't know what to say'

during this period of time-- i can't tell you how many times i told her to get ready and go to school. i threatened to call the truancy officer-- i even went so far as to 'fake call' them.... know what she did? she came and physically took my phone away from me.!

i threatened to call her school principal. i didn't though.

i can't call her dad at work-- because he is an instructor. and i never know when he is in class -- she knows i can't call him.
dammit i wish i could tho. cuz he puts the fear of God into her. me? obviously not.

she thought the whole thing was a joke -- while in the meantime-- i was having a literal anxiety attack/ panick attack . i KNOW she knew it-- cuz she kept telling me to calm down, settle down etc-- and i wasn't raising my voice or anything-- it must've showed on my face-- well, that or the fact that i was holding my chest-- couldn't breathe right -- or some such other clue. ugh.

i just couldn't believe this was happening -- between me and my CHILD.
MY mom? she woulda flew across the room in a rage and beat my ass -- all the way to school !!! seriously. of course-- i feared her like no other-- and i would have never even attempted such a stunt.

but yeh. yesterday was the FIFTH. soulkids 'birthday' is on the 9th. her party is TONIGHT.
i was completely under the belief -- not just understanding-- but i believed in my SOUL-- that yesterday was not only her party-- but her BIRTHDAY as well. her 'sweet sixteen", no less.

even so-- i wanted to make her go to school.... but i knew - know i cannot 'do ' a thing physically - to 'make her.'
she fears my discipline in no form or fashion.
she stayed home from school...
the only time she felt anything about the whole thing -- taking advantage of me-- consequences that we as parents could face for her amount of absences, all of it-- wasn't until soulman called on his lunch break -- boy i tell ya -- i took mine-- but she got it a lot worse than i did. he thought i shoulda done more-- but i reminded him that a dresser kicked my ass -- wth am i sposed to do -- i have zero strength left and SHE would fight back!
he called her phone and man-o-man. she will never try that shit again-- i KNOW this. NO ONE wants soulman yellin at em. not even a grown man. he's scary. even tho you KNOW he would never hit ya with his anaconda arms-- just his voice-- even on the phone will make ya cry. and i knew from the beginning he would be pissed --- and he was more than pissed.

next time-- if there is one-- i really will call the police--- fo shizzle--

now i have to go--

happy days -- it's saturday :))

g'bye

holy cow peeps--

sorry guys but i gotta re-run this post - this lil guy has jumped like a couple thousand spots in this contest !!! told ya he was adorable, didn't i? it let me vote again today, so click the parents photo link and vote early and vote often. he's in spot 122 at this point . i don't know about y'all, but that seems to me like that lil guy has a pretty good chance at winnin this thing. so go ahead , click it - and help brodie get his face on the cover of the rolling stone. oh nevermind-- that would be the cover of Parents Magazine. but hey, for a baby, and a mommy? that might as well be the rolling stone - dontchya think?

aside from that? i really have nuthin to report. other than to vaguely say that my own child played on my senility this morning. i can't believe i fell for it. hook, line , and sinker, i fell for it. i need a brain scan. really. i think i have finally crossed the line -- into true altzheimers land. really. people just don't do this. ugh. someone call the doctah.

and have a happy friday-

the sun is shinin here-- i hope it's shinin on you-

don't forget to vote-

byeeeeeeeeee

Parents Photo Faves

vote for baby brodie -- i insist :))

Parents Photo Faves

vote for Brodie !!!

(click on photo faves - his pic 'should come up'
since i already voted it looks all weird so i don't know if it works or not-- so someone let me know please -- so i can take it down if it doesn't work.-
if it does work-- it is supposed to take you directly to his photo on the contest , where you click his photo to vote for him to be on the cover of parents magazine!!! i think his mamma -- janelle -- jamies daughter - gets a pretty good lump a coal -- i mean, cash as well. and we all know a baby -- and one on the way could sure use that, right?

so give it a shot-- give brodie your vote -- and again, let me know if this works or not-- so i can tweeak it - or remove it. ok?

thanks folks --

have terrific days in your worlds today --
i'm gonna try--
the news keeps teasin us out here-- they talk of snow-- but then we get sunny 55-60 degree days -- i likee !!!

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

it's 1 a.m. and i have nuthin to say -

yet here i am. just for you. somethin will come to me. it's just that i can't sleep. and here i sit in a dim and silent -- well aside from the clicking of the keyboard it's silent, office. i really have been enjoying my office this last few days, btw. it looks really nice. it's clean, and organized, and comfy. and it's , for the most part-- mine. all mine. once in a while someone comes in to use the new computer, but that's alright. i hope it doesn't get screwed up. seems any time i have something nice that's 'mine', something happens to it. it breaks, or it get lost, or stolen. never fails. sometimes if i get really lucky? it's able to be fixed.. or maybe cheap enough-- or not too sentimental, that i can replace it. but 9 out of ten times? it's just damaged or lost and gone forever.

OH! that reminds me. weird how that works out eh?
do y'all remember a few months back that the news ran the thing on the robbery ring-- after our moving company robbed us? mainly of my jewelry? then i went out there and pilfered through all the stolen stuff? to see if any of it might be mine?
well, when i was there, some stuff looked familiar-- similar-- but i wasn't positive, and none of it was anything i was cryin over-- except one pair of gold hoop ear rings -- that may or may not be the ones my (dead) aunt got me many moons ago , when my dad was dying.
well, now, so much damn time has past, i can't remember everything i 'claimed' that 'might be mine-- except , like i said those ear rings. but yesterday, the mail man brought a certified letter in my name from the sheriffs office. yeh i know. i didn't feel real good about seein that. it could be any damn thing , right?
well, i finally got the nerve to open it, after runnin every scenario through my mind. and bein as prepared for the worst as i was gonna get.
guess what it was? yep-- a letter sayin that i had 7 days to make an appointment to claim my property, or it would be disposed of. well hell. 'my property' included not only jewelry, but also a TV. i didn't claim a TV. so WTH? did i? did i go senile between then and now-- or more senile should i say? hell if i know. i really don't remember claiming a tv on my police report-- or at the police station when i looked thru all that stuff.
that was such a surreal day. it really was. it was hard. so much of folks lives just laid out on tables. friggin asshats just went into these folks homes and helped their damn selves to whatever they wanted. it was literally sickening to see. and to touch. and to think that some of it was mine-- and not be positive.
now i go in next monday -- to claim this stuff-- and like i said-- the only thing that was actually worth a crap-- was the hoop ear rings-- and there really very common, how am i to know for sure if they are mine? if i don't claim em, they'll scrap em, if no one else does. i may as well get em right? obviously they look like mine. obviously the other stuff looks like mine - or else i wouldn't have 'claimed' it. and it aint like i claimed anything that wasn't mine or on my police report, or at least what i thought to be mine.
but again-- what about the tv? i'll know it if i see it and it IS mine. if it aint? they'll 'dispose ' of it if i don't take it. nah. i'm too honest to do somethin like that. i know i am. i'd feel so guilty i'd puke all the way home. maybe they'll donate it? not throw it away. ya think?

but anyhow. this is good. at least i'm gettin some of -- hopefully my stuff back. i really am hopin the ear rings are mine. the ones my aunt gave me. it hurt my heart when i saw them gone. it hurt my heart to see all of it gone. and it still does, it still comes up in conversation. of course , no one wants to hear me cry over spilled milk. so i try to not talk about it anymore. but like i said... that damn family curse, and schleprock luck, and ziggy thing i got goin on-- it's all just really not a good combination for one lil ole soul. ya know?

so-- i reckon i'll be havin a little good news for y'all next monday.
good news is always better than some of the other crap i spew around here eh?
yep, that's what i thought you'd say.

here's the news/police video from back then about the stolen goods -

so yeh, i guess that was september '09 ; after bein robbed in august '09 - on the 1st - by our movers. people we paid. trusted. fed. and still want to sue, beat up, throw rocks at ... or whatever. but will never see what's comin to them. all because the pawn shop camera 'was down ' the day they pawned a couple rings -- that i was at least fortunate enough to recover.

anyhow-- i guess that's enough for now-- for havin nuthin to say huh?

i am beyond tired, and i have ta pee. but of course- it's one-a- those nights that i am unable to sleep. so perhaps i shall sleep blog a little. i wonder whos page will get the most incoherent of the sleep babble?

whoever it is-- feel special, i don't do this as often as i used to :))

goo'nite folks
and have a pleasant tomorrow :))

i saw the witch doctah the witch doctah said

"you should stick to fishin, dumbass"

ok, so he didn't use those exact words. but i do ok at mind reading -- occasionally.

i have thus far been scolded by my spouse, my child, my sister, and the dr. not to mention myself. i knew better. i simply wanted the dresser down here because i was trying to get my office back in order. it was a literal hell pit. boxes of books, photos, pic frames, a box of tax crap that still awaits my attention-- that i lack-- as well as motivation. my office had become a catch- all. it had gotten to the point that over a month has passed that i don't even sit in here anymore -- this morning is the first time i've been in here since , possibly christmas. i don't know what happened. i had plans -- they just didn't seem to be working out. some things trickled out-- while others poured in. and i couldn't stand to look at it-- much less sit in the midst of it. ya know?

so-- the computer cam the other day -- my perfect motivation to get the office back in order-- get the mini tv out and a bigger one back in here, i love my couch i got in here -- it is much easier to maneuver than the one in the living room.. this one has reclining handles-- the living room ya have to use your legs and lemmee tell ya somedays-- that is a problem. i get stuck in there. for real.

so. yesterday -- i was motivated to just get the shit done. i felt strong. i felt motivated. the kitchen was no longer holding me back, cuz that was done and outta the way. soulman and soulkid were gone-- she had a driving class scheduled and he had stuff to do-- so that left me time alone to get down and dirty with no distractions to do my work. i get a lot more done alone that with people hangin around.

so i got the office to a point that it was time to get the dresser down here. i figured if i put it on it's top- it wouldn't be too heavy and i would have more control of it.
HA! boy was i wrong. the damn thing must weigh more than half of me -- and as soon as i got it on the stairs ? it was like a runaway train --- and i was holdin for dear life !!!
i don't know if that was good or bad... but it sure didn't feel good.



all this happened around 1030-1045 . my body was between the banister and the chest. well -- when i started? i was behind it. when it got away from me - i ended up between it, and the wall. and by the time it crashed into the wall, and stopped? i was on my ass, and more in front of it. it all happened really fast actually. so i can only imagine what it all must have 'looked like'.

i had several words and phrases go thru my mind rather quickly before i rose to my feet. as you can well imagine. such as.
'you dumbass, you knew better'
'you shoulda waited for soulman'
shit! what if you broke a rib!'
go sit down and chill a while-- and don't smoke!'

so-- yeh, i did, i went and sat down on the couch, drank a little water, my hands were shaking-- it was scary yall, i never fell like that-- downstairs with a dresser dragging me , before. alone. in my physical condition. and i really couldn't hardly breathe. that was the worst part. the not bein able to breath. that scared me. i wondered if punctured a lung. and with my passe lung deal? and knowing i have an injury (an infarct/scar - on one -- that would not be good)

so-- i just took a couple pain pills, sat for a while til i could breathe, and chilled, til my hands stopped shaking. then i called soulman. just to let him know what happened. i didn't want him to stop what he was doin or anything. i felt by then that i would be alright, i didn't really think anything was broken... or if it was, i didn't think it was like a punctured lung like i did before. the meds were beginning to help. and i was even about to get back to work. i just wanted him to know-- well, in case he came home and i was in worse case than i thought i might be in.

well... the meds kicked in and did fine-- not without residual pain, and shortness of bresth, but i was able to get the office finished , and ready for computer hookup, and tv hook-up. neither of which are finished -- cuz i did end up goin to one of those 'care-now' places for an ex-ray. cuz once the meds totally wore off-- it became unbearable. so me- never having broken a rib-- i thought i should get it checked out. if i didn't have the shortness of breath and lung pain-- i may have rode it out-- cuz i'm only allowed to get pain meds from my pain doc -- i didn't think they really did anything else if it woulda been broke-- so i was mainly concerned about any lung damage. so i had hubby take me down the road-- maybe about 5 pm.

results? no break. contusions. take pain meds- and ice it.

ice it? my ass i will. ice on me makes me cry.
i did use my heating pad-- and that seemed to help a bit. i also was forced to bed early-- sitting up hurts, laying down is better-- but after a while even that gets painful. which brings me to the fact of waking up like three times in the night to take a pill--- the fourth time at like 2:45-- i just stayed up-- the pain was really bad -- and i knew i just needed to get UP at that point. so i did. and here i am.

leave it to me, right?

and smocha--- you are exactly right-- that's what the doc said-- big breaths-- cuz little breaths -- can cause pneumonia. yippee--- big breaths are painful. but pneumonia is even more painful.

so. as for any fishin in the near future? that won't be happening. and neither will anything else that requires movement or breathing.

yay me---

but hey-- it really could have been worse.
one of these days- i will realize -- ok, accept, the fact that i have shriveled up to a no- muscle tone ole lady.

good meds make me not as strong as i think sometimes.
dammit.

but hey-- on the bright side? i got the job done--- right?

happy sunday -- hope the sun is shinin--
i missed a wonderful sunny day yesterday---
if today is like yesterday--- i must find a way to at least get out somehow - for some reason.

i refuse to lay in bed all day-- altho that is the most comfy position at this time-- snow is in the near forecast-- and i don't want to miss another sunny day.

hopefully y'all are safe and happy today-
don't do anything stupid :))

laterz

crap ! i almost forgot !! -- HEY come back i have a couple more :))

mornin peoples -- i'm sorry these are late gettin up here. actually, by now you've prolly noticed it's become a habit -- but, gimme a chance -- i'll get better -- for now though, i still try. i just have a memory issue, but it comes to me :))

anyhow, these are not what i had planned on taking for the 'wood' challenge, but it was the best i could do, runnin around the house in five minutes. :((

soulman had a creative idea -- but if i woulda taken the shot he chose? chances are i would be arrested. :)) but he gets an A for effort .

oh folks - here ya go -- my three for the photo challenge :

(stuff around my house -)

WOOD

(an antique wooden insulator)

(the bottom of the next photo-
an american indian handcarved wooden bowl


is that cool or what?
i have no clue of it's value - but it is authentic

a wooden lighthouse - birdhouse
it will be hanging outside when it gets warmer :))

welp sorry they're late folks - but as they say -- better late than never. right? and my apologies for the back-drop. i really had no other choice under the circumstances.
i'll do better next time. :))

happy days peoples-
hoping the sun shines on you in your worlds !

* UPDATE *

hi again -- to some of you
and a cheerio to the the rest of ya -

so. anyhow. are ya wonderin why i felt the need to pop in here in the middle of the day after already posting my photos? well, i'll tell ya why.
a funny thing happened on the way down the stairs this morning, and well , it just happened to involve a large and quite heavy wooden object.
the worst part? it also happened to involve me. well, i should say me, as in my body.
you see, i'm really not the most graceful person to walk the earth. in fact, i am quite klumsy. there's a family phrase actually -- with my name being brenda -- and a rarely used nickname being 'Brezz" -- when anyone in the family bumps into a wall, or something of that sort -- someone - a witness to that , will pipe up and say
' you - or (insert name) brezz'd the wall'
so yeh, i am 'that' bad.
so without further ado --
here's the evidence of my klutzy-ness
oh - and did i mention, i think i have a broken rib?
well, it is a possibility - but one i am hoping against.
i wrapped myself up with ace bandages, and took pain meds --
so far it's tolerable -- but i don't know if i'll make it through the night without seein a dr. i don't need meds - obviously.. but an x-ray may be in order. :((
go soul !

them's the breaks i reckon
haha skuze the pun

happy weekend folks!

dan seals did a song a long time ago - called 'wood'. i thought it would be appropriate to put the video here-- but i can't find one. bummer. it was a good song.

laterz y'all.