yippee--- we made it !!!

we're home!!! we have our doggies! they were so happy to se us-- and we were happy to see them. and ALL of us were happy to BE home. and the kitties missed us and were happy we were back too.
we've been zombies for about an hour and a half-- and now i think it's nap time for me.
i have lots and lots of pics -- my plan is to do a slideshow- with music-- to make them a little more entertaining to look at-- but A)-- not only did my disposable camera get wet the day we went tubin in the river-- but B) the second time-- the day the other two soul peeps went to the outlet mall hell--- well.. i did somehow manage to talk them into droppin me off at the river to tube while they shopped.. i think jamies' comment had somethin to do with that :)) -- thanks bud :))
anyhow-- i took the longer trip-- over three hours vs, the 45 mins to 1hr one we took together-- and i don't know what happened-- the ONLY thing that got wet-- was the three disposable cameras ! not my cigs-- not my wallet-- not my phone-- just the cameras. i'm not complainin, just wonderin , how --or why-- that could be. so, i won't know til sometime tomorrow if any of the river pics even are gonna come out. when i find out- i will know if they get to be in the slideshow-- then it will take a while to get it put together, and up here.

and that my peoples, is about as much as i can do for now-- without fallin out on the spot-- daaaamn, i'm whooped.

i shall return later though-- and ad some pics and an update -- and tomorow, hopefully have the final wrap-up. i sure hope the river pics didn't get totally destroyed, there were some good ones on those cameras.

anyhow-- better go--
catchyalll latah-- i hope-

well hell -

howdy folks-

i have the news on tv. well, it's been on for a while actually, the news. anyhow, it's hot here in Texas-- very hot- it got to 102 degrees today. i was just sitin here thinkin about when our air conditioner broke. it was -- i'm just guessin, i don't even remember, but it was just startin to get hot, so maybe high 70's. oh hell, i don't know. thinkin back on it- i just remember bein friggin hot. but anyhow. earlier they mentioned that a baby had been taken to a fire station, because she had been left in a day care van in the heat---- for five and a half hours. just hearing that took my breath away. how do you just forget about a baby for almost six hours, was my first thought. where the hell did they think she was...didn't they notice her missing, then of course ya think about the parents, or the mom, or whatever. what the hell man. drop your kid off to go to work, and before the day is over you find out someone locked her in a damn 200 degree car all day. holy crap. when i first heard it, they had no idea of her condition yet-- well, they just updated it, and she died. 18 months old. too sad. and someone needs their ass kicked. maybe a couple someones.

anyhow-- i had physical therapy today. i had to do some exercises, and then heat and a giant tens unit for my back, and a massage just long enough to piss me off. maybe ten minutes, on my neck mainly- and back of my head. very weird. but i felt worse leaving than when i got there. and i am not lookin forward to the next one. or the one after that. blah.

i'm tired today and i have to finish cookin dinner-- after that- i do believe i will go to bed early-- or maybe watch a movie. i have some kind of scary movie i got the other day, and now i don't even remember what it is. better get it watched and get a new one tomorrow... maybe.

i think i smell my chicken burning---

later peeps

monday - again - yippee

does monday ever feel like anything besides one more day slipped in there to make people grumpy? i seem to feel like a bitch on monday morning, and i don't even have a job! i mean , sure, i have things to do. hubby and daughter are tough to get movin on mondays. their tired from doin more than usual on the weekend, stayin up late, etc. but for me-- monday shouldn't be a whole lot different. but it always seems that it is. of course-- things are different i spose. like i said, the atmosphere is different with them. of course, there is , more often than not a much bigger mess around the house than usual on a monday morning than most other mornings. you know, things like that. and i also have usually had less sleep over the weekend. less than them even.. because even thought we all may stay up til 12 or 1-- they may sleep til 9, 10, 11... the latest i ever make it might be 6-- but on the norm, it's between 3 and 5 regardless of what time i go to sleep , on any given night. -- i did , however make it from about 1230-6 last night-- which was like a miracle for me. woo hoo. i hope i have the energy i need today to get my shopping and crap done today.


most of yesterday was spent cleaning my house, and working on my stupid laptop. i spent hours on that damn thing, and every time i'd think i had it fixed... the stupid corrupt files thing would start poppin up again. i googled stuff, read my manual, did stuff that said to do, i did everything i could think, guess, or even just assume i should do with it. apparently NONE was the cure.
i got sooo mad. i eventually did take all my photos, files and anything i was afraid to lose if it crashed off and put it onto discs. i had no clue what was goin on with the damn thing.

hubby had finally offered to try to fix it.
right at the point that i gave up on it-- at like maybe 9 pm. i was soo done. i coulda thrown it at the wall. i was soo mad at it. well, by the time he gets it-- he starts askin my- why is your firewall turned off?

hell if i know. all kindsa stuff was off-- or not there.. or not runnin.. well who knew?
ya know-- all this stupid corrupt file, and crap started when my bookmarks and toolbars got dumped that night-- mysteriously. i guess i somehow picked up some kinda virus that night-- that did all this weird stuff. and it just kept gettin worse. even my yahoo messenger got "corrupt" and quit workin, a day or two ago. the downloaded one. i'd dump it-- re download it-- ugh. then it would be corrupt again.

anyhow-- it took like four hours for hubby to do whatever he did last night. on top of the hours i spent on it... but so far this morning-- i THINK it is fixed. i sure hope so. i hate computer bs problems.

especially when it messes with my routine. whaddabunchacrap !
now i need to go try to download yahoo messenger again.. if it does that corrupt file crap again... i am gonna just scream.

as for yesterday-- i did not go fishin-- i actually cleaned my house-- most of it.
today i have to grocery shop and catch up on errands.
if i finish that-- i should be able to fish a bit tomorrow.

tomorrow is the last day of school here--- my child has passed all her major statewide tests -- and i haven't heard a word about summer summer school. i'm not doin the happy dance just yet-- cuz she does have a couple low grades-- but i sure am hoping that no news is GOOD news and that she won't have to go to summer school !!! that's one thing on my list today-- to find out for sure. how cool will that be if she skates outta that !!!!

welp-- i bettah get goin..

boring post i know-- sorry.

i'll be around latah--

mindless monday mumbles

hiya folks...
i know i'm late today-- but as they say-- bettah late than nevah..

anyhow--- i haven't made my rounds today so i don't really have a clue what's goin on out there right now. but i shall be hittin a few pages in a bit..and hopefully finishing up before bed tonight.

not much happenin around soulland today...

soulman didn't have to work so we went fishin earlier-- we both caught one fish each-- might have done a little better but we didn't stay long, only about an hour or so.
we didn't get a pic of soulmans' but do ya wanna see mine? :))
nobody has requested a name for this one... so if ya wanna claim him .. he's yours-- first come first served-- i already have a couple ideas for a couple peeps-- so if your one of them.. it oughtta be easy to name him.. if not-- i will just have to get creative... :))
so anyways-- here he is--

(click to enlarge)

after that we went to chipotle for lunch-- to go-- and OMG-- i ate the whole damn thing. have y'all ever had-- or seen a chipotle burrito?? it is rare that i get through half of one.. but i ate all of it today-- the damn thing has to be two pounds of food. ugh. i knew i was done for soon as the last bite hit my belly. i told soulman.. i'll be asleep within the hour-- and i was. :((

which meant-- nuthin else on my to do list got touched--- except takin soulkid to ortho--- i got her from school at 245-- like ten minutes after i woke up from my nap :(
turns out, she will be released from braces jail tomorrow! woo hoo! no more worryin about the damned rubber bands .. yippee. now i just have to remind her to wear the damn retainer. the bottom will be "attached".. glued or bolted-- i don't know-- but they can't do that with the top-- lord i wish they could-- cuz i know it will be hell. they said-- if she had trouble with the bands-- she'll have trouble with the retainer. hopefully not-- i said i'll bolt the thing in myself!
i had to sign a "non-compliance letter today due to her not wearing the bands-- she has benefited as much as she ever will at this point without wearing the bands like she is sposed to... so i just told them to take em off! then they gave me this "letter" to sign.. ugh.
but what a relief.. for all of us.

so anyhow-- we just got home from there a little bit ago-- now we are tryin to figure out what to do for dinner-- i have pork chops out-- but it seems no one wants em.. and i don't much feel like cookin em.. sooo-- we shall see. personally i just wanna put my jammies on and stay where i'm at-- and have them go bring somethin home... and maybe watch a movie. we have sweeney todd, and the waterhorse--- they've been sittin here for days and we haven't watched either of them. both are sposed to be good. i will let ya know, if we get around to watchin one.

welp-- that's about it on my end-- catch ya on yours in a while--

hi soul - peeps

i just wanted to say hello --

you guys are all wonderful ! thanks for all that y'all said. you're so sweet.

just wanted to let you know that your words gave me just the boost i needed today and i ignored all my chores, errands and bills--- and me and soulman took the boat out and went fishin ! LOL. the house looks like shit, i have at least 6 loads of laundry and towels to wash, bills to pay, groceries to get, dishes to wash, but--- none of it will get done. not today at least. and i didn't even catch one fish! (not for lack of tryin ) -- it was a beautiful day though. just gorgeous. and i am soooo happy i didn't let it slip away. i would have too if it weren't for y'all --- and hubby. he was up early, after little sleep, tellin me to get ready. it was really the last thing i wanted to do- i didn't want to do anything, to be honest. but my priority was the dishes-- at minimum, if nothing else. and i must say-- i expected little else.

on the lake was a restaurant and we tied up there and ate lunch. it wasn't very good, and a little overpriced , but it was a good time. just a different place, and good conversation.. and we weere thirsty and hungry so it served its' purpose there too.

then when we left we stopped at sonic and got giant lemon berry slushes. yumy. i haven't had one in like two years. i'm still drinkin it. good stuff. :))
anyhow-- that's my day.

i figure dinner will be out or ordered in.. cuz i didn't take anything from the freezer this morning-- and it's too late now. bummer huh? besides-- there's not a clean dish in the place- even if i did want to cook.


so- as i sit here now, being home for less than thirty minutes-- i am already on the verge of sleep-- and soulman is already next to me on the couch -- snoring. so you don't have to wonder where i'm heading.

see ya latah

monday mumbles

ya wanna see somethin really weird? hubby and i went fishin yesterday mornin... i didn't catch anything.... well , cept a "red bull" buzz. and afterwards , a red bull crash. will i ever learn? doubtful. cuz i just love those things.
but anyhow... as usually, i only fished for less than an hour... hard to believe that only last summer i was fishing for 2-3 or 4 hours at a time, and now i am lucky to make it an hour. but oh well. maybe when it warms up, i shall bring a chair. but for now, it's not so terrible cuz it is still kinda cold so it doesn't kill me to leave early.

anyhow-- back to my story---

i didn't catch any fish--- but soulman did get one. the weather really is messin around with the fish. but he got one yesterday--- and when he looked in his mouth to take the hook out--- look what he saw...... ( it is kinda blurry, but it is a fish tail!) -- it was kinda cool to see that, but i did wonder if he was ever gonna fully swallow that thing or choke to death on it. and why would he try to eat hubbys bait.. with a fish in his throat!? weird.

anyhow--- it looks sort of like a shadow-- but it is a fish.
it seems almost a too big fish - for this fish to be eating.
but he did.

anyhow, in further soul news ... pretty much nada. we fished, i napped, i went to wally hell in the eve because i again forgot to take meat out of the freezer-- but refused to get restaurant (why can i NEVER spell that damn word? never? if not for spell check.. i would be screwed)... anyhow i did not want to order in or go out again.. so i went to wally hell, for a cooked chicken and misc crap we needed... along with some hair color.
hubby finally said he would do my hair-- after i threatened to pull a brittany and shave my head. so i got hair color too. apparently--- not the right kind. because... the frosted streaks... they are orange! not a bright, punk orange.. thank God... but orange. ugh. he said he would do it again today. this hair of mine is about to kill me. or make me kill. i hate this brown moppy mess on my head. ERG. for months, it just keeps on gettin darker, and messier, and more awful. and depressing. i could break every mirror in this place to avoid lookin at it.
i used to have naturally blonde light nice lookin hair--- WTH happened to me?
nevermind... i know. this is what happens when a head is deprived of sun.
summer where are you??? i cannot stand this winter cold BS. april just will not be here soon enough. i really really need another 74 degree day. but i hear we have a freakin "Polar Blast" on the way.
PEACHY. just DANDY.

ok.. well that would be about all i have to say for now, as my coffee is cold and i have a cramp in my ass. so i spose i shall get UP and get some coffee, put my whining dog out, and re-coffee myself.