nothing really...

So...I have nothing really legitimate to say...but I was trolling iheartguts.com a few minutes ago and saw the perfect gift for every child learning the ABCs....an I heart guts placemat!!







Ok...first, it's sold out...so no fear...second, there's a bunch of letters missing, so wouldn't that just confuse tiny humans?? Third...do you really want your child to learn "P" is for prostate and "T" is for testes?? You might have some 'splainin' to do at kindergarten parent-teachers...just saying. I guess there aren't guts for every letter?? Hmm...too tired to figure it out on my own.

Another fine and educational toy...you can get a blow up with the guts in their proper places? um...ya probably too educational. I still heart this site.

Speaking of guts...my mom's missing a few of hers. Surgery is finally done....little more complicated than originally intended, but isn't everything. We go back Friday to find out if they put everything back where it was supposed to go...oh wait, maybe I'm confused about the reason we're going...right new outlet mall...that's it...not.

Well...better hit the siesta button for this evening because I get to go to work tomorrow and then go make an idiot of myself at the theatre...yay me...I may take a pass on this one still...it's under contemplation.

For now...xoxox

it's hot and I'm gonna break my neighbors fingers if he doesn't quit tapping on the wall...

Ok...I wrote an entire blog whining about other people...about people's friends on facebook that always reply to one up you, people that you don't even know in real life but they make you want to defriend your friend just so you don't have to listen to their holier than thou comments haha. I erased it.


Insert happy picture here...

Yup...that one always makes me giggle...good times.

Anyhoo...I get to go on "vacation" in one week...to the illustrious OU Medical Center where my mom is having surgery. I know...you're jealous...I could take pictures, but they won't let me in the OR so you'll have to do without. I'd take pictures of myself in the waiting room, but I fear I will not be alone and people will think I'm retarded. Wouldn't be the first time.

So, cancer...ya...um...that's why we're going. I was trying to decide the other day if this was possibly the 2nd or 3rd worst thing to ever happen to our family. First is easy...Second I dunno about. I mean Alzheimer's is pretty brutal. I'd say if surgery turns out good, it's 3rd with the chance of being demoted for the flesh eating bacteria or decapitation...you just never know what's coming up next.

What do you think of this as an after-surgery gift??

It's on sale...lol...I love the website "I Heart Guts"...It cracks me up.

Probably not, but it would be pretty awesome! I love that it's pink. You can buy any internal organ you want...well I didn't look for all of them. Who came up with this?? Brilliant!

But I digress...we will find out in surgery I guess how outta hand that little devil has gotten, but hopefully it kept it's cancer cooties to itself. That would be a favorable outcome, so to speak. If you do the prayin' thing, feel free.

Alright...I have nothing interesting to say honestly...but how often can you include pictures of plush uteruses in a blog...not very often.

couch to....other couch

So...if you know me, you know my favorite sport is...um....well it used to be softball but I found that I am deficient in my super rad hitting skills that I used to possess...this causes me much sadness. I can still throw a ball hard and far, but come on..without hitting that's lame...and unless I can hit far I can't get to the base 'cause I'm...well...running impaired.

My brother is a runner. Word on the street...'cause I put it there...is I think he's crazy. Secretly...(pause for a moment of reverence for the great confession)...I am amazed and think it's kinda cool. Not to watch, mind you...but it's like...idk...something I can't do...'cause I'd die.

{this is my brother...he runs...that's his wife...she runs too...}

Well...insert new plan....wait for it....

COUCH TO 5K

Ya...totally saw it on the internet...then heard about it on facebook...then again on TV...so I thought, what the heck. I have the couch part down pretty well at this point.

Chances are slim to none that I will ever run a 5K....probably more like none to none. But the couch to fridge plan isn't really working, so I better try something different.

Here's where my ingenious plan began...I was gonna run outside, but...well it's hot...and people might laugh at me lol...and the other thing is, I have a lot of things working against me...I'm afraid I'll be like, say, halfway around the lake and my knee will crack in half and I'll be crawl/dragging my wounded leg the rest of the way around the lake (ya mocking city)...OR...one of my internal organs will explode (say my heart or lungs most likely) and I'll be lying on the ground dead...awkward for other runners/walkers. I figure inside my house, I'll be close enough to the couch that I can drag my bleeding carcass there before I die or can at least die with dignity on my living room floor for the paramedics to find when something starts stinking and someone realizes they haven't seen me in 5 months. hmmm...yummy.

SO...anyway...I have a Gazelle...which is like a glider almost elliptical like thing (you know...guy with the pony tail and steroids...back in the day). So, I started doing it on that...you know glide slow when it says walk and glide fast when it says run...haha...I know right? I need to go outside. I actually get further on the odometer faster than just doing it straight. Anyway...it's interesting...someday I'll get past level 1...maybe.

So...if you wanna get off the couch and fake run with me, here's the plan...come over to my house. You sit on the couch while I start my run/walk. Then, when I fall off or die, it's your turn. It's a good plan, no?

However, I am currently not residing at my palace because I'm at my mom's crib...so you'll have to wait til I get paroled for good behavior...or kicked out for bad behavior...it's a toss up really.

My other plan was to stop eating chocolate and drinking soda, but come on...really? That's like asking the "Dance Moms" to stop yelling...have you watched that show? Really? really?! I know but it's like a train wreck...you start watching and you have to keep watching to see how crazy that chick is gonna be...but I digress. Back to running...hmmm...ya I don't really have anything else to say on the subject, so I think I'll go sit on the couch and think about it some more while eating M&Ms and watching TV and contemplating becoming the kind of person who does something productive...eh...prolly not.

xoxo

um...what?

So...I had 3 people ask me about my blog and why I hadn't posted...I promised one of them I would today...but I've run into a snag...I have nothing to post about. I was hoping to have some super awesome pictures of last weekend...but I didn't take my camera out of the bag...I did take some with someone else's camera and the rest of the time it was just kinda busy...

Well...since then, nothing too exciting has happened...unless you count my phone turning into a little ball of fire in my pocket...that was exciting, but it has left me phone-less...uggg...I wanted to look at it so many times today...but it's dead...deader than dead...I'm pretty sure it's melted on the inside...

So...here I set...trying to come up with something interesting to blog about...and I've got nothing...I did learn this weekend that my hair hates humidity...well and needs my blow dryer...ugg...super super bad hair days! lol...maybe another reason I didn't take any pictures. I also got ahold of something I'm allergic to this weekend...nice itchy rash...mostly on my exposed skin so it has to be something my skin touched...wierdness...(I know that you didn't want to know about that)...but if you run into me, you probably will wonder why I'm wearing long sleeves and it's 90degrees)...

So...if you got past that and are still listening...for lack of anything interesting to blog about...here's my latest project...it isn't finished...it is barely started...but I'm working on it...

I'm making BABY BLOCKS...yay...I got these wooden blocks at Hobby Lobby for about $3 for a package of 6...good times.

Here's my start...I'm going light on the background colors so you can kinda still see the wood...I know you have no idea what I'm spelling lol...ok you probably do...but after they are done, they get covered with sealer and can be played with...or put on a shelf...or thrown at your little brother some day...YAY!

Well...that's all I know basically...I have a deep need of cleaning my apartment this weekend so hopefully that gets accomplished...We have to say goodbye to another friend this weekend too...

Two more days of work this week...I'm looking forward to sleeping in 'cause I missed that last weekend and I have to work next weekend...so I'm taking advantage...I hope you aren't too disappointed in this one lol...I tried...

xoxoxo

what a difference a year makes...

so....I was thinking about life today...you know you do it too...and I was thinking about how many things have changed in the last few years...mostly this year...so I'm gonna hit you up on the highlights...I know you are excited. (you will also be excited to know it has nothing to do with weddings or terrorists...though those things have changed too.)

#1...I graduated from RN school...ya that's right, I'm a fully fledged RN and almost a grown-up. Notice I say 'almost' because I refuse to fully grow up. You know how ol' Charlie Dickens said "it was the best of times it was the worst of times"? I'm pretty sure he was talking about nursing school. Man, that was the hardest 2 years of my life, but danged if I didn't make some great friends and I kinda miss it. (not the studying though...my brain may never recover).

#2...Along those same lines...my jobbie has changed in the last year. First, at the nursing home, I found a love for those elderly people who make you laugh and frustrate the dickens out of you all in the same moment. They taught me stuff, and also made me sad with their passing. But, alas things keep on a changin' and now I work at a Dr's office where I get to sleep in 'til 7 and have a great time at work (most of the time). The days just keep flyin' by...still learning new things...still having fun.

#3...my little brother became a dad...I know you are shocked by this, but he is old enough and he is married...lol. In October, we got to meet this little girl, Ellarie Paige and as you can see, she had her daddy wrapped around her finger from day 1. Man, I like this kid...if you haven't noticed. I wish I could see her everyday.

and of course, Miss Ellarie has done some growin' and a changin'...I'm sure that she'll have done some more this weekend when we go see her. Of course, you'll see pictures...you know I'm not shy with the pics.


#4...because of sweet Ellarie, my other brother ACTUALLY HELD A BABY!! What?!?! Ya I know, but here's photographic evidence. (Note...no baby was harmed in the making of this picture and neither one of them cried.)

#5...it's been about a year since an unfortunate incident with a broken gate latch and a driver driving way too fast down a road and a puppy not having been in the world enough to know...Maggie Mae...I still kinda miss ya.

#6...I started a blog. As it turns out, this one...where I get to tell you things you may or may not care about...but the good thing about blog land is if you don't care, there's a handy dandy little "x" at the top right hand corner...and I won't even know if you click it...lol

#7...I learned to crochet...and you have been subjected to my creations ever since. Basically I got bored one day and figured it out...and have been figuring out new things ever since...don't worry, i'm sure there are more to come...though currently I'm giving my sewing machine a workout...You know, it comes in cycles...

#8...finally...well i don't really have anything else, but I really have this thing with odd numbers, so I'm gonna come up with something...I got nothing..but hey I survived another year...so that's something! lol...not really a change, but hey...the world keeps spinning and I'm still on it...BONUS...

well, I hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into my world...really I couldn't think of anything to blog about today and since it's been a couple of days, I figured the one or two people reading it might be looking for something by now ;) lol...j/k.

If you're in the Panhandle area, you already know it's Pioneer Days...um...feel free to partake in the festivities...I'm jetting out of town...Thank you Ellarie for an excuse to miss P.D. Ya, I'm a spoilie sport. I'd also like to give a shout out to the doctor I work for for not allowing us to dress western...it saves me from having to come up with a reason I cannot...I think it could be medical...i'm allergic to boots.

Well...that's it for now...I'll try to come up with something more interesting next time...maybe a dissertation on why I hate peas...ah...maybe not. xoxoxo

Happy Saturday!!

Well my friends...I have had quite a day of relaxation...it's kinda nice...I have to work next weekend, so it might be kinda hard to do after realizing how fun being off on the weekend is... Well for today, I have another glimpse into some things I love today... First...I made this necklace using the tutorial I found here. Super easy and I mostly like the way it turned out. I need to figure out how to not touch the hot glue so that there are white patches on the front from where I touched the glue...ah well...live and learn...next time it'll be better. Next up...a new scent from Bath & Body Works...ya one of my favorite stores...

Country Chic...it smells amazing...I will have to pick up the full sized after payday...(love payday). If you live near a B&BW, go sniff it...it's divine.

Another fabulous find...OPI Nail polish...not that it's a new find, but I LOVE it! This particilar shade is called "Party in My Cabana"...as if...but it's a good color. The little bottle is something I've never tried before, "Drip Dry"...it has a dropper in it and you drop one or two drops onto your fingernail and it speeds up the drying process...awesome! I love this because I lack patience...big time...and I always ruin the polish before it's dry...but today...did not!! yay!! Good stuff that is...try it out!

Finally...someone I love everyday...Miss Ellarie, my niece...I think she is super cute!

Don't worry, Ellarie...Auntie Leah will come see you in 2 weeks when you have your baby dedication...YAY! I am very excited and I know you are too...(ps...I ordered a pike pass because on my last trip the toll booths annoyed me...lol...hopefully it comes before we leave.)

Well...that's all I know...I'm watching a movie about date violence on Lifetime...lol....there is so nothing on tv...I bought the new Harry Potter yesterday...I may have to bust it out.

Tomorrow church...yay...hope you've had a great weekend...xoxo

Opening night...and a little art lol

COLORED PENCIL DRAWING..




Well...I haven't done much today...tonight is opening night of "Death by Chocolate"...which is quite exciting :) I played with some colored pencils for a while and created the above (lol)...just thought I'd share it. It was kind of light, so hard to take a picture of.

I also spent about an hour at the local coffee shop, Urban Bru...enjoying some lunch and coffee and internet...it was very fabulous...I had the Death by Chocolate :) (It's named after our play as each one they sell donates $1 to the theatre).


Tomorrow...we shall do it again...only with company :) yay..it's fun alone, but more fun with friends!

AND IN OTHER NEWS (LOL)

In a couple of hours, I will grandma up for opening night of "Death by Chocolate"...it's the last play of the season. Kinda sad...but there are four fabulous nights (well three nights and a day really) to entertain the community. I am so glad that I got to be a part of all these productions this year, as it was so much fun and I learned a lot of different things.

I love being a part of the theatre...it's kind of a special group of people...and it takes all sorts to make it work.

If you haven't made reservations, you should come! It will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 and Sunday matinee at 2:00. For reservations call 580-338-0019.

In still other news, I got an official job offer
today...it's been unofficial...but now...yay! Paperwork Monday and a physical lol...but hopefully that will all go okay and we'll be good to go. I'm excited for a new adventure and to learn new things! But I will miss the old...but life is about changing and growing and moving on...

Have a super day!!