Trey

Thought I would let you all know that Trey didn't make it. He caught another virus that was resistant to antibiotics (a teenager died from this same thing at St. Johns in Tulsa). On Dec. 28 they put him in isolation and his blood pressure went down and they couldn't get it to come back up. He passed away with me and my mom by his side at 8:30 pm. He was a fighter--he fought hard the whole entire time he was in the hospital, he was a very tough little boy. This has been very hard for us, but I know in time it will get a little easier although never forgotten. I don't think there will ever be a harder time than losing your own child. I want to thank everyone that prayed for Trey and our family.. We can still use prayers to get through this. THANKS!!
Shannon, Steve, Brady & Trey(our little angel)

----we still don't have a computer so will be checking at my moms house.

Update on Trey

Trey is still at Hillcrest at the NICU-recently he caught an infection and had to be put on the ventilator until he gets better. Worries me to death, but the doctors and nurses don't seem to be alarmed or anything, I guess it is all pretty normal. He had to have 2 blood transfusions on Sunday to get his red blood ct up. He has been on antibiotics to fight the infection he has had. Hopefully he will start feeling better soon. We will be staying at the Ronald McDonald house over Christmas, and Steve's parents are coming up from Louisiana to see Trey and spend Christmas with us.
If you can say a little prayer for Trey---it will be greatly appreciated!!! I will post some more pics when I can. Our computer is still down so I am using my moms.
Let you all know more soon.
Shannon, Steve, Brady & Trey

We received an early Christmas Present!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We received an early, wonderful present this year!! I went to Walmart on Monday (5th) and rode the scooter thing around. April--I think I saw you there but you had already walked by and away before I knew for sure if it was you or not. ANYWAY, Tuesday (6th) morning I woke up at 4:30am and my water broke. I ran to the bathroom, woke Steve up and told him. We woke Brady and rushed to the hospital because if I went into labor with the cerclage in Trey wouldn't have any way to get out and it would not have been a good thing. My doctor came to the hospital and did an ultrasound and noticed one of Trey's feet down by my cervix which she had to keep checking to make sure he wasn't actually kicking out. I didn't really have any cervix left- just where the stitches were. They life flighted me to Tulsa Hillcrest again in the helicopter and took me straight to the OR and did another U/S and then did my c-section. Trey was born before my mom, sister, Steve and Brady could get there. He was at almost 28 weeks, he weighed 2lbs 12oz (almost 3lbs) and is 15.5 in long. He's in the neonatal icu unit right now at Hillcrest. He's doing very good, he's only on a c-pap machine to make sure he remembers to breathe and has a pic line so he can take his meds. He has a small heart murmur which they said is common with preemies but they have given him some medicine to close the valve. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon, and we went today to bring him some milk (I'm pumping) and we took some pics while he had his c-pap off his face.
Anyway he is doing very good and thought I would let everyone know!! :) Say a little prayer for him if you will. Thanks!!! I'll keep everyone updated on news..

On a brighter note

On a much brighter, HOTTER note. I watched the Nascar cup awards last night and Tony won a total of $$$ 13, 578, 168 for the year. Not too shabby, huh? Yes that was in millions. He has won a total of 48.4 million in his cup career.
Yay Tony. There's a contest where you can meet him and guess when it is?? The last week of Feb. the 26th.. My due date week. My luck I would go into labor after just meeting him. LOL Owell owell.... I'm sure he will soon be named one of the most eligible bachelors. Just had to end my night on a good note.
cya

Missing the Christmas parade

Well, I was in charge of our AWS part in the Christmas parade last year. This year they are using the banners I made last year plus I made 4 posters for it. I am very bummed and can't be a part of it this year. Next year Brady and I can do it again though. There's no way Brady could walk Shae down main street. Would not be a good thing. Anyway I drove down to see how the decorating was going on the truck. I wanted to at least go to it, but I don't know where I would sit and can't walk far. fun fun. Guess I can look forward to next year! and we'll have baby next year!! Just had to vent a little. I'm getting very sick of staying at home not doing anything......

One big gripe!

My son has a new teacher that replaced his former one-that we miss terribly!! His former teacher left to persue a new job. His new teacher has assigned so much homework it is unreal. Like I want to spend over an hour at night some nights just trying to help him with his homework. (AND I AM GOING TO SCHOOL TO TEACH!) Anyway today he brings Math homework home--and y'all know how much I LOVE math. OMGosh. He has no clue how to do it. I asked Brady, "Did she explain any of this to your class?" He says, "No" "She told us to look over the pages and do the problems and if we have questions she will help us." So now I am getting really upset. Are we expected to teach the lessons to our kids at home? He told me last week he had a question and she never even got over to him to answer it. How are they supposed to learn? He has been so positive in school until now. He acts like he doesn't care as much as he used to. And he's a straight A student!! I guess I will have to work extra hard with him this year and make sure he gets everything done and turned in. AAAHHH!!!!!
Like I have anything else to do on bedrest or should I say house arrest.
Courtney-hope your doggie is doing better!!

Stuff

Well we had our Animal Welfare Society meeting Tues night. I stepped down as president and now we have a spunky new one. Hope everything works out ok, there have already been disagreements at the meeting and that was only 5 min as her being pres. Oboy!! I just don't have time to do it all right now. We have the baby coming and I am still on the board for AWS.

I am also still PTO sec. for this year. Brady will be in the BIG WRMS middle school next year. I still think WRJH looks better than WRMS--reminds me of worms. uck. This is my last year of PTO officer duty. My last year of home room mom. It is very sad, my little boy is growing up!! .......... Until Trey gets in school..........and I get to relive it all over again! Yay!!

Got to go get ready for Thanksgiving at my parents house, then off to Quapaw to my grandparents house. I kinda wish they weren't on the same day it would be so much easier for me. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!!

YA Baby!!

Tony WON the Nextel Cup!!!

He came in 15th place in the race, but 1st in points for the Cup! YAY!! Just thought I would let whoever reads my wonderful, interesting, informative blog know! LOL!

OOOH Baby!

Today is the day Tony races for the cup! For the ones that don't know who he is I attached a pic for you viewing pleasure. :) He's just such a hottie! LOL (OK Alyssa, stop laughing at me) He only has to finish 9th or higher to win. He starts in 20th place today---but he'll be up there!!!!! The race starts at 3pm!! Talk to ya'll later-after the race. GO TONY! GO TONY! GO TONY!!!

HNT

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Brady and Mr. Bradys-mom.
Wow, I am so original, huh??

Whiney Wednesday

*I am so having Wal*Mart withdrawals! I haven't been there since Monday, October 24! ( Yes I remember the exact date.) The day before they admitted me to the hospital and put me on bedrest.

*My doctor told me today that the only way I can go to Wal*Mart is to be pushed in a wheelchair or ride one of those scooter things. Oh Ya! People would be looking at me thinking--look at that fat girl she's too lazy to walk. I don't think so.

*If I make it to 36 weeks--which will be Feb.3, I can deliver Trey here in Miami. If he comes earlier he will have to be born in Tulsa. Which gives me the fear that I would have to be flown once again in the wonderful helicopter.

*I think I will take it easy and try to keep him in until Feb 3rd!!!!!!!!!!

*When I have my c-section, I will also have my stitches out and tubes tied!!

*I have no Christmas shopping done at all. I will have to make a list for Mr. Bradys-mom or have him take me very late at night where I won't see anyone. Hey, thats an idea.........

*I am going to see the new Harry Potter movie this coming weekend. I asked and I can be dropped off at the door-go straight to my seat-and right back to the car. At least I will be able to go somewhere! Yea! (Really not a whine) :)

*Days of Our Lives is really pissing me off with the Marlena storyline. Ok-enoughs enough. Who in the heck is this guy???

*We have caught two mice in our house this month.

They tore down the Speedaway

I didn't know if anyone noticed today, but they tore down the Speedaway. I think it was called that...... the little station by Sonic that they used to come out and pump your gas for you. I thought it was so cute and vintage looking. Now it is GONE! Very sad!! You can tell I haven't been out much lately. I didn't even know until a couple of days ago that our bank was completely gone. But they are building a new one.
I am gonna go watch Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants now with my son. He doesn't have school tomorrow and I plan on sleeping late, very late in the morning.
cya happy HNT

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Brady playing Playstation 2

I have too much to do!

Here I sit doing nothing!
I did stick addresses, fold, stuff, stamp and put return addresses on over 100 newsletters and envelopes for AWS last night though. Time to pay dues for the year! :)
*We turned our air conditioner on today. I couldn't take it anymore. I can't believe running the air in November??!
*I have so much to do! My house is in dire need of decluttering, I figure I can sit on the floor and declutter still staying on semi-bedrest.
*Our dryer decided to smell like burning something or other a couple of days ago. I just love hanging clothes up to dry-nice and crunchy socks, ya thats what I like. Yes, I am being sarcastic. for the ones that don't know the real me. :) Hopefully we can find one soon.
*I wish I could work right now, we need Christmas money! Brady will be getting a new bike, which he will have to keep put up in safe keeping, since his other one got stolen. The people across the street had nice new bikes--why didn't they get theirs? Brady was in need of a new one anyway but WHY steal my little boys bike? Ok, Ok. He also wants a small pool table. The older they get the harder they are to buy for. Boys don't usually want clothes for Christmas.
*3 months, 1 week and 6 days, until Trey will be here!! That is if he is born on Feb 21. I can't believe it is going by soooo fast. It is unreal.
*The new Harry Potter will be out next weekend! And yes I plan on going. It looks like it is going to be very very good.

Thats all for now, maybe more later. I had to go back and make some bullets. My post made no sense at all. ha

My results from Aprils quiz

Since I am a very boring person today, and can't come up with anything of my own, here are my results from Aprils quiz!!



Dominant Personality: Understanding

Good Traits: You gravitate towards people,
and are a shoulder to lean on. You give advice
at any given time.

Bad Traits: You aren't close with any one
person. You immerse yourself in other people's
problems and forget your own.

People see you as: Friendly, secretive, and
popular. People envy you, and may try and use
you as a tool

You're most like: Grace. You both have
positive relationships with people. Neither of
you have close friends, but unlike graceful
people, you try to help people out and aren't
as arrogant.

You need more: Solitude. You hardly get the
chance to breathe when you take on the world's
problems. You can't take other's
responsibilities or put them before your own.
Be selfish once in a while and discover who you
really are.

HNT

My very first HNT
"Ouch!!"

This is one of my arms that they tried to get IV's in last week. They finally got one in this arm, and tried a total of 6 times, 3 in each arm!! owie! And they finally got one in the other arm.

Picture of Trey

Last week I might have whined about being in the hospital, but I am so glad they caught my problem when they did and I ended up in the hospital. I had my surgery last Wednesday. My doctor appt. today went good and baby looks good so I am very, very thankful!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is a pic of Trey's 21 week ultrasound. This was from a couple of weeks ago. He is almost 23 weeks now. Isn't he a cutie??? :)
No whining here today! Now, tomorrow I will have a HNT I could very well whine about. Wait and see.
cya

Happy Halloweeen!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
We decided that Mr. bradys-mom (LOL) will be taking Brady to boo-ha-ha and to get his pic taken tonite downtown and then they will be picking me up and I will get to ride around in the car while we follow Brady trick or treating. I will still get to go even though I can't walk around!! I can't miss Halloween!! I already have to miss the party at school and all the fun stuff. This is my favorite time of year!

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I'm back

Just thought I would fill you all in on whats been going on. Tuesday I went for my simple ultrasound and ended up taking a helicopter ride to Tulsa to be admitted to Hillcrest Med. Center. I had to have a cerclage done because my cervix is incompetent, and I was dilated to 1 cm. I had that surgery done on Wednesday around 4 pm. I finally got to come home yesterday. Let me tell ya I am so glad to be home in my own bed. I'm going to go rest now, I will try to write more later.
cya

Shae's "Boof"day

Shae, our Great Pyrenees' 4th birthday. She always gets cupcakes!!
YUM! YUM!!

I'm Bummed!

I find out yesterday that Tony Stewart is going to be at the Bass Pro Shop opening in Broken Arrow tomorrow!!!!!!!! You can only get in to see him and get an autograph if you have an invitation. I called the radio station yesterday to see how to get an invite. You have to get it over the radio. Ok, that sucks. Anyway we don't have enough gas money as it is.
I guess I will have to get our cousin to help us to get some Nascar tickets when they are up this way next. I wanted to meet him so bad!
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We went to the arts and crafts in Arkansas this past Saturday. It was so hot! Alyssa and I were sweating to death!!! Our mom was looking at everything, and wasn't hot at all. There were also tons of people there. Next year we are going on a weekday and hopefully it will be cooler than 86 degrees in October!!!!!!!!!
We had a lot of fun though. I almost peed my pants 3 times laughing so hard with the baby pushing on my bladder. I kept those little blue buildings in my sight in case I had to make a run for it. Everyone had Alyssa doing the demonstrations. It was hilarious. Hey, Alyssa! You did a great job though!!!!!! Your meat turning demo was one of the times I had to run!! We were all so filthy, our feet were so dirty and we rode the golfcart back to moms SUV and dirt, dust and everything else was flying off of our clothes. We stopped by a pumpkin stand on the way home too and got some very good deals...
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We finally got Dish yesterday. I really like it though I am still trying to get used to the channels. We have 3 months of movie channels for free. Can't beat that!

Thanks Everyone!

Thanks everyone for the "Congrats" we are very excited about having another little boy. Although my ten year old is getting a little smart mouth as of lately I believe he will be a big help to me when the baby gets here and be a wonderful big brother. I am so tired lately, if I even lay down on the couch I am out.
My mom, sister and I are going to Arkansas tomorrow to Bella Vista for the arts and crafts. It is our yearly outing and we have so much fun! I wish it was going to be cooler tomorrow though. Its supposed to be in the 80's but ya never know. Maybe I should watch some Arkansas weather instead of Okie weather tonite to make sure.
The Dish guy cancelled again. Now we will get Dish on Monday. :) Maybe our house will be a wee bit cleaner then. Well, I think we need to turn on the air, I'm having a hot flash or something it is so hot in here!
Oh Diva---I don't know about Trey Diva, I don't think my husband would go for that :) You'll probably need to have another one. LOL Diva Hoover, sounds good!
Talk to you all soon and let ya know about our trip to Arkansas!!!!!!!!!!!!
cya

We're having a baby...............

I went to my new Dr. today which she is just wonderful!!! We found out we are having a baby.............................BOY! I'm excited! I didn't care which we were having but am so glad everything is going good. Just want a healthy baby. Brady is excited although I think that he had already psyched himself up for a baby sister, now he has to change gears to a baby boy. The ultrasound pics are so cute! I'll have to use my moms scanner and scan them, we only have a digital camera to post pics so I'll have to go over there. I go to do an u.s. at the hospital on the 25th to make sure of the due date-when they do the measuring again. So far my due date is March 2nd or 3rd. Which she said they will do a c-section the week before in February-----just not the leap day. LOL! I will keep you all posted! and scan those pics.
My inlaws will have 5 grandsons now!
cya!

I am an ENFJ Which are you??

Jung Typology Test

Your Type is ENFJ
Extroverted
Intuitive
Feeling
Judging

Strength of the preferences %
67 12 75 44

These tell about your analysis:
ENFJ type description by D.Keirsey
ENFJ type description by J. Butt

Qualitative analysis of your type formula You are:
*distinctively expressed extrovert
*slightly expressed intuitive personality
*distinctively expressed feeling personality
*moderately expressed judging personality

Stress!

My house is a mess! The Dish guy will be here on Wednesday and I am trying to make some sense of our house. Ever since I started back to school it has really gotten out of hand. I need "Clean sweep" to come to my house. I have been doing laundry today--clothes that have already been washed but I know that have been sitting around and need it again. We are going to make a trip to the friendship house very soon. As soon as we get our stuff out of our room I am going to paint it and get it ready to be Brady's room. Then fix the baby's room. Ours will be last. I am just so ready to have a holiday at our house. Maybe Christmas??? not Thanksgiving. Alyssa we can have that at your house!! By the way my sister and brother in law have been remodeling their house, and it is beautiful!!! They are very talented. We didn't go to the fair this Sunday. My dad was getting back from Boston, he has been on a job since July and we wanted to spend the day with family. We will go next Sunday.
Also Tony got 2nd place yesterday in Nascar. Of course we didn't get to see the race thanks to CABLE ONE. thanks, cable one.
Guess I better go get busy cleaning.
cya

Today's my Anniversary

Today is mine and my husbands 15th Anniversary. I don't think we are going anywhere tonite though. Steve started back to work last night after being off for 2 weeks due to his back injury. Dr. Mark said it was ok for him to go back to work. He has bowling league tonight (if he's able to bowl) and that starts at 6:30 until almost 8pm. He has to leave for work at 10pm. We will have to celebrate another day.
Sunday we are planning to take Brady to the Tulsa Fair, even though we won't get to attend the ice show. I love going to the fair, it brings back so many memories. My friend Shelly R. and I used to go to the fair with her parents, and spend the night with her mimi in Tulsa. We had so much fun! We would all go our separate ways and no one really worried about anything happening. There is no way I would let my son go off by himself now in the year 2000. I am not the too overprotective mom but I have always been very, very protective,......ok, maybe I am overprotective!! He has been my only child for 10 years. I love looking at the campers and new cars and the Oklahoma building with the okie venders-just everything. I don't enjoy the games part where they con the little kids into playing the games that they can't win. The rides are ok, I love the food. Guess this could have been my T3 this week. Owell.
By the way Courtney, I love your camper! I see it when I am on my way taking Brady to school. I still can't post comments on your blog!! I always want to comment and my computer won't bring it up. wanted you to know why I am never commenting.
Cya :) Casa Bonita is closing!!!! Tomorrow is the last day!!!!! I really wanted to go there this weekend.

Happy Birthday Starlit!

Happy Birthday Courtney!! Today is Starlit's birthday. Go over and wish her a Happy Birthday!

Whiny Wednesday

2 wonderfully sucky whines! (It is really already Thursday but I just found this out within the last 30 minutes and thought it qualified as a whine.)
*I wanted to take Brady to see the Disney on Ice show at the Tulsa fair. We have gone the past 2 years. I waited too long and now there are no tickets. (So I guess we will just go to the fair on Sunday since we won't get to watch the race, because our wonderful cable co has taken channel 10 off of our tv)

*I went on the Christmas train website, since I promised Brady we would go this year and take his dad. It says they are closed this year but will be open during the 2006 season. They are expanding.

Feels like Fall!

Oh it feels great outside right now! It's almost cold. I opened all of our windows. It was so hot and humid today in fact my blown dry straight hair this morning turned into poodle curls, and now feeling the weather you would have never known what it was really like today. My mom and I went to a funeral today. He was moms second cousin, my third. His sister is my cousin and also my aunt. She is my moms ex-sister in law and her cousin. Sounds like a Murphy saga huh, Courtney and Alyssa?? Love confusing people. It was a nice funeral, I don't really like going to them but it was nice. I didn't realize we had so many cousins.
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We are getting Dish next Wednesday, which means we will be missing the race this weekend which sucks. We are cutting our cable. We can't live without channel 10 any longer. No Apprentice, No ER, No Biggest Loser. Sucks! Do you blame us?? The only thing I am really going to miss about our cable though is that we get Tulsa channels. I watch Channel 6 Tulsa news with Leanne and Casey and Katie. I will miss them terribly, they are like family!! other than that bring on the Dish!
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I am so excited that its almost October! 3 more days! October is my favorite month, I love the leaves falling and the pumkins, all the orange and brown everywhere, jacket wearing weather. Not necessarily halloween, but the feel of FALL! Love it, love it, love it!! Puts me in such a good mood.
I also love Christmas with a big snowstorm. I will get to that later though. Cya:)

TV

*I'm so glad the new TV season has started! Desperate Housewives was very good tonight. I love that show!
*Tony came in 18th place today in Nascar. He ended up doing great compared to where he was at the beginning. He started in 31st place and then had some problems with his car. He is just a hottie!
* Yesterday we went to the Veterans day picnic. One of the guys I work with in AWS is in the veterans group and invited us. However, everyone in town was invited to go.
*I need some new clothes!! I am outgrowing my normal ones, and next month I will start substituting. :):)

Hello

Today was my bestest friend Michele's birthday. We met in the summer after 9th grade. My dad had been working in Tulsa and drove to and from everyday from Miami for a LOOOONG time, I am talking years. We moved to Broken Arrow in the middle of my 9th grade year. I'm telling you all now, don't ever do this to your children----moving in the middle of the year. Although my parents tell me that they didn't know our house in Miami was going to sell that fast. Anyway big BA was very BIG compared to what I was coming from. There were two middle schools of 9th and 10th graders. I felt so out of place even though I had moved all of my life. I guess it was the age I was at the time. Michele I found out lived down the street from us in the adjoining housing addition. We were best friends all through school, we then went off to college separate ways, she went to University of Arkansas and I went to NEO in Miami. Then ended up being roomates with another one of our friends in Tulsa. Oh, the stories I could tell. Anyone that knows Tulsa--we used to go to the Caravan in high school and also later on. Save some of those stories for another day!!:) Anyway I moved back to Miami and went back to school. Michele moved to Wisconsin. She is currently married and has 3 kids. 16, 9 and 2? I think she's 2. We keep in touch talking on the phone and see eachother when they come
to BA (her parents, brother and sister still live there). Besides my husband, she knows my life story-the good and the bad. Ha ha!
I know she reads my blog sometimes!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICK!!!!BIG 39!! Ya, I know I'm older than you, but only by 2 months!!
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I know I haven't written about Tony in awhile, but I have been watching Nascar. Weekend before last he got 5th place, and then last weekend in the chase for the cup he was first in points going in, and got 2nd place. He led a lot of laps that race and then toward the end passed Ryan Newman, then at the end he got passed. Owell he's still the BESt!!
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My husband is still off of work. This is his second week. He had an MRI done this morning. There is no way I could get that done. He had a closed one. I am so claustrophobic I would probably pass out. I would have to have it open. He just put a movie in--Team America World Police. Omy. Not my favorite, but he thinks its funny. I guess its better than watching poker.
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The Weekend

Friday I was going to help set up for the Designs of Autumn. Actually I didn't sign up to help set up, I only signed up to work that evening. But being the wonderful AWS president that I am I went downtown at 10am that morning to help. OMyGosh. We thought our booth was going to be right across the street from the store where all of our tables, chairs, tents and everything was. HA, no! We had to, or rather our treasurers husband had to get the tables into the truck (I couldn't lift anything) and down the street to our booth spot. Once everything was down there we learned really fast how to set the tents up. Ya, right. We have 2 really nice tents now. Our others were falling apart. I finally left there at 2pm. I had to be back to work the booth from 4-7pm. And then take all the stuff off the tables for the night. Talk about a loooong day. Got back at 8:30 the next morning to set everything back up. Worked from 9-11 and then from 3-6, helped clean up, went back home to change clothes and Brady and I went to "The Wizard of Oz". It was outstanding! We have some very talented actors in Miami! and the new seats at the Coleman Theatre are so comfortable!
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Thursday at adoption day, we adopted out 5 dogs and 2 cats. We fostered out 5 dogs and 1 cat. We had a very good day. YAYYY
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Today my sister Alyssa was going to help me study my Algebra. I have decided I am going to drop my class. I just don't get it!! $#@&! I think College Algebra is about the most stupid required class that they have come up with. I can understand a basic math class, but not algebra unless you are planning on being an engineer or something like that. Plus, I already passed the class with a C. Why torture myself some more?
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My husband is watching Poker. I think I am ready to go to sleep now, don't really feel like watching Poker anymore tonite.
C-ya!

I've got so much to do

Yesterday I went to eat lunch at school with my son. They grilled hamburgers and the whole school had a picnic. It was a lot of fun, til my son ditched me, a lot of parents were getting ditched by their children so they could go play with their friends. Anyway I spread some of my pregnancy news to my other 39 year old friends, who wished me "Congratulations" and "better you than me's" we had fun, and they thought it was so funny! I then, since I am PTO secretary helped the Prez and Vice Prez roll millions of pennies. The classes are collecting money for Hurricane Katrina to see whose class can collect the most from each side of the school-then they win a pizza party for their class. One class already has $85.00. It ends tomorrow. Guess I better send some money tomorrow!!
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I am working at the Animal shelter today. It was my day off but now I am working. I will have the next two weeks off. I have a PTO meeting next Thursday and my anniversary the next. I found out yesterday someone said that the shelter will only be keeping dogs a week now until being euthenized. This really pisses me off! We need a new shelter so bad, ours only has 16 runs and 3 cat cages- and the animal control officer needs help really bad. They usually keep pets he picks up for three days so someone can claim them and then puts them up for adoption for 2 weeks. The one week thing is going to be really bad, they better not do it! We open the shelter on Thursdays to try to get these animals adopted so hopefully they won't be euthenized. It is very emotional and I have left in tears more than once. It makes me mad when people bring in a whole litter of puppies and the AC officer tells them I have to put some dogs down, we have no room- then the people say "How can you live with yourself?" "Putting dogs down?" HELLO PEOPLE!!! Get your dogs spayed and neutered! You would have no puppies if you got your dogs spayed and neutered we wouldn't have millions of dogs and cats being put to sleep every day because nobody wants them!!! and you can't take care of them!!--------------Sorry had to vent a little!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok, We have to set up AWS our booth Friday for "Designs of Autumn" an arts fair they have downtown with art and music and food. I work in our booth tomorrow evening, Sat morning and another shift on Sat too. I want to take Brady to see "Wizard of Oz".
I also have an algebra test to study for. AAAAAAHHH! I am nauseated just thinking about it.

T3

Top ten Musical artists I love.....so far! not in any order, and there are a lot more!!

1) Prince
2) Aerosmith
3) Lionel Richie
4) Luther Vandross
5) REO Speedwagon
6) Eagles
7) Kid Rock
8) Def Leppard
9) Madonna
10) Billy Idol

Forgot Stevie Ray Vaughan!!! He's in there too!

I am just not a math person

What am I thinking? I went to my college algebra class today, just as confused as always. I do not have the "math" brain in my head. Just about anything else is there, but algebra is not!
I am wondering what I can tell PSU to tell them that I have a math disability. It makes me mad that they let people into teacher education with a "B" average, but when they take the PPST math part they can miss it by like 2-3 pts and they let them in. I make a B, and a C and miss the stupid test by 1 idiotic point TWICE, and it isn't good enough. Ok, so I'm pissed right now. Now I am trying to prove myself taking this stupid class. I am about ready to just find a job and say screw school. I'm 39 years old and taking college algebra. OK, what is wrong with this picture?? All of the people I have been going to school with will be graduating, and then when the faculty or whoever finally think I have suffered enough with this stupid math I won't even want to go anymore. I only want to teach K-4!! It just really makes me mad. Sorry had to vent!!!!

On a brighter note, I went to the doctor this past Friday and saw baby on the ultrasound which was exciting. I don't have another appointment until October.

I am trying to get the house cleaned and straightened. There is a lot to do! I also need to go apply for substituting tomorrow so we have some extra $$ coming in. Can you tell I am excited?? Kids are very different these days, my son was telling me today that some of the kids in his class were mean to the sub that was in the other 5th grade class. fun fun!
Cya

Here's mine!!

Here's mine! From April's blog:

I am a Collard:
COLLARDS (June 22 - July 23) Collards have a genius for communication. They love to get in the melting pot of life and share their essence with the essenceof those around them. Collards make good social workers, psychologists, and baseball managers. As far as your personal life goes, if you are Collards, stay away from Crawfish. It just won't work. Save yourself a lot of heartache.

Married to a Collard.

We have a 10 yr old son:
OKRA (Dec 22 - Jan 20) Are tough on the outside but tender on the inside. Okras have tremendous influence. An older Okra can look back over his life and see the seeds of his influence everywhere. You can do something good each day if you try.

And a soon to be baby:
BOLL WEEVIL (Feb 20 - March 20) You have an overwhelming curiosity. You're unsatisfied with the surface of things, and you feel the need to bore deep into the interior of everything. Needless to say, you are very intense and driven as if you had some inner hunger. You love to stay busy and tend to work too much. Nobody in their right mind is going to marry you, so don't worry about it.

ooh I'm a slackerrrrr!

I've been reading everyone else's posts for the last couple of days and haven't posted anything on here!
Steve actually "talked" to his parents this morning. They have electricity again. thank goodness! A couple are staying at their house. They had lost everything in their house, plus had two rental houses that they lost. Very sad! My inlaws got very very lucky! They only have to replace their roof, carpet, and wood flooring, garage door and need some stucco fixing on the outside of their house. They lost their privacy fence and their pool. It could have been so much worse.
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I made this dip on Wed night and it is so good! It is from a mix I got at the Bayou store in Slidell, la I tried to get on their website, but it's down. I hope they didn't get flooded. It was a very cool store! and by the way I have eaten almost all of it. It has dill, cayenne, and I mixed it with sour cream. YUMMMMM!
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I really didn't have anything to whine about yesterday. I, too, like Irish Divinity feel very fortunate to have what I have right now. There are so many that are going through so much I really feel for them!
The only thing I can whine about is that everytime I brush my teeth I gag!
(pregnancy) :)
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I, too can't wait until Fall!!! It is my favorite! October is my favorite month of the year! I remember last fall I was walking through campus at PSU and the leaves were falling, the wind was blowing the leaves all around and it was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish it would stay like that forever. Puts me in such a good mood, opening all of the windows letting the house air out, cleaning, love it!!!
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We have adoption day today at the shelter. I'm not getting there until around 4pm after Brady gets out of school. If you need a pet come on down!!
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I'll write more later!!!

I'm a Gryffindor!

I'm a Gryffindor!

I didn't know what to expect

Updates

My inlaws left a message Saturday while we were gone and Steve was sleeping (he works nights). They went back to Slidell on Friday and they have a big hole in their roof where the chimney used to be and water came through there on both sides, the fireplace comes out the livingroom and the other side dining area. ruined the wood floors and the privacy fence was down and the pool damaged. They still don't have electricity but used a generator and a fan that night to sleep. We couldn't get through to call them back on their cell phone, and he called again this morning but the cell cut off before they could talk, so we really don't know too much. Hopefully the damage was only in their livingroom, dining/kitchen area only. I hope we can get through to them soon.

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Tony came in 5th place tonite in the Nascar race. I'm not used to him driving the white car. He had a good race though! He was in first for awhile but got passed on his pit stops.

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Brady and I went and saw "Red Eye" yesterday in Joplin. It was good. I really wanted to see "The Skeleton Key" but we saw the other. I want to go see "The 40 year Old Virgin" since Diva says it is so good!!! I will have to go see that one with Mr. B's mom.

A little bit of everything

I will start things off that Steve's aunt and uncle finally got electricity yesterday. They live in Mobile, AL. My father in law talked to one of their neighbors in Slidell, LA to see how their neighborhood looked. She told him that their house was still standing and looked ok, but that she had water damage in her house. We are still not sure how their house really is, but hopefully there wasn't too much damage. I'm thinking they may have went to see today. Thanks Courtney for asking about them!!
I hope everything is ok! This whole situation is so sad, I feel so bad for all of the kids and elderly that were starving and thirsty in New Orleans, waiting to be picked up. My casino is ruined that I won my money in, in August! It was a beautiful casino. We have spent so much time in Gulfport, Biloxi, Bay St. Louis and New Orleans it is really sad for me to try to realize all of this happening, we were just there 4 weeks ago!!

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Congratulations on your new car Courtney!! I was wanting an SUV or a van but now I guess I need a big "small" car that gets good gas mileage! And holds a kid, baby, big dog and me and a husband.

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I went to the doctor today. For all of you that haven't read my blog a couple of days ago,---yes, I am pregnant!!! I know I am old, don't remind me!! Anyway we had a scare on the 22nd(Mon.) I went in and they couldn't find the baby on the ultrasound. They saw a sac but no baby. She had me take a bloodtest, then come back on the 24th(Wed) for another test to check my levels. She then said she thought I had a blighted ovum, which means there is a sac but no baby had formed. They scheduled me for a d&c for the next morning. She had me come back that Wed. evening to X-ray to have another vaginal u.s. done to make sure. So me and the X-ray guy are looking around in there (ok, no jokes!!:) and we saw what they said was the sac, and he scanned down and he said, "There's your baby! Moving around and everything. I about flew off the table and gave him a big hug! LOL Anyway, no I didn't fly off the table, but he made my night!!!!!!!!! Things have been going good ever since-needless to say I didn't set foot in that hospital the next day!! My blood pressure has been high and I am taking medicine, but I am feeling really good. Just praying a lot that this pregnancy will be good and to term!

T3

My ten top things I experienced at the wonderful fair: (not in order)

1) I worked at our Animal Welfare Society booth
2) I recognized and met April !!!! ooooh, I think I actually did a link.
3) Ate an Indian taco- or should that be politically correct- a native american taco? :)
4) Ate part of a cheese on a stick
5) Rode the ferris wheel with Brady
6) Watched Brady ride everything else
7) Brady won a stuffed spider playing the horse race game
8) Looked at all of the animals
9) Smelled all of the animals
10) Sweated!!!!!!

Dang Hurricane!!

This has not been a great 2 days. My inlaws (Steve's parents) live in Slidell, which is right across the bridge East from New Orleans. They left their house yesterday to go to Mobile to be with his other relatives. They are still in Mobile, but have no idea what condition their house is in, imagine a beautiful home with tons of collectibles and things that have been kept for years and years from Germany and all over the world. We are just hoping it isn't too bad, which we pretty much know it is probably flooded or tons of wind damage. They had up to 150 mph winds today. Mobile has had no electricity and may not have any for 3-4 weeks. I feel so bad for his family. I'm glad everyone is doing ok, just praying that their house isn't totally ruined. This is where we went on vacation the first week of August. If ya can, say a little prayer for his family! Thanks!
Shannon

Guess what??

That's my question to you--Guess what?
and No- mom, Alyssa & Keith-you are not allowed to guess!
because you know!

Keith, Ty & Alyssa

Below is a pic of my brother-in-law, Keith, Ty, and Alyssa.
When they were helping with the Home makeover.

Ty, Keith & Alyssa 

Pic of my Sis and Paul

Below is a picture of my sister, Alyssa and Paul from Extreme Home Makeover Home Edition. Yea!! I wish I could have gone. I will see later if she will let me try to post the pic of Ty!!

Alyssa & Paul 

OMG I'm in the running

I just read Redneck Diva's post and found out I am in the running for "Best Family Blog" in the Okie doke, Okie Blog Awards!!! How cooooool is that?? Very cool if you ask me. Diva is up for "4" awards! Go Diva!

I have nothing to whine about today. My day wasn't too good, but turned out to be wonderful. Tell you all about it soon!! I went to my college Algebra class today, that I am destined to make a "B" in. I think I may actually do ok in there. He is a very good teacher.
I talked to Alyssa, my sister, awhile ago and her and Keith, (she might be mad for me saying this before she tells it) but I am gonna blab it anyway, sorry squidly!!! Can't keep my mouth shut any longer!!.................. No, they are not expecting a baby!! :):) They have been working on the Extreme Makeover Home Edition in Purdy, Mo. They got to meet Ty today and yes, they talked with him, and also got their pix taken, and also with Paul!! Ty is such a cutie! I think it will air in October. They worked a lot on the house, Keith did a lot of wiring-he's an electrician, and Alyssa cleaned, and did a lot of things to help. They have been there off and on working all week. I will let you all know when it airs for sure.
Check out the Okie Blog Awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!

T3

Top ten favorite foods: (not in order)
1. BBQ brisket
2. Taco Bueno chicken chilada platter
3. Chicken fried steak at the Coleman House rest.
4. Frito pie
5. Lasagna
6. Pizza
7. Lil' Cafe bacon cheeseburger
8. Chinese buffet (Chinese chef)
9. Broccoli and cauliflower salad(w/the bacon bits)
10. Big bopper sundae at Shakey's- yummmm! love the salty pecans with the ice cream!!

These are some that came to mind.

Watchin the race!

What am I doing on a Sunday? Of course watching the race, Nascar that is.
Tony started in 36th place and now is in 4th after 94 out of 200 laps. VERY cool!
Mr. Bradys-mom is mad because I keep getting excited that he is so talented to come up that many laps so I am not speaking to him right now. HA! Going to finish watching. Hope no major things happen. There is a lot of trash on the track today so cars are overheating. More later!

Finally someone wondering where I am

One of my advisors from PSU called me today wondering why I haven't enrolled in classes for the fall. Made me feel good, someone wondering where I have been and why. She called to ask me why I haven't enrolled for my restricted courses for the semester. Here's the reason: I called Dr.%&*(^ won't mention names on here, but I called her to see if the wonderful CARTE committee had reviewed my request to get into the 5% window, since school starts Monday! She said they had their meeting on Wednesday evening and my request had been denied. I was so pissed off. This is all because of my "C" in college Algebra. I took col. alg. at NEO in the summer from the head of the math dept. I had been out of college for 15 years, and I thought a "C" was pretty dang good for being out that long and taking it in the summer from the head of the math dept.!!!! Anyway I was pissed. My advisor that I talked to today I totally love, she is the one that gave me my scholarship for my minor, and she was concerned about my classes. Ok, so I have decided to take my algebra class over again at NEO this semester, and I am going to substitute teach. I am going to make a "B" if it kills me. Should be easier than in the summer though. And I will have my sister, Alyssa tutor me, since she is the math whiz in the family, and she is in Miami now.
If they give me any problems about my "B" average after I do this class, since I already made a "B" in Math 304 for teachers, and they make me take the PPST math test again, I am not taking it, I will write a letter to the dean about discrimination. I am not taking it again.
Ok, enough griping.
My dog must really trust me to sit right under the computer chair, knowing I could roll over an ear or a leg at any time. She weighs about 90 lbs.
Oh, Courtney, for some reason my computer won't let me reply to your blogs. I don't know why!! Hope your year goes good, teacher! Kids are so funny especially when they say damn! :) Good luck on your garage sale, and I will see you at the fair. We (animal welfare society) are having a booth too.

T3

Ok, here it goes the Top ten Tuesday from Aprils new thing:

My "Top ten things I need to get done to my house"

1- Do a "Clean Sweep" to every room in my house (except the
bathroom)
I'm talking totally removing everything from the room and taking it
outside!

2- Finish painting my living room paneling (brown paneling, that is!)

3- Get new carpet in the living room

4- Lay a new floor in the kitchen

5- Move our room to the gameroom and Brady's room to our room

6- Put our fence up so I won't have to "take" the dog out every 10 min.

7- Paint my kitchen cabinets

8- Get organized (new file cabinet)

9- Eventually gut our other 2nd bathroom

10-Take our shower doors down and put my shower curtain up in 1st
bathroom

CASINO

My husband and I went on a "date" last night. He is still on vacation so we actually got to go somewhere on a Friday night!! My mom watched Brady and he spent the night and we went and ate at the Coleman House restaurant. It was soooooo goooood! I had chicken fried steak w/gravy, roasted corn mashed potatoes, and the vegetable of the day-which was a bunch of squash. We also shared dessert-chocolate pecan cheesecake with the fancy syrup drizzled all over the plate and whipped cream. Talk about an awesome chef they have there it was outstanding!!
Then we decided to walk around-I talked to a lot of people I knew from working in the box office. Steve decided to hit the poker room and I was playing on my Cherry Pop machine. He came out $165 ahead and I was hitting ok. I walked out with like $31.00. That was at 3:15 in the morning. Way past my bedtime!
We cleaned the game room yesterday-that is planning on being our room someday. I didn't realize we had so much crap! Why did I keep so much useless stuff? And as my husband says why are we keeping more useless crap? owell. If he was to go in there and clean we would have nothing left which kinda sounds like a good idea!!
Oh, I found my shorts. Steve had stuck the dirty clothes into the side(end) of the suitcase. Yea.

Movies Movies Movies

I still can't find one small bag of dirty clothes. What happens to everything? They had my new shorts in it! We had it at the motel we stayed in. Owell I guess they will turn up sometime.
We went and saw the "Bad News Bears" yesterday. If you don't want your children listening to bad language don't take them to see it. LOL
I guess if ya really think about it, Billy Bob was in it, so what would you expect?? It was cute though. We used our free tickets that Brady and I got before our vacation. We had went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on a Thursday (which we were in the theatre and I received a phone call from the secretary of our animal welf. society saying she wouldn't be able to make it to our meeting that day!! Here I am the pres., and forgot all about the meeting. I'm such a loser sometimes) anyway I called the treas. to tell her I totally forgot the meeting.) We were watching our movie and there was a storm outside and the power went off maybe 5-10 minutes before it ended.
We got 2 free tickets to use toward our family outing. On Tuesday Brady and I went to see "The Longest Yard". I just love Adam.
I got a new camera phone yesterday. We went to Home Depot where they had a Home Depot Tony Stewart pop machine when you walk through the door. I had Brady take a picture of me and Tony. Steve got so mad and went in to look at the fencing supplies. haha
Steve and one of his friends went to Quapaw Casino to play poker on Wed. and they got in on the bad beat they had going up there which was 67,000something dollars. Needless to say we got some moolah. Now we need to get our fence.

Back from the VACATION!!

Hello!
We left last Monday(Aug 1st) for vacation. Me, hubby, Brady and my mom drove 12 hours to Slidell Louisiana to visit Steve's parents, my inlaws. We dropped off the dog at Watterson's then picked mom up at the car fixer place so she could get her SUV fixed while we were gone. Then our 12 hour drive began. The first 9 hours went by ok, but the last 3 really sucked. We were so ready to get somewhere, take off our shoes and rest. While we were down there we went on a swamp tour which was great!! We saw tons of gators that came up right to the boat. I will try to post some pictures in a few days. We took videos of it, but my mom took pics.
We went shopping at the Big Dogs outlet store, our favorite!! We are a Big Dogs family, who also own a BIG dog. We went to Casino Magic where I won nada. We ate at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, which the food is wonderful if you are ever down that way. We played the slots and I won $71, putting in a $5 my mom gave me. I had it up to $97 but then had to get greeeedy and try to hit again. I got down to $76 and cashed out. It was very exciting since I never win in Miami. Another day we visisted with the rest of Steve's family, we went shopping again at the mall by their house and then went to the Bayou store which was very interesting. We left Saturday evening around 7pm. There was no way I was going to drive straight through, so we stopped at Nachitoches?!sp?? We never figured out how to pronounce that name. There was one sign that said Many Nachitoches, but we found out that "Many" was a town and also "Nachitoches". We drove 5hours that night, checked in, called Dominoes and ate and went to bed. We drove 7 hours the next day, taking our time because we just had to eat the Shoneys breakfast buffet. Oh and on the way home had to keep track of the race. Which, by the way Tony won!!!
When coming home that night we found out the our house had a large population of fleas since I guess a couple were in there and then they multiplied while we were gone. We had to go to Walmart and then come home and bomb our house, and we went to a motel. fun fun!!
Had a great vacation though!!!!!

Last day of work & took the test!

I'm sitting here blogging while coloring my hair. How fun! But, on the serious side, I have gotta get this gray covered up! It is very depressing, and if it doesn't cover I am going to pull it out! How my husband loves that.
Yesterday was my very last day at the Big fancy casino. It was kind of sad leaving the friends that I made, but now I can go to ladies nite and play the machines, and still see them. Oh, and I studied and studied that night for my test (about 6hours) I took it on Tuesday, I thought I was doing good but oh no, I press the button for my score and I get a dang 171 AGAIN! I was more pissed than upset. I was too mad to be upset. I needed a 172! This is the second time I missed by ONE freakin point! I called up my husband to tell him before he went to sleep for the day, (he works nights) I was so mad. I decided to go and talk to Dr. S, who is pretty much over the ed. dept to see what could be done. I am just a horrible test taker and that is all there is to it. She was in a GOOD mood thank goodness. It is always great to catch her in one of her good moods cause if you don't you shouldn't even bother setting foot in her office. She filled out a petition for the 5% window to see if the committee would let me through. PLEASE LET ME INTO THE WINDOW! PLEASE! So I wrote my plea letter stating how hard I studied and that my sister had helped me study the time before. And I missed it by 2 points and then by 1 point TWICE! And how good of a teacher I will be and yada yada.
She said they would have the meeting in August and I would find out, and if it was ok then I would still have time to enroll for my classes and everything. She seemed optimistic so maybe she will put in a good word for me.

Have fun on your vacation Courtney! I tried to post on your blog, but my computer won't open it up.

Gentlemen.........START YOUR ENGINES!!!!

Hello!
Just getting ready to watch the start of the race and then going to work. Steve went to get us Subway to eat-----you know they have the special on the weekends. I am trying to stop drinking my caffeine, my friend Michele did it so hopefully I will be able to, but oh how I love it. I did drink a diet dr pepper yesterday but it really didn't taste that great.
Guess I need to watch the race, Tony is getting ready, he's in row 3 this race. lol I don't know what my husband thinks of me now that I am into Nascar this year. Ha!
I'm sure I will have more to talk about after my exciting Sunday nite at work. I am taking my study guides for my test to work with me, I don't care, it is tooooo boring on Sundays, I pretty much sit there doing nothing and beg for the phone to ring or someone to come over and talk to me and I need to study since I will be taking my test next week. YUK!

I was attempting to watch the "Race" Sunday, you know it just had to come on right before I had to be at work. Tony was in the lead when I left the house, and then I arrived at the big fancy casino. I walked past the bar on the way to my box with bars that I would be in for the rest of the evening. The race was on!!! Anyway Blue Oyster Cult was playing so while a lot were in there watching I mosied over to the bar and the race was over!! I asked the bartenders who won? They were like "I dunno" like I was stupid or something. Losers. LOL! ---- So, I called my 10 year old son to check yahoo sports to see, since my husband fell asleep. (probably fell asleep because Jeff was losing):) Oh ya! Tony won!! and I missed it!! Next week is my last at the big fancy casino. I need to take my test again next week for school. In fact I need to be studying. Thursday is my husbands birthday, he will be 37. He reminds me that I will always be older than him. haha

Yes, I'm alive!!

I am back! Our computer has had a virus for the last, what 5-6 days? I only had like a thousand emails. yuck! Now, $140 bucks later we have a computer again! Just a warning-- don't let your antivirus run out! It is cheaper to renew it than getting rid of a virus!!
Since posting last I had a birthday on July 8. I turned the big "39" which is the precedent to next years big day. ewww!
I found out that our cousin that lives in Kansas City and has a son that races and a husband that used to race(nascar) knows my sweet little Tony! Oh how I would love to ride around the track with him! LOL Yes, and you have very good taste too Irish Divinity!!!
I have been working a lot of hours at the big fancy casino. One good thing about this coming Sunday is that Blue Oyster Cult will be there to keep me awake, I hate working there on Sunday evenings!!!
I've missed reading everyones blogs and I am glad to be back!!

Oh ya! Tony won!!

Just had to post again, the race just finished and my Tony won! Oh Ya!!!
Second race in a row, although I had to miss last weeks because I was working. I wasn't going to miss this one though!!

GO TONY! GO TONY!! #20 HOME DEPOT CAR!!!
Yes I am watching Nascar, never thought I would be doing this. Steve's at work so I watching it by myself.
My husband is a Jeff Gordon fan so things get pretty funny around here on race day. Especially the day Tony ACCIDENTLY knocked Jeff out. I told him it was an ACCIDENT and Tony didn't mean to do it. LOL! :)
GO TONY!!!!

TICKET INFO NEWSFLASH...............

Calling everyone in the four state area!!-at the big fancy casino---Rascal Flatts tickets, with Keith Anderson and Blake Shelton are going on sale on July8 at noon. For a limited time from July 8-10 they will be $38, after that they will be $43. It is an outside concert-please byoc (bring your own chair) as there will be no-where for YOU to SIT if you don't. :)
Letting you all have this info so you won't have to call me this week along with the other bazillion trillion calls we have been getting. Thank you for your cooperation. :)LOL

SH

Whiney Wednesday-Can't believe it is already here

*I have a bad headache

*My husband better mow tomorrow before we give the mower back to my much loved EX-sister-in-law (yes you are sensing a very LARGE amount of sarcasm) Oh the drama I could tell.....

*I need to go iron my clothes for the morning

*I wanna camper too Starlit!

*I need to get out of school and get a job first though

*I have to work on the 4th!!!

*Need to go get busy ironing

*And ya, my house is still a pit!

A glorious night at the "Big"

Ya, it was a glorious night at the big fancy casino. HA! Security and us "bitches" in the front had "Oh so much fun!" Anyway one of my co-workers over heard in the restroom, "Those b$#@! in the cage and security won't let us go through the line again." Thats how I knew I was a b@##! LOL! HELLO, you are getting $10 freeplay what else do you want????
One woman even went outside and changed clothes and came back in trying to get another $10. Mygosh get a life ladaaayyy!
It was much better than last week. Glad I got to see you Starlit, Diva and Heather!! Hope you won lots of money!
Steve is up there playing poker right now, which scares me, but just hope he places there somewhere and brings something home. I promised Brady I would take him to the pool today. May have to wait until later when the sun goes down some. I have had a bad headache for the last 2 days. Which reminds me I still need to sign him up for those swimming lessons.....
With all of everyones talk about camping it makes me want to go out and get a camper. We used to go camping when I was little. First we had the pop-out kind with no air conditioning, no bathroom. Then we had the air conditioned w/bathroom and shower. Now thats what I call camping!! We had a lot of fun! My best friend Michele (that now lives in Wisconsin) they go camping all of the time. I think they have a tent though, and Wisconsin weather is better, not the hot humidity we have here in wonderful Oklahoma. My husband is not much the outdoorsy type though. I may have to convert him somehow---when we get our airconditioned camper that is :)

Hello!
This was my third, yes third day off in a row, and it felt great! Now if I can bring myself to go back to work again. Sunday nite will be very boring but Monday will be going by fast.
Yesterday Brady and I went to Joplin to play miniature golf-Of course he got three wholes in one and beat me! Then he went to the batting cage for awhile, then we were off to Target. We didn't stay very long, just to get some Bottlecaps candy to sneak into the movie theater. We saw Herbie. It was very cute, even if Lindsay Lohan was in it. She's a much better actress than a singer. Anyway it was good. Then off back to Target to get Alyssa a birthday present. It was a late present since her bday was the 19th. I guess I could have got her a gift cert. to the big fancy casino. LOL Since that is where I was for 9 days straight and during her birthday. I love Target!!! There are soooo many things I want to buy! Then it was off to Papa Murphys to get pizza to take home to cook for dinner. Big day! My nephew had a teeball game this morning. That is about all I did today other than watching movies-we have free HBO right now. YEa! I need to get my cute polyester pants hemmed before July 1st. I can't wait to wear them!!!-yes I am being sarcastic.

Here's my whiney Wednesday!!

Whiney Wednesday:

*I worked my ninth day in a row at the big fancy casino, and i am so ready for my 3 days off!

*Women that came to ladies night to get their $10 freeplay were pissing me off- (Not you Diva and Courtney you didn't try to go through again!) Some of these women were trying to get through the line 2-3 times. HA BEWARE! next week will be another story- Just try it ladies!!! Just try it!!One of them even told my mom that all you have to do is, "Wash the mark off your hand and go get in the other line" What balls they have!

*My house is a complete total pit

*I don't want to clean my house tonite

*Just ate a brownie fudge sundae from Braums- but it was made with the lowfat soft frozen yogurt, so does that make it less fattening?? I also had a weight watchers lasagna for dinner

*My husband is driving me insane, noone cleans or picks anything up but me

*He did mow the lawn though yesterday

*We have new polyester black pants with the pockets sewn shut to wear to work. Very sexy and they show each and every bulge, just can't wait to tuck my shirt into those babies especially since I have no vest.

*I am sick of ironing my shirt-but I can't wear my real workshirt because I have no vest and you can see right through the shirt! Hello bra! may as well not wear a shirt.

*I still need to enroll my son in swimming lessons

*I could never have a desk job

Just wanna say...

*I love my dishwasher!!
*Remind me never to have another yard sale again!
*I'm having a mental insane breakdown getting this sale together!
*I'm nervous about my new job!
*I'm exhausted and would just like to go to sleep!
*Now I have to go get busy because the stupid yard sale starts in 7 hrs!

:0 AAAAAHHH!! (this is me screaming!)

I Got a Job!

Well, I said I was going to get a job and got one yesterday! And guess what? I'm doing the same job Courtney Smalltown Starlit was doing. At the Big Fancy Casino, working in the box office. LOL!
I go to orientation tomorrow, and start Sunday. Originally I saw an ad for the 4-day bike run and was going to apply for that, but saw someone I knew and she hired me full time. Cool. Maybe I will still get to meet Evil Kneivel, Dennis Rodman, and Lorenzo Lamas.
Ok, Diva I will now get to mark your hand with the permanent marker on Monday nights when you come up there to win all of your money. I'm only going to work until the end of July though, and then go back to school. Should be a fun summer job though. I needed a break! And I am saving so much gas money.

Beware!

Beware before reading--this post contains a large amount of bitching.
Ya, know people really irritate me!
I have to pass this test to be admitted to teacher ed. I can't take classes this summer until I pass the test. I can't go any further until I pass this test. This test is ruining my life!!!!!!!!!!!
The testing office opened at 1:30 yesterday. School started today. I have taken one of the tests 3 times, yes 3 times! (C-base test) $40 I pass the writing part with flying colors, I didn't finish the reading or math parts.(there was no time to finish) My school had never given this test before so me and some other guinea pigs were the first. They told me that I passed the reading part and the writing part. I never bothered taking the reading again. I took the math part again-another $28bucks and did better, but still no pass, and made sure I answered every question regardless if I knew what the hell they were asking. I then take the PPST math- $85bucks and come within two points of passing, then they tell me, "Um, you didn't pass the reading" I'm like, "Well why didn't you tell me this before? Do I look like I enjoy spending all of this money? I'm not taking all of this for my health!" I then take the C-base reading and they talk me into taking the math part again telling me it is only 5 more dollars-ok another $40 for these. I pass the reading, of course not the math. I took my Math 304 this past semester and make a "B", but oh no still not good enough. I had made a "C" in College algebra after being out of school for 14 years-sue me for not knowing how to figure 2a-3b=(c+a)=b. WHO CARES????? Anyway to add more to my everbitching---I find out yesterday I HAD to pass the test yesterday to be able to enroll for school today. I had studied all weekend for this just in case I was to take it, I drive the hour to school take the test $85- and miss it by "1" point. They still won't accept it. And yes, I did smoke a cigarrette this morning. I deserved it. I called them and of course the person I need to speak to isn't there, I know she has "passed" people through her 2 or 5% window before but noooooooo she's not there when I need to talk to her. I am going to get a job this summer and not mess with it.
Total spent: $278.00!
later!

AAAH Summmerrrrrr

Hello!
This has been a semirelaxing week. Brady's last day of school was on the 20th, but since then I have been so busy! I ushered at Showtime Boxing, Animal Welfare meeting, PTO meeting tonite(W/new principal) (which I have not met yet, and not too excited about meeting from what I have heard so far.) Baseball games almost twice a week plus practices. I so want to go to school this summer just for the fact that I will graduate in the fall. I want to get finished!!! I want some money!! Not that Oklahoma pays teachers what they need. Way far from what they deserve, believe me!!!!! If I graduate in the fall at least I can sub for the rest of the year and make something!! Brady also needs to take swimming lessons this summer. I keep putting it off and he MUST take them this summer. He can stay above water but I don't feel comfortable if he was out in the middle of over his head water that he could make it back to the side. Our pool has a new water slide so I know he will want to go alot this summer. Guess I will be doing my homework at the pool.
Ok, I was trying to put a picture in this email, but guess it posted on its own blog. Owell. I am still learning. I still can't figure out how to post other bloggers over on the side---the ones I read all the time! Gotta go take a shower since it is after 1:30! I am terrible, but when school starts I will be waking up at 5:30 so I am taking advantage of my time off now.

Brady's slide into home!! 

Brady's Science Fair Project 2005----Note: we had a baseball game right after, "Go Yankees!!" 

Brady & Shae Bear 

BREATHE!

Yes! Finals are totally, officially----OVER! Yea!
Son's science fair is----OVER! Garage Sale is----OVER! ...... Although, we are having another one in a couple of weeks so that me and mom can get some stuff together for it. Alyssa and Keith cleaned up real good! Big Moolah! They are remodeling their house that they bought here so they can now get their new floor for the kitchen. And move here faster. YEA!
I have 3 of my grades so far. Ed Psych-"A" Life science lab for teachers"A" and my dreaded math class, that I was so worried about, I pulled a wonderful "B" out of my butt somehow. My Art was probably a B, and Geography maybe a D?? Let ya know.
Brady's Science fair project that was turned in last Thursday, he got a Blue Ribbon, and a certificate for Outstanding Excellence. Very proud of him. He did all the typing for it himself, the only thing I really did was take some pictures, print the stuff out, and help him glue it to the board.
We stayed up until 1am Sat morn getting stuff ready for the big sale! We also were ready at 6:30 that same morning removing tarps, etc., because Friday night was very cold, rainy and windy. Sat was gorgeous!!! We closed down finally around 5:30pm?? People sporadically kept showing up with half our stuff already put away and started digging through the bins. owell. We are prepared for the next one.
Went to Buffalo Run with Steve last week and he won $400.00. I had a sreen of all 7's on the Jungle Juice machine and if I had been betting MAX bet I WOULD have won $6,400. but no, I only got like a measly 16.00. wooo hooo.
Later!