Thursday, December 30, 2010

Follow Friday 40 and Over!!

Welcome to the 31st edition of the  
Follow Friday 40 and Over!! 



Are you a blogger over 40? Yeah, welcome to the club!
Please join in the fun and get to know your fellow bloggers!!






Congratulations to my friend Marie at "XmasDolly" 



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Her blog was randomly selected from the participants of last  Friday's Blog Hop
to be the featured blog this week!!

She holds the #2 Hot Spot this week. Make sure you show her some love and follow her blog.

As a special gift, if your blog is selected and you do not have a blog button, I will make one for you!!!  Plus I will add your button to my Awesome Blogs  page!!

Maybe you will get selected next time!  Wouldn't it be great to have your blog showcased here!!!
Good luck to all!

The RULES to join in are very simple!

1. Grab the button
2. Add your link to the list
3. Visit as many other blogs as you can
4. Follow the ones you like (and comment on their blog to say that you are following)

NOTE:  PLEASE leave your blog address when you leave a comment!!  I have had several people wanting to follow back but the blogger can't always be found through the google info page!!

This list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up  each week for new participants to find your blogs. It will be visible all week to visit  the blogs listed.


While you are here, make sure you check out the
Over 40 Blogger List!!

Be sure to join if you haven't already!


HAVE FUN!

No More Oatmeal Kisses......

I love this great reminder, and thought I'd share.

An Erma Bombeck Column:


A young mother writes: "I know you've written before about the empty-nest syndrome -- that lonely period after the children are grown and gone. Right now, I'm up to my eyeballs in laundry and muddy boots. The baby is teething; the boys are fighting. My husband just called and said to eat without him, and I fell off my diet. Lay it on me again, will you?"

OK.
One of these days, you'll shout, "Why don't you kids grow up and act your age!"
And they will.


Or, "You guys get outside and find yourselves something to do ... and don't slam the door!"
And they won't.


You'll straighten up the boys' bedroom neat and tidy -- bumper stickers discarded, bedspread tucked and smooth, toys displayed on the shelves. Hangers in the closet. Animals caged. And you'll say out loud, "Now I want it to stay this way."
And it will.


You'll prepare a perfect dinner with a salad that hasn't been picked to death and a cake with no finger traces in the icing, and you'll say, "Now, there's a meal for company."
And you'll eat it alone.


You'll say: "I want complete privacy on the phone. No dancing around. No demolition crews. Silence! Do you hear?" And you'll have it.


No more plastic tablecloths stained with spaghetti.
No more bedspreads to protect the sofa from damp bottoms.
No more gates to stumble over at the top of the basement steps.
No more clothespins under the sofa.
No more playpens to arrange a room around.


No more anxious nights under a vaporizer tent.
No more sand on the sheets or Popeye movies in the bathrooms.
No more iron-on patches, wet, knotted shoestrings, tight boots, or rubber bands for ponytails.


Imagine. A lipstick with a point on it. No baby sitter for New Year's Eve. Washing only once a week. Seeing a steak that isn't ground. Having your teeth cleaned without a baby on your lap.


No PTA meetings.
No car pools.
No blaring radios.
No one washing her hair at 11 o'clock at night.
Having your own roll of Scotch tape.


Think about it. No more Christmas presents out of toothpicks and library paste.
No more sloppy oatmeal kisses.
No more tooth fairy.
No giggles in the dark.
No knees to heal, no responsibility.


Only a voice crying, "Why don't you grow up?"


and the silence echoing, "I did."

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

Welcome to the 12th Edition of Wordless Wednesday!


Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed!


Never Growing Old


My sisters new Weimaraner puppy!!


 

Time to link up and meet!!

A Christmas wrap-up...

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas!! Mine? Not so much...:(

On Christmas Eve we were getting ready for Church and Grande had told me in the car the night before that Tall got his SAT score and I was surprised because Tall didn't tell me that he got his score.  Grande asked if I wouldn't tell Tall that I knew because he would know that Grande told me.

Me:  Tall...did you get your SAT score yet?

Tall:  Ummmm yea...it was 1250.

Me:  Thanks for letting me know.

Tall:  I just found out last night!

Me:  No you didn't.

Tall:  Omg...yes I did...last night when I looked on the computer.

Me:   I heard that you've know for awhile.

Tall:  No I haven't...I just found out.

Me:   That's really nice that you are lying to me.

Tall:  I am not...I just found out.  You never believe me and this is a bunch of crap.

So the whole way to church I didn't talk to him...he didn't talk to me.

After church we went out to eat.  Half way through the dinner we still weren't talking and it was really upsetting me....here it was Christmas Eve and one of my son's isn't talking to me.....so I said something to Joe because if one of the boys weren't talking to Joe, I would have intervened and fixed things!!  Why didn't he take the initiative to do that himself???  Agrah!  Men!  Anyhow...then Joe starts saying that why is he getting involved and I said because its effecting me and he should have said something to Tall...but he didn't.....so Joe finally says something to Tall.....Tall looks over at me and half-ass says he's sorry.....but....he didn't lie and he only just found out (even though I know he is lying...cause Grande said he knew the night before what his score was!).....so we argued back and forth for a bit and I said, "that's it...its Christmas Eve and I really wanted to have a nice dinner!"......is that too much for a mother to ask for??

After dinner we went home and Tall's girlfriend came over and we exchanged presents.....no word from Venti.

Christmas morning the boys opened their presents and we were out the door to go over to Joe's parents house....they live 5 minutes away.  Joe's parents were asking were Venti and Mocha were and we said that we hadn't heard from them.  They were upset that he wasn't there with us.  Later on we headed to my parents house (remember..they live next door to us)......we got there and my Mom asked where Venti was....I said that I didn't hear from him.  She said that Venti never told her that he wasn't eating dinner (we've eaten Christmas dinner at my parents house for the last 25 years!)....she said that its not right that he hasn't called or come over yet.

3:00pm....Venti and Mocha arrive at my parents house.  By then I was pretty upset that spent all of Christmas Eve....Christmas morning and most of Christmas afternoon with Mocha's family.....then Venti and Mocha only stayed until 6:00pm because they had to leave to go back to Mocha's house to see more of her family!!   We hadn't even exchanged presents with Venti and Mocha!!  They said that they would come over tomorrow....the day after Christmas!

We later find out that Venti never called or went over to see Joe's parents....they were so upset...they are in their 80's and who knows how many more Christmas's they will be around for.

On Sunday (the day after Christmas) Venti and Mocha come over around 3pm.....Joe and I were both upset with them...so was my parents and so were Joe's parents...and his brothers!

We sat down and I said that we needed to discuss what happened on Christmas day.  Mocha says she will NOT change the way that she does Christmas morning and says that she will always wake up Christmas morning at her parents house and she will never change that!  I asked if Mocha would have been okay with not seeing her parents on Christmas Eve, Christmas morning and then not until Christmas day at 3pm....and for 3 hours??  She said no, but that's the way it is at her house and she won't change.  I said that they are married now and they need to divide their time and she said that it takes 3-4 hours for all of them to unwrap their presents because they all take turns opening one gift at a time so she said that there is no way to cut down on that and so there is no other option!  I said that Venti has a family too and needs to spend time with them and Mocha said that she doesn't see how because that's the way they do things at her house!

So we argued about it for awhile.  Venti said he would communicate better and they would see what they can do about dividing their time.

Apparently once you marry into their household you have to do things their way...or their way!

Joe's parents never got to see him because they went back home yesterday.

So that was my Christmas....not very good....this marrying your children off is a bunch of crap...especially with a daughter-in-law that has my son whipped already!

Hope all of yours was better then mine.....

Guess there's always New Year's to look forward to!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Meet Me on Monday!!

Welcome to the 28th edition of 
"Meet Me On Monday!"
 
Blogging  is a funny thing...we tell our most intimate thoughts for all to read  and yet most of the time I find myself sitting and wondering, "who is  this person!?"  I know them...but yet I don't know them!  I want  to know who the person is behind all those words so I thought of a great  way for all of us to "meet" each other!

Every Sunday I will post five get to know you  questions that you can copy and paste into your own Monday post and we  can all learn a little more about each and every one of us!!

"Its a great way to to meet new friends and for others to get to know me better....one Monday at a time!!!"....as quoted by the Chacogirl!! I will make this SIMPLE and FUN!!!

I  will add a linky so we can follow who participates and get to know them  better!!  Be sure to link the POST and not just your whole blog!


Questions:

1.  What are your New Year's Eve plans?
2.  How tall are you?
3.  What is your favorite pudding flavor?
4.  What room of the house do you blog the most in?
5.  What is your best physical feature?
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My Answers!

1.  What are your New Year's Eve plans?
     
      We are going out to dinner at 6:00pm to our favorite restaurant with my best friend and her husband.  Then we are invited to my sister's next door neighbor (remember, we all live in the same neighborhood) for a party.  At least we won't have far to walk home since they live 3 houses away!


2.  How tall are you?

      Wellllllll I thought I was 5'7 1/2" until I went to the doctors 2 weeks ago and she measured me and said I am 5"6".....am I shrinking already???  Ugh!!!

    3.  What is your favorite pudding flavor? 

         My favorite is Vanilla although I wouldn't turn down Chocolate!!  Yum!

    4.  What room of the house do you blog the most in?

          The family room!  I have my spot on the end of the couch....its my little office space....you can even see my heating pad!  We actually have an "office" but it never gets used.  I prefer the comfort of the couch!


    5.  What is your best physical feature?

         I would have to say my hair!  I get tons of compliments on it.  I do have a lot of it!
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    Time to link up and meet!!

    This is a blog hop so if you want to put the linky on your post just click the "Get the Code" at the bottom of the linky.

    Your link MUST include your Meet Me On Monday post or it will be deleted!

    Also  PLEASE either put the Meet Me On Monday button in your post or link  your post back to me.  I have found several people just posting the  questions and answers in their post and no one knows that they actually  belong to a meme and linky! 

    Saturday, December 25, 2010

    Merry Christmas!!!

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    Merry Christmas to everyone!!  I hope you all get to spend the day happy and enjoying your time whether it is with friends or loved ones!  

    Thank you all for being a friend, follower, or both as that is the best Christmas present I could ask for! 

    Hugs to you all and I'll see you Sunday Night for Meet Me On Monday

    Thursday, December 23, 2010

    Follow Friday 40 and Over!!

    Welcome to the 30th edition of the  
    Follow Friday 40 and Over!! 



    Are you a blogger over 40? Yeah, welcome to the club!
    Please join in the fun and get to know your fellow bloggers!!






    Congratulations to my friend Pam at "Empty Nest" 


    Empty Nest


    Her blog was randomly selected from the participants of last  Friday's Blog Hop
    to be the featured blog this week!!

    She holds the #2 Hot Spot this week. Make sure you show her some love and follow her blog.

    I hope you like your button Pam!

    As a special gift, if your blog is selected and you do not have a blog button, I will make one for you!!!  Plus I will add your button to my Awesome Blogs  page!!

    Maybe you will get selected next time!  Wouldn't it be great to have your blog showcased here!!!
    Good luck to all!

    The RULES to join in are very simple!

    1. Grab the button
    2. Add your link to the list
    3. Visit as many other blogs as you can
    4. Follow the ones you like (and comment on their blog to say that you are following)

    NOTE:  PLEASE leave your blog address when you leave a comment!!  I have had several people wanting to follow back but the blogger can't always be found through the google info page!!

    This list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up  each week for new participants to find your blogs. It will be visible all week to visit  the blogs listed.


    While you are here, make sure you check out the
    Over 40 Blogger List!!

    Be sure to join if you haven't already!


    HAVE FUN!

    Hard to get used to....

    I wasted several Christmas cards by doing this:


    I have written Venti's name on our cards for 22 years!  Its hard to NOT write it!

    Starting today I have off until Monday.....yippee!!  I am SUPER excited!  I wrapped most of the presents last night and will wrap the stocking stuffers tonight.  Having 4 children (+ a daughter-in-law) at Christmas time is like having a 2nd job!  It is very time consuming and so much to get everything together...but I'm getting there and now that I have 2 days off before Christmas I think I just may get it done!

    Today I'm going to finish up my shopping and all the boys need a haircut...including Venti...I haven't cut his since the wedding!  

    I have my appointment today at 10am for the TMJ evaluation.  I'm hoping to get some answers on my ear problems!!

    Tomorrow we will take the boys out for an early dinner and then go to 5:00pm mass. I'm excited to spend some time with all of them.

    I just found out our cat Ozzie (the European Burmese) has asthma!  He's been coughing and wheezing for about a month now and is on his 3rd medication.  Does anyone have a cat that has asthma?

    I will still be posting Follow Friday 40 and Over tonight so I will see you then!  

    Tuesday, December 21, 2010

    Wordless Wednesday!!

    Welcome to the 11th Edition of Wordless Wednesday!


    Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed!!


    Never Growing Old


    Brody watching us decorate the tree!!
     

    Time to link up and meet!!

    A Christmas Party

    Saturday was our family Christmas party at my Aunt and Uncle's house.  They have a large and very well decorated home.  I thought I'd share some images with you!



    Tall



    Grande



    Venti and Mocha



    Joe and I



    Short, my nephew and my cousin's son



    The breakfast nook



    The Kitchen




    Looking down into the family room





    The Master Bedroom



    Master bathroom





    The beverage center...in the master bedroom



    Looking in to the sitting area in the master bedroom



    The sitting area in the master bedroom




    One of the spare room's bathroom



    My sister trying out the tub!



    One of the spare room's







    Venti and Mocha



    2 of my nephew's, Grande and my cousins son sitting in the library



    My Uncle showing off one of his liquor cabinets!



    Joe and I



    The Dining Room



    My parents



    The Family Room





    My brother-in-law, sister and my niece



    Short and my nephew



    The food table!



    Joe, Grande and Tall singing "The 12 Days of Christmas"



    Mocha and Venti singing their part!



    My sisters and my Aunt and me!

     It was a really fun night.  I had one too many pomegranate martinis though!  They were so good!

    See you tomorrow for Wordless Wednesday!