How My Mind Works... Unconscious Mutterings 330

Thought I'd play along with Escape Hatch's Unconscious Mutterings. Here are my answers in red:

I say.... and you think....

1. Lisa :: Ling
2. Hope :: Floats
3. Irene :: Cara
4. Tony :: Danza
5. Anna :: Banana
6. Dolly :: Llama
7. Laura :: Ingalls Wilder
8. Debbie :: Gibson
9. Wilson :: Castaway
10. Paula :: Abdul

Matching Socks, My Ponynub and More Random Thoughts...

I'm a little late, but had a few random thoughts to add to the fun...

>>I hate washing whites. The white load has so many little things in it. Dishcloths, t-shirts and socks -- OMG! I HATE sorting through the socks. Do other people have this problem, or is it just me? My son and husband have a million white socks but in twenty different styles and it takes me freaking forever to match them all up! It reminds me of playing Match Card when I was a child - I never liked that game either! Do you think I'm exaggerating? Here's a picture of just a few of them... see the pile that I haven't even touched at the back of the photo? (Boy they still look dirty! I swear they are clean - I even used bleach!)


>>My hair is long enough that I can pull it back (tightly) and get it in a pony band. However, it's just long enough to get it there and the ponytail is only about 1/2" to 1" long. So it's really more of just a ponynub.

So, yesterday I was hot and I was working in the yard and in order to keep my hair out of my eyes I put it in my ponynub. DH comes home, takes one look at me and says, "Your hair is too short for a ponytail." DUH ~ That's why it's in a ponynub! Then he tells me I look like one of the Robert Palmer girls. Remember the Robert Palmer girls from the Simply Irrisistable and Addicted to Love videos? Well, they did look freaky, but if I remember correctly they had great bodies, so I could live with the exchange.


>>I find it so annoying when the receipt printer at the pay-at-the-pump is out of paper. Don't they know I'm way too lazy to have to walk in to the store to get the receipt??? Maybe they need a blaring alarm on the pumps so they get out there and add paper when they get low.

Not too much to talk about today. I'm about to fall asleep, so until next Tuesday's ramble...

Hubby Has A Talking Lady To Get Him Where He Wants To Go

For our anniversary I bought DH a Garmin GPS. It was partly for him, but honestly, it was partly for me too. Not that I want to use it, (although it did come in handy on our trip to Gatlinburg!) but it was partly for me in the sense that about once a week Hubby calls and says, "I need you to look up directions for me to such-and-such." Ah, one less call a week. One less time for me to drop what I'm doing and run to the computer to give detailed instructions over the phone. And I have to admit, I don't sound nearly as lovely as the Australian voice of Karen who kindly says to turn left at the next street.

Hubby loves it too! He calls it, "his talking lady." He even used it to get down the street to his mom's house the other night - a place he has to drive by on the way home, just because he feels he has someone to keep him company! (Don't break his heart and tell him she's not real!) It did come in handy when looking for a hardware store yesterday. You can click on points of interest and it will give a list starting with the closest first. It even gives you the phone number of most of them!

I purchased this particular model (nuvi 750) because it can handle multiple addresses and tell you the quickest route to take to them. (Great for someone with a lawn care business!)

It also has an MP3 player built-in and can transmit through your FM stereo. I put more than 15 songs on the internal memory, but there is also a slot where you can expand the memory. (With a SD card, I do believe, not a compact flash card -- although these are what higher end DSLR cameras generally use.)

And, as if that wasn't enough, it will also show media. So now when he turns it on he gets a picture of me and our son. So, even though the "talking lady" may take him where he wants to go, I'm the face he better associate with it!

Holiday by Madonna for Music Monday

This song was on a CD I was playing while we were grilling out on Saturday night and I had to get up and dance. It's just that kind of tune! And, since it's a holiday today, I thought it would be a good choice to share here. Have fun listening ~ and get up and dance!

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My First Friday Fill-In #125

I used to love Mad Libs, so when I saw Friday Fill-Ins I had to play along! Here we go, my answers are in pink:









1. Moving is worse than hemorrhoids!

2. love is free. (but not easy to get.)

3. My best quality is procrastination - I have it down to an art form!

4. Who cares about the details. (apparently my husband does, he can't tell a story in fewer than 10 minutes!)

5. In nearly 10 years, I'll be over-the-hill -- Wanna come with me?

6. Sun is what I need right now! (Boy was this a loaded fill-in! -- I kept it PG!)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to grocery shopping (sound fun?), tomorrow my plans include grillin 'n chillin w/good friends and wine and Sunday, I want to do nothing --fat chance!

Two Weeks Of Fun, Now It's Back To Reality!

We have done nothing but run for two weeks now. My theory is that it's more fun to go somewhere than to clean the house!

Two weekends ago we went camping at Land Between The Lakes in Kentucky. We got there on Friday around noon, got set up, and the heavens unloaded! Buckets of rain fell, but my husband's uncle had set up a HUGE piece of plastic to make an outdoor room of sorts, so we all ventured over there and played cards until the rain passed, which it did and we had a good evening -- until about 11 p.m. when it started pouring again. I've never camped in rain that hard! It poured buckets and buckets for hours. Thankfully our popup only had two small leaks on the seams on the very ends. I put a towel under them and they were fine. And, with as hard as it rained, for as long as it rained, just about everyone had a small leak. I sealed the seams the next morning, and hopefully we'll never have rain that hard again, so we should be fine for future trips.

The next day the sun came out, the sky was blue and I got sunburned. All-in-all a good trip!

I had intended to post during that weekend, but there was no internet access at the campground, so I took the weekend off.

Then I worked for three of the next four days, packed up again on the fifth day and left that afternoon. This time we went to Lake Cumberland. We didn't camp here since we have friends with a trailer we stayed with them... along with three other couples and five teen boys... good thing no one was claustrophobic ~ especially since all of us, plus my friends little boy and another couple, spent Saturday on the boat together! Oh, we did have WaveRunner that one or two people would get on from time to time. So, there were ONLY 14 on the boat, my bad!

My girlfriends and I on the back of the boat.

It was a lot of fun... until the threat of rain had us flying back to a dock. We made it before the rain, but the temperature dropped about 15 degrees and we had a miserably cold ride back to the trailer, about 20 minutes away. You know, that painful cold. The wind blowing on your scantily clad body, the rain softly pelting you. Of course, a hot shower and a stiff drink later and we were all feeling fine again!

On Sunday my husband and I sent our son home with a relative and we headed on down to Gatlinburg for our annual anniversary trip. We decided, on the way home, that two nights really weren't enough, but duty called and we headed back Tuesday afternoon. We did squeeze in an 11-mile bike ride at Cades Cove and saw 3 black bear, (from a distance) and some turkey and deer. It was a beautiful day, the weather cooperated wonderfully with a high around 70 and blue skies. We had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, I got my favorite dark chocolate covered cherries at Aunt Mahalia's Candies, and I purchased a silver bracelet that will hopefully not fall apart.

But now it's back to reality. No more trips for a while. DS's graduation is just a little over two weeks away and I have a ton of things to get ready before the party. In addition, I still have work to do in my yard and garden, (the weeds are taking over!) and the dog needs to go to the vet. (He's behind on his shots, heartworm meds and needs Frontline - since the ticks seem to be out in full force!)

So, expect me to get back on a regular posting schedule... and feel welcome to yell at me if I don't!

Black Water For Music Monday

This is one of my favorite songs of all time! It makes me think of summer and fun on the water with friends. When I'm stressed and hear it, I immediately relax. If you are a water lover, like me, take a minute and listen and imagine yourself at your favorite lake, river, or ocean spot. --And don't be like me and worry about bathing suit season just around the corner! (I really need to starve myself or try do something - maybe I'll look into these weight loss supplement reviews.)



Lyrics | Doobie Brothers lyrics - Black Water lyrics

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It's Tuesday And I'm Rambling On About Nothing!

I guess I should start by apologizing for not posting as often. I didn't fall off the planet, or admit myself to rehab, I'm just working. Sound fun?

I've mentioned previously that the branch I worked at closed at the end of December. I still haven't found a job. Apparently, I know too much about some things and not enough about others.

So, I decided after talking to some relatives who had their own cleaning business to start my own. Now when I told one of my friends she said, "yuck! I hate cleaning!" OK, so it's not glamorous, but I can either work for $8 an hour or $20 - $25 an hour. You do the math.

Now at night instead of writing I'm tired and want to go to bed. Imagine that! Cool new concept! It's one that definitely doesn't run in my family. I'm generally a night owl. It'll be one or two in the morning and I'm more awake than I was at noon. It's a very hard habit to break.

If, and that's a big if, hubby gets down with his lawn care jobs in time, we are planning a camping trip for the weekend. I recently started an outdoor camping blog. Now hubby thinks we can deduct all camping trips and equipment on our taxes in the name of research. I'm not sure the IRS will love that idea.

I finally moved the mulberry tree I'd been planing on moving for two weeks. Why did it take so long? Because no one would help! And then my DS told me it was too big to move, there was no way I could move it! Ha! Don't tell me I can't do something! OK, so it may not live, but it's now moved! Done by noneother than myself and the hundreds of muscles that will be screaming in pain tomorrow! ...Tell me I can't do something! I've watched The Biggest Loser. I know anything is possible.

And speaking of weight loss, I hate 40! All this physical work and working out and have I lost any weight? Nope, nayda, zilch! I even tried a colon cleansing product. Still the same. Once you're 40 you might as well sit on the couch and eat a bag of chips, you ain't gonna lose weight anyhow!

And finally, do you feel the media is just going a little hysterical with this Swine Flu? No, I don't want it. But people die from the 'normal' flu and chicken pox and stomach viruses and we don't become paranoid about it. Now, I've got to go buy masks and hand sanitizer and I can never shake your hand. Geez... I think Ill just go out and plant something -- my plants have yet to get me sick.

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