Well It's not really happy but it's Monday right? 

This past weekend was GREAT!  We celebrated the lil man's bday and wahoo it was great!  He got lots of cool stuff and he just had a great day playing with the kiddos and such.  After all the kids left he of course turned to the fun Aunt (me) and said c'mon lets swing, lets ride bikes, lets swim in the pool, want some cake.... And yep we did it all!   The really cool thing is I got him to wear big boy pants (no diaper) for 2 hours! Wahoo...

 

Sunday hubby and I took my cousin on an awesome bike ride.  Got lost... really lost. It was Awesome!  The weather was perfect and the fact that hubby was dealing with being lost with a smile and laugh was better than I could have ever hoped for.  Trying to convince my cousin who was riding on my bike not to LEAN into a corner was a bit of a challenge but we worked through it. tee hee

 

I probably wont be on here much more this week as I've got cou*rt again on Wedne*day (BLECH!).  But I have to do it I know.  I'll ask that you keep me in your thoughts.  I know with my friends and family behind me I will able to stand.  It's only the beginning and it's killing me.  I can't sleep, I'm just not happy.  I hate this feeling inside of me.

 

Then this next weekend is girls ca*noe weekend.  Hubby thinks that will be just the thing I need after the ugly of court.  Hopefully he's right.  I don't want to be a downer that's for sure.  So whatever I feel on the inside I will put a happy face on and make sure my friends have fun.    So here it goes... WAHOOO!!!  GIRLS WEEKEND!!! WAHOO!!

 

I hope you all have a beautiful week.  

Take care

TTFN

Well hubby and I got the little man one of those 3 wh*eeled scoo*ters for his bday.  Hubby is really bad at keeping secrets and he really wanted to give it to him early.  I finally caved.   I let him give it to him.  O.K. so he loved it!   He rode it all evening and sis just called me and said that he had to have it sleep in his room with him last night right next to the bed.  He even shared his blankies with it.  NOBODY ever gets that!  Not even mom. 

And then this morning he wanted to go in and lay with Daddy his hands were full of his blankies and he said mom will you please grab my sc*oot*er and push it into daddy's room so I can look at it cuz my hands are really full.

 

I guess it was a good gift!  Hope you have a great weekend.    We will be havin a 3 year old bday party and of course like the other two years it's going to be really hot and humid with chances of thunderstorms.  But man time flies!  it's hard to believe he's three already! 

 

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What has happened to customer service?    Seriously I get that times are changed and things are very relaxed now but come on!! 

Today I go to a local bank to make a deposit for our company.  The girl behind the counter doesn't even acknowledge me with any type of greeting.  Why you ask?  well she was on her cell phone of course!   Talking to her boyfriend or some one cuz I all heard over and over again was o.k. baby I love you too! The entire time she is handling my paperwork she never even looks or smiles at me nothing..... Then she tells the person on the phone to hold on... they obviously just keep talking while she sits there holding my completed paperwork.   Waiting waiting waiting..... finally again she tells the person on the phone, baby I wuv you hold on a minute...giggle and then hold on! I'm standing there finally loosing my cool and I say excuse me is my transaction finished?   She finally just hands me the paperwork and I'm on my way... and then I hear her say to the phone, never mind my customer is gone go ahead with what you were saying.      Not even a thank you ..... NOTHING!

 

Last week while at cell phone store (v*r*zon) I only need a phone case, nothing more.   I don't get greeted with a hello how are you... I get ma'am you need to go to the screen at the front of the store touch it and it will prompt you what to do.   My reply, "I just need a case do I still need to do that?"..... Like I said Ma'am go to the screen it will prompt you what to do.   GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!  

The only thing the screen does is ask my name and cell number and why I'm there.  It doesn't even say WELCOME!

 

The other day I was in a store (K*art) looking for something and I couldn't find what I'm looking for.... I go looking now for an associate to help me.... YEAH RIGHT!   I'm standing there while 2 young employees talk about so and so and what a b*tch she is and OMG she said what and you did what and he ha ha he!   GRRRRRR... I saw them look at me I was standing right there and finally I said can one of you help me please.  One responded with yeah sure.   I tell her what I'm looking for and she then finishes the conversation with the other employee before she helps me! AAARRRGGHH

 

So have you noticed these problems as well?   Or is this just me being crabby again And/OR expecting too much? ?!?!?

 

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Well the camp out was soooooo much fun.... well other than the rain and the mud... And the more mud and did I mention there was a lot of mud?   Oh my there was lots of mud!

 

Friday night had a great time with the hubby celebrating his bday!  I was his DD and told him where ever you want to go however long you want to stay it's your day!  We ended up at a friends house and went out on their boat.  It was great until... they started feeding him "toxic fruit".  (vodka marinated fruit).  That put him right over the edge. 

Trying to get him out of the ski boat and on to the dock he looses his footing and falls back in the boat... OUCH! That's a long fall due to his size.  Then my little stumblina about fell into the water off of the dock.  GET OFF THE DOCK honey!  So we took the long way to the car.... 1/2 step forward three to the left... 1/2 step forward three to the right... tee hee Needless to say... he was bruised and "tired" and his eyes hurt as he put it on Saturday. 

I told him to stay home from the camp out he was just miserable looking!

 

So I went without him.   I tried to wait until the rain had all passed.  It didn't work!  I got there and pulled into the yard to get back where they were parking the cars and campers and SUNK.  STUCK! I even tried 4 low to get out... nope... had to be pulled out! O.K. now everyone is laughing and such... Oh well what cha gonna do?

Finally get parked and having a great time visiting with everyone.   And the rain is coming down! A sprinkle here a sprinkle there and a downpour everywhere! YIKES!   We had plenty of places to get out of the rain. 

Once the rain stopped I walked back to my cooler for another beer.  The ground just cant take anymore water as there are puddles everywhere.  And MUD!  Was back at the truck and it started to rain, so I just popped the hatch up and sat there and drank beer and watched the rain.   It turned into a lil party there in the back of my truck.  picture this... 6 women drinking beer trying to stay out of the rain.  It was crowded but what fun!  I had to walk away to catch my breath as the laughter was constant!

 

At approx... 2:30am I had enough of being wet and muddy!  I was ready for bed!  I made a lil bed in the back of the truck and was just going to sleep there.  Sister was not happy with that.  Plus she keeps asking me why are you naked?   Ummm what?   Well I guess my silly drunk self was tired of wet muddy clothes so I decided to get nekked and wrap up in a towel.  Once I realized that (hmmm too many beers sunshine?) I told her do not let me leave this truck for any reason.  So we sat there and visited and laughed some more... finally I had to go to bed.  I climbed into the back of the truck and went to sleep. 

Funny thing is I woke up later and was trying to figure out for the life of me.. why was I in a yard, sleeping in my truck and where the heck are my clothes?!  Tee hee... I started to remember and drifted back to sleep.  Awoke again with the daylight and sat up trying to figure it all out again and then it finally comes flooding back.   And then I realize I'm sitting in the back of this blazer with windows everywhere NAKED!  I have no idea where my clothes are.   So I get out of the truck with a sheet and start the hunt for clothes.  Only to step out of the truck and sink up to my shins in muck! Not a pleasant way to start your day.  After pulling my feet out with a bit of a paranoid feeling of being stuck in the mud naked! I pull all the worms from my toes and climb back into the truck and try to find clothes.  I finally do. 

 

There was a guy there I called Richie Rich because he was very well off.   He had this bus camper thing... like they have on that tv show where they redo homes and at the end yell M*OVE THAT B*US!  Well we are all yelling that as he attempts to leave.. and well he sinks bad into the mud..  they actually think they are gonna push this thing out with man  power.  We chicks just stood there laughing knowing it's not going to happen.    Finally they had to call the worlds lar*gest tow truck and get winched out.   The lil boys thought that was the coolest thing, well other than swimming with the frogs in the pool . 

 

After that there was no way anybody else was going to pull or drive any camper out of that yard.   The ruts were 1 ft deep!   So they all left them until this weekend.   I'm going to go out there this weekend and help repair the yard.  It was a mess!   

 

After walking through the mud, muck, puddles and worms for hours on end... the sun popped out and the temp and humidity rose and I was done.  I left after a quick clean up effort.  I don't think I've ever enjoyed a shower more!   I had to stop on the way home however at the .25 car wash and spray some of the mud from my truck.  It was BAD!  

 

I went to bed that night at 7:30pm.  I guess I was a wee bit tired!   tee hee ha ha

 

So it was fun and muddy and the hubby bruised his butt!  That's it in a nut shell.

Have a great week!!

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Alright I've got the presents bought and wrapped..... silly little things....A big man lawn chair (don't forget he's 6'7"), a box of really nice solar lights (he hates porch lights on due to the bugs and now we are both happy cuz I can see and there's no bugs by the door) A new phone case (his broke), And as he put it the best gift I ever gave him... (a box with a gift card for a local bar with some ke*no tickets, pencils and some cash).  Ke*no is a ga*mbling game we have in M*ic*higan.  HE LOVES IT.  I think its dumb but who am I ?!?   And of course the wonderful scratch offs that he likes too! 

So there ya are!

 

I talked to the woman yesterday where we are camping out at.   She asked me to bring my famous wo*n tons.  UGH!! Yes everybody loves em and they are yummy but man oh man are they a pain in the keester to make.  Well it's not to bad if your only making one batch... she asked me to make 3!  UGH!  (I'll put the recipe at the bottom of the page.) I also picked up some chz and crackers and some spin*ach dip.  That's it!

 

Well now I know you will all sleep better knowing that Silly Me's stuff has been taken care of ! ! ! Tee hee ha ha

Have a great weekend everybody!!  TTFN

 

W*ONT*ONS

EGG ROLL WRAPPERS (If you get the big ones cut them into quarters)

1 tube of hot and spicy sausage

colby jack cheese

ra*nch dressing

 

cook sausage until very well done and crumbly.  DRAIN grease well

add approx 1.5 cups of cheese and approx 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup ranch dressing mix well.

spoon a small amount of mixture into wrapper and dampen the edges of the wrapper with water ( I use a damp paper towel) and pull all edges up and press to seal.

place into a mini mu*ffin pan.  Cook at 375 degrees approx 12 min or until golden. 

when removing from pan dab on paper towels to get more of the grease off.

enjoy!

You can cook them longer or shorter depending on if you like your wraps softer or more crunchy.

 

Hey... I never said they were good for your heart and waist line!  But yummy on the pallet! 

 

WHAT WOULD I DO WITH OUT YOUR HELP?

 

On the agenda for this weekend is a camp out at a friends house.   I need to bring some food to said event.  I'm going to be staying in my sisters camper and will have limited grill space and 1 burner between the two of us! So what can I take?  

I'm sure there will be butt loads of mac salad and potato salad.. so help me out here whats a unique thing that you've had or make and that everyone want the recipe for?  REMEMBER I would have to either make before hand or throw it together at the camp. 

Thanks for your help!

O.K. so Mr. Happy's (aka my hubby) Birthday is Friday... any ideas what to get him?  I've not a clue.. o.k. well I've got a new case for his cell phone and that's it.  I swore I would never buy him clothes again.  

He's so flippin hard to buy for.   I seriously thought of replacing the drivers seat in his truck as it's worn.  He'd fight me to no end on that one. 

He doesn't like to go out to eat.

He doesn't like the lingerie stuff.

He wont tell me anything he wants or needs.  I told him you better tell me something or else I'll throw you a huge surprise party.. He quickly said he needs WD-40 for the garage! GRRR!! 

I thought of buying him a leather coat for the HD riding... however he's so darn big that it's special order only and they have to measure him and he wont go!

 

So do you have any ideas? 

 

 

 

 

 

What fun last night was! 

O.K. so last week sometime I passed a Garage Sale and found a bike for sale.  This thing was like new.  It was marked $30 and I only had $22 on me so I asked the lady if she would take that and she said yes! Wahoo! 

 

It's been a long time since I was on a pedal bike. A LONG LONG time.   So last night I got brave enough to try it out.  I went around the block and survived.  Then I rode over to my sisters house so that I could show lil man the bike.  O.K. don't laugh too hard about this one..... I asked the hubby to drive behind me and make sure that I didn't look like an idiot on the bike, I think it's a wee bit small for me.   Funny eh?  wait.. it gets better.... So he pulls up beside me and says what am I looking for?  I asked him does my butt swallow the seat?  I don't want that look!   tee hee He said no.  THANK GOODNESS! 

 

So once over at sisters house, little man sees the bike and he loves it.  Wants to ride it.  I told him if you can sit on the seat and touch the pedals you can ride it, we tried and he said nope.   tee hee   I asked him if he wanted to go for a bike ride.  He said yes, So we go ask mom if it's o.k. and off we go.  I thought it would be hard for this fat girl to keep up with the boy.  Ummm no... actually crashed into his back end a couple of times.  He stops to look at everything.... and I do mean EVERYTHING!     Grass growing in the cracks of the sidewalk, boat in someones yard, a man mowing his yard, a dog running in someones yard.  A motorcycle going by.  And sprinklers.  Tee hee...

We rode through some sprinklers a couple of times and then we had to turn and ride through them again.  Finally back at his house and it's time for his supper.  He begs me not to leave and to go for a bike ride to my house.  I agree to wait.  After a quick bite to eat hes back out ready to go.  

 We ask mom and get the o.k. and off we go to my house.  Once we are there he runs from me hides behind a bush and I ask him what are you doing?  Peeing he says.   I said no buddy you can't pee in your diaper anymore.  Big boys don't do that you need to tell me when you have to go and I'll help you.  O.k. he said.  I say... Pinkie promise me you will tell me when you have to go and I will help you.  No more going like a baby in your diaper.  He did and repeated what I said! Wahoo (baby steps)

Then we hear it... The Ice cream man!!! WAHOO!!  So we both run up to my hubby and say got any money for the ice cream man?  He does so now we are waiting and realize ice cream truck isn't coming down our road... OH NO!   So we run to the next street and catch him... WHEW!   We get back to his house and his mouth lips and parts of his face are blue from the ice cream.  His mom looks at him laughs and says what happened... He said what do you mean momma.... well darlin you're blue!  He frantically looks at his hands, arms, feet, legs and even his belly.  No momma I not blue. (with a huge blue grin).   We laugh and explain the ice cream man story to her.   I have to go home now and say my good byes... He then looks at me and says pinkie promise we do it again tomorrow?  (with his whole hand coming at me.)

Gotta love that boy!  happiness in a little boys body!

 

Well after working late and a bit of confusion we ended up hitting the road at 9:00pm  on Thursday.  We reached our cabin at approx 12:30 am.  Whew I was tired.  I couldn't believe all the traffic on the highway going north.  WOW! 

 

Friday we napped on and off all day which was wonderful and then we headed out on the bikes.  What a beautiful ride.  We stopped by a friends cabin and visited with them for a few and then headed home.   I ended up taking the neighbor's grandkids to the fireworks in town.   Let me tell you I was shocked!  The kids are all mixed.  (1/2 black & 1/2 white) I never thought about it I guess until I went to town with them and the adults were giving me looks.  I seriously thought I put my undies on the outside of my shorts or something because of the looks.  And finally it dawned on me what they were looking at.  I finally looked right at the old bats and smiled rolled my eyes and looked away.   Funny thing is that we were playing si*mon says and i sp*y and we literally had 12 kids playing along.  Kids don't see color just the adults!  Disgusting if you ask me. They are children people!!   UUUGHH!  Oh well some people live in a hole I guess.   The fireworks only lasted approx 15 minutes, needless to say we were quite disappointed in the display.  We went back and had some smo*res by the fire. 

 

Saturday.  What a beautiful day!  The weather was perfect!  I tried talking the hubby into going canoeing.  He wasn't going.  So I went with out him with some friends.  The river was beautiful, the Eagle was huge we saw and the laughs were many. I did fall into the canoe once... it's wasn't pretty and I wasn't even drinking..  Nice bruise on my thigh.  UGLY.      Met back up with the hubby at the cabin hw was there having smores with the neighbor kids and just as I got there the littlest one comes to me crying cuz she got marshmellow in her hair well af*ro!   I got her cleaned up and the kids went home for a bit and I convinced hubby that we should go to the fireworks just the two of us ( no kids) so we did.  Saw friends that I was canoeing with earlier and had some fun with them.  They came back to the cabin and played cards and we did make sm*ores.

 

Sunday. Another beautiful weather day.  Hopped on the bikes and took a cruise.  It was great until I realized something was biting/stinging my buttocks.  Finally got the bike pulled over and dropped the pants right there on the road and was screaming to my hubby did you see a bug come out?  OMG is it big... He was just sitting there with a smile on his face waving to the old guy driving by.  Too funny.  Yep got stung somehow right on the crack! OUCH!  Put my pants back on and down the road we go.  I feel something in my shirt while cruising and look down to see the worlds lar*gest drag*on fly in my shirt!  Got him out without having to stop and remove clothing.  Tee hee  Finally our first stop is around these curves and then I feel it.  OH NO!  Sting sting ouch sting !  Picture this.... I'm driving the Hd one handed and slapping myself in the side trying to get this damn bee.  And finally I think I have it trapped not dead in my shirt so still trying to stop the bike one handed.  Hubby looks at me and says what now?   I lift up my shirt and omg that damn b*ee st*ung me 6 times! Yes, I thankfully kil*led the mon*ster!

So we go in to have a bite to eat and realized it's changed owners.  We shouldn't have eaten there. YUCK! Oh well so we head out again and decide to head for the cabin before a hawk ends up in my shirt! TEE HEE !

Made it home and were laughing and enjoying each other and our stories of our adventureus day.  Went in to get some cream for the stin*gs and I wanted to read it carefully because of the sensitive area (crack) I would be putting it on.  Well it just had me laughing I yell outside to the hubby and ask... do you think that a bee sti*ng in the crack of my ass is the same as an*al itc*hing? Cuz the tube says it's not meant for that.  Tee hee ha ha We both were laughing hysterically (now if you suffer from an*al it*ch*ing please I'm not making fun of you but my own situation!)

After sun down we are happy because the flies are gone but darn those skee*ters were horrible.  THe moths too!   Finally unable to handle the excessive bugs we go in the house to play cards.  We ended the game quickly as the tiny bugs were working their way through the screens to get at the light.  Our cabin was getting full of tiny bugs.  So there we sat in the dark laughing recapping our weekend.

 

It was fun!  I hope your weekend was wonderful and sting free! 

 

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Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!  (I also hope you can see these photos!)