Updates

$83.79 later and I have a New power box thingy. Battery Boy said that those things "never wear out". K, so mine did. 4 months after getting new laptop. I am lucky like that.

2 clients came in today and I was telling them about my new BFF, Teresa. They both "love" her. One had been at the Mexican place earlier in the evening and had very bad service by St. Teresa.
So it wasn't just me being a bi-otch. I love to be right!

I had to miss the SATC premiere. Sad day, but sometimes being a Mom has to take center stage. (J had an All Star baseball game tonight.) I got the slightly tipsy phone call letting me know what I was missing. They wanted me to jump in the car and get there. Now. Unfortunately, not happening.

Baseball tournaments tomorrow from 10am-8pm. Ask me about my sunburn tomorrow night.

Not again...

I am going to be in serious mourning this weekend.

The power supply went out on my laptop. (At least that is what I am hoping!)
I was online yesterday for a while and then the boys played for a while. When Paint boy got home last night, he wasn't able to even turn the laptop on. So sad!

I am off to the Battery store today with lots of prayer (and willingness to pay any amount of money) for a new power cord/battery.

Dear Teresa,

I understand that you work at the local Mexican restaurant and you might be new around here, but I would like to explain how our country works. The Customer is ALWAYS Right! This is part of our Bill of Rights, right after Bearing arms and a woman's Right to Vote. I believe it's the 28th Amendment.

When I order the "Homemade Sangria" and complain that it tastes off, please don't tell me "that they opened a new bottle just for me". I ordered it because of the "Homemade" part, not the watered down cheap wine taste. Just take the pitcher away and offer to bring me something else. I know the margaritas are strong and tasty, I expected the same from your Sangria.

Next, when I order my steak burrito ( that I always order) do NOT come around the table and start stabbing my menu with your finger. Your statement about "wanting to make sure, so that I don't send that back, too" was way out of line. I swear that my eyes were going to pop out of my head, but I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of my new friends.

Seriously, could you have carried more than one item at a time to our table? We would not have run you like a retriever if you brought everything at once. It took a Village to serve our table.

Sincerely,
Hair Girl

P.S. When someone (not me) orders a Diet Coke with limes and needs a refill on said Diet Coke, that usually means they want new limes. Not the old, squeezed ones from the last refill. Bring new limes. I'm just sayin'.

Oh No!

For the last 3 years I have recorded all the shows I watch with a DVR. I can't watch regular live TV. I must fast forward through commercials. It has allowed me to watch a lot more tv than I ever have before. Good and Bad! I am a reality show junkie.

While sick on the couch Friday night, lightning struck my precious DVR.
After an hour on the phone with the Direct TV people, they set up a service appointment.
My new DVR arrived this morning. They used to pull the programming card from your old machine and stick it in the new one. All your programs saved and you were ready to go. Not so much! New card= new machine. I got Nothing! No shows, no movies, no schedule.

I am sad...

"Follies" of adult women

2008 brought the 75th year of the JL in my town. To commemorate the event, we decided to honor 75 women in our community that have made a difference. They were to be honored at a Spring concert/Follies event. It was a long year developing the idea and event.

At the April meeting they asked for volunteers to sign up to perform to one number.
They also held a "Wine and Cheese Tasting." Free wine and black truffle cheese. Yummy! I KNOW that they planned this. No way are sane women going to agree to dance in front of an audience. June Cleaver talked 3 of us from MM into performing with her. One month later. 4 practices to perform in front of an audience... HOLY CRAP!

Who knew that this is what our future held? The 4 Mistle-toads and next year's President!


Our first day of practice, we all had to stretch. And try out. Yes, I said try out. For something we volunteered to do.
They placed us into groups based on dance ability! Yikes! June deemed them the "Eagles, Cougars and Turtles."
I was disappointed that I wasn't in the Eagles (until I found out that they had multiple numbers!) I became a Cougar- and prayed not to mess up.

We practiced and practiced. To Kool and the Gang's "Celebrate". I just don't like that song so much any more. 3 practices and we still didn't know the whole routine. Remember, we are JLers, soccer moms, average age 34. The future didn't look to good.
The dress rehearsal.
Look, all our feet are off the floor at the same time. We might actually have a chance at this. This is the night where we learned the end of the routine. 3 days before we were to perform.
Notice the flat wigs. They were HUGE! We were told to bring pantyhose stuffed with batting to help hold them up. Put the panty part on our heads and wrapped the sausage stuffed legs around and around. It could possibly be one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time!
Here are some of the Eagles performing with the band. These are the girls that knew what the heck they were doing. They were always in the spotlight, so hopefully all eyes were on them.

Here we are mid routine. It was the shortest 2 1/2 minutes of my life. I was counting and concentrating on smiling the whole time. Notice how large the wigs are here?
BTW, that is my large butt in this picture. Paint boy only got shots of my back.
Here we all our in all of our 70's disco glory! I am the one in the blond wig.



We all agreed to wear our outfits to the Annual Halloween party. So be prepared, you will see this look again. It will free up the husbands to get really creative. (I know some of y'all are thinking that Halloween is a long way off. Around these parts, we all start planning our costumes early Summer. Paint boy and I have been know to make a pact that we will have decided on our costume before coming home from the Summer beach trip. This year we are all set. We have decided on costumes and its still May!)
Don't think for a minute that PB is going to come as a 70's disco boy! The man lives all year for "his" party. Any chance to wear makeup. Just Kidding!


We all agreed it was so much fun. I got to know some girls a lot better and laughed a lot with my friends. I don't regret my "Follies" for a moment.

Are you kidding me?

So it is a little more than allergies.

I have thrown up 3 times. WTH?

Isn't this May, who gets the stomach flu in May? I had to leave work yesterday at 10:30 am. I slept from 11 to 3pm. I then went back to sleep from 4- 6pm. Thank Heavens that J didn't burn down the house! Good Boy!

I tried to get up and go to work today, but I was sweating with a fever still. Not going to happen. I have been on the couch since 9 am.
I am progressing; yesterday- bed, today- couch.

BTW- Last day of School! I can't decide if I am excited or not...

I am claiming medicine head

Have you ever had that feel of your head floating above your body while taking allergy pills? That, my friends is Medicine Head!

Paint Boy called me this morning and told me he forgot his laptop! Ma-jah crisis!

I promised to "bring it to him on my way to work, in about 15 minutes."
K, I totally forgot! In 15 minute span I forgot the laptop at the house.

Not a Happy Paint Boy!