Wow. What a weekend! Friday night I was kinda cranky. The beer gardens started, and we had drawdown tickets, but weren't going to be able to make it there on time. I didn't leave work till 7pm, and I had almost NO clean clothes, hadn't eaten supper, and really needed a shower, plus I was exhausted! We decided not to go. I had talked to Anya earlier in the day and told her that we wouldn't make it to the beer gardens by the time the drawdown started at 8pm, but it wouldn't matter because it wasn't like we were going to WIN anything, and I joked that she could call me if we won something.
I cooked supper (shocking, what with the kitchen burnout) Evan had a BLT minus tomatoes, and corn on the cob. I had corn and fish and broccoli with cheese. I decided to take a bath. I was relaxing, taking my sweet time. I had conditioner in my hair, was just soaking away, reading my book, and the phone rang. Evan answered and it was Anya. Evan came in and said "we won." and said he had to go up to the beer gardens to claim our prize. I was like "Don't worry, it's probably a pitcher of beer, don't get excited." He said "Maybe we won $500" and I was like- No. So 5 minutes later, phone rings, it's Anya, she's SUPER excited... "YOU WON $500!!! Get up here NOW!" and so Evan gets going and I am washing the conditioner out of my hair and hopping out of the tub and toweling off as fast as I can. I have a towel around my head and the phone rings, Wyanet Community Club calling, "You have just won $500, congrats!" and I say "My husband's on his way!" and on the way out the door Evan says "What will we BUY?!" and I said "we have plenty of bills to pay" and he said "Let's get an X-box 360!" and I was like FUCK NO! and he said "Let's but a new mattress!" and I was like Hmmm.... yeah!
So after further discussion, we decided to put that on our furniture loan, and that would get it pad off faster, and within the "same as cash financing" period so that the interest doesn't compound... and then we can go get financing for a new BED! Yippee! We badly need one, and we had already been trying to figure out how we would manage it, since our backs are KILLING us on the one we have.
So if I had another dollar for everytime someone has said "Aren't you buying rounds tonight?" or "Can I borow some money?" I would be even RICHER. LOL.
Most people were thrilled for us, and we heard lots of people say "we are so glad someone from Wyanet won!" and my friend Jamie, who sold me the ticket at her garage sale, was like NO WAY!
So that night I got some energy and stayed out till about 2:30, beer gardens followed by some strong ass amaretto and cokes at the Dawg House... and then I read my book till 3am when I couldn't bear to keep my eyes open another second.
And that was Friday!
Tomorrow I will blog about Saturday and tonight! but now it's 3am and I need to stop!
:)
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
Finally Friday
So this weekend is the Wyanet Festival. There will be a man auction. I wish I had unlimited funds because I would buy a couple of men. I could use the siding washed, or some weeds pulled, and the garage organized, and some bushes trimmed. And there are three dove nests around the house that can go.
The beer gardens actually started last night. We have drawdown tickets for tonight, and today I bought tickets to another drawdown from my grandpa, for the Manlius Historical Society in August. I would like to win. Who wouldn't? But I would REALLY like to win.
Saturday is the parade, and I have to walk in it for work, and I am supposed to wear some logo clothing, but all my logo clothing is all faded and shrunk so I am not sure what I am going to do about that. Argh. Do laundry I guess first, and then see what I come up with.
This morning I put on a pair of my new shoes (the loafers) for work, and I was SOOO upset. the right shoe is bigger than the left! WTF? I checked and they are both "marked" as the same size, but they are NOT! And I know my feet are the same size, I have TONS of shoes, and have tried on tons of shoes in my lifetime, and I have NEVER had this issue before. Of course the one that is too big is the one that I didn't try on in the store, since I only tried on one of each shoe. DAMN YOU PAYLESS! How frustrating is that? So my left shoe is fine but it feels like my right shoe is going to fall off at any minute. How fabulous.
I talked to Carrie today, she had a baby girl, Kara Elizabeth at 12:47pm yesterday via c-section. She was 17 days early and still weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces, and was 20 inches long. She is healthy, with dark hair and eyes, and Carrie says she looks like her dad, and her brother Jakob. I emailed Jay to see if he could send me the pictures via email, since Carrie and Kara are still in the hospital. Since he is 8 hours ahead of me (Iraq) I will probably hear from him in a day or two. Thanks to all of you who sent good karma her way! Now I just have to wait till labor day weekend till Angela and I fly out to see Carrie and Kara in Utah. And I have to save money to buy my ticket!
I am tired today. I took a sleeping pill last night at 10:30 and was still awake and fighting it off at 1am. I totally have GOT to go to sleep on time and get up earlier and go to work earlier. Really. I need to get back on track and start my walking again too. It's ESSENTIAL! I need a massage too, I can feel myself carrying lots of stress and strain in my shoulders again. Ugh. I need a vacation, but as usual, I have ZERO PTO and ZERO extra cash, so I won't be going anywhere, save for Utah on Labor Day Weekend.
Really, I am just plain tired. I am kinda feeling cranky towards the end of this week... not sure why. Mostly because I am tired I suppose. I am not even excited about the beer gardens this weekend and tonight, because it's just more money (I have to pay to get in and I don't even LIKE beer.) so I don't know. We will see. Plus I just feel like I am a machine to pay bills, and I am sick of it too. I feel like I live to balance checkbooks and write out checks. Ick. Ick. Ick.
Hopefully, this too shall pass.
The beer gardens actually started last night. We have drawdown tickets for tonight, and today I bought tickets to another drawdown from my grandpa, for the Manlius Historical Society in August. I would like to win. Who wouldn't? But I would REALLY like to win.
Saturday is the parade, and I have to walk in it for work, and I am supposed to wear some logo clothing, but all my logo clothing is all faded and shrunk so I am not sure what I am going to do about that. Argh. Do laundry I guess first, and then see what I come up with.
This morning I put on a pair of my new shoes (the loafers) for work, and I was SOOO upset. the right shoe is bigger than the left! WTF? I checked and they are both "marked" as the same size, but they are NOT! And I know my feet are the same size, I have TONS of shoes, and have tried on tons of shoes in my lifetime, and I have NEVER had this issue before. Of course the one that is too big is the one that I didn't try on in the store, since I only tried on one of each shoe. DAMN YOU PAYLESS! How frustrating is that? So my left shoe is fine but it feels like my right shoe is going to fall off at any minute. How fabulous.
I talked to Carrie today, she had a baby girl, Kara Elizabeth at 12:47pm yesterday via c-section. She was 17 days early and still weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces, and was 20 inches long. She is healthy, with dark hair and eyes, and Carrie says she looks like her dad, and her brother Jakob. I emailed Jay to see if he could send me the pictures via email, since Carrie and Kara are still in the hospital. Since he is 8 hours ahead of me (Iraq) I will probably hear from him in a day or two. Thanks to all of you who sent good karma her way! Now I just have to wait till labor day weekend till Angela and I fly out to see Carrie and Kara in Utah. And I have to save money to buy my ticket!
I am tired today. I took a sleeping pill last night at 10:30 and was still awake and fighting it off at 1am. I totally have GOT to go to sleep on time and get up earlier and go to work earlier. Really. I need to get back on track and start my walking again too. It's ESSENTIAL! I need a massage too, I can feel myself carrying lots of stress and strain in my shoulders again. Ugh. I need a vacation, but as usual, I have ZERO PTO and ZERO extra cash, so I won't be going anywhere, save for Utah on Labor Day Weekend.
Really, I am just plain tired. I am kinda feeling cranky towards the end of this week... not sure why. Mostly because I am tired I suppose. I am not even excited about the beer gardens this weekend and tonight, because it's just more money (I have to pay to get in and I don't even LIKE beer.) so I don't know. We will see. Plus I just feel like I am a machine to pay bills, and I am sick of it too. I feel like I live to balance checkbooks and write out checks. Ick. Ick. Ick.
Hopefully, this too shall pass.
Welcome To My Sexy Party
I love this, especially the "more plinko on the Price is Right"
This has been my cell phone ring for about a year now. LOL.
Lyrics Here
Thursday, July 06, 2006
BOOM!
Jacksonfest. I only blogged about it briefly this week... so here's the full story, with photos.Erin came from Nebraska. We drove over to Jackson's house on Saturday. We set up our chairs, added our alcohol to the cooler, and put our Howlin Hot Crab Dip in the fridge.
We had a great time. We met Matt and Breanne. I met Shelly, who was originally from Galva, which was cool because we knew people in common. There were lots of kids. Ohhh and lots of cookies! I l
ove cookies! Jackson and his crew deep fried 2 turkeys (I love deep fried Turkey!) and boiled sweet corn. Jackson's wife Angelique made potato casseroles and cherry pies. There were burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, radishes, pasta salad, and all kinds of veggies (celery, carrots, etc) and the desserts were great. Sugar cookies, M&M and chocolate chip cookies, brownies, pies.... Yum. While the dip heated in the oven with Angelique's potatoes, she showed us a big stack of family pictures, vacations, around the house, etc. We sat around and talked with everyone, meeting all kinds of new people.
Jackson brought out his Boa Constrictor, and it was just beautiful. Joe was afraid of snakes, and so he went to hide in the house. Matt freaked out Breanne with it a bit. The kids gathered around him. I got to pet him and he was so smooth and his skin felt fabulous! I haven't touched a snake since Evan had the python back when he lived with his parents. but that snake bit. And Jackson's doesn't. The little girls couldn't get enough of the snake. They all petted him and sat around him on a blanket on the grass. He was as tame and relaxed as a sleeping dog. It was amazing.
After we ate, the guys started to load up the back of the truck with fireworks and drove out to the designated launch site. As I was sitting there watching them unload, I got the itching to check it out.
Danger be damned! I went out and snuck into the "man territory" and started taking pictures with jackson's camera (I had forgotten my own) and I was loving it. I asked the occasional question "what's that" or "What are you doing" and was usually met with an enthusiastic explanation, except the one time I asked and the guy wiring (who seemed perhaps a little ticked off at
my presence in testosterone town) said "I don't know" and I was thinking to myself {hmmm... man wiring up explosives doesn't know what he is doing... encouraging.... encouraging} and there was the **occasional** large boom when someone snuck a firework off the table and lit it off to the side. They loaded the roman candle rack, organized the brightly colored packages, and drilled the cardboard tubes to the plywood table. They sorted and loaded the tubes with mortars. They wired fuses together. It was colorful and fascinating. And how did I, a mere woman, get into all that action? I didn't ask, I snuck in, and I was armed with a camera. Documenting masculinity must be an allowed activity.
When I had gotten my fill of photos, I watched the nice guy that lit all the sparklers for the kids, patiently. I took photos of the kids, swirling around the sparklers and placing the burnt out wires into an old 5 gallon bucket. Anne Marie was so cute, but she kept getting pissed at the sparklers if a spark would touch her. I don't think anyone else was noticing, but she would get a scowl on her face and say "no" or "ouch" and sometimes she would try to hand the wrong end to anotherunsuspecting kid to get rid of it. She is so cute and sweet, she was shy at the party but tonight she was all about talking to me and asking me questions. I think she was also a little perturbed that night by all the other, older kids, wanting to take her hand and lead her
around. They would chant "Anne Marie, Ann Marie!" and grab at her hands and then try to take her around and she would get the cutest pouty look on her face, adamant that she was a big girl and she would pull her hands away and march away with a purpose. I found myself observing the kids a lot.The guys shot off "parachute men" from one far corner of the yard and the kids LOVED them. They would run in herds across the yard, their heads thrown back and eyes to the sky, prancing along trying to be the first ones to the streamers and the men with parachutes. Those kept the kids occupied while they waited for dark and while the guys set up the fireworks.
Once everything was setup... the "pyro-crew" came up and did some fire-breathing with Cruzan Rum and Tiki Torches. I got some great pictures of that. It was entertai
ning, especially when they would accidentally swallow some and would spend the next 10 minutes swishing around water in their mouths with their eyes watering.Once the music started the guys put on their lighted headgear and headed for the fireworks table. Jackson chose some great music, better than any crappy fireworks music I have ever heard before. the only thing I wish he would have played... or did he and I just keep thinking this? Jimi Hendrix Star Spangled Banner. Maybe he did play it and that's why I am thinking it. Correct me Jackson?
The fireworks were spectacular. Before the show, someone accidentally set something off that ended up setting off a piece of the grand finale. Oops. There was a great mix of ground and sky, and it really lasted a nice long time. We were all entertained. I think the best part was knowing how hard they worked to put it on, and sitting around in a small group of guests, where we could hoot and holler and whistle and yell and cheer. It was a very comfortable and casual feeling, and I felt right at home, more than I ever had at any other fireworks display. We took pictures. At one time there was a small "unplanned" fire under the table, that had me gasping and worried, but they kicked it out quickly. There was also a firework that looked like it tipped over, and that might have been the one that burnt Jackson's
hand, all the guys scattered from the table and there was a great big flash of light. There was a huge intake of breath from the crowd and a bunch of "oh no" phrases slipped out... but the show went on. Afterwards we saw Jackson's hand, which he had all wrapped up tonight, but provided pictures of.After the fireworks there was a bonfire, but we didn't stay much longer, it was already after midnight when we got home.
So that was jacksonfest 2006. I can't wait till next year.
See ALL the pictures now, located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazed81/sets/72157594185880489/
Nice Thursday Night....
I had a nice evening. I left work a little early because I had alot to get done tonight. I ran home to change clothes, and then to Peru to pick up my earrings that were back from being fitted for backs. It looks to me (I could be crazy) like they put entirely new posts on the back of the diamond solitaires, with thicker threads and new special backs. I do not see these coming off unexpectedly. It's nice to have them back!
I also had three pair of shoes in that I had ordered from Payless.com- my work shoes (both heels and loafers) are totally shot. I replaced both pair and got a cheap $7 pair of backless white tennis shoes for summer. Last year I destroyed two pair of those. I love them!
I also made a quick stop in Hot Topic, because I saw the sign that t-shirts were on sale. Husband needs t-shirts desperately, his are always fading and falling apart. 90% of his wardrobe consists of t-shirts. They were SUPER cheap, all of them were $5.00 or less, some were as low as $2 and some were $3 or $4.00! I know! So I bought 10 t-shirts for $38.00 (that's including tax) and got a couple for me too- one from the catroon "Drawn together" with two busty girl cartoons making out (definately mine) and another one that says "I blogged your mom." I got one that I like but I will give to husband that says "Visit Oregon for the fishing, stay for the strip clubs" and has a girl's silhouette wrapped around a stripper pole in blue like neon lights. And I got him a Trigun shirt, Hellraiser, Punisher, Rurouni Kenshin, Mario, Soupa Villians, and a pretty cool Slipknot T-shirt. He is going to shit when he gets home and sees them all.
Then I went to Jackson's house, and sat and visited with Jackson and his wife (who is awesome) and his kids. I got the CD of pics I took at Jacksonfest. It was nice to get to chat with them, considering I usually only see them in person like once in 4 years. J's wife "A" sent me home with raspberries and a vegetable I have never had, and I can't wait to eat raspberries! Yum! How nice was that!
So- please stay tuned for the pictures and description of Jacksonfest.
I also had three pair of shoes in that I had ordered from Payless.com- my work shoes (both heels and loafers) are totally shot. I replaced both pair and got a cheap $7 pair of backless white tennis shoes for summer. Last year I destroyed two pair of those. I love them!
I also made a quick stop in Hot Topic, because I saw the sign that t-shirts were on sale. Husband needs t-shirts desperately, his are always fading and falling apart. 90% of his wardrobe consists of t-shirts. They were SUPER cheap, all of them were $5.00 or less, some were as low as $2 and some were $3 or $4.00! I know! So I bought 10 t-shirts for $38.00 (that's including tax) and got a couple for me too- one from the catroon "Drawn together" with two busty girl cartoons making out (definately mine) and another one that says "I blogged your mom." I got one that I like but I will give to husband that says "Visit Oregon for the fishing, stay for the strip clubs" and has a girl's silhouette wrapped around a stripper pole in blue like neon lights. And I got him a Trigun shirt, Hellraiser, Punisher, Rurouni Kenshin, Mario, Soupa Villians, and a pretty cool Slipknot T-shirt. He is going to shit when he gets home and sees them all.
Then I went to Jackson's house, and sat and visited with Jackson and his wife (who is awesome) and his kids. I got the CD of pics I took at Jacksonfest. It was nice to get to chat with them, considering I usually only see them in person like once in 4 years. J's wife "A" sent me home with raspberries and a vegetable I have never had, and I can't wait to eat raspberries! Yum! How nice was that!
So- please stay tuned for the pictures and description of Jacksonfest.
Addicted to Swap-Bot
I am getting started on Swap-Bot and loving it! I joined the coloriffic swap-o-rama and the pop-culture swap on Flickr, and joined swap-bot.
I have signed up for three swaps, a rainbow swap (colorific swap of the month, send a package of goodies {craft supplies, sweets, paper goods, toys, handmade items) and a Letter swap (mail a handwritten letter on stationary to someone you have never met) and a ribbon swap (mail 5 one yard sections of ribbon to two different partners from around the world.)
I can not wait!
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Insight Emails MIA
Tonight I talked to someone who said "I sent you that in an email" and I realized that I never received it, so I asked what address they sent it to. It was my insight email (the email that I get through my broadband provider) and I NEVER use that email. All my Insight emails were supposed to be forwarded (by insight) to my yahoo (dazed{at}dazed81.com) account. I have had it setup that way for probably 3 years. When I logged into Insight I had 284 unread messages that I had never received, dating from May through July. There were tons of people who had been cooresponding with me and I never even knew it! Yikes! When Insight did their broadband maintenance, they sent out an email that some account settings would change, but because they didn't forward that email to the yahoo, and I never check the insight emails, I never got that email either. I was so pissed! So I haven't been IGNORING some of your emails, if you sent them to the insight address alone, I didn't even receive them! I am so sorry! I recommend that anyone email me in the future to my regular email address. Not very many people have my insight address, and I never publish it anywhere or sign up for anything with it...
Labor Intensive
Everyone send good karma to my friend Carrie in Utah. She is being induced tonight (18 days early with mild pre-eclampsia) with her very first baby, and her husband is serving in Iraq right now and can't be by her side. Her family and most of her longtime friends are here in Illinois and can't be with her either. Please think of her and her baby!
Spotted something new...
Damn! How about that new 7up! Wow!I have to say that I grew up a Pepsi fan. My dad started me on Pepsi and I hated Coke. But I grew into a full-fledged Sprite chick. Sierra Mist doesn't Cut it, it's wayy too sweet and has that aftertaste. Pepsi and Sierra Mist both make me feel like I need to brush a film off my teeth!
I have been a Sprite Drinker for probably 8+ years, ever since I completely gave up Mountain Dew after college. I couldn't drink Mountain Dew today if I tried. The last time I tried, about 6 years ago, I spit it out in the sink. Yuk! Too sweet! I don't like Pepsi as much anymore, for the same reason.
But I love Coke, Vanilla Coke, and Sprite. I limit myself to one pop a day. It's one of my South Beach Indulgences. Otherwise I drink water or sugar-free lemonade with real lemon slices.
So for the 4th, husband bought some of the new 7-up. I thought to myself when I saw the commercials "how much different can it really be?" and then, last night, I tried one. I am in love. I can't say I will give up sprite, but the new 7-up is a little more lemony than before, and still has that biting crisp bubbly taste, perhaps even stronger. Wow is it great stuff. So if you haven't tried it, I recommend it! Yum!
It's Over!
Is it all over? Already? I really felt like I never left work, because I had to stop by work on Saturday and Sunday, and worked on Monday....
We had a nice 4th, and a nice night on the 3rd. Monday night I started by going to get crackers and cheese for my hot crab dip. Then I went home, made the crab dip, took a shower, got ready to go, and Evan and I drove to Liz's house. Evan cooked burgers on the grill and then we ate. It was tasty. I ate my burger without the bun, like a good girl, and the only crackers I ate were stone ground wheat, and the only pasta salad I had was with whole wheat noodles. Good good girl!
Then we went to watch Liz's team play volleyball, and they did great, the other team was so smashed, that it wasn't even a competition. The opposing team had to have a "smoke break" or a "beer break" like every three serves, and they stopped the game to watch the fireworks, during which time the alcohol really started to kick in and the final game was hilarious and they actually didn't play for stretches of like 20 minutes at a time while they took turns falling in the sand and putting sand in each others eyes, pants, shirts, etc... and then when they had to step for the tequila shots because the Tequila song was playing over head. So when it was all over, Liz and I messed around in the sand, me tossing her the volleyball so she could practice spiking. Then we hosed off and went inside for a drink, but I could tell Evan was severely bored and I was tired, so we left around midnight.
Tuesday we slept till noon, and then I read my book The Linnet Bird and finished it around 2:30. It was an excellent book! Ladies, I recommend! Then I showered, and we had Brad, Anya and Ava come over, and John and Amethyst, and Alex too. We had a little cookout, which was nice, and then sat around having drinks and nice conversation. About 10pm, Brad went home and Anya, Evan, and I took Ava over to Evan's parents for a nighttime swim. The pool was 90 degrees and felt SOOO nice and it was super clean. Ava had swam for the first time in Portland last week while they were on vacation.... so this was her second time. And she loves the water.
By the time we got home, Anya and I chatted for a bit, and then I went to sleep and so did Evan/ I slept like a rock and did NOT want to get up this morning, let alone go to work, but that's exactly where I am going.
Of course, a whole 4th of July weekend, and the only pictures I took were at Jacksonfest, and some of the Walnut Fireworks, and once again, not one picture of lil ol me to share.
Oh and the template problem is fixed in Mozilla Firefox, but for you IE users out there, I still suggest you read via RSS Feed and until sweet Ginger can fix what I royally screwed up :)
We had a nice 4th, and a nice night on the 3rd. Monday night I started by going to get crackers and cheese for my hot crab dip. Then I went home, made the crab dip, took a shower, got ready to go, and Evan and I drove to Liz's house. Evan cooked burgers on the grill and then we ate. It was tasty. I ate my burger without the bun, like a good girl, and the only crackers I ate were stone ground wheat, and the only pasta salad I had was with whole wheat noodles. Good good girl!
Then we went to watch Liz's team play volleyball, and they did great, the other team was so smashed, that it wasn't even a competition. The opposing team had to have a "smoke break" or a "beer break" like every three serves, and they stopped the game to watch the fireworks, during which time the alcohol really started to kick in and the final game was hilarious and they actually didn't play for stretches of like 20 minutes at a time while they took turns falling in the sand and putting sand in each others eyes, pants, shirts, etc... and then when they had to step for the tequila shots because the Tequila song was playing over head. So when it was all over, Liz and I messed around in the sand, me tossing her the volleyball so she could practice spiking. Then we hosed off and went inside for a drink, but I could tell Evan was severely bored and I was tired, so we left around midnight.
Tuesday we slept till noon, and then I read my book The Linnet Bird and finished it around 2:30. It was an excellent book! Ladies, I recommend! Then I showered, and we had Brad, Anya and Ava come over, and John and Amethyst, and Alex too. We had a little cookout, which was nice, and then sat around having drinks and nice conversation. About 10pm, Brad went home and Anya, Evan, and I took Ava over to Evan's parents for a nighttime swim. The pool was 90 degrees and felt SOOO nice and it was super clean. Ava had swam for the first time in Portland last week while they were on vacation.... so this was her second time. And she loves the water.
By the time we got home, Anya and I chatted for a bit, and then I went to sleep and so did Evan/ I slept like a rock and did NOT want to get up this morning, let alone go to work, but that's exactly where I am going.
Of course, a whole 4th of July weekend, and the only pictures I took were at Jacksonfest, and some of the Walnut Fireworks, and once again, not one picture of lil ol me to share.
Oh and the template problem is fixed in Mozilla Firefox, but for you IE users out there, I still suggest you read via RSS Feed and until sweet Ginger can fix what I royally screwed up :)
Monday, July 03, 2006
Crap!
I am having some template/HMTL issues today. (You didn't notice?) and If you want to read, I suggest you click this link for me, mkay? http://dazed81.blogspot.com/atom.xml
I am crossing my fingers that Ginger will come and rescue me soon!
Thanks and sorry it looks like shit up in here!
:) Meagan
I am crossing my fingers that Ginger will come and rescue me soon!
Thanks and sorry it looks like shit up in here!
:) Meagan
July 4th Weekend
Holiday weekends can have a way of kicking your ass. I can't believe it's Monday already! While lots of the free world has a 4 day weekend, and some people have this entire next week off... I will work Monday and have Tuesday the 4th off work. I can't believe I have to work Erin got here Friday, and we just hung out here for a while. my mom came over to work on a bracelet and we chatted. Evan and I took Erin for dinner at Lou's LaGrotto in Peru. We had cheeseburger pizza and garlic bites... and some drinks. It was FABULOUS! I got two t-shirts, one that was a 30th anniversary tie-dyed shirt and the back says "How many pieces have you had in 30 years" and had the classic pizza slice on the back like the original shirts. I also got an original shirt that is pink with white lettering, and the back says "Had a Piece Lately?"
Then we came home and Erin and I lounged a bit and then went for a drink at the Dawg House here in town. Sleep was welcome that night! I got up around 9"30 (unfortunately) and went to Princeton. I got my oil changed, picked up some parts for my car, and got groceries. I about shit when they totalled me up at Wal-Mart. Let's just say I spent over TWICE what I normally spend, and I normally spend alot. I had a TON of cash on me and I had to run out and grab my debit card because I went so far over the cash that I had. YIKES! That afternoon I got ready and so did Erin, to attend Jacksonfest. There was food and lots of
people and great fireworks... I took lots of pictures, but I left my camera at work, so I used Jacksons. I will add photos in this photoalbum once we I get the disk from Jackson.then we went to Walnut around midnight to check out the beer gardens, there were TONS of people there, but few to none that I either knew or wanted to talk to/hang out with. We were there about 10 minutes and came home to sleep.
I was able to sleep till almost 1pm today, which was SOOOO good. I slept great. I need to call Verizon and block all out of area phone calls, because we have been getting alot lately, especially beginning at 8am, and we don't get up until late, so it's a major pain in the ass. It's mostly surveys, or companies telling us we "won a honeymoon, if we will just take tomorrow off work and listen to thei
r 3 hour cooking show at the Holiday Inn." What a pain in the ass. And Yes I am on the do not call list. but David's Bridal (jackasses) somehow sold my name to all these bridal showcase people and they for some reason don't know that we were married LAST YEAR and already HAD a honeymoon.Erin left around 2, and I got to spend a few hours with Evan before we parted ways and I went with my sister Liz and my Dad to Walnut for the fireworks. They do have the best ones around, but EVERY SINGLE YEAR for the past 10 years they have played the EXACT same soundtrack for the fireworks, and we know the songs in order before they even start. They also have the exact same ground displays, the Giant "USA" and the giant American Flag. It gets so boring and tedious! This year we giggled uncontrollably when they opened with "And I'm Proud To Be An American!" and we changed the words. About 3 songs in they changed it up, adding some big band and swing music that was MUCH appreciated. What was shocking? When the Drill Team danced to "down with the sickness." or something... I can't remember already, Maybe it was Korn instead, but I think that was it. My memory is going!
The fireworks were good, but for some reason over half the crowd smelled like BO and it was so gross. My sister noticed it too. Too hot I guess? And there was lots of smoke because the humidity just left it hanging there. I liked Jackson's display better, except for the part about him becoming a statistic with an unfortunate burn injury. I think he will live though. It made me remember the sulfuric acid burn that I received while working a few years back, and how it ate my pants off, and my socks, and my leather shoes, and then my skin, leaving me with a scar on my ankle that I will have forever.After the fireworks, we went back to mom and dad's house, and watched some TV, and I came home around 1:30 to realize that the cleaning people will come tomorrow. Ugh. I tidied up and all I have left to pickup is some clothes that need hung in our bedroom and I Think I will do that in the morning. On the way home from Mom's, some drunks or something decided to fuck with me, and were riding my ass, even as I went 70. I slammed on the brakes and stopped in the road, slowing down to 35 and waiting for them to make their move. I must have scared their asses a little, because they backed off and I flew onward. Homeward.
And now, goodnight. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
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