excuse me - you're blocking my happiness.

so next time ronnie and my dad suggest moving the refrigerator into the garage while we finish the wood floors, i need to remember to keep my mouth shut. instead, it was my brilliant idea to move it to the end of the hallway.  oh and that's right - that means i will not be able to get into the back bedroom.  no sweaters or coats for me.  did i mention it is 30 degrees here today?  i am looking super stylish in my mom's clothes.  bah humbug.  christmas is around the corner and i need my winter clothes!

happy thanksgiving

now that the turkey has been eaten, the shopping has been done and my aunt was mistaken for my mom (who is 17 yrs her junior) it's time to relax, chill out and enjoy the rest of the weekend.  what a good holiday.

on my mind

1- my floors are not done.  they look like crap and my house reeks of stain.
2 - it's thanksgiving week, so tomorrow everyone is bringing in a dish to work.  i guess i'll make mine at my mom's?
3 - we're staying at my parent's this week.  (see #1)  it's an hour and ten minute drive to work.  one way.
4 - i need to make a vegetable dish for thanksgiving sometime in between work and working on my house.
5 - i need to pay our mortgage and be able to go christmas shopping on black friday.  unfortunately, i will only have $40 left in my account.
6 - work sucks and i'm busy.
7 - kass needs me.
8 - i cannot get to some of my clothes because my fridge is in my hallway blocking the door.  for another week.
9 - all we do is eat out.  (see #1, #6, #8)
10.  my diet is out the window. (see above)

miranda lambert

kass, linds and i had tickets to go see miranda, but kass couldn't go because of everything going on with her mamma. we ended up having third row tickets (um, score) and linds and i had a great time. quote of the night from miranda:
"i'm a beer-drinkin, deer shootin, chicken fried steak eatin, redneck girl."

i love her. i think we would be friends.

unexpected

today is my best friend's birthday.  kassie turns twenty-seven. 

and she's had the worst birthday i can possibly think of.

(kassie and i, birthday party - age 6)

i got a phone call around eleven from a close friend letting me know that kass's mom had a stroke this morning.  i immediately called her to see how things were.  she was a mess. her mom can't move - - or talk.  and they don't know how bad it is.  that was eleven, right now it's five.  i haven't heard anything.  no phone call.  no text.  her mom also has lung cancer and kass told me last week (in confidence) that they just found out her tumor had grown.  too many things are working against her right now and i just want to make sure that things are getting better.  better for kassie and better for her mom, katie.  i've been frantically calling our best friends to let them know what i know or see if anyone has an update.  no one knows what to do.  so we wait.  i pray for my friend and i pray for her mom.

dear god, don't let my friend lose her mom at 27.  she needs her.

(kassie and i - age 25)

quote of the day

"i can't believe we made such beautiful creatures."

(ronnie, about our puppies)

whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies.

one of my little puppies (leia - pronounced like princess leia off starwars) does this.  now everytime i see this commerical - i smile.  animals really DO bring joy.