Yoders and Vegas

So Thursday June 25, 2009 I had surgery to remove my Gallbladder. It was also the same day that Michael Jackson died. I was super medicated that day so I wasn’t totally aware of the situation during that Thursday or Friday. The days passed and I see all of these MJ tributes and videos … his music has been all over the radio. It’s just another person who died, right? I mean, I never saw him in concert or anything. Never really had anything of his other than a CD and my dad’s old vinyl. I’ve been going about my business just like a regular working person. Another celebrity died. We’ll remember him for a while … I guess. No big deal. I didn’t realize how much of an impact a man whom I’ve never met had on my life and my memories. I did record the VH1, MTV & BET shows that showcased and highlighted his music videos and career from the Jackson 5 to current. I went to iTunes and out of the top 10 most downloaded songs on iTunes … 4 of them are of M. Jackson. Wow … So I download so...

It't the 4th of July! Yay, a day to celebrate our freedom ... a day to say I AM AN AMERICAN AND PROUD OF IT. A day that we declared our freedom!!! We are free and we will fight to stay that way! AMEN!! Then ... have you ever had too many people doing too many things on the 4th of July? We rarely have too many things to do or places to see or people to visit on the 4th, but we've always managed to do something with someone. Can I say that I hate to fight to see the fireworks? OMG ... it is redunkulious! Is that even a word? It is now. Holy cow ... to sit in traffic for hours and hours, then to fight to get parking, then to sit for hours just until the fireworks start. Then to have to sit in the heat until it was time for the show to start. Ugh ... what if you have to go potty? I am not a super huge fan of the port-a-potty. I go and hover like there is no tomorrow. For some reason I feel like the icky stuff on the seat is jumping off of it to stick to my backside. ... m...

it's monday ... Russ is gone for the week ... it's gloomy outside ... Gabriel has the sniffles ... I can't have Pizza till Lent is over ... I think I need new glasses ... I forgot to put my wedding ring back on when I put lotion on my hands this morning ... I am wearing a purple shirt and brown eye make up because I didn't have time to do my make up at home and all I had in my to-go bag was brown ... I broke a nail this morning ... my pants are too high, they barley touch the heel ... my boss just gave me ANOTHER project ... I got hate mail from HR cuz I am late on Performance Reviews for 6 of my people, well, they weren't my people like a week ago but now it is my responsibility... our website is acting funky and the city offices are in a panic ... my hair isn't doing what I want it to do... one of my girls just told me she is preggers and her last pregnancy she was on bed rest for 6 months!!!!! ... my water from my water bottle tastes funny ... th...

Please join me and my Family on March 28th at 8:30pm est as we shut down our home and do our part to help the planet.

So have you ever been given an assignment at school that you thought was impossible? Teacher says - Students ... write a 300 page report on the historyof curtins. Oh, and it's due a week from today. Well, I started this blog because a LOT of funny things happen in my house and I figured that things would happen so often that this blog would probably make it in the World Book of Records for the most OMG's. Well ... nothing exciting has gone on in a while ... so ... please stay tuned. OH ... if you have a funny memory of me or my family ... let me know and I'll blog about it. Of course it will be in my own words. :) ha ha

For those of you that know me on a personal level and not thru friendships via work or just family related e-mails ... then you all know that I am not the "Brightest" crayon in the box. I have been known to laugh in the middle of dead silence minutes or even hours after the punchline of a joke is over. I've been known to laugh at my own jokes ... way before I even get to the punchline. I've been known to have the simplest of phrases go right over my head. Wait ... I didn't get that one. My 13 y.o. will use a word and I have to look at Darling Hubby to verify if it is indeed a real word. Yeah ... I get by on my personality and not my brain! Did I mention that I am super gullible? Well ... many many many moons ago when I was a wee child, my mother told me something over and over again and it has stuck with me throughout my entire life. My mother told me that my nose would get bright red like Rudolph whenever I told a lie. WOW ... REALLY? I believed it. C'MON...

It's been such a long time since I've written anything good. Something from the heart ... something with some feeling behind it. Since Marley's passing I haven't really had much to write in that aspect. Until now ... My baby sister Lauren announced she was pregnant last year. No lie ... I was disappointed but I was going to stand by her. That is what sisters do. I even offered to assist her by taking my future niece someday. I was sad and yet happy when she and her boyfriend said they were going to do what they thought was best and take their baby. Fast forward to Friday January 16th. I go to my moms house to celebrate my brother-in-laws birthday. During the showing of "Transformers" (can you believe my mother has never seen it!!!!!), my sister calls for us in the bathroom. She thinks her water broke. OMG. It was actually a leak... but we DIDN'T know!!! I stayed the night. Next morning mom took her walking at Wal-Mart. I went home. Took care of some ...