Yeah.  I love that old Beatles song.  Old being the operative word here.  And yes.  It is my birthday today and I officially, according to Taco Bueno, Government census and certainly 20somethings, become a "senior citizen".   I am turning, as my Dad would say, "double nickles"!  I can't drive 55, but I am 55 today.  Woofreakin' hoo!!  Another birthday and a milestone at that!!

Hubby took me to dinner last night and it was wonderful.  If you all don't have a Red Rock Canyon Grill, well, I feel bad for you because their food is wondermous!  We got our usual dinner called, appropriately:  Cluck and Oink!  That, my friends, would be ribs and smoked chicken.  Both served in huge proportions along with garlic mashed potatoes and glazed carrots.  Yummmmm!  I even had one premium bloody mary (which comes with a HUGE shrimp skewered with two jalapeno stuffed olives and cherry tomatoes.)  Yummmm again I say!  Hubby and I always split the entrees because they give you SO much food.  And, also because I have to have dessert on my birthday.  And what could be better than a whopping huge piece of key lime pie which was served with a baseball sized dollop of fresh whipped cream!  I had to have a "go box" because we could not eat all of the pie!! 

The boss man and his admin in our other office are supposed to take me to lunch today.  Woohoo!  More celebration. 

THEN, Sunday, I get to have birthday lunch with the bestie, who as you remember is the best friend in the whole world, who also shares my birthday, and our friend RL, who is also a "Junie".  It is a long and wonderful tradition and I am so thankful to have these two LOOOOONNNNGGG time friends!

So, that is it for now.  I gotta go to work.  I am doing well healthwise right now.  Can I hear another "wooohooo" for that?  I am most thankful right now and definitely blessed!

Ya'll have a great day!  Hugs!

Bev

Today is one of the best and prettiest days I have lived in a long time.  The weather has been great today.  I have felt GREAT today for the first time in a long time.  Hubby and I have just been hanging out together.  He took me for breakfast, we took Piper to the vet and got her shots, then we put her up and headed out to the Lavender Festival in a small town just south of us.  A couple from this area did much study and research and found that Lavender grows just as well here as it does in France.  The smell of the fresh growing lavender was lovely.  They also have a winery as well.  So people were buying lots of lavender and lavender products and lots of wine.  After that, we went to one of our new fave restaurants and had a late lunch.  Now, we are just kicking back at home.

Last night we went to a couples Pampered Chef party that our daughter threw.  It was a nice evening.  I love Pampered Chef and have TONS of it which I still can't use right now, but I am NOT going into that.  One of the things the PC rep prepared as part of the show was a ginger/lemontini.  It was heavenly.  It had citrus vodka in it, but I drank it any way.  You put a scoop of mixed flavors of sherbet in the glass then poured the "tini" over it.  Yum yum!!  I bought several of the new items PC had to offer.  I have had such good luck with everything I have ever bought from them, so why not buy more??

Oh, and I met "Adonis" last night.  Seriously.  There were a number of couples at this party and one of them was a guy named Adonis.  Who in the heck names their kid Adonis??  To his credit, the guy wore the name well.  At first I thought maybe the guys were teasing when they called him that, but when we had to go around and give our names for the PC rep, sure enough, his name was Adonis.  He was there with his petite and very cute wife.  I could NOT tell you what HER name was though.  I am gonna have to ask our kids where they came to befriend Adonis.  Inquiring minds must know!!

On Monday night, I got to have dinner with several of my sorority sisters from my college days.  It was quite fun to see how everyone was doing and to kind of catch up on each other's lives.

Well, I hope ALL my blog buddies are having a lovely weekend.  Thanks so much for all your sweet comments lately!!  You all are just the BEST!!

Hugs to you!

Bev

I think today is an appropriate time, if you don't each and every day you wake up and draw a breath, to be thankful. 

Today, I am thankful for every soldier who has gone through rigorous training and personal sacrifice to serve our country so that I have the FREEDOM to be thankful, so that I can live in a country that, while not perfect, is still the most wonderful country in the world.  Let us not ever forget that all our beloved freedom came at a price to many!

Today, I am thankful for those members of my family who have gone on before me.  My grandparents, my aunts and uncles, and my beloved Momma are ALL people who shaped my life and who I am.  I miss you and love you!

Today, I am thankful for my family who is still here with me in this walk on this earth.  My precious Daddy, my sisters and BILS, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, my children, even though I didn't birth you, and my wonderful grandchildren.  You all are what really make me feel like a rich and very blessed woman.

Today, I am thankful that God gave me the most wonderful husband.  He takes such good care of me and has been my ROCK!!  Times have been tough lately for me and he has held everything together and made everything work out.  I love you B!!

Today, I am thankful to be drawing breath.  To have been granted another day is more of a blessing than I have ever realized.  I hope to never take for granted again that I will have another day.  I only have right now.  Today.  It is all ANY of us have.  Be thankful no matter what.   I know that may be easier said than done.  But each day we are given is truly a gift.

Today, I am thankful for each of my blog friends.  You all have been so wonderful to me and such an encouragement.  I have been through another health scare and I am only going to say that I am just thankful to be here.  To be able to write on this blog is such a blessing.  I haven't written about what has been going on these past couple of weeks because it seemed that I never had anything GOOD to write about.  I am not going to bore you all with details.  Suffice it to say that I am still here, thankful to be here and thankful for all the things I have written about above (and SO much more), and that's the main thing I wanted each of you to know.

Hugs to each of you!  I love you all dearly!

Bev

Hi friends!!  Yesterday, the hubby and I attended a wedding shower for a lovely couple from our new church.  The shower was a "couples" or actually "family" shower as everyone was invited, which I thought was really nice.  The theme was a luau theme.  The hostesses had decorated beautifully, and the host husband is an expert griller.  We had heard that this young man was a phenomenal cook, and we were not disappointed!  All the food was exceptionally good and the fellowship was marvelous.  It was so sweet to watch the bride and groom to be.  They received many wonderful gifts.  Hubby and I enjoyed the evening so much.

Since there was a luau theme to the shower, everyone was encouraged to wear their best Hawaiian wear.  Even though it was cold and rainy yet again, hubby and I got out our best to follow the theme.  I was wearing my NEW green khaki pants, a Hawaiian shirt and the cutest platform slides I own.  They are beige, with a flower on the toe.  I LOVE these shoes!! 

That said, hubby and I left the shower and came home, talking about our kitchen remodel (the subject of many conversations lately but that's another story for another time).  Anywho, we walked in the back door and hubby turned his back to me and was beginning to explain something he wanted to do.  I was standing by the island and decided to slide my cute sandals off.  Somehow, in the blink of an eye, I lost my balance, and before I could grab the island to steady myself, I FLEW backwards and fell, but not before hitting the back of my head on the unfinished wall area around my new pantry.  There is no facing around the door, so it is just a sharp edged piece of wood.  When I sat up, and about the time hubby looked around after hearing a crack sound (my head hitting the wall), blood was going everywhere.  My new khakis and my shirt may not be salvageable.  Hubby quickly got a wet towel and applied pressure to stop the bleeding.  He helped me to the bathroom where I got out of my bloody clothes and into some sweats and a button up shirt, and we headed to the ER.  Well,  numerous "shots" in my head to numb it, ten staples, one gigantic headache, and one tetanus shot later, I got to go home.  Hubby had to keep an eye on me during the night.  I think he was supposed to wake me, but I don't think I slept much.  They couldn't give me anything for pain, so I had to take some Advil and tough it. 

I am home this morning and hubby is going to come home at lunch to make sure that when I shower I do okay.  I still have to wash my hair.  It is just a mess.  Oh well, at least I have no concussion and the staples can be taken out in a week.

So, just call me grace!  Oh, and if anyone wants the CUTEST pair of shoes and you are more graceful than I, you just let me know and the shoes are YOURS!! 

Hugs to you!  Peace.   Out.

Bev 

No Kat, I didn't ignore your tag (and thanks SO much for it!!).  I have been out of town since Friday.  That's my excuse and I am stickin' to it.  Okay.  So here goes.

8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. My kitchen being done in my lifetime.  Hey I'm being honest!
2. Being able to retire someday.
3. Camping this summer.
4. Hubby's class reunion.  His classmates rock!!
5. Going to see my Daddy.  I have been missing him!
6. Going to see my brother & sister-in-law in Denver.
7. Watching Dancing with the Stars on Mon. and Tues.
8. Possibly seeing an old college friend soon.

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Woke up to clouds running through our mountain campsite.
2. Just hung out with my hubby at our campsite.
3. Went to the Junktion (no that's not a misspelling) Dollar Store.
4. Went to the Mena, Ark. Walmart and marveled at the locals.
5. Watched HUNDREDS of bikers driving up and down the road on Talimena Drive.
6. Cooked dinner for our friends in my little RV kitchen!  It rocked!
7. Enjoyed dinner and visiting with our Mena friends!
8. Talked with our campsite neighbors who had two shihtzus just like mine.

 
8 things I wish I could do:
1. Not have to work and that would mean I'd have to win the lottery.
2. Travel the world.
3. Have a house on the beach in Florida.
4. Meet some of my blog buddies (that would be you Kat and you Tricia, and you, Pat, only to name a couple of ya!)
5. Swim with the Dolphins.
6. Have a cabin/lodge in the mountains, big enough to have lots of friends come visit!
7. Go on a cruise (anytime soon would be great!).
8. But MOST of all, I wish I could kiss my Momma's sweet face just one more time.

8 shows I watch:
1. Dancing with the Stars
2. NCIS
3. The Mentalist (Simon Baker-fest each week!)
5. Brothers and Sisters
6. Samantha Who
7. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
8. Extreme Makeover - Home Edition

8 people I tag:

Pretty much everyone has been tagged with this.  If you haven't, consider yourself tagged!

I did have a wonderful weekend.  I hope everyone else did too.  I got to head out a little early on Friday to head to see my bestie.  It was rainy and windy when I headed out.  I did not run through enough rain to even require my windshield wipers, so it wasn't a bad drive.  May I say that, in fact, the drive there and back, no matter the weather, was glorious!  The highway I had to take is through areas where there are lots of woodlands on either side of the road.  Pretty much the whole way there, with every turn there were tall old trees barely beginning to leaf out, and mixed in were hundreds and hundreds of small Dogwood trees in full white bloom.  It was absolutely gorgeous!  Even in the mist going, it was gorgeous.  And coming home, under cloudy skies it was gorgeous. 

When I got to bestie's house, I found that her hubby had gone to see his brother and family so that she and I could just have a "girls weekend."  I thought that we SO sweet of him.  Bestie had gone to the store and bought us some junk food so we could just veg and visit.  She had also made me a little spring/Easter gift to bring home with me.  We sat and visited till both of us were really getting sleepy (which, given the week we had both had was NOT very late), then we called it a night.  Saturday morning after we both slept in and got up and around, we went to breakfast at our favorite little restaurant near her home.  They got my breakfast absolutely perfect, as usual.  Then we headed out about our rounds.  It was cloudy, but not rainy for most of the day.  We did hit Open/Shut and for once I didn't buy anything.  BFF found a really neat old chair.  They had taken the seat out of it, and in its place they had put a neat planter of flowers.  I was totally amazed that she could get it in the back seat of her car, but she did.    We also hit the town square of a nearby town.  I love that quaint little town square.  They have a farmers market there on some Saturdays, but not this one.  This area is full of lots of neat shops and we hit several of them.  I found a nice baby gift for my nephew's wife.  She is due any day with another baby girl.  I found a really sweet blankie, which this baby will love if it is anything like my nephew.   He carried his around when he was a baby until it fell apart.  Outside of that one purchase, I didn't buy anything else.

Just as the rain finally started, bestie and I headed to Mimi's.  You know how I love THAT place as I have written before.  We had a wonderful late lunch and best of all, her hubby gave her money and told her to treat us both for that lunch.  Wasn't that cool?  I thought it was such a sweet thing for him to do.  After lunch we hit her new Super Tarjay.  But by that time we were both pretty tired, so we didn't stay long there, and headed back to bestie's house.  It was nice just to kick back.  Oh!  And we did a "project"!!  She had bought two really pretty metal cornices to hang out on her back deck.  From those, she wanted to hang her hummingbird feeders.  So, we got after those with hammers, nails, levels and all.  I told her I coulda gotten them hung a lot quicker if I'd had a nice cordless drill.  But, we managed with a hammer and nails.  I must say they looked VERY good when we got them done.  It was an adventure making the nectar and getting it into the feeders.  I think we got as much on us and the deck as we did in the feeders.  Before I left, we had noticed several little hummingbird "scouts."   She is going to have tons of hummingbirds before long, I just know it.

Really, the best part of a weekend like this one is spending time with someone you have known for so long, who knows you SO well and who you can tell anything and who is SO like you, yet SO different.  Oh, and that person loves you in spite of all your faults and warts.  It is not EVERYONE who can find that kind of friendship in a lifetime.  I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful friend.  She is truly one of the BEST people I know and is someone I have ALWAYS admired. 

Oh, and while I was there I got her hooked up on here so she can read my blog when she wants to.  I am hoping she is going to send me some pictures she took before I left.   She wanted to get some pictures of the Dogwood trees in her area.  On her street, one of her neighbors actually had a Dogwood that was half pink and half white.  I have NEVER seen one like that.  I checked, and it wasn't two trees close together, but one tree.  That neighbor also had a Dogwood that was all pink blooms.  Anywho, we drove around her area and she got several pics.  If she sends them to me I will share them with you.

Well, DWTS is on and you know what that means.  It means I gotta go!!  Ya'll take care and have a wonderful week.

Hugs!

Bev

P.S. Bestie, if you are reading this, and I hope you are, I love ya bunches and bunches and thanks again for the great weekend!!

We have seen some of those today thank goodness.  The rainy gray weather has really been a drag on everyone's psyche around here.  So the sun has been very welcomed.

This Friday as soon as I get off work, I will be hitting the road to see my bestie.  I think we are just going to be hanging out.  I may see if we can hit our favorite antique place which we call "Open/Shut".  We call it that because rather than a sign outside which says "Open/Closed" - their sign says "Open/Shut".  So that is what we call it.  I have no idea what it really is called.  That's just what we call it.  This lady's prices are always really good and she just has ton and tons of neat stuff.  I am taking bestie my old, but still working set of hot rollers.  She used her set up until it bit the dust a while back.  I mentioned that I still had mine and that they still worked, so I will be taking mine to her.  It is supposed to be rainy on Friday and possibly stormy.  I just hope that it doesn't storm on my drive over to her house.  Once I am there, it can do whatever and I won't care.  Hubby is gonna stick around here unless the weather is such that he can pull the RV out for the weekend. 

Outside of that, there's not much news around our front.  We had a nice Easter even though it was rainy.  We went to church and after church we stayed for the potluck dinner.  We took a ham and I made my oriental slaw.  The food was delicious and it was nice to hang out with our fellow church members who we are still getting to know.  Our preacher's little daughter is just the cutest thing.  She is four this week and looks EXACTLY like Dora the Explorer, right down to the haircut.  She seems to have everyone in the church wrapped around her little finger.  One of the young couples announced that they are expecting their first child.  I was excited for them.  They seem like such a nice couple.

I am hoping to not have to go to our other office this week.  I really don't want to be dealing with those dusty files.  I think I am going to be going to see my allergist because I just can't seem to get the drainage stopped.  I am tired of it and want him to give me something to get rid the problem.  I figure I have done as much as I can do at the urgent clinic, so now it's time and probably past time to see my specialist.

Well my friends, I'd love to hang around, but Dancing with the Stars is on so I must turn my attention to see who gets voted off tonight.  Me thinks Steve O must go!!  hehehe I made a rhyme!!

You all take care and I'll be back soon!!  Hugs to you all!

Bev

I just thought I would post that question.  I don't know about anywhere else, but around here, it is freezing cold one moment and warm the next.  I have put up an album of pics from our little March snow shower I referred to in a previous post.  The snow was so wet and heavy that hubby had to go knock some off our trees so they wouldn't be harmed.  Piper loved the snow and had great fun hopping around in it.  She wanted out more than she wanted in.

My son-in-law was supposed to be over tonight to do some work but he hasn't made it so far.  Hubby is going to have to MOVE the island.  Yep.  You read that correctly.  SIL determined that we were off by a significant number of inches in where he thought it should be, so it's gonna have to be moved.  I don't envy hubby having to do that!  But, I guess he will.

Tricia asked about my Daddy (thanks girl for asking!).  He is doing absolutely wonderful!!  He has put in a garden for the first time in many years.  He has put in tomatoes, peppers, leaf lettuce, radishes and onions so far.  He has said that he will work a little bit, then go in the house and rest a little.  So he isn't over-doing it.  He just went to a new cardiologist for a new patient check up.  All his tests were great!!  He is just perking along and happy as a little clam.  I DO miss seeing him, and I haven't been able to get over to see him lately due to my being sick.  But I do talk to him at least every other day.  I am just so thankful that he is well, happy and seeming to enjoy life right now.  What a blessing!

I will be going to our other office again tomorrow to work on the boss man's files.  I am going to wear a mask!!  I know I am gonna look like an idiot, but I know handling those old dusty files is bad for my sinuses and I JUST am starting to feel better.  So, I shall look like perhaps I am expecting an invasion of germ warfare or something.  I really don't care.  I just don't want to get sick again.

Can ya'll believe that this Sunday is Easter?  I mean....did it sneak up on anyone else or is it just me.  We will be going to church and then our church is supposed to have "dinner on the grounds" afterwards.  Only thing is, the forecast calls for rain.  So, it will most likely be dinner in the garage/office/apartment at our pastor's house. 

If all goes well, I will be going to see my BFF next weekend.  We have had this planned for quite a while.  I haven't gotten to spend much time with her, so I am really looking forward to it.  We will probably do some shopping, but mostly relax and visit. 

I hope everyone has a lovely Easter!  I will be back soon okie dokie? 

Love ya'll!  Hugs!!

Bev

It is a quiet Saturday morning.  I am sitting in my recliner watching the "snow showers" we are experiencing.  When I first awoke it was thundering and raining.  Forecasters had said it would change to snow, but I really don't have much faith in their predictions (sorry weather guys!).  For me, this is kind of the calm after a "stormy" week. 

I did, indeed get down sick again.  Bronchitis, sinus infection, conjunctivitis (eye infection), fever, you name it, I had it.  I missed three days of work then insisted on dragging my sorry looking self into work for Thurs. and Friday.  Man, have I been a "sight" to behold.  I not only walked like I had been on an eight week drunk, the whites of my eyes were almost bloody, so I LOOKED liked I had really tied one on.  Scary folks, just plain scary.

By yesterday, I still wasn't much better.  I still can't hear out of my right ear very well and there is this ringing in my ears that's been there ALL week.  So yesterday, I threw me a HUGE pity party.  All I did, off and on for most of the day was cry!

I got my allergy shots yesterday and the "fill in" nurse made me cry.  I have only been getting allergy shots since I was in second grade....and I have never been made to cry before.  I want to know WHO in nursing school teaches these young things to give a shot in the arm in the very SOFT flesh at the back of your arm, almost underneath the arm?  Who???  I even ASKED her NOT to give it there.  When I said something she says " You want me to stop???"  I said NO JUST GET THE DOGGONE THING DONE!  I am usually polite, especially to new or fill in people.  I just couldn't be yesterday...I turned outta there and stormed out....crying like a baby.  Sheesh!  What a GIRL!!!

The next cry session came when I realized that I had missed by ONE freaking day, mailing in for a rebate hubby and I were wanting on one of our dishwashers.  I had to call and tell him I missed the deadline to possibly get about $500 bucks back.  He didn't even yell at me.  But after we hung up, I cried anyway in frustration at myself.

It seems like I cried the drop of a hat yesterday.  I called the Urgent Clinic, told them I wasn't better and could they call me in something else, to which I was answered NO!  I don't have the money to go in again and will struggle to pay for what I've already had done thus far thanks to my sucky insurance.  I explained all this to no avail.  Nothing would do but to have me come in.  And that. ain't. happening.  If I crawl up and die it ain't happening.  I was so frustrated after talking to them, what did I do folks?  Yep.  You got it.

Today, I have just determined I will take the rest of what they gave me and roll with it.  So WHAT if I can't hear well?  So WHAT if there is a ringing in my head driving me bonkers?  I am just sucking it up and I am going to enjoy watching the snow.

May I say that hubby has been a jewel this week.  I do not know what I would do without him.  He took such good care of me and I am just so thankful for him. Did I mention he didn't even YELL at me yesterday when I missed the rebate deadline?  Even I might have yelled at me for THAT one.  But nope.  He took it very well.

AND, he took me to Mimi's Cafe last night for heavenly comfort food!!  I had fresh turkey breast and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy and their wonderful fresh breads.  AND we got me a buttermilk spice muffin to bring home for my breakfast!  Oh, and I have turkey left from my meal so I can indulge again today!!  I cannot tell you HOW good it all tasted.  I have eaten little to nothing all week (lost 6 pounds) so it was good to be even a little hungry.

Today, if we don't get snowed out, we will celebrate the 5th birthday of our youngest granddaughter.  She is SUPPOSED to have a party at one of those places (not Chucky's) where you play games etc.  I hope it pans out or our little princess will be heartbroken.  It is hard to believe she is growing up so fast.  First granddaughter will be 15 in July.  Boy, am I feeling OLD!!  Oh, and they have asked our daughter if the little princess will be the Cheerleading "Mascot" for her big sister's cheer squad next year.  She will even get to learn and do cheers with the big girls.  Now, it is just a matter of affording TWO in cheerleading.  I guess I don't need to tell anyone how expensive it is.  We have already been footing the bill for big sis.  So, I am not sure what we will do about la princess.

Oh.  The snow shower is SO pretty!! I guess I am going to get off here and take my meds like a good girl should and eat my wonderful muffin.

Whatever you all are doing this weekend my friends, have a great one and stay safe!  I love ya'll so much!

Hugs!

Bev

Hi all!  I am back as promised.  I am sitting here kinda watching the Dancing With the Stars recap.  I am a DWTS junky you know.  I think this season is going to be great.  Can you say Gilles??  Is he just super HOT or what??  And all I can say for the Bachelor is your loss sucka!  Mellissa rocks!!  I will be watching every single week with great interest to see who progresses each week.

I have been absent for several reasons.  One reason.  Working on.....  I know.  I know.  I have been rolling primer on the newly textured walls (which makes this old gal pretty sore).  Hubs has been working on and has the island installed.  The dishwashers will be installed FRIDAY!!  Woohooo!!  We still have SO much to do, but I am so excited to be this much closer to completion.

Both of us have both been fighting illness.  I had the flu/virus and missed two days of work last week.  I did go to work on Friday of last week, but I felt pretty bad still.  Hubby has been fighting a nasty cold.  He came home Thursday about 4 and went straight to bed and I never heard another peep outta him till morning.  He spent most of Friday and Saturday in bed too.  I spent the weekend trying to get to feeling better and trying to keep the dogs quiet and out of his hair.  Can I just say that my dogs bark at the slightest provocation (and maybe even NO provocation), so I had my hands full.  I rested but didn't spend the day in bed.  I have watched ALL the movies I borrowed from my sis, those being The Women, Dan in Real Life and P.S. I love You.  I liked all three.  Thank goodness my sis loves movies and buys them a lot.  She has kept me in good watching material.  You know..  Chick flicks!! In return, I have gotten her hooked on Janet Evanovich books.  I took her the latest "in between" Stephanie Plum book which I bought.  She read that, decided she really liked it, and has since gone to the library for three or four more books.  There are 14 in the series, so she should have some reading material for a while.

Oh and joy of joys....I now have a scratchy throat and a headache.  Have had them ALL day.  So this probably means I am getting hubby's cold.  C.R.A.P.!!!  He gets over his pretty easily.  Me.....they hang on and on and on and I usually end up going to the doc at least twice.  I took some Claritin earlier today and before bed I am going to take some Benadryl.  If that doesn't knock it, I see a doctor visit in my near future.

I am going to be going to our other office for a couple of days to help out my wonderful bossman.  His office there is an absolute WAR ZONE of files and papers which need organized.  So I shall see what I can do to assist him in getting some order restored.  If I manage to get it done I will be a SUPASTAR!!

Well, folks, I hope that all of you had a great day today.  I'll be back again soon and keep you posted on what's up with our household.

Hugs to you all!

Bev

Dear Mr man from the toll free number who called my house at freakin' few minutes after eight on a Saturday morning....

You suck big time!

You woke me on the ONE and only morning that I can sleep in being as I am a working person during the week.

I was off in dreamland in a REALLY good dream when you woke me.

Did I mention that....you SUCK!

You are annoying and, while I know that you have to make a living too, you can call me LATER in the day, at which time I will be awake and be able to read the caller ID and IGNORE your stupid call because I don't want to talk to you in the first place.

I don't care what you are selling, I don't want it.

I don't care if I have won the lottery.

You make me cranky and I don't LIKE being cranky.

That. Is. All.

Bev

That rolling primer is one dang tough job!  I'm worn out and I only got the dining room done.  Heaven help me I've got a LOT more to go.  But not tonight!  Heaven help me on other counts too...

That's all I'm sayin.

Bev

As we speak, I, along with Jasmine and Piper, am pretty much "locked" in my bedroom.  Actually, hubby has nailed up a piece of wood paneling covering my doorway.  He and my son-in-law are putting the texturing on the walls.  Once THAT is done and they are dry, we will spray a couple coats of primer on them.  Then we will be spraying a couple coats of new paint on all of them.  Then we are ready Freddy to get the show on the road.

My dishwashers are in (I will have two drawer-type ones - one on either side of my sink), the tile for the back-splash is in, the island has been built, and we have had our wood flooring for forEVER!  To say that we are getting close to winding this project up and having a real live working kitchen again, is an understatement.  My SIL has been awarded a BIG contract on a building remodel in downtown big city and so he HAS to get our kitchen finished.  It was casually mentioned last week when he was over taking measurements that perhaps the china cabinet could wait.  Needless to say I voiced MY opinion that NO, we need this ALL done.  I gave away my china cabinet and have no place for my pretties.  So, hopefully, that will get done too.

Once the kitchen is done and all my kitchen stuff is out of our first bedroom and in its proper place, I will be spackling walls, painting and then I will be putting my mother-in-law's former bedroom suit in there and fixing it up for an actual GUEST room.  I am ready to ROLL on that project and know JUST what I want to do.

So, WOOOOOOFREAKINGHOOOO peeps!!  I am doing the happy dance in anticipation of the new kitchen.  I will be posting pictures so ya'll can see.  AND I know that you all are going to be going "it's about freakin' time this is done so now she can post about something ELSE!"  I know that this has to have been boring for you all and I hope to be on to other things!

I guess I am gonna pop in a movie till I can come out of my room.

Ya'll take care now and I send you all great big hugs!

Bev

Thursday evening, hubby and I attended the Trace Adkins concert in Tulsa.  I had seen Trace before, almost five years ago. My bestie and another friend and I all have June birthdays and we had gone to Nashville to celebrate our fiftieth birthdays.  While there, we went to Opryland and there were three "headliners" for the show we saw.  They were relatively new and up and coming artists at the time.  The three were: Sara Evans, Dierks Bentley and...Trace Adkins.  I liked Trace from the get-go.  He is a BIG man with a commanding presence and his voice.  Well, that deep deep voice was just something to listen to folks.  So.  Fast forward to last fall.  Hubby and I saw that he was coming for a concert and since hubby likes him as well, we got tickets.  Unfortunately, Trace canceled the originally scheduled concert.  Thursday night was the rescheduled show.  I think that by rescheduling, they may  have lost some of the concert goers.  I was quite surprised that the upper half of the arena was curtained off.  The remainder of the arena was full with an enthusiastic, if somewhat eclectic crowd.  Sheesh!!  Hubby and I are people watchers of the first order.  We can have a good time just watching people.  I never fail to be amused by...well, by people.

When we found our seats, which were pretty good seats close to, and just up from the stage, there was a couple already seated in the chairs right next to ours.  This was an ODD couple for sure.  Mr. looked to be in his late twenties, maybe early thirties.  Missy, looked to be about fourteen.  This girl was TINY and exotic looking.  She was all curled up in her chair, sitting with her knees to her chest.  Call me nostalgic and OLD, but it's been a LOOOONNNNGGG time since I have been able to sit that way.  Heavens, I don't think I could even GET my knees to my chest, much less sit for MOST of an evening like that!  At one point, I thought she was gonna crawl into her boyfriend's lap.  Anywho, he seemed to be quite smitten with her and was very attentive and amused by her.

During an intermission between acts, I looked and here came the "hippie" couple.  He was a sight to see with long gray/blonde hair flowing down his back, ratty blue jeans and plaid flannel shirt.  But what was a sight to see was the lady.  She was pretty short, had on the tightest white, low necked shirt and blue jeans, and she had the BIGGEST set of store bought boobies I have ever EVER seen.  I am almost 55 years old folks and I have seen a lot.  But, I've never witnessed anything quite like her.  I looked at hubby and observed that if she's ever on a plane that goes down in water, she has an automatic set of flotation devices!!  She appeared as if she might fall face forward at any moment from the imbalance of those huge melons on her chest.  Now, my question to you peeps is, WHY in the world would any woman DO that to herself?  Do people like that really think it makes them more attractive?  Do they not realize how CARTOONISH they look??  I just don't get it and probably never will.  To say that Mr. Hippie was, indeed, attentive to this woman would be an understatement.

Just in front of us was a Native American (Indian) couple and their son.  The man was classic with the very beautiful skin color, the long sleek black hair and the sharp cheeks and nose.  I caught several looks at this man in profile with the stage lights behind him and his face was reminiscent of any of the Native Americans painted and sculpted in  western art we see in museums in our state. 

There was a group of three (young) teenage boys who were seated in the row below us and a ways to our left.  These boys were not dressed in country get up (i.e. cowboy boots, western jeans, etc.).  They were in jeans, t-shirts and ball caps.  I noticed that they STOOD for most of Trace's part of the show.  They weren't being obnoxious or anything, they just stood quietly watching and holding up their hands giving the "No. 1" sign.

Speaking of holding your hands up.  There was the drunken lady sitting one row in front of us and a few seats to our left.  She didn't even bother coming to be seated with her man while the opening acts played.  Nope.  She musta been out in the foyer drinking her several of those TALL (like two feet tall) frozen margaritas that they sell.  To say that she was tooted would be an understatement.  But she wasn't an obnoxious drunk.  She was a MELLOW drunk.  She ALSO stood for the entirety of Trace's set.  And she held up ONE arm (the right one) and pointed at the stage and waved it around in time to the music, swaying back and forth and singing along.  She never sat.  She never put her arm down.  She never quit swaying gently to and fro.  And she never quit singing.  She was a wonder to behold and I am SURE that she didn't bother the lady beHIND her who couldn't see a ding durn thing!  Nope.  I am sure she didn't.

And finally, there were the "screamers" who were seated behind us.  They were there with an elderly lady in a wheel chair who, and I am NOT kidding here, had HOT PINK streaks painted in her hair.  Since they were right behind us, I could hear their conversations.  There would be a hair raising, ear splitting scream, and then I'd hear "I can scream louder, like, I really can!"  And then there'd be another scream.  And, yes, it's hard to believe, but the scream WAS louder.  Who woulda thunk it!  So I spent quite a bit of the evening holding my hands over my ears from time to time when Miss "I can scream louder" had to show her stuff.  I didn't want to go home with a busted ear drum.  No sirree.

So, that is a snap shot of my observations of the people around us.  There were really elderly, middle aged, teen aged, barely walking and every other aged persons there.  I enjoyed the concert but enjoyed the people watching as well.  I never cease to be amazed by people!  "OOooooeee shut my mouth, slap your grandma" it was a good time!!

Ya'll have a wondermous weekend!!

Hugs!

Bev

P. S. - Now don't ya'll go slappin' no grandmas!  That's just part of one of the songs Trace sang.  You know the one.  The one that the video for it made his momma have to change churches to one where the people didn't know who she was and who her son was.

P.S.S.  Ladies.  If you are attending a concert at which you will be in CLOSE proximity to hundreds and hundreds of people...PLEASE do not douse yourself with half that bottle of "Eau de Pepe Le Pew" cologne YOU love so much.  I promise you....I PROMISE you, you will not smell as nice as you THINK you do.  You just WON'T!!  I'm just sayin'.....

I am over being mad for the moment.  I got my last name off here so for now, no harm, no foul.  I will stick around for now until MSN pisses me off again I guess.  I am looking at Blogger because so many of my friends have gone over there.  Who knows, maybe I'll have TWO blogs.  Yeah.  Right.  I do SO well at keeping up with this one.  NOT!!

I hope everyone has a good day today.  I know, I know.  This is a commercial holiday forced upon us.  We shouldn't need to have just ONE day set aside to tell those we love that we do, in fact, love them.  We should tell them every day.  Better yet, we should SHOW our love by our actions every day.  Do we all manage to do that?  I would wager that most of us don't.  I know that I love hubby MORE than words could ever express.  Do I feel like I show that every day with him?   Not so much.  And I should, because he's a wonderful man.  My life is SO much better and SO much richer because of him.   As I have said before, I am well and truly blessed.  I am blessed because hubby loves me in spite of my "blonde moments" that drive him buggy nuts.  He loves me in spite of my faults and imperfections, and let me tell ya, I have plenty of those.  He loves me in spite of my "senior moments" and  my "not so perfect moments."  If you are reading this dear hubby, just know that I love you EVERY day, ALL day, and even though I might not be perfect at showing that, and even though I know I sometimes get on your VERY last nerve, I am thankful for you.  I am well and truly blessed for sure.

I hope everyone has a blessed day and weekend!  I appreciate the friendship and support of each one of you!!

Hugs!

Bev

As has happened to EVERYONE on spaces, I have been "outed" as you can plainly see.  When I started this blog, for reasons I do not want to go into, I decided NOT to use my real life name.  It was not in my comfort zone since I was new to blogging.  I do this for myself and did not start this blog for family and friends.  Only hubby and my bestie know about my blog.  Thanks to the sucky people at Windows live, if you private message anyone you HAVE TO use your name.  It IMMEDIATELY replaces ALL your settings.  I am pissed to say the least.  There are a number of you who knew my real life identity.  But not many of you.  Well, now ya'll know.  I have made many friends here and I don't mind my friends knowing who I am.  BUT for the occasional anonymous blog walkers out there (and MOST of the people who visit my site I can't even tell where they came from and THAT's another peeve) I don't particularly care to have them know who I am.  So, I am thinking about closing this site down, just as Kat did hers.

There isn't even anyone that I know to complain to.  But if anyone from spaces happens by here.  YOU SUCK BIG TIME!!  I should have been entitled to remain private if I chose to do so as long as I was doing nothing harmful to other bloggers.  Outside of my bad grammar from time to time, I don't think I have done much harm.   SO, I am pondering the next move.  I am a lot more comfortable on here than I used to be. That said, I only wish for my regular blog friends to know who I am.

If I move and you would like me to send you a link, let me know.  In the meantime, I'm sitting here p'o'd as all get out and pondering my next move.

Beverly

P.S. I just mentioned the situation to my hubby and his vote is to close down this site.

Whew!  Has the last couple of days been fun or WHAT??  As most of you who watch the national news know, we have had us some really FUN weather here in Oklahoma (NOT!!).  One thing about working where I do is that no matter WHAT the weather or HOW bad the roads, they expect you to be at work.  Yesterday I went in and even though the weather grew worse and worse through the day, I stayed.  A little before 4 my boss called and said they had closed our other office and perhaps I should head home.  I finished what I was working on and tried (the operative word here) to head home.  Mind you, I only live 3 miles from my office.  Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how long it took me to get those 3 miles??  Anyone??  Well let me tell you.  It took over an hour to go three miles.  There are twin bridges leading into my town.  They are the ONLY crossing across our river unless you go MANY miles to other towns and snake your way back in.  So, I had to go across said bridges.  There had been a 12 car pile-up on said bridges about an hour before.  But when I finally made it onto the bridges, there was no sign of a wreck.  People were just crawling because of the weather.  Fun times, people, fun times!!

Oh, and the fun times continued today.  I went in to the office yet again and it continued to sleet all day.  I was one of only three idiots who went into work in our building today.  And the sleet continued on and continued on.  I worked all day.  The trip home this evening was even MORE fun than the one yesterday.  The sleet was deep.  I drive a car which is small and sits low to the ground.   I tried to turn onto the side street which leads to my home and......got stuck.  Luckily, I was able to back up then pull forward and repeat the process until I got moving again.  I must say that my little car just doesn't do well in this stuff.  Hubby is driving my truck which has four-wheel drive.  So no problems there.

I have a call in to the boss.  If he doesn't pick me up (in his brand new four wheel drive) I am going to be keeping myself home tomorrow!!  I don't fancy myself WALKING in this stuff due to a stuck car.

Well, now that I have sufficiently complained (and I know there are people who are in MUCH worse shape), I am finished.  Thanks for letting me vent. 

It is NOW time to sign off here and watch my new favorite man on TV.  I need my *Simon Baker* fix.  He is THE prettiest man since Robert Redford, at least as far as I am concerned.  That is ONE beautiful man.  And, he can act too!!  So, I am off  for my *Mentalist* fix.

Hugs to you all!

BBB