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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Happy New Years Eve..

Good god...Its rainy and dreary as hell here today.  And I thought I'd be up & at 'em this morning.  Slept until 8:00 am and now want to go back to bed.. Its 8:16 am.  So, what are you doing for celebrating tonight.?  Me, nothing.  I'll tell you how busy my life is...I watched the Giants game last night.  Heck, I know Giants fans who didn't even know they were playing!!
So. Giants made the playoffs.  As a matter of fact they played pretty well last night.  At least Tiki did. 
As far as Bowling for Bucks.  I'm 6-6 now.  Thanks Georgia.
Coffee is weak this morning..Just saying.  I may be back later, right now I'm going to medicate myself and hope I feel better.....Happy New Years Eve..!!!

OOPS

AHEM.....Remember when I was 3-0 in the Bowling for Bucks?  Well....now I'm 4-5...Great with point spreads aren't I ?
I've slept all afternoon.  This damn cold/flu may just get the best of me..........grrrrrr

You tell me....

Is she yawning or laughing.?  Son says yawning...I think she looks like she's laughing her a$$ off............

She's a beauty, sweet and the nicest big dog I know!!!

SCAVENGER SATURDAY

Today's theme is "NEW" so..

How about a brand new day!!!

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NOTE:"Mom you will NOT change the station...My bears r blocking the box" HA!!

(The cable box is on the bottom shelf where he strategically place two of his bear it was lighter on the phone)

AAAHHHHHH

Ok, so I needed some more Day quil and off I went.  To Target ( I also wanted to buy myself a little gift).  I made a stop on the way home and OMG...The idiots on the road.  The bad things I wished on every a$$hole that sped up the left hand lane and then when they got to the intersection needed to get in the right hand lane and turn. SOB's.. Caused me more grief just in getting home. 
Another words of wisdom.  Don't ever...in Tennessee...decided to get Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowl this close to New Years.  Geeze...I stopped at the market and all that is good...was full of little old ladies buying all that stuff.  I know, I'm getting dangerously close to the "little old, white haired lady" time but I wasn't ready for it today.  One sweet lady couldn't read the price so I helped her....then I had to see her glasses that didn't work and a bunch of other stuff.  I was afraid to breath.  I was terrified she'd get what I had and seriously...she didn't need it..   
What a frustrating afternoon.  So I went to the liquor store and came home.  Now I'm cooking with my new present from son, (He paid, I ordered) and tomorrow I'll curl my hair with the curling iron that Zoot got me...Whether she knows it or not.. 
I'm telling myself I'm better.  I feel back asleep for two hours this morning and I'm going to try to catch up tomorrow...  Oh yeah, and it seems I'm getting the crap beaten out of me in Bowling for Bucks... Kentucky wins....sh*t..They never win....Go Houston, Oregon State, and Texas Tech and Maryland.  mmmmmm    I just heard on the radio that there's gonna be a housecleaning at Alabama the first of the week...When does Miami's season end?
Happy New Year Everyone!!

   

BLEH

Geeze.  I slept pretty good last night.  Only woke up once.  So when I woke up this morning I thought I'd feel pretty good.  NYET...........More meds, more couch....That picture of me and Maxi on the couch....taken and sent to typepad well before the post below it.....  Bowling for Dollars....up 3-0.  One thing I don't like about this board is we have to pick based on the point spread and I'm not too good at that.  But starting 3-0 is pretty good.  Of course today.  That could all change..But its fun and otherwise I wouldn't give a rats butt about the games except the Outback Bowl. 
I'm going back to the couch.   Later folks

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HE & ME ON THE COUCH!!

Alive....

Ok. I gave in and took DayQuil.. So I lived.  I took a short nap, i.e. 15 minutes and still feel draggy but better.  As in no snotty nose and continually dreadful cough.  Don't get me wrong the cough is there, just not constant. 
So. in the interest of "what to watch"...Did you know that we could be eating cloned meat in the future? and they're debating whether we should know that or not.  i.e. Should they label it?  I'm thinking YES....or it just makes me a little ill, since I'm just a little ill.  But I'd really want to know.  Not a big fan of cloning anyway so eating cloned animals?  Not on my list of things to do any time soon, or ever for that matter.
Other...Did you know that there is a danger of Tsunami's on the west coast? Washington and Oregon coast?  Me either, but I don't live there so I guess I wouldn't. Laying on the couch moaning and watching National Geographic TV will do that for you though. Keep you informed of potential disasters to places you aren't.  Of course, it could happen sometime this decade, year, month or tomorrow...Just in case you're wondering.
I'm going back to the couch to see what pearls of knowledge I can come up with for future posts.   Control yourselves folks....I WILL be back..

Give me a break....I'm trying!!!

ICK

I feel like crap.  Glad to hear that aren't you?  Whatever I picked up last Friday just won't go away.   It backs off for a while and then in the middle of the night..  comes back with a vengeance.  I coughed my head off last night and feel like not even moving today.  I'm freezing too.  Of course its 30 degrees and I had the heat pretty low....Not now, but it'll take a while to warm up. I felt pretty good yesterday.............not so much today.
There's not a damn thing on TV by the way.  I did watch some of Gerald Ford coverage last night.  I knew there was a good reason why I liked him.  I had forgotten some of it. 
I'm going to the couch now.  If I feel better I'll be back, if not...................mmmmmm

 

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BETTER

OOPS

EEK!!! And that strand was dead!! Damn lights..

Sad Day

This is sad for me.  I remember him so well and I remember when he pardoned Nixon.  At first I really hated what he did.  Heck, I hated him for doing it.  I, probably like a lot of people, wanted Nixon ruined forever. Go away, don't ever come back.....and here he lets him off. Scott free..Bless his heart, it cost him the next election.  How else do you think a peanut farmer from Georgia could beat Ford in the election?
BUT...I voted for him.  By the time the election came around I knew he was right in getting "Watergate" off the front pages so the country could go on.  We had had years and years of Nixon, Watergate, lying etc and he just wanted it to go away..I was sorry he lost.  I liked him a lot and wanted him to be president on his own. Not as a result of Agnew's resignation, his appointment, then Nixon's resignation.  I have no doubt he did too.
Rest in Peace Mr. President.  You did the best with what you were handed and we needed you at the time.   Thanks!!!

 

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2 gr8 things

Whooooo....

AFTER CHRISTMAS RUSH   :)
I've wanted this little guy since Thanksgiving but I refused to pay 32.00 for him......Now 16.00...That's just fine!!!

Don't like this...

I'm torn here.  My son is gone.  On his way to the airport and it may be a year before I see him again.  I'm trying not to get self centered etc and down because.  He was here after all and he didn't have to come in so....I know I need to be glad.. I just know I'll miss him a lot.  We don't get to talk on the phone much either so....I'm glad and I'm sad and I'm a bit lonely.  I also have a cold or something and feel like crap....If I didn't I'd at least be driving him to the airport.  It's a total of 6 hrs there and back and I was a little doubtful about my cold and me making that so he's with his dad. 
We did have a nice Christmas.  Quiet...and he got me both Spiderman movies for Christmas and we watched them both.  I love Spiderman.  I'm not sure that he was thrilled to watch them, but I also think he was terrified that I'd insist we watch football so Spiderman was fine...hehehehehe.. 
I did talk to Zoot and they had a nice Christmas too. Their family Christmas is Saturday when LilZ comes home. 
So, all in all it was a lovely Christmas.  I'm just a little sad and I can't even go shopping...I'm afraid the mobs will kill me.    or I them..hehehe
Have a nice day folks.  Happy day after Christmas

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas

There is so much to be happy about.  I've got two of the most wonderful children on this planet.  They love me despite the fact that I sometimes treat them like they don't.  I really know that they would never hurt me. I do know that but sometimes I get selfish and childish and get to thinking dreadful things.  I do know better, now all I have to do is start acting it...I'm spending tomorrow with my son.  I haven't seen him in a year.  We spent yesterday together and went out to dinner.  Tomorrow I'm cooking dinner and we'll spend the afternoon together.  It will truly be a lovely Christmas.  My daughter is spending the eve and day with her in laws and that is a good thing too.  One year, we'll figure this Christmas thing out but she doesn't live that far away so visiting isn't as difficult as it could be..I don't really know what all I'm trying to say other than, despite some odd things that go on in my life, that sometimes cause me more distress than it should...........I have so much to be thankful for and I try to remember it every day.  Some days I don't do such a good job but I really, never forget.. 
Have a Merry Christmas everyone.!!!!!!

Thanks Deb

A very Merry White Christmas!!!

Thanks Deb..!!!!!

Sunday???what??? confusion

You know, I'm ticked off now. I had such a great post and once again Firefox froze and I lost it.  I couldn't even get the save button to work...
Merry Christmas Eve everyone.  I may post later but right now I want to kick this darned computer....I must go find some Christmas Spirit before I try to spread it!!!  Me and my cold/flu will be back later..

SCAVENGER SATURDAY

TODAYS THEME IS LINES...

I've found two...first the lines made by the planes.  Which is beautiful first thing in the morning.

The second is these lines, which are so ugly but so necessary...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.  BE SAFE

OH yeah.....its Friday

Happy Friday everyone.  I know some of us have next week off.  Oh  yeah, that's because its also Christmas.  How wonderful is that.?  This is the first time since 1988 that I can actually take time off between Christmas and New Years.  I plan on totally enjoy it. I do wish both of my kids could have worked out being here.  Son, is here but leaving Tuesday, and when they come here...they visit a lot of people so I still don't get much time with him.  I may fool him and show up in Arizona one of these day....... That'll fix 'em...heheh  Anyway, I'm glad I'm going to get to visit with him as soon as I shake the silly thought that I'm being rejected.  I hate that about me.......
I may go see Zoot but she's got all kinds of things going on or not going on so to make a long story short.   Probably not. 
But, Maxi and I will have a nice quiet time and that may be very very good.  !!
My dryer is fixed, that is a lovely present.  It only took an hour last night for a medium load to dry.  A light load a few days ago...........TWO damn hours.  I'm happy there too.
Well, I have to work today, but only until noon.  Have a lovely day today, its raining here but that'll be ok.....Oh yeah, remember my DVR box........................Its broken......  geeze I hope this isn't another battle with Comcast again.........
BTW. I have a friend undergoing a heart cath this morning and if they can fix him they will..  Please say a little prayer for him ok.  He's quite a person and I'm rather worried.

Holy Smokes.....TGIT

This is the LAST day I have to work eight hours until Jan 2nd.  MMMM...that is good.  I work 1/2day tomorrow and then its vacation..  Using the last days I have left from this year.  No, I'm not feeling Christmassey and donating my days back to the company.  Geeze......There is a bunch of us off next week in our quest to take vacation and use it all..
OMG.  I just heard that Brett Farve is thinking about retiring after this year....WHAT!! I wish the SOB would just SOGOP!!!  This has gone on way too long and frankly, I don't care.  Not a lick.
Have you seen the film of Denver? Holy Smokes its awful there and for me and anyone else who may have people traveling.....I hope going through Denver isn't in your itinerary..My son is flying in today but it looks like, the only effect Denver will have on him is if one of his connecting flights has to go through there before/after it gets to him..
I'm off to work this morning.  See, its just not me that's trying to get everything done this week. Nopey.  All customers are too and I'm having a dreadful time getting caught up.  Maxi is going with me today again...The landlord called yesterday and said someone would be here this morning before 9:30 am to fix the dryer vent (clogged) and I don't want Maxi to have to put up with that .  No idea what it'll take and he kinda likes going to work with me..
Take care folks and have a loverly day ahead.  It's still very nice here..  TGIT..

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MY PRESENT GIVEN BY A CO-WORKER THIS MORNING....

Hump Day

Ya know, there just isn't anything on TV now...Everything I normally watch, if on TV, was a repeat last night and guess what?  My DVR box in the bedroom..........stopped working...Oh whoopee..So how was your Tuesday night?
Oh yeah, and when I got home last night.  Late...after working late....it was evident that someone had been here working on my dryer.  Of course, being a human, I expected the damn thing to be fixed....I'm not human.  I went and got a small load of clothes that promptly took TWO HOURS to dry.  What part of "something stuck in the exhaust piping" didn't they understand...........geeze
I'm going into work early today.  and probably working late.  We got a new "fax,scan,copier,printer" the other day and the due who what supposed to "get it working" came by yesterday.  Well, to make a long story short......It only copies and faxes which is fine but now needs 200+ fax numbers programmed into it.  There are only two of us there this week also and I'm trying to  get ready to be gone ALL NEXT WEEK....
GO figure, Maxi is sitting on the floor, facing the wall......Still po'd at me...could be..
Have a great Hump Day folks.

And a Merry Ho Ho to all..............

Terrific Tuesday

Good god, I wish they'd find those hikers.  The one's that are left.  This has just got to be hell on earth for those families.  I mean, its awful listening every day about them not being found, how dreadful could it be if it was a family member.  Breaks my heart. 
Family...Speaking of family.  To those of you who read my daughters site, let me clarify a thing or two ok?  First, I am not evil.  I know she said I was and....as my daughter she may think I'm evil but I'm not.  You've seen her pictures, you've seen how little she is (doesn't take much after me in that dept), ....Just because I sent a pack of cordial flavored Hershey kisses to the FAMILY, does not mean she has to eat EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!!..I have no idea where she gets that.  I mean, my bag has one left.  See..I didn't eat them all. See.....I also have no idea where she gets the box of wine idea.  I mean, who the hell would drink boxed wine.  It is so un educated etc.  And they take up the entire top shelf of the refrigerator  oops!!!!...Gave it away didn't I?.  And she didn't mention the tons of nuts and bolts I sent.  What? did she eat them all too?...geeze.  As you can tell, she inherited so many of her mothers lovely traits and talents.  But I am NOT evil.  Just wanting to share..and I sent the treats for the children...I wonder how many Nikki got..........eheheheheheheeh..
Merry Christmas folks....

Seriously Mom.......

Do ya think you could've gotton it any shorter!!!! It's winter dammit!!!

Mornin'...and Survivor

Have to get up this morning a bit earlier to get Maxi to the groomer at 7 am.  Only one thing to say about that.   sh*t
So, what did you think about Survivor?  I don't understand the three person method.  I suppose by pulling it as a surprise it does blow up anyone's "late" plans as far as getting rid of competition.  I guess I didn't understand Becky being there at all.  I didn't watch the "third hour" last night,  If you did, what did Becky say about not getting even one vote.  Surely, after that debacle (sp) starting fire, she didn't think she deserved it.  I guess I'm ok with Yul winning.  Better than Becky but I still think Ozzy should win.  I'm thinking they'd all be gone if it wasn't for him....Oh well.....at least Ozzy won the car..
Sorry Giants fans.  I don't know what's wrong with that team.  I'd like to see them do well but I don't see it happening the way they're playing now. Yeah Titans......keep it up..
It's 42 degrees here with a high of 69 today.  This is fine but its sure hard to plan the ol' wardrobe.  Freezing in AM and down right hot in the afternoons....Spring????
Have a great day everyone.  I'll post a picture of Mr beautiful after he gets groomed

Survivor three

Damn,,,,,he's gonna give Becky the idol.  I hope this backfires big time

Survivor two

Yeah Ozzie... Standing on that pole jeeze......Ok, now they need to send Becky home and I'll be pretty much ok with Ozzy, Sundra, or Yul........Yul has the idol so voting for him won't do any good.  Will he give it to Becky?  Sundra?  mmmmmmmm If he gives it to Becky, that means he'll send Sundra home and I don't like that............Idol quandry......Later folks..

Oh yeah,.....Guess who won today!!

Survivor one

Okay,Its 8:50 pm.  They're burning the torches of the people that are gone.  That is one ritual they can get rid of if you ask me.  They're not gods or something.  They didn't die tragically.. grrr.  Waste of air time.
BUT.  I want them to send Becky home.  I don't like her.  In this order I want it to go.. 1st. Ozzy, 2nd Sundra, 3rd Yul.  ....I just dont' want Becky to win.  Ozzy HAS to win the immunity this time to stay. I really think that..................GO OZZY....More later or in the morning...I'm old and have to sleep...Also have to get up at 5 to take Maxi to groomers... Pretty Christmas doggie you know..............Thanks sis

AWWWW.....

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

I forgot

My sister came in to visit yesterday and I flat forgot about Scavenger Saturday.  OOPS.  I ran some errands etc and now I'm home.  Exciting day.  I did have a lovely visit with my sister by the way and Xzhibit will be here Thursday/Friday and I'm on vacation all next week so things are looking up so to speak. 
I had a nice gift in the mailbox today and everything else is ok.  Now all I need is that damn avatar to change when I change it and I'll be happy.  I have not been in my jammies all day long (although that's a very nice idea).  I can't figure out if its Yahoo or Typepad. You don't want me to go off about typepad....If I could find something else to use I'd do it in a heartbeat...
Oh yeah, Walmart is the nightmare from hell.  Just in case you were wondering...
Later folks.. 

Maggies Mishap

POOR MAGGIE

Maggie got bit or something and had a problem, they had to drain it and operate on her. Her owner didn't want to leave her alone so he brought her to work...Poor Maggie

TGIF

Happy Holidays.  Although me and the holiday "mood" haven't exactly met, the fact that TODAY IS FRIDAY...is making me a happy little camper.  This week has been just dreadful. No lunch all week, working early, late etc.  Just two of us in the office since Tuesday and the damn phones ringing off the hook etc.  If anyone calls me, and I don't answer, its because answering phones is one thing I've done all week and I'm sick of that.  How in the hell are you supposed to get anything done with the damn phone ringing constantly.........grrrr.  Anyway, whoopee its FRIDAY..
Did you watch Survivor?  Ideas?  I'm so glad Ozzie won the challenge because I want Ozzie to win.  I'd take Yul, but he's slipped down the "favorite" list in the past few episodes.  Did you get the impression Jeff was trying to put Yul down last night? I've never seen him do that but he sure wanted everyone to know about the hat and why he thought Yul did it.  Again, I've never seen Jeff do that.. I don't like Becky at all so I'm hoping she'll go early.  Sunday night is going to be a crowded 2 hours don't ya think.  It may be good because a lot of times the finale is dreadfully boring.  I haven't looked yet but lets hope CBS doesn't have the late football game on Sunday so it can at least start on time.
Ok....I've got to get some things done before I leave.  My sister is coming to visit today.  Another good reason to like today.  Have a great Friday folks..

Little Christmas Cheer....

HEHEHEHE...ANY PORT IN A STORM, OR SO THEY SAY

T.G.I.T.

Did you watch Criminal MInds last night?  It was fantastic.  I so love that show.  I had originally thought it was a repeat but not so I'm a happy camper now.  At least until I can find something else to bit*h about.
Survivor is tonight....Second to the last episode.  It should be interesting to see how this ends up. It seems to me there's a lot of contestants left for it to be so close to the end...
Working for a big company as opposed to a small company...................it's.........ummmm............ponder, ponder......"difficult at best"...especially when you're set in your was..  Kinda like I am.  I must go off to my job now and be totally amazed at the difference in everything and why, no matter what anyone says......IT AIN'T ANY EASIER...........
Thanks, I feel better and see below for tonight activity..

Merry Christmas thought...

Hump Day

Hump Day.  Right?  I guess that's good.  At least its progress.  Yesterday was so bad that today has just got to be better...That's what I said, and I'm sticking to it..
It's 48 degress right now.  Its 6am...Now that is good. Although I don't mind a bit of a chill in the morning this is ok too.  It's going to be in the 60's until sometime next week. I know its not terribly Christmassy but its easy on the electric bills.  We're going to have some great weather and I'm going to enjoy it.
As you can tell, I got up on time today.  I went to work yesterday with a cup of coffee in my hand.  That has never happened.  I always (except yesterday) drink two cups and that's it. That's all the coffee I drink so me walking in the door with coffee, 10 mins late was statement enough....I never felt caught up all day long.  Hate day's like that, don't you?
Have you noticed there isn't a darn thing on TV now.  They've killed TV for during the holiday season with NO consideration to those of us (both) who live alone, have no family in town and who actually watch TV...a lot....Just saying.  It gets dark early now, by 5:30 so its not like summer and you can go out.  This neighborhood isn't so great any more so I don't like being out after dark so.....I WANT MY TV SHOWS BACK.  now..
Just saying.
I'm also saying that this sore throat I have and the aches are NOT a gift from co-workers who come to work sick.  Another just saying thing here..Here in Tennessee, symptoms like that can be sinus's, allergies or just plain weather.  I'm hoping for the third...
Ok..So I'm boring, have nothing exciting to say.  Have a great Hump Day folks...

Just plain bad day..and

This day started out dreafully.  I woke up at 7:20 am.  I have to be at work at 8...Now under normal circumstances I would just take my time and get ready and be late.  BUT.  only one person and I are the only two people in the office today.  So I hit the floor running.  Made it to work 7 minutes late.  I'm in a bad mood, about as depressed as I've been in a very long time, self-centered and really into a self pity mood.  Kinda hate myself right now but there is one thing here tonight I've noticed.  I don't live in the airport traffic pattern and there have been low flying somethings going on all evening and its making me only more worrysome.  I'm going to bed and I have no idea whats going on but............good night and maybe a good nights sleep will help.. Gosh I hope so. 

Maudlin Monday

Oh god, its back to work today.   I was so enjoying my days off.  I need to win the lottery then I can work when I want to not just because these damn bills make me.. Yep,win the lottery.... (I guess I'd better buy a ticket, huh?)
Did you watch Amazing Race last night.  ?  I'm a bit disappointed that the "Bama" girls didn't win but they did so well.  Is there any money involved in third?  Well, the best thing is  Rob and Kim didn't win.  OMG I was just about nuts at the end. I was pretty sure the models were first but until I actually saw them I was just a bit worried.  Wasn't last nights episode odd?  Isn't it usually longer than an hour?  It seems like they didn't have to do much as far as competing went..Did you think the same thing?
I'm sick of Paula Dean (sp).  I had her "party" on tape last night and watched it until Amazing Race started and nearly went nuts.  I don't know a living soul who uses "yall" (sp) as much as she does.  Keep in mind, I live in the south.  Maybe its because I've never watched her longer than 30 minutes but for an hour....Overdose on the Southern Sweetness...or, maybe I'm in a lousy mood.
Oh yeah, she sure made me hungry.  I guess that's what they pay her for..heheh
Zoots coming home today.  She called yesterday after the race and said everything was going fine and she was having a ball.  You can go see some of her pictures that she's posted to Flickr.  She's got some beauties..
Ok, off to work today. Besides "Go Titans" might I just say  "Yeah Saints"....Took those Cowboys to the shed last night. 
They just said that the Titans are in the "Wild Card" hunt.  How cool is that.?  Of course they'll have to win out, which they may not be able to do but it's fun watching...
Have a great day everyone...................

Congrats Greta....

Go see Maribeth.. Her little Greta had her babies today,  They're so damn cute... Go say "hi"  Yeah babies...

Just another scream

This is the third time in THREE WEEKS that I have screamed like that at the end of the Titans game... My little Titans have done it again.  Sweet Vince, in overtime, 3rd and 15, somewhere near the 40 yd line,  just decides the hell with the field goal, I'll just run it in..........AND HE DID JUST THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.....That would be win number FOUR in a row for our supposedly awful team.  Folks, this is fun....

My Other Favorite Doggie

This is Sadie, she's my son's doggie and I love her to death.  She's so far away I don't know if I'll ever get to see her again but goodness she's still as beautiful as she was 2 yrs ago...Thanks Zoot..thanks for the picture

If you're not doing anything..

I found this at Busy Mom's and thought I'd share it with you.  Tomorrow morning...very early....here's what you need to do...   Planetary Triple Play...How cool is that?! If I'm up I'll try to find it...if I don't freeze to death..

SCAVENGER SATURDAY

Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants.

Today's theme is RED.  Here's a few
What....you didn't think you'd see a tree?

My granddaughter in her "lobster" costume

My sisters lovely Christmas Footies

And finally, one of Zoots bostons, asleep on a red couch, under a red quilt..

1600 DAYS!!!

1600 Days ago..OMG. That's a long time.  1600 Days ago I nearly died.  Tried like hell too...Yep. Did try.  But.  I didn't. 
Evidently, sometime that morning, I had an aneurysm.  Here's the odd part.  I worked, at the time, for a rather small company.  We'd been working together for many years.  I didn't show up that morning.  That is something I've never done and one of my co-workers began calling me at home.  According to my answering machine, she made that call a lot of times.  She finally raised holy hell with the boss and told him something was wrong and they needed to go find me....and now!!  There were only about 13 people working there and we all knew each other pretty well.  So, the boss send one of the co-workers who could take the company truck, and off he went.  For this, I always thank god.  (would your job do that? go looking for you?).  He found me at home and he got in.  Evidently I had just let Maxi back in and dropped right inside the front door.  To make a long story short, considering I live alone and have no family here in town, goodness knows how long I'd have laid there until I died, or someone decided we'd better go find here. 
So, off to some "fighting for your life" experiences that I have no memory of, began the first of the next 1600 days that................I QUIT SMOKING....I know that living after an aneurysm is not terribly common and I had little control over that but I did have enough sense to not start smoking after I woke up from my coma.  I dont' really think my brain was terribly functional at the time but I do remember when Zoot said "You haven't had a cigarette in 3 weeks!!" I knew then, that this was the perfect time to make sure I stayed a non-smoker.  So I did.  Never picked another one up. 
Do I miss it?  Oh hell yeah.  Smoking was my bestest friend in the world.  I could take it anywhere and enjoy the hell out of each and everyone of them.  I also knew, that if I didn't quit then...right then and there, that I never would.   Wherever the hell the rest of my brain was at that time, I'm so grateful that there was enough there to keep me from smoking again.  So, on a day that was supposed to be nothing terribly special, I nearly died, didn't and then.....began the longest journey into giving up that other thing, that was going to kill me if the aneurysm didnt.   Happy 1600 days to me.
Happy Friday folks and have a nice weekend.