Let's play catch up....

yes i am still alive but have been busier than a one armed paper hanger...if you know what i mean...life has been super busy...regular stuff plus unexpected stuff such as working out of town for two days last week, having to give up caffeine cold turkey - that will be discussed in a moment - having a cardiac pet scan that i thought was going to kill me...oh my goodness...fuel pump went out on the "new car" and multiple other things...but oh well...i never said my life was peaceful...

now for the caffeine story---

i was asked to go work at the boaz building on wednesday and thursday of last week...no problem...i could go and see my granny while i was up that way...i get about 10 miles from the building and get a phone call that informs me that state has just walked in their building...now mind you that their social worker has QUIT...i have never been in this building before and know not a soul...ok so me and Lord have a prayer session and onward i go...so wednesday goes pretty good...i got done at a decent time and went by my granny's and had supper with her and my aunt and uncle... but thursday was a different story...

due to the fact that i had to have the afore mentioned cardiac pet scan..i could not have ANY caffeine for 24 hours prior to the test...yes you heard it 24 hours prior to the test...so to start with i have to deal with the state with no caffeine...i drive home a nervous wreck and then have to prepare for the vampires to dig for a vein on friday morning for the test...

friday morning comes and i am seriously considering ditching the test because i really needed some caffeine..but no being the good girl that i am i toughed it out and went for the test...praise the Lord the vampire got the vein on the first try...we start the test and everything is fine until they give me the medicine to "stress" my heart...oh my heavens...can i tell you how bad that hurts...i seriously thought i was gone to see the Lord...i made it through the test and was headed straight for Starbucks...well i had a change of plans...i decided to go to mcdonalds and get a burrito and a cup of coffee...and the nice little girl at the speaker asks if i would like cream and sweetner in my coffee...i said sure...that goodness she could not see that i was white knuckling the steering wheel and shaking like a dead leaf...i was seriously in withdrawals...

i get to the window, get my food, coffee and diet coke...open the coffee thingy to let it cool off and proceed to eat my breakfast and drink my diet coke...i am finished at this point and am looking forward to my first drink of coffee in over 24 hours...i take one big drink and it is BLACK as sut...it was awful...i am so mad...i am shaking like someone in dt's from crack...i am furious...i am shaking uncontrollably....yall i get off at the next exit and went to the mcdonalds...walk in with my coffee in hand - shaking - i am trying to calmly explain that i need some creamer and sweetner...the poor little spanish girls behind the counter were speaking a language i could not understand...i know they were talking about the crazed white fat chick with a cup of coffee...but all i wanted out of them was creamer and equal...they were very nice to give it to me...no one got hurt...i guess i am not really a caffeine whore but maybe a caffeine tease...if i was a whore i would have drank it black....once i got the coffee fixed and took that first drink - again...life was good...everything was beautiful again...don't mess with a woman and her coffee...

what my children think of me....

Following is a list of questions that I asked both of my kids and these are their answers...the first answer is from my 17 year old and the second one is from my 9 year old...i asked them seperately....

( just type what the kids said...)

Jamie 17 years old
Jacob 9 years old

1. What is something mom always says to you?
i love you
i love you

2. What makes mom happy?
shopping and peace
hugs and kisses and loving

3. What makes mom sad?
people hurting my feelings
when i come home with discipline referrals - this is what he actually said

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
by making crazy faces
the medicine face - i do not like liquid medicine - AT ALL

5. What was your mom like as a child?
sassy
cuddly

6. How old is your mom?
33
i don't know

7. How tall is your mom?
taller than me
4 feet

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?
Intervention and Clean House
Clean House

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
talks on the phone
i don't know because i am not around - that is a dumb question

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
being a talk show host
for talking

11. What is your mom really good at?
her job, cooking and talking
talking

12. What is your mom not very good at?
being quiet
getting to the car on time

13. What does your mom do for her job?
social work
social worker

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
okra
beans

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
When she doesn't go totally off on people who make her mad at work
EVERYTHING - that you are my momma

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Minnie Mouse
Tom from Tom and Jerry

17. What do you and your mom do together?
chill
watch tv

18. How are you and your mom the same?
when we don't feel good nobody feels good
i always know what you are going to say

19. How are you and your mom different?
totally different personalities
i am a boy and you are a girl

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
gives me hugs and kisses all the time
because you are my momma and you would have killed me by now

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
sense of humor
i don't know and why are you asking me all these questions

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
beach
church

blue teeth

here is another story to add to the "jacob file"...kids started school late on monday because of the "snow"...i don't know what we would do if we actually had a blizzard...but anyway, i ventured to let jamie and jacob stay home - together - to get ready for school and pray they did not kill each other...jamie called me later and said that jacob did real well getting dressed except that he went to school with blue teeth....yes i said i blue teeth...well it should seem that jacob got into the pantry and got some fun dip down...proceeds to eat it and when jamie tells him he has to brush his teeth he informs her that no he does not....she again tells him he has to brush his teeth and he says not if i can run faster than you and out the back door he went to my parents' house...so my child went to school on monday as if he had smurf teeth...wish i had a pic

Let It Snow...a bad memory....

i am one of those alabamians who actually hates snow...the blizzard of 93 forever scarred me...i was a senior in high school and my sister had been in a terrible car accident in january...severely broken her arm and could basically do nothing...it was awful...my dad was out of pocket and i was trapped in the house with my mother and my sister...we were out of power and the gas ran out...the only lifeline to the outside world was the telephone and it was questionable...we ate bologna sandwiches and froze to death...hence the reason i don't like bologna sandwiches now and i refuse to be cold....now this is the reader's digest condensed version...there is much more to this story but it is not leisurely reading...anyway so to say the least...if i never saw snow again it would be too soon....

however, this morning was quite beautiful but i was glad to see it go away...enjoy the pics of the snow in the country.....

Jacob on the back porch


Jamie in the front yard