HAHAHAHAHAHA........

TIGER WOODS MISSES THE CHAMPIONSHIP at Quail Hollow........HANG YOUR HEAD you ass..............I have no love for this man at all.

He had a gorgeous wife, a beautiful family.....................and I hope he NEVER golfs professionally again!  I hope you rott in hell with Sandra's husband...

Awesome April....

at Gotta Pixel. Really rush over to GP at check out all the specials, sales and the challenges!! There is sure to be more in May too! www.gottpixel.net

This month at Gotta Pixel, I have had the please of working with two awesome designers. My first designer was Kristmess. I certainly enjoyed using Kristmess's products. SOOOOO cute. I just LOVE the colors of this kit. On these layouts I used the kit Indian Summer by Kristmess which can be found at the following link: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=24369&cat=0&page=8

My second designer of the month was Simply.scraps. I used the fun and colorful D00d Kit on the following two layouts. . I LOVE this kit. There are so many fun things to play with. Fun elements. Fun colors...just plain fun. D00d can be found here: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=26618&cat=0&page=1

I used templates on all of these layouts. My layouts were starting to look the same so I thought I would jazz it up with some fun templates. The first three I used are March Winds by Connie Prince at Gotta Pixel: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=27432&cat=0&page=2. The Last Layout I used Sketchology: Love being Single by Bella Gypsy: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=24161&cat=0&page=1. Both Bella Gypsy and Connie has some fantastic templates in their stores. If you love digital or hybrid scrapbooking. Am looking for unique items for a blog or website, check out Gotta Pixel! 

The Reverend Stock....

has spoken! Yes, that is correct. I have a BIG BURR up my butt today. This time, it is regarding the way that people, generally people in the service business have zero regard for people and zero manners.  This is how I felt today, even though I certainly did NOT deserve it:

Today I had to make a trip to Norfolk and I had several errands to run. I got to Norfolk and my first stop was Target where I was able to FINALLY find a cute little ottoman that kind of matches our chairs at our lakehouse. Target was pretty good, except as I was checking out there were two girls helping me and the one loaded my stuff in my cart. I looked at her and said "Thank you so much for loading that for me" so she looked at me and almost frowned. Never said "oh your welcome" or "happy to help" or anything.....

As, I left Target, I was still in a very good mood, cause I found the two things that I was looking for. Solar rock lights and my ottoman.

I headed to Hobby Lobby to see if I could find me a shelf for the lakehouse/cabin. All their furniture was on sale and I had NO intention of going there but when I heard that they had a furniture sale I headed off to find a corner shelf. I found the perfect one, along with some cool knobs for my cabinet and asked a lady for some assistance. This time it was a customer who was rude. Keep in mind she was next in line, had one roll of ribbon and I had a 99.00 shelf and about 20 bucks worth of knobs.....but man was she ticked when the lady opened a register and checked me out first. Hey.......get over it.

Finally, I headed to Wal-Mart (which is against my religion!) but I had to buy two more baskets for a organizing project I was working on and didn't feel like driving all the way across Columbus when I got home to pick one up. So I stopped a lady with a Wal-Mart smock on and ask her very nicely "pardon me but I am looking for the cloth baskets, they are with the hangers, etc....". So much for the "Welcome to Wal-Mart how may I help you". She said....we don't carry those. I said "I bought one yesterday in Columbus and they were with the hangers, irons, ironing boards, etc......they were cloth" She said "Well it must be the wrong store, I have been working here for 11 years and I have never seen a cloth basket" HEEELLLLOOOOOO lady! I just said I bought it at Wal-mart in Columbus....has she been to Columbus lately, well else in the name of the lord would I buy anything like that except Wal-Mart in Columbus. So  I said "Well Thank you for trying: and I walked off. There was no "I am sorry" "Could I call someone" "Let me show you where the aisle is" "let's go check for sure". OH HELL NO!!! I walked over the the aisle myself and guess what I found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE DAMMMMMMMM CLOTH BASKET!

It is a down right shame. No one hardly ever says the common courtesy words: Please, Thank You, Your Welcome....nothing. I felt like a down right pain in the ass, but after all I was the customer.

Now for the positive news: I then went to Shop-ko where I was treated with the happiest of smiles when I was checked out. There was a nice sweet girl at the Customer service desk who took me because all the lanes were backedup. What a treat. She was sweet. She was pleasant. She was darling. She smiled. She laughed. We talked about how warm it had gotten and how I wished I would have worn shorts. She told me to have a nice day and asked me if there was anything else I needed help finding....I almost said "Yeah your parents.....cause they taught you right. I had trouble with the card reader reading my credit card and she helped me by wiping my card with some kind of wet wipe thing....I thanked her and she said "YOUR WELCOME".

So to that sweet little girls parents....THANK YOU for teaching her right.

To mine......THANK YOU for teaching me the difference between good manners and bad. I am NOT perfect. Swear words will sneak out of my mouth. I can get mad as bullets, but most of the time, when put in a situation where I have to hold a door, say Thank you, smile and say "your welcome"........I was taught right. I will wait till every single soul exits and elevator. I will let others in front of me on a escaltor when I have two hours till my plane leaves and they have 25 minutes. I will say Thank You when someone holds the door for me and I will try my best to acknowledge when people are polite to me.

THANK YOU Mom (and Dad...RIP to one of the best role models) for teaching me to have some manners..........

Homeward Bound.....

Our Time in Lost Wages (aka Las Vegas) has come to a close. As usual, I was ready to be home. Strange that as we were leaving the CMA's were just starting and by the time we got home we were able to watch the end on TV. Just hours before that we had driven by the MGM Grand where the CMA's were held on our way to the Airport. Oh Well, but at least we got a ride to the airport in style....

This Hummer Limo was so big and shiny....

before we left the "Four Queens" had to take their photo:

Love the Non-Stop flight home. Ron and I were in the very back of the airplane by the John's (no not two dude's named John...the Crappers)....see the partial Lavatory sign below :)  

We got the last laugh.........THEY unloaded the plane from the Front and Back, so Ron and I were two of the first people out. Yes, from the BACK of the plane......who knew it actually did open up! First time in my life for that. 

It's a Road Trip Saturday

Being in Las Vegas starts to wear on me after a while....so being able to take a road trip or two always passes the time a little more quickly for me. Today we took off and went to Laughlin and ended up in the Old Mining Town of Oatman, Arizona.  Before arriving in Oatman, we stopped for a heart healthy lunch at an "In and Out Burger" in Laughlin.  "In and Out Burger" has to be the home of the worlds simpliest menu.....a Double-Double Burger, a Cheeseburger, a Single Hamburger, French Fries (aka Fresh Cut Potatoes cooked in 100% Pure Vegetable Oil) and an assortment of Shakes (also made from 100% Ice Cream) and Beverages......that's it, that is your choices, so if you are not a big Hamburger fan, I would stear away from this place :) 

After our heart clogging meal.....we headed out to Oatman, Arizona. A little of the history of this unique town, where Burros wander in the street and the road leading into town. Oatman began 0ver 100 years ago as a mining tent camp and quickly became a flourishing gold-mining center. In 1915, two miners struck a $10 million gold find, and within a year, the town's population grew to more than 3,500.

Oatman was named in honor of Olive Oatman, who was kidnapped as a young girl by Mojave Indians and later rescued in 1857 near the current site of the town. Oatman was served by a narrow gauge rail line between 1903 and 1905 that ran 17 miles to the Colorado river near Needles, California.

But both the population and mining booms were short-lived. In 1921, a fire burned down many of the smaller shacks in town, and three years later, the main mining company, United Eastern Mines, shut down operations for good. Oatman survived by catering to travelers on old U.S. Route 66. But in the 1960s, when the route became what is now Interstate 40, Oatman almost died.

These Burrows were hilarious! They were in the middle of the road on the way into town. The Burrows were in the street in town and obviously not a bit scared of any person. Most shop keepers provided a bag of carrots with your purchase to keep to the burrows. IT was so funny watching Ron manuveur our second rental van around these little fellas. I saw one of these burrows steal a shirt out of a woman's shopping bag. I think he might have been looking for her husband's bag of popcorn and ended up with his brand new T-Shirt in his mouth....

My find of the day was locating what I am positive is Ron's name sake (see below) :) I so wanted to rip this sign off and take it home. You see Ron doesn't have any JUNK, he has useable merchandise and collectibles...........Who knew that Oatman Arizona would hold the key to finally identify Ron's obsession with stuff.

Our Group shot in Oatman under a Route 66 sign (minus Lonnie and Carol). 

Diana found a new pair of glasses for Ron.....doesn't he look dapper????

After a lengthy ride back to Las Vegas, Ron and I went out for a nice evening meal at Hugo's Cellar at the Four Queens Hotel and Casino with Emery and Diana. The rest of our group either went out for supper or attended the Jersey Boys Show. It was a nice place to eat and had the most wonderful food. I had a heavenly steak with probably the best salad of my life. It was a wonderful meal. Diana and I got Roses...of course Ron wanted to know why he didn't get one.....because those only give the ladies one Ron :)

It was a nice end to a nice day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.....

......dear Cheerio, Happy Birthday to you!!!! Your day did not start off too hot. From 7:30 until almost 11:00 you barked and barked and barked because the cows were out. MAN did they make you mad!! I have never seen you THAT mad before. You growled, snarled and geniunely barked your little voice out. You are pretty darn quite this afternoon, until a stray dog in the driveway had you right back at it! You stood on our bed and barked and barked and barked, while I cleaned upstairs......

UNTIL FINALLY......you got in a little birthday snooze. You must be exhausted after being outside almost an hour, barking all day and chasing the vacuum cleaner. 

Meanwhile, I was so happy  to get another one of my "missions" done. Cleaning the West bedroom!! I have another full box of stuff to get rid of and was more then happy to wash up all our bedding and open the windows.

Man have Cheerio and I had a full day! Now for a little Ceaser Birthday treat tonight. YUMMMYYYYYY! We love you so very very much little doggie. You are such a treat and always manage to make each day just a tiny bit better. Happy first birthday little man!

Misson Accomplished!

I am soooooooooooooooooooo extraordinarily happy for two reasons today. One and mainly because I got my scrapbook room completely cleaned up!!!! WHOOOOOOO. It was a total mess and a room that had become a place to shove stuff. It took me from 7:00 am till 4:00 pm to finish, but man am I happy it is done. The pictures are below. Second, because I got my 365 Blog updated last night. I had taken all the photos but hadn't uploaded them since March17th! Thank gosh I made notes in my calendar about the photos, remembering that far back would have been a challenge too. So all in all today was one mighty fine day!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

HAPPY EASTER 2010....

and I miss my Dad. It is hard for me to comprehend that today Dad has been gone for 8 years! I am a little sad that it fell on Easter Sunday so it has made me kind of sad and frumpy today because of it. I just really really miss him. There are so many things that I would have loved to have had him experience in mine and the lives of my family members.

Today, I totally took ONE, ONE lonely photo, ONE, I can't believe I managed to take only one photograph from our Easter Sunday and we had such a nice one. It was just a beautiful day and were happy to share the day with Mom, George, Cassidy, John, Cindy, Scott, Santos and Doug. The guys enjoyed a little bit of bluerock shooting. The only reason I have the one is because I remembered I needed to complete my 365 shot for the day, and snapped this photo:

So I hope everyone had a Happy Easter and took alot more photos than me :) 

A different kind of March....

MADNESS!!!!

It never ceases to amaze me all the Beautiful and versatile products available at Gotta Pixel. This month was no exception. My first round designer for this month was Silvia Romeo. I visited her store to pick out a kit and could barely decide. Check it our for yourself: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=16
Everything made my mouth water! After spending almost 30 minutes in the store I decided on Silvia's beautiful kit Basically Worn: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=26654&cat=0&page=1
I had a blast using this kit. The black and white mix with the little punch of red is perfect!  Below are the two layouts I made using Basically Worn.

My second designer for the month of March was a tough choice to. Creations by Rachael! Rachael has some very beautiful and fun items in her store: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=92 Her Quick Pages are so fun!
I finally decided on Rachael's Groovy kit: http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=25523&cat=0&page=2  This kit is way fun! OMG these colors were like playing with Candy. So fun. So colorful. So perfect for my Mexico photos..........

If you are a digital or hybrid scrapper visit Gotta Pixel! In addition to having fantastic Products, our Challenges rock!

WHATEVER!!!!!!

BUT before I get to that. What a nice day. Even though it was pouring rain most of the day. I had the rare opportunity to spend a quite day with Ron, deep frying some yummy food and some experiments (that weren't so yummy) working on computers, sleeping with Cheerio, watching the KSU BB game (which they lost BTW) and then finishing it off eating ribs at Jay's house.

Something unique about tonight....I watched the show Life for the first time. What a great show. It is on the discovery channel and featured the most wonderful segments on animals. Who knew that watching animals could entertain us half the night....

NOW back to my whatever.....Recently a friend of mine was talking about NASCAR drivers and she said that Clint Bowyer is a dog compared to Dale Earnhardt JR.............just compare my driver....

To THIS!!!!! sorry to all of those of you who think Jr is soooo hot.........this is NOT hot! Only a blue eye driver from Kansas works for me :) 

Come on REALLY Clint is one cute as button..............

A little bit of a long day.....

after doing endless loads of laundry, washing a mound of dishes, folding two baskets of clothes, gift and grocery shopping.....I was happy to get home to one little brown dog today......he is such a good boy!

Cuddle time....

For me and my Cheerio Dog. 

Today, I just had to escape from the St. Edward home. There has been alot going on there and now our upstairs bathroom is FINALLY being finished so I was getting tired of having to share my house with my handyman who is redoing it for us.  Here are a few photos from the destruction that is happening. The plaster in the upstairs of our house is really starting to show it's age and this bathroom plaster was probably in the best shape of any other room in our house, but once we had to replace the sink and floor we decided to just take the plaster off and sheet rock it..........

After my much needed hair cut from Sheila, I loaded up the kid and headed to the lake house. Oh it was soooo nice to get here. 

The best treat was being asked by Mike and Kendra to go out for Pizza at my favorite Pizza place......Lonestar and it did not disappoint. Oh it tasted sooooooo good as usual. I have never had a bad pizza there. After Mike and Kendra dropped me off I put my sweats on a crawled into bed with my computer only to be joined by Cheerio dog who snuggled into the pillows on Ron's side that I wasn't using. We had such anice time just cuddling and getting comfortable.....I think Cheerio has found a new place to crawl in to. 

I am so thankful for Cheerio. I miss Button soooooooooo much. There are so many things that I miss about her and cuddling was one of those. McCook is such a sweet cat, but she only tolerates so much cuddling and then it annoys her :) So Cheerio is my little snuggler as long as Ron isn't around.

So I guess it is time to close the books on this day. I am really in need of some sun. I need to catch up on some computer stuff and I MUST finish up my blog book......so we hope for those tomorrow........

I run to you........

I have NEVER listened to the lyrics to 'I Run to You" by Lady Antebellum......till just recently. Just a short and powerful song.

These lyrics were a bit confusing to me......BUT now I understand the them. So when it all comes down to it..when the world is spinning faster I run to Ron. I have always been the master at calming this man down, and to those who didn't think we were a perfect match.......

So Here it is.

I run from hate
I run from prejudice
I run from pessimists
But I run too late

I run my life
Or is it running me?
Run from my past
I run too fast
Or too slow it seems 

When lies become the truth
That's when I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
To a new disaster, so I run to you
I run to you, Baby

When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to
I run to you

We run on fumes
Your life and mine
Like the sands of time
Slippin' right on through 

Our love's the only truth
That's why I run to you 

This world keeps spinning faster
To a new disaster, so I run to you
I run to you, Baby

When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to
I run to you

Oh oh, oh I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
To a new disaster, so I run to you
I run to you, Baby

When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to
I run to you, I run to you
Yeah

Oh oh, oh I run to you
I'll run to you girl
Oh Oh


You are my best friend.....and I love you.....and I run to you....

Spending the day......

With my Brother and my niece. We always schedule a day of Antique shopping and today was our day. It was the best day. We left NG at 9:00 and traveled to Yankton to shop and see what cool antique treasures we could find. It was a great day. I love spending the day with my brother, we usually listen to some great music. Jessica used my camera to take some photos a Lewis and Clark lake. MY GOD we use to go there when Jessica was in a stroller and there was no Sheldon. WOW....amazing. How time has flown by..........by I am luck to have a family that loves me so much and I love them.

I am going to share a few COOL photos that Jessica took on my camera. DANG she is talented. She loves sooo many of the things I do, including photography and we have similar tastes in pictures.

Now for "other photos"

My impromptu photo of my beautiful Niece Jessica!

Jessica and her Aunt Kristin.......

Those necklaces you found Jessica were awesome!!!!!!

Isn't she soooooooo cute in her mink stole :) 

I LOVE our annual trip and I love my brother and my niece.........