The joys of motherhood

How true these words ring:

"So when the great word 'Mother!' rang once more,
I saw at last its meaning and its place;
Not the blind passion of the brooding past,
But Mother -- the World's Mother -- come at last,
To love as she had never loved before --
To feed and guard and teach the human race." -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Except of course when you have kids like mine. This is based on a True Story.



Sweet? Innocent? Adorable?
Adorable... I think yes. The rest, I think not!

Unless of course the Little People cow and farmer like residing in the toilet with the refuse of the humans who own them. I mean, they could perhaps. Personally I doubt it. Good thing my husband has patience and kindness coursing through his veins. and a good wrench. Because he had to take that toilet apart to rescue those poor toys. Now they are resting in the landfill. RIP

And I guess the baby powder was just asking to be "set free" from the shackles of its plastic prison. My boys answered the call to action and freed the oppressed mass (of powder) Mommy, however is more of a tyrant. I put the newly released powder in another prison... a vacuum bag. Except for the escapees that managed to elude the vacuum. I just rubbed them into oblivion. I feel like Saddam. But I am cuter. and I don't live in a hole. At least not at the moment. I may do so to escape my kids. As long as I have wireless, I will be OK!

Ahhh, the joys of motherhood... Yes, even with all the naughtiness, mouthiness and fighting my kids do I still love them. What mother wouldn't? Because being a mother is an enormous responsibility, a wonderful and scary gift. A blessing, a curse. All of those wrapped into a little body full of energy, sweetness, brattiness, rebellion, and immense love. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. do yours and head on over to sign the Mr Linky!

I did not: D0 1,000 loads of laundry... nope! More like 10,000. How can two small boys make more dirty clothes than they actually own? Do the clothes just migrate over to my dirty clothes pile???

Thank goodness I live in Modern Times and don't have to use this contraption:



I did not: Spend hours on Mafia Wars offing other mafia members... feel free to join my mafia. We can terrorizer together!

I did not: Eat another 1,000 tortilla chips at the Mexican Restaurant...



Not me, I have the appetite of a bird. This bird:



I did not: Do three chores all at the same time and not finish one of them... I am so much more organized. not!

I did not: Let me cat lick my spoon while I was eating cottage cheese... I would not do something so gross.... would I? Only Rudy knows for sure....

Quotable Sunday!

Time for Toni's Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!



Mine are on Spring... since its been almost 80 degrees and sunny here!

"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer." ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." ~Charles Dickens

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" ~Mark Twain

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." ~Anne Bradstreet

"And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"

"Is it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done..."
-- Matthew Arnold

"Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart."
-- Victor Hugo

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems." ~Rainer Maria Rilke

My life, my sorrows...

Well, my life. I have not had that much sorrow lately. Thank goodness!
But I have had frustration and anger and ups and downs... kinda like a Katy Perry song!

Its been lovely here, the weather has been good, my boss was out of town and it was relaxing.
My boys have been angels and Devils all in a span of 5 minutes. How is it possible that children (is it just mine?) can be so loving one minute and such utter PITA's next.

Jack is sweet, he is four and has FINALLY gotten potty training. OMG!! I thought I was going to be changing poopie nappies until he was 10 and I was 50! Not cool.

Max is 2.5 and he is also doing well on the potty training...which makes me happy since he smells worse than the port-a-potty's on my dad's farm in the 105 degree weather. Max can stink up a room and break up a party... as well as turn a stomach!

But these two sweeties decided that the GIANT container of baby powder was a cool new toy. The cats did not think so, they hid under the bed...smart cats! But mommy who left them playing in the back bedrooms for 5 minutes while she finished up General Hospital left Sonny Corinthos and walked into an even bigger mess. A roomful of powder and 2 boys who looked like this (but without the glitter and make-up) But OH< what mother doesn't want a powdered wig wearing drag queen for a son... I cant think of any.



OMG...I was so upset, angry and I wanted to just lick them all the way into next week! Needless to say, they now know powder is NOT a toy that mommy approves of!

Ive been suffering from some mysterious disease.... my tongue has been swollen and had painful bumps on it. OUCH. I seem to finally be feeling better. But that's a quick update on me and mine.

Wordless Wednesday

Me... not yesterday!!!
LOL, I think I was about 9 months or a year!

Review of Udderly Smooth

First of all a big thanks for the wonderful girls over at Extraordinary Moms for hooking me up with this opportunity. Check them out!

I was lucky enough to be able to review Udderly Smooth Udder cream for dry skin! First of all the full sized products came in the cutest cow patterned box, and when opened up contained four full sized products for me to try and enjoy. I cannot say how impressed I was with Udderly Smooth



A few facts from their wonderful site!

"Made in the USA for over thirty years, Udderly Smooth® products contain rich moisturizing ingredients. Not your average moisturizing lotion- Udderly Smooth® can be used on Dry Skin, Cracked Skin, for Diabetes Foot Care, as a Facial Moisturizer, as a General Moisturizing Lotion and many other uses.

Pioneered by a Pharmacist, reasonably priced and made in America’s heartland. Use Udderly Smooth® daily for smooth, soft skin head to toe."

My husband who is a type 1 diabetic was excited to try the Foot Cream with Shea Butter for Dry Feet, we all know diabetic people need to take special care of their feet in order to avoid infection. My husband tried it out, and was very pleased with the results. After three days use, his feet looked and felt softer and smelled better too! LOL
I was impressed by the results and here is what the site has to say:

"Udderly SMOOth® Foot Cream with Shea Butter for Dry Feet was the winner of Woman's Day Magazine's Best in Beauty for 2005.

Udderly SMOOth® Foot Cream with Shea Butter for Dry Feet was improved by adding Shea butter to make a more intensive moisturizer. Udderly Smooth® Foot Cream with Shea butter, smooths extremely dry skin and feet. Member tested and recommended by Today's Health and Wellness Magazine and Creative Home Arts Magazine."



I tried the Original Udderly Smooth® Udder Cream
and I loved the light fragrance and amazingly enough my udders Ummm... my hands and legs were transformed from dry and painful, to refreshed and moisturized. YAY!!!
I cannot recommend Udderly Smooth enough!


What is even better is that it is available at many stores and for a reasonable price. Udderly Smooth is available at These Fine Retailers
They include: Safeway, Amazon.com. Walmart, Albertson's, Target, Menard's, Walgreens and many others!
So, try out the cool, original and awesome Udderly Smooth creams and lotions!

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. do yours and head on over to sign the Mr Linky!

1. I did not forget my mom was visiting me until Thursday night... Not me! Its not like I wanted to forget...not me. (Just kidding Mom)

2. I did not forget (that's the wording I use) to clean the kitchen floor, and the kitchen itself because I knew she wouldn't care and I was feeling lazy... Not me!

3. I did not just rub the powder that my sons spilled all over the floor into the rug because I didn't feel like vacuuming, not myself, no way. I am such a neat freak... well... not me.

4. I did not eat a whole Panettone (or Papa Tony as my sons called it) almost by myself on Saturday cause it was so yummy with melted butter... not me yet again!

5. I did not sit here blog hopping while my husband cooked dinner and did the dishes. Not me!!! I am a much more submissive and dutiful wife. umm.... who wants to take a bet that's not me? LOL

Quotable Sunday!

Time for Toni's Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!

Mine are on Motherhood... since my mom is visiting me this weekend!


"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." ~Abraham Lincoln

"Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together." ~Pearl S. Buck

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

"She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along." ~Margaret Culkin Banning

"Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother." ~Moorish Proverb

"A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest." ~Irish Proverb

"A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." ~Author Unknown

Finish the Sentence

Finish the sentence...found this on facebook!
Feel free to steal and do your own!

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss...was given to me by two sloppy kissers... my sons!

2. I am listening to... my co-workers... LOL, naughty me!
3. I talk....often quite a bit, others times not so much!
4. My love......for my family is boundless.

5. My best friend......are my HP girls, Dani and my sister!
6. My first real kiss....is something I don't care to discuss! LOL
7. Love is......amazing and takes so many shapes and encompasses so many different elements and people. My husband, my family, my In-Laws, my animals, my friends. I love them all in so many different ways. I am truly lucky.


8. Marriage is...... a comfort. Its nice to know the person you love will be there for you, always.

9. Somewhere, someone is thinking....I wish she would just shut up!
10. I'll always be grateful for.....my Noni. I wish we would have had more time.
11. The last time I really cried was....a few weeks ago. I was overwhelmed.
12. My cell phone....is always waiting for Toni to call!
13. When I wake up in the morning...I rush to make coffee, and check my e-mail and Facebook! Mafia wars!!!!!!!!
14. Before I go to bed.....I go pee again, always.
15. Right now I am thinking about...how my son finally pooped on the potty. Hope I didn't gross ya out! LOL
16. Babies are....tougher than they look, irresistible and a lot of work!

17. I get on Myspace....Rarely. I am a Facebook girl
18. Today I...am working. Sorta!
19. Tomorrow I will be.....doing chores, and enjoying the perfect California weather.
20. I really want to be....home alone with my book.

Diamonds are forever

I hope I win these diamond earrings!
Scarymommy lost 700 followers when she transfered to wordpress. Now all you have to do to WIN Diamond Earrings is head over to her site and follow her
HERE
I hope we win!!!

Thank you all so much

For these crazy last 8 months of blogging. Ive passed the 200 post mark!!! YAY
I started this blog when I was a member of a mom forum/blog site. It was a whim. I started out slow and realized what a huge, yet small world it is out in bloggy land.

Ive been through many things with you all... depression, anxiety about kids, finances, friends... and whatever else was the Post Du Jour. Thank you for being there with me. Coming back, commenting. Even when I had nothing interesting to say.

Ive met many cool people here. I appreciate each of you. You've all done something for me, even if you didn't know it. Maybe a comment that saved my day from being one of the worst in my boring life! Maybe a recommendation for something I needed, maybe just a kind word of acknowledgment and support. Maybe just agreeing with me, or disagreeing with me so I could learn to see another side of an issue.

I have been contacted by a few companies to do a review or two and a giveaway. I DO NOT plan to become a review site. I plan on doing a review here and there between my regular posts, I hope you all do not mind. It gives me a chance to review and try some products I could not normally and a chance for you to read, or not and to maybe win something fun occasionally. This site is too personal and enjoyable for me to make it anything else.

In this upcoming year, I have no real plans for this blog... just my random thoughts, pet peeves, joys and tribulations. I hope you all stay with me on this journey, and I hope I can some way touch each of you, help you, comfort you and make you think. Just like you do for me. Thank you all so much!

Wordless Wednesday JLo edition

Notice the filthy lenses...not sure how he could see.
Note: These were broken 5 minutes later. GRRRRRRRR

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. do yours and head on over to sign the Mr Linky!

Well, we had an eventful weekend (not me, really) I did not let the boys play in the mud again, no... not me! I would not give them baths twice a day just to keep them happy and in good spirits. Not me!

I did not set my TV to show General Hospital's Friday episode (Soapnet rocks) and I did not shed tears of anguish and joy when Maxie told Spinelli she loved him... My hubby did not look at me like I had two heads even though he was not standing there as engrossed as I was... not him!!! Or me! LOL


I just love dorks!

I did not forget to take a shower Sunday... not me!!! I am not so lazy that I would rather play on facebook than take a shower and beautify myself. Not me. My hair is not showing massive amounts of grey roots because I am just that lazy. Nope, its not me. (just in case I didn't mention that!)

I did not get up at 5 AM just to have a few minutes of free time, NOT ME! Nor do I have a 4 year old who seems to know this and appropriately wake up at 5:30 AM. No, not him.

I am not about to cut this post short so I can have coffee... no, not me. I would never do that. I would for this:


But not some random cup of coffee!!! Not me.

Quotable Sunday!

Time for Toni's Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!

Sorry mine are a little on the down side... Ive been feeling a bit down and having a hard time with our problems lately. So Adversity quotes for me this week. I promise I will perk up soon!

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." ~M. Kathleen Casey

"If you're going through hell, keep going." ~Winston Churchill

"The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul." ~Rona Barrett

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter." ~Author Unknown

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ~ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are." ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

"Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them." ~Hugh Miller, Snow on the Wind

I need to remember this:

"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes." ~Francis Bacon

People from California suck

Well, that's what I hear. Just like all New Yorkers are bad drivers, people from Oklahoma are "Okies" and countrified, people from Miami are drug dealers and have loose morals, people from Alaska are all Oil lovers/drunk Indians and people from the South are all friendly with good manners.

WRONG. I hear things from other bloggers, forums, on the web and it makes me mad to be honest... because...

I am from California, born and bred... 3rd generation. I am proud of where I come from, The unique and crazy people, the liberals (LOL) and the natural beauty of my state. We have it all. Desert, Beaches, Valleys, Mountains with snow. We grow the most luscious fruits and veggies. Yes, many of us are "tree huggers" but many are not. We are diverse, unique and we have good and bad people. Just like every other state.

I hear things like "California people are rude"
Sure, some are. But many are not. I am not. We all have different levels and ways of expressing ourselves. Maybe I don't smile at you on the street... but ask me to help find something in the store and I will do it. I will try to make your crying baby laugh, I will hold the door for you.

"California people are all flakes, hippies and Liberal Hollywood types"
Yes, a quite a bit of us are. Perhaps we care too much about things. We think too much. Maybe we want equality for all. We know its not possible, but we try. At least we have our passion.
I, however live in a very conservative, religious town. In California. Honestly, I dont fit in here... but I still like it here. Perhaps I like to shake things up.... LOL Thats the Hollywood liberal in me!

What I am trying to say is this: Dont judge us all by what you hear. Dont put us all into a box until you've met us all. We are all different, all unique. Just like everyone else in this great nation. I promise if you do this for me, I will do the same for you.

Mimi needs...

Kathy B over at The world according to me did this and I couldn't stop laughing at hers! So I did my own. Type your first name into google and then needs and use the first 7 things that come up!


1. To Lose the Attitude~
WOW, does Google have a bone to pick with me? Me, a frickin attitude??? COME ON!!
Well... maybe there is a grain of truth to that. I will work on the attitude ASAP. Better?

2.Prayers~ Hmmm.... odd one since I am not religious. Maybe I should be. Maybe Godoogle is trying to tell me something...

3.A tummy tuck Now that's just plain rude. No wonder I am afflicted with #1.

4.Love Obviously... Dont we all need a little love? Are you listening Google? Instead of going on an on about my attitude and needing tummy tucks, maybe you should just give me some love.

5.A home~ Google may me snotty but they have insight. Yes, I need a real home, not this rental. I miss being able to paint, to have curtains that are actually cute and I miss knowing the house you live in, is the home you own. Thanks Google for making me sad.

6. Needs a Thriller When She Goes to Bed~

Ummm.... I think not. Plus I believe that I am of the wrong sex and about 30 yrs too old for that thriller.

7.Antibiotics~ After having that thriller in my bed, this is probably Googles best idea!

4 things and more!

Found this one facebook. Copy if you wish!

4 things and then some........

FOUR THINGS:
This one is a bit different from the rest. Here are four things about me that you may or may not know, in no particular order... Some directions are at the end.

Four names that people call me
1. Michelle
2. Mimi
3. Shell
4. Mrs. Malfoy...LOL

Four jobs I have had:
1. Farm work (Dad is a farmer)
2. Nordstrom CAFE...COOK, DISHWASHER, CASHIER, BUSSER, SERVER. ALL THINGS!!!
3. Optical Lab Secretary/Admin
4. (Current job) Admin for a financial planner

Four movies I would watch more than once:
1. Grease
2. Zoolander
3. The Philadelphia Story Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart)
4. Any Harry Potter movie

Four places I have lived:
1. San Martin, CA
2. Lodi, CA
3. Woodbridge, CA
4. No four.

Four places I have been:
1. Italy
2. France
3. Florida
4. Nevada

Four People who e-mail/call/text me (regularly):
1. Jeannette
2. Moo
3. Toni
4. Bradd

Four Animals I have known or had in my lifetime
1. Ralph...Cat
2. Rudy....Cat
3. Perro....Dog
4. The Clintons AKA Percy and Polly...Cats

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Cinabons!
2. Eggplant Parmesan
3. Thai food
4. Cheesecake!

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Italy, particularly Venice. I loved it there
2. The Louve. I could spend days there and not get bored.
3. The country. I want to live in the country..not in town
4. The Mountains. Somewhere with a lot of trees and space.


Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. The new Harry Potter movie!!! YAY
2. The economy improving.
3. Easter with the family.
4. Jack going to Preschool

Four TV shows that I watch:
1. General Hospital
2. American Idol
3. The Daily Show
4. The Colbert Report!

Some of my favorite songs

Here are a few of my old time faves!
Enjoy and let me know yours!

This was the song we danced to at our wedding!
My hubby picked it.



Very dated and very cool (In my opinion)



Local boy makes good!



My current fave songs are Pink: So What and Katy Perry's Hot N Cold

Whats yours?

Not Me Monday!

My first time doing this!





Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. do yours and head on over to sign the Mr Linky!

1. I did not go to my sisters house and then I did not sneak off with my sister for a trip to the Thrift Store AND the Scandia bakery, where I did not get a piece of yummy lemon cake. That was not me. So if you thought you saw me, it was my evil twin.

2. I did not let the boys play in the mud all day yesterday because they were quiet.
I wouldn't do that!!!





Those children are not mine... they are the evil twin's children. Funny how we look so much alike, kids and all!

3. While my children were playing in the mud I did not play on Facebook with my fluff friends... NOT ME!



My evil twin gets around, doesn't she?

4. I did not, no, not me... make my kids watch The Aristocats last night... and they did not enjoy its almost campy and quaint old fashioned-ness!



5. I did not pretend it was 10:30 in order to get them to bed at 9:00 so I could sleep early. Not me.
I am glad that my evil twin did tho, she is very rested!

Quotable Sunday!

Time for another installment of Toni's Quoteable Sunday!
My quotes this Sunday are simply quotes reflecting the week that just passed.

"The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Amicitia

"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends."
Japanese Proverb

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
Saint Jerome (374 AD - 419 AD), Letter

"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
Walter Anderson

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)


"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us."
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)


"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana (1863 - 1952), The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905

Friendships shouldnt be so hard

What is it about some friendships? Why do some connections seem so tenuous and fragile? Why do some sneak up on you and amaze you with their elasticity, their compatibility, their endurance? But why is it that sometimes the effort you make, the allowances, the thought you put into it is for naught?

There has been a little shake-up in my online world... friendships that have come and gone, not for lack of trying. Sometimes I feel like I try too much, and in turn expect far too much. To be connected to people for years and then they drop you, they choose someone over you and they choose not to listen to you when you try to help. Because even the most hurtful person has some good inside of them and although it may be naive to hope (and we know its naive) that they will listen and choose to work on themselves and your friendship... a part of you still gets disappointed when they do not. And I am sorry to say, the immature person inside of me hopes they regret it, hopes they regret the loss. Hopes they realize what a good friend they let slip away.

But then there are the ones who stick around... the ones who put up with you. The ones who care, who tell you when you screw up, who tell you when you are wrong and they expect you to listen and you do. Because you know they love you, care for you and honor your friendship the same as you do for them. And those are the ones who matter most... those are the ones who make the others fade away, make the hurt bearable, make your life worth living. Because true and loyal friends accept you for who you are all the while trying to make you a better you. Those are the ones with whom you shares life's joys and sorrows and you wish you could take on those hardships and you know they would do the same for you.

But still...you wish the ones who you lost could experience it, you wish that for them...even though you could not be the one to share it with them. Perhaps that's what being a true friend is as well... to wish the best for someone even though they could not or will not reciprocate.

I leave you with a few friendship quotes:

“True friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not.”

"True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value."

“Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.”

Wordless Wednesday

Spring Edition. Our plum tree is flowering... even tho we have a ton of rain, Spring has arrived!

Do you sometimes feel life has passed you by?

Sometimes I feel like I missed out... I was born in the wrong era almost. I should have been born in the regency era, or I should be young right now. Not 41, not pushing middle aged. I want to be young, vibrant, sexy... I want to be a reality TV star!

I missed out on dating him, on being on his show and vying for his attentions... How wonderful and classy could I be RIGHT NOW, if I were only young and hot and slightly (too much credit???) intelligent.


He is a Renaissance man for sure. What more could a girl ask for? White teeth? a baseball cap? a Timex? Perhaps. But isn't life worth living large?

Americas next top model. I could probably win this right now, if I were not so shy. But who wouldn't want to be shallow, vain, a drama queen and end up marrying Peter Brady!!! (I actually like Adrienne) LOL
But really, what fool wouldn't aspire to be all these things? Now I just need to lose 190 lbs, that would leave me at 80 lbs... a perfect size for someone 5'10.



The Bachelor. Another show I should have been on.

I can pull hair with the best of them, I could defend my stake with all Ive got. What? You say that its degrading the way they portray women, women fighting for a man's attention, crying on cue when they get handed that oh so classy rose as a farewell? Come on, you damn feminists!!! Its all about winning the hand and heart of the man you will spend 8 exhausting weeks at press conferences, shopping in Beverly Hills with (while the paparazzi is nearby... oh you didn't realize they were there? No, Of course not!!!) Then you will end up parting ways, NOT that you don't love each other... it was just hard making it work. Its OK... on to the next reality show.

American Idol.



Just watching Simon and Ryan fight like an old married gay couple would be enjoyable enough. But to compete with a bunch of vain and annoying 16 yr olds. Joy. To see stage moms and dads pimping kids out for fame and money. To suffer the humiliation of being eliminated in front of 30 million people. To deal with morons like these guys:



Who think they are are "The Bomb" and of course Simon and Paula and Randy have no idea what is good or not.

But really... I should have been on. Even if my song choice sucks, and I am "Pitchy" cause ya know I have "Raw, natural talent"

Dont I?

Quotable Sunday!

Time for another edition of Toni's quoteable Sunday. Do your own, then head on over and sign her Mr. Linky and visit the other participants!

Mine focuses on Integrity.

"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters." ~Alan Simpson

"Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them." ~Suzanne Necker

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it." ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.”

“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” Spencer Johnson


“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.” Paul Wellstone


"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."
W. Clement Stone

"Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you."
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Your life may be the only Bible some people read." ~Author Unknown