BLONDEFABULOCITY

Winner!

2012-01-28T23:59:00.001-05:00

On Friday, I attended Junior's assembly where he received Student of the Month. I was so very proud of him!! Then, when I picked him up from school, he had even MORE good news! On Monday he will be receiving certificates for making the A/B Honor Roll AND Citizenship!! Holy moley! He is such a winner!! So congrats to my youngest! I love you baby!

Also, you can still support this good citizen by sponsoring him in his school walk a thon. If you have an extra $5 or $10 bucks, just leave me a comment and I will reply with details. Also, read the last post. The details are given there too!

Help A Kid Out! (A Repeat)

2012-01-26T23:59:00.000-05:00

My son, Junior, is going to be participating in a school wide walk a thon with his classmates. The school is once again having to raise money to fund their programs, projects, and buy more books. I really think, in this day and age, the fact that there is little to no money available to schools to further our children's education is a travesty. Not only do our children bring home catalogs full of poorly made junk that we are forced to buy just so they can get playground equipment and books for the library, but they also have "Family Nights" at local restaurants where we buy over priced food just so a paltry donation can be given to the school from it. At least with a Walk A Thon the kids are getting exercise!

So here's the part where I ask you guys for a small donation. Anything you can give would be more than appreciated and the best part is, you don't have to give him ANYTHING right now. The school's event is being held on Feb. 9th and the kids are drumming up donations right now by getting pledges along with donors name & address. All you have to do is leave a comment below and I will email you for your address. After the Walk a Thon has been completed and the laps have been counted, the organizers will send you a results form and you can send your money directly to the accountants responsible. The kids don't touch the $$ at all. (This may be due to a child being robbed a year or so ago.) We are asking for 1 time donations rather than a per lap donation because it's easier to count up and there are no surprises. HHH & I are going in for a Hondo. (That's $100 in layman's terms.)

So, in summery... Very cute little boy wants to do good for his school and you can help! Leave a comment so I can email you for your deets and you will be helping out a school that gets bupkis from the state & federal government. Maybe I should have gone to the Republican Debate last night and asked them WTF, huh??

I Swear I Wasn't Drunk!!

2012-01-25T23:59:00.000-05:00

So yesterday I was out running. I was also mixing things up by doing sets of side shuffles, running backwards, and doing extended stride, shortened stride. Well, one mile in to my 4 mile run I start a set of side shuffles and suddenly BOOM! I hit the ground, having tripped over an uneven section of sidewalk. I promptly laughed heartily out loud, picked myself up, and continued on to the other three miles. I noticed my leg hurt a bit, but I didn't want to take time to look at it. Gotta keep pace you know!

When I got home, I took the above photo. The road rash was highly visible, but I was most grateful that I didn't bleed down into my shoes! Can't ruin the shoes!
After resting for a while and rehydrating, I went into the bathroom and blotted cold water on the scrapes and the gashes. I carefully debrided the area and then let it rest. After grossing out my kids when I picked them up from school, (I am the BEST mom EVAR!), HHH and I went to take a shower. In the shower I took my Lemslip soap from LUSH and washed the wounds. Can I just say, LUSH soaps are awesome and it didn't even sting to wash an open wound with it? I can?? OK then! I washed the scrapes and carefully dried them. It still must have looks painful because HHH left out while I was cooking dinner and got me some Neosporin + Pain Relief!! He put it on my owwies and we went on from there.

As I'm resting on my heating pad, that's what my leg looks like now. The bruises are just starting to shadow in and they are going to be SPECTACULAR when they come in fully. When it scabs over it will look even BETTER! And I have to say, yet again... YES I know how to walk, run, you name it. No it wasn't the blonde in me tripping over an air pocket on the path. Thank you for your concern.

Let me just summarize this by saying...

Yes, I fell, but more importantly, I laughed about it. Even more importantly, I kept going.
I finished my workout in a decent time despite having a gash in my leg.
I grossed out a 9 year old boy.
I'm still upright and plan on working out tomorrow.

Remember, when you fall, laugh like mad and just keep going!

PS- Don't forget, If you would like to sponsor my son in his Walk A Thon, just leave a comment on Tuesday's post and I'll write you down. You don't have to give any $$ now. Just a pledge so he can help his school raise $$ for books, special programs, & teacher projects, you know... since the government is more interested in making war, bailing out banks, and giving themselves raises rather that increase funding to our public schools! Thanks!!!

Walk-A-Thon

2012-01-24T23:59:00.001-05:00

Hey there folks! Now that you've helped out Alabama with a quick 400+ word blog post, here's where you can help kids in my own neck of the woods!

Again.

2012-01-23T20:29:00.003-05:00

I woke up Monday morning and flipped on CNN Headline News while making the kid's lunches for school, and though I was expecting to hear about the blow out, awesome football from Sunday, I heard TORNADOES blaring out from my TV instead. Yes, there is a tradition in the South where once the year turns over to January 1st the storms start rolling into the area, bringing with them lightning, high winds, and tornadoes. We all remember last spring when I ended up riding out a tornado in Valrico in our truck we owned at the time! It happens. Oh yeah, going through a tornado in a souped up 4x4 truck happens more often than you think down here! Unfortunately, the bad weather has already started up in Alabama. Not 8 months ago they were ravaged by tornadoes that literally wiped towns off the map. Now they've been hit again. Why do I care? Why should you care? Because people need help, that's why! I used to live in Memphis where I came to shudder every time the tornado sirens went off. I saw the devastation first hand. As someone who lived in Florida almost her entire life, I've really had more experience with hurricanes and thought they are really destructive, you can out run them as long as you don't wait too long. You don't get that with tornadoes. They hit in a flash, sometimes in the middle of the night, and they can be the Finger of God. I hit Twitter IMMEDIATELY and started sending out tweets to people that I knew lived in the area where the tornadoes were being shown at. I didn't hear from most of them till later in the afternoon and to my immense relief, everyone was OK. Yet even as that was happening and I was getting the all clear from my friends, there were reports on the news that said people had perished. Many homes were destroyed. Now we need to band together again and help these folks.

Do you have a blog?? Great!! USE IT!!! All you have to do is write a post! Some really awesome Alabama Bloggers have started to work with a company that has chosen Christian Service Mission as their charity to help. For every 400+ word post they will donate $25. Find out all the details here. The goal is $1,000 by March 1st and I totally know we can hit that! So come on people..... Find the words so Alabama's hardest hit can find their way home!!

PS-This is going up early tonight so I can link it to the CSM web page comments and get the ball rolling down here!

Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife!

2012-01-22T23:59:00.000-05:00

Oh dear LORD! I was watching the Football playoffs yesterday when I saw something that horrified me to my core and made me nauseous. It was a political commercial! To be honest, I couldn't tell who it was slanted towards. It reamed both Newt & Mitt, (How the fuck did these guys even GET names like that!??!), and was supposedly sponsored by some obscure group like the Committee of People Who Want Pistachios Banned From Cock Fighting Events or something just as foolish. Now that South Carolina is over with the muck raking is getting ready to move down here. And if THAT isn't enough, I get to be privy to the Republican National Convention here in the Tampa Area. Political fat cats will be cruising down town Tampa this August and it should be pretty safe for them since $50 million has been given to make sure that anyone from terrorists to homeless people won't bother their agenda. I guess it's just something you never think will happen to you (The RNC), but apparently it does.

Where's my elephant gun?

Still.

2012-01-22T08:08:00.001-05:00

Yeah... hip still popping out of joint. Hurts like a bitch. Taking it easy this weekend.

What are you all doing?

Snap, Crackle, Pop!

2012-01-19T23:59:00.000-05:00

So, during the SOPA Blackout where I didn't tweet or Facebook, I was getting frisky with the husband when he went to thrust forward while pulling back on my left leg and.....

OH MY FUCKING GAWD!!!!

He pulled my hip out of the socket! I think I was channeling the Exorcist demon when I croaked out "GET OFF ME!" It hurt pretty bad. Wanna know what hurt worse? When I told him to yank on it so we could pop it back in!

OH MY FUCKING GAWD, YET AGAIN!!!!!

Needless to say, I didn't do my Zumba/Dance/Walking routine yesterday.

What did you guys do during the SOPA Blackout??

Tweets From Yesterday.

2012-01-18T23:59:00.002-05:00

So we all know several sites either went dark or censored themselves to protest SOPA yesterday. I put up my post with links to stories on why SOPA doesn't make any real sense. Anywho... Since I was in a dark-over, I didn't tweet or Facebook either. I just wrote everything down here. I realize most folks probably didn't even know I wasn't online. Enjoy!

Tweet: Why the fuck do these idiots have to personally walk their child to the school bus? That kid has to be, like 14!
Tweet: Brrrrr! I know it's January and all but THIS IS FLORIDA! 40 degrees is just stupid here!
Tweet: Why yes, I am jumping around to "Just Dance 3" instead of Zumba. I'm doing just as much cardio & I understand the words in the music!
Tweet: I just thought of something... Blacking out today is gonna totally fuck up my Klout score! If that happens, where will I get my free perks from???
Tweet: Oh dear lord I am so sweaty! Cardio compete, and dancing to Party rock was more fun definitely!
Facebook Status: So many folks putting up anti-Sopa stuff on their statuses. I thought we were blacking out??
Facebook Status: I can't believe how many folks are cancelling their cruises because of the Italian Cruise disaster! Uh.. foreign cruise lines aren't regulated like US ones are so they get away with more crap that ends in a sinking ship! DUH!!
Tweet: Waiting on HHH to swing by the house so I can ride with him to the Paint store, then it's on to my walk. 4 miles... HERE I COME!
Facebook Status: Come on Tony, just because Paula FINALLY admitted her craptastical diet gave her Type 2 Diabetes & she is shilling for an Insulin Company rather that changing her diet & exercise routine doesn't mean you have to jump all over her shit! Well,... maybe it does!
Tweet: Lipton Diet Green Tea berry flavor is the bomb yo! Da Flava Bomb!!
Tweet: I see so many things I would love to retweet today, but alas, I am actually trying to black out my presence, therefore not retweeting.
Tweet: Uh.... There is a lot of folks on the internet talking about NOT being on the internet in protest. Ok then.
Tweet: Glad I got in my writing yesterday. @buy-her is down for the SOPA protest!
Tweet: Holy crap! This is a relative of one of my SRG sisters! http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120119549
Facebook Status: Holy Fuck! Some moron didn't tell the complex that the dumpster contract was up. That company is taking the dumpsters RIGHT NOW! WTH?!? HHH is PISSED!!!
Tweet: People are so frickin' nasty! Went for my 4 miler & there was a ton of dog poop ON THE SIDEWALK! So fucking gross!
Tweet: Also, shaved 2 minutes off my walk time. 4 miles in 58 minutes! Yeah it's only 2 minutes, but I'll TAKE IT!
Tweet: HHH looked at his check stub this morning & saw the company forgot to pay him his $50 on call money. This company is just a nickle & dime machine! Asses!
Tweet: Lunch consisted of a small salad with greens, tomatoes, cheese cubes, & light vinaigrette dressing! Booya!
Facebook Status: FFS people! It's rain, not the apocalypse! If driving in the rain spooks you GET OFF THE ROAD! Driving 20mph under the speed limit is going to guarantee an accident!
Tweet: So I have to go get Eldest. then run to get Mo, then run to the violin dealer to get mo fitted to her violin, then run home.... all in the rain!
Tweet: Violin has been purchased! Turned out she needed a 3/4, not a 1/2! Still cost me the same money so I don't care!
Tweet: God Damn it! The music store forgot to put the bow in the case!! Now I gotta drive all the way back to pick it up! Grrrr!
Tweet: Time to play Kinect Bowling with the family!! (Or maybe just HHH & Myself!)
Tweet: The dog went nut fuck wacko when Mo played her violin. Too frickin funneh!!!!
Facebook Status: Oh dear GOD! HHH just tried to separate my left leg from my hip! During whoopee time! Getting old sucks. Needless to say, no one got off tonight
Tweet: Dude, hip popped out of joint during sex is a real mood killer. Just sayin'.....
Tweet: I hate it that I can read a totally awesome article written by an amazing writer, and yet the whole thing goes to shit when there is a syntax or grammatical error! Ugh!
Tweet: Suburgatory is making me almost pee my pants laughing! It also hurts my lame hip.
Tweet: Crap! CNN is reporting that most African produced chocolate is done using child slave labour. Now I'm gonna feel guilty every frickin' time I hit Godiva.

And that's what Went through my mind on Wednesday when the internet was dark. Hope you enjoyed the show!

Black.

2012-01-17T23:59:00.001-05:00

SOPA & PIPA SUCK ASS! JUST SAY NO!!

I've Left Notes Like These.....

2012-01-17T10:26:00.001-05:00

Have you? Come on Moms... sound off!

My Son Is Fearless, It Seems.

2012-01-15T23:59:00.000-05:00

Made another movie for my baby boy who isn't quite a baby any more! Sigh!

Fans?

2012-01-14T23:59:00.001-05:00

I'm glad you like your team. When folks get excited about their sports teams, it lets me know they have passion. I am a staunch supporter of my sports teams. (although I am wavering on my Jaguars!) I do have one piece of advice/request....

QUIT BEING SUCH HATERS!

I get it. You don't like this team. You don't like that player. You don't like that guys off field antics. You don't like this other guy's politics. I get it. And I respect your opinion. No, I really do. This is a great country where us folks can do that... still like someone even though what spouts out of their mouths every now and again makes us grit out teeth. But if all that ever comes out of your mouth is hate hate hate.... just shut it please. I hear enough hate every day. I hear homophobic hate, racial hate, religious hate, nationality hate, gang hate, teen angst hate...... it just goes on and on. Sporting matches are supposed to be a place where we can compete and support our teams and at the end of the game, come together to toast each other and the game itself. Instead of this we have people being rabid assholes and beating up opposing fans to the point that they are in comas! WTF?!?

Tonight I turned off Twitter and Facebook because people I follow, people I have met and consider friends were just spewing crap I didn't understand. It made me sad. Still, rather than spew right back I offered why I thought the team I supported had gotten to their playoff game then I turned it off. Turned off Twitter. Turned off Facebook. That's my choice.

Turn off the hate. We should all do that. Now, if I could just turn off the circus that is the Republican Political machine......

Fun At Someone Else's Expense.

2012-01-12T23:59:00.000-05:00

I got a contest for you.

First one to call this number in the above graffiti and find out who they are and if they knew their number was plastered up on an abandoned Valrico SweetBay's front windows in whore hot pink gets a $25 dollar gift card to a restaurant to be decided upon later after the winner has been chosen. Just leave a comment detailing the person's name, what neighborhood they live in, who they think might have committed the offense against them, and whether or not they knew about the graffiti. I consider it a public service that we are letting this person know about their phone number being out there for everyone to see.... and call!

PS-I will be checking to see if you're telling the truth!!! No cheating!

Things I Can't Believe!

2012-01-11T23:59:00.000-05:00

That someone actually thought people would pay money to go on a cruise with Kate Gosselin from that cheesy show "Kate + 8"! Seriously! Some moron travel agency thought that crazy, overly controlling, poor excuse for a parent would actually be a draw for a cruise. For $700 dollars more, you can also sit in a room with other imbeciles and learn Kate's personal crafting projects & family style activities and games! Whoo hoo.... and don't worry about there not being enough space, as of last Wednesday the cruise wasn't even half full!
Pepsi Co. is having to pay 3.1 million dollars in a lawsuit brought against them for not hiring people who did not pass a criminal background check. Um... excuse me? What is wrong about that? When I worked for the green cleaning company, I did a Civil, Criminal, & Traffic background check on everyone who put in an application. If someone was going to represent the company and be sent inside homes, we had to be completely sure that they were trustworthy! I can't tell you how many people I turned down because their license was suspended or revoked when they told me it was ok or had theft charges and convictions on their record or even were illegal to work in the US! It was ridiculous! So now Pepsi Co. has "revised" their hiring screening processes so that they can provide a workplace that is as diverse and inclusive as possible. Well, I believe in second chances and all, but damn it man, I can't blame them for not wanting to give a $100,000 truck full of product to a convicted felon!
Haley Barbour. WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE THINKING????? Seriously?? Pardoning 200+ murderers, thieves, people who commit assault, robbery & arson, etc, etc, etc. Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE THINKING?? Luckily at least 21 of the pardons have been blocked by a judge for the moment because they didn't give enough notice to victims that they were seeking a pardon. I gotta say it's just ridiculous!
Photoshop. People can tell when something is photo shopped. The latest controversy seems to be about Brittney Spears and a photo that was released showing her looking toned and slender. Only one problem with that... it totally looks shopped! Her head looks like it's floating on top of some other body! It's weird and media outlets need to quit doing it. Women have a skewed enough body image as it is. Why do we have to have obvious photo shopped celebrity photos to make it worse? Go take a look and tell me that's not some fake ass shit!
Hostess is filing for bankruptcy AGAIN! Yes, they had already filed once before but now they are having to do it yet again. Hostess, which makes Sno-Balls, Ho-Hos, & Twinkies, can't keep up because their workers are unionized and have high pension and medical benefit costs. where the competition isn't unionized and therefore doesn't have that eating away at the cash flow. Hostess is also being dented by people eating healthier. All I know is, when the nukes come and and trigger the Zombie Apocalypse, if there are no Twinkies to see the bedraggled human survivors through, we're all gonna be bone!

And that's all I got for now, but really, I'm sure there will be more unbelievable crap happening tomorrow too!

Things You Learn On A Walk.

2012-01-10T23:59:00.000-05:00

I did another 4 miles today in a run/walk to mix up my Zumba/Skating/Running workouts. Tomorrow is supposed to be spotty with rain, so I got it out of the way. Along that path I saw a few things....

Doggie foot prints in cement sidewalks give me a ridiculous grin. Don't know why, but they do.
Breathe Carolina's new song "Blackout" is a great tune to move it too.
The people who live in this neighborhood are alcoholics! I stepped over & around more beer bottle, liquor mini's, and full sized liquor bottles smashed up on the sidewalks than I care to count. This must be why someone drove their car through a retaining wall last month.
I love my new shoes! I didn't have black toenail when I was done with my 4 miles today, THAT was amazing.
I am back to my 4mph speed, and that was with the walking! Whaaaaaaaaat!?!
I need to bring my camera next time I go on a walk so I can stop to stretch and photograph the cool stuff I see!

And that's all I got for right now.

Reminds.

2012-01-09T23:59:00.000-05:00

This coffee/tea mug reminds me of me. Awake & smiling.... Just add coffee!

How about you guys?

Mr. Man Grows A Plant.

2012-01-08T23:59:00.000-05:00

Junior has been growing a tomato plant since last spring. He has tended it, watered it, sprayed it for bugs, etc... He'd been babying it for several months where it looked like the damn plant was gonna die! Well, it didn't die and it really started taking off. Suddenly, the damn thing was growing like a weed. I had to start staking it and tying it up so the branches of the plant didn't break under their own weight! Now, after a huge cold snap where I tented all my plants to keep them from freezing, the tomatoes are starting to ripen! Can you tell someone is excited about it? Well, since the fruit didn't all pop out at once, Junior is going to have to keep up with his attending to the tomato plant so he can get the fruit to ripen for a few months more.

It makes my heart soar to see him actually taking care and using his video game time to raise his tomato plant.

I WIN AGAIN!!

2012-01-06T23:59:00.000-05:00

Oh! Mai! GAWD!!!!! I won #INATOR Friday again!!! I wasn't even trying this time! If you people aren't careful, I may just take over THE TRI-STATE AREA!!!!!!!

@DrDoofenshmirtz Heinz Doofenshmirtz

winner! “@blondefabulous: BROKEN RESOLUT#INATOR! Instantly pops a cupcake in the mouths of folks who have resolved to lose weight for 2012!”

2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

Retweeted by blondefabulous and others

Bullies.

2012-01-05T23:59:00.000-05:00

Recently two big stories in the news has me thinking on bullies again. One is the Florida teen who has had all murder charges against him dropped for the stabbing death of a classmate due to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, and the other is the Texas teen who was shot and killed for brandishing what was believed to be a pistol in the halls of a middle school.

The first instance in Florida, the teen was being bullied by his peers at a bus stop. Apparently this had been going on for quite awhile because the court states it had documents the bullying had been going on for months! Apparently the threats and violence became so bad the teen felt in fear of his life and was carrying a knife for his own protection! Finally the main bully and his cohorts attacked the teen again while they were all waiting for the bus and the teen stabbed and killed the bully. Originally charged with Manslaughter, the teen is now clear of all charges thanks to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. Most states have some sort of law saying you can protect yourself with deadly force should someone break into your home or try to car jack you, but here in good old Florida, we have extended that law to include anywhere you are legally allowed to be, and that now has been proven to be a simple bus stop. What makes this so sad is that someone had to die for this problem to come to a head. If it had been documented for months like the courts said, why hadn't anyone at the school or the police department done something to stop it? Now this kid, who still looks like he is shaken and mentally fragile, has to live with the knowledge he killed another human being. He has to go back to school where there will be whispers and pointing, stories and memes,... it's just sad and unbelievably tragic, but also frustrating for all the other parents who are trying to help their kids deal with bullies. We as the adults should be able to protect our kids from this crap. Now I see a future filled with more violence as kids who no longer see any other options start arming themselves.
The second incident is Wednesday's shooting in Texas where a middle school student was brandishing a weapon in the school hallways and was shot by police. The boy had what looked to be a semi automatic hand gun and was roaming the hallways with it out in the open. A teacher called the office, who in turn call school officers & local police. The boy was given several chances to drop the gun, but began to raise it at officers instead. The officers fired and killed the boy. Later it was discovered the gun, (which looked extremely realistic) was a co2 pellet gun. It did not have the dayglo orange tip on it designating it as a pellet gun, so there was no way the officers could have known it wasn't a real hand gun. No reason has been given as to why the boy brought a gun to school, but I am just betting that it had to do with bullying. Too bad we can't ask him...

Bullying is just getting worse. Supposedly all these programs are in place in school and communities to keep bullying from happening, but apparently it isn't doing much good. It's like having a restraining order. It does no good until someone walks right through it and violates it! Pretty soon kids are going to all be armed and no good can come of that! We have GOT to reverse the thinking that bullying is ok. Kids are still doing it. Adults still do it. It has to stop.

I've armed my kids with high self esteem & the ability to defend themselves with out weapons. I wish I didn't have to do that. We shouldn't have to do that.

Stop Bullying.

Fun!

2012-01-04T23:59:00.000-05:00

Funsies #1

Amazingly delicious Funsies #2

Funsies for my feet #3!

Tonight was really nice. We had a better than best meal at Ruby Tuesdays where I had 2 of the super yummy "skinny" drink pictured above. After that we walked it all off in the mall where I got a pair of skeletoes. Yes the really ugly shoes, but OMG they feel amazing. I have trouble when I run or exercise with black nail and have never been able to find a pair of shoes with a large enough toe box to keep it from occurring. These shoes, with their individual compartments for my toes, should help with that! They also feel really good. No socks, just yummy comfy goodness!

What did you do with your Wednesday night?

And Now That It Is EVEN Colder...THIS Is My Husband!

2012-01-03T23:59:00.000-05:00

We're getting down to a low of 29 tonight!

This Is My Husband....

2012-01-02T23:59:00.000-05:00

Incidentally, it's going to be in the 30's here this week! Just in case you needed a reference or something.

Things I'd Like To See....

2012-01-01T23:59:00.000-05:00

Pet owners that live in my complex actually picking up after their dogs. I cannot tell you how many times I have caught folks from as far as 3 buildings away taking their dogs to shit over on my "backyard" so to speak, then leave it steaming on the ground as they clip clop back to their condo. WTF?!? That is so jacked up I haven't even the faculties to give it a name, but "The Doggie Doo & Disappear" & "Shit and Run" have been jingling around in my mind for a while. It's gross. It smells disgusting. Have some class and pick up after your pet.
And on the subject of picking up.... have some class when you throw out your trash as well! We have some nice condo units here. Some are owned and some are rented and the place is nice and quiet, so basically if you can't be bothered to get your trash actually IN THE DUMPSTER you're just an asshole. A lazy asshole. And what's even lazier? There are parents who are having their 4 to 7 year old kids do it for them, except the kids can't get it in the dumpster, so they leave it out on the ground where animals tear into it and it gets everywhere. What fresh Hell is that? On a good note, the complex has started a thing where if there's garbage left out, and there's a piece of mail showing the address it came from, those folks are getting charged $50 per infraction. Hit 'em where it hurts, I say!
Respect Thy Neighbor. It isn't hard. It doesn't even require a lot of thought. It's built on the simple premise that, if you're going to bug your neighbor, DON'T DO IT! Want to blare your music at ear splitting levels? Don't do it. You're vibrating the walls & floors and maybe your fellow residents. Want to sit outside your apartment and honk 15,000 times at your room mate/signifigant other who is taking too long to meet you in the car? DON'T DO IT!! I become homicidal with stabby rage after 14,999 and want to smash your car with a bowling ball. It's just not worth upping your deductible. Want to clean your house nekkid? DON'T DO IT!! (This is for the ugly woman in the Condo's across from our complex drive way. Shudder!)

Not a whole lot, just a few, small things that would make the world a better place for me, and really, everyone. Can we call 2012 the year of "Don't Be A Douche Bag"?

2012

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:00

According to the Mayans, the world is gonna end this year.
According to the Environmentalists, we are going to do irrevocable damage to the planet that will bring about the end of the world this year.
According to the religious nut jobs, gay people are gonna get the right to marry each other and the world is gonna end this year.
According to the political parties, everyone running for president is a moron and a danger to our country and way of life and if they(any of them) get elected, the world is gonna end this year!
According to the weather monitors, all the recent storms and droughts, and other weather events are a culmination of human interference and are going to make the world end this year.

So many folks spouting off so many whack a doodle theories about the world ending in 2012, it seems everything is gonna be the end of the world this year. It's ridiculous!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

(Where's my rocket ship off this crazy rock?)

HEY YOU!!!

2011-12-30T23:59:00.000-05:00

Yeah! You wit da face!!! Yeah... you need to go here and read this. It's the next article I wrote for Buy-Her and it's about two totally amazing roller girls who are also crafty chicks as well.

DOO EET!

Tops!

2011-12-29T23:59:00.000-05:00

I, like many others, am posting an end of the year list. And no, I won't bore you with what movies I thought were awesome, or what TV shows I watched during the 2011. No one really cares about my opinion on that kind of stuff. What I'm gonna post is my top blog posts for 2011! Yes... here are the top 5 posts for the year!

Coming in 5th at 165 page views is "Changing & Rearranging". I hammered that one out back in January about us rearranging the living room to have more space and less clutter. Had I known HHH was just going to get a new job a few months later, I'd have just said screw it and boxed everything up for the eventual move! Ah, to have ESP about shit like that would be priceless!!!

Coming in next at 191 page views is "BOING" which was about when I took the kids to an indoor trampoline center. It was a blast! There have since been larger, more interactive places that have opened since our visit to Boing, but the kids still ask to go again over and over! It's a blast and a kick in your cardio's ass!!

At good old number 3 we have "Fuck Yeah, Roller Derby Otter", a delightful tumblr blog by roller girls that got 307 page views. Think Lol Cats, but with an otter saying stuff like, "Endurance Practice? CALL 911!" Unfortunately, this blog blew up to be bigger than it's owners could handle and 3 months after it started, it stopped putting up new Otter Memes. I haz a sad now!

In the number two spot with 914 views is a blast from the past with, "My Boobs Are HUGE!" That one is from 2008 proving that if people THINK they are gonna see your tits for free, they will click and click and click! Ha ha, too bad for them I was just TALKING about my boobs, not showing them. Pervs!!

And finally, in the top spot for this years 2011 Blondefabulocity Post of the year is...... "CONSUELA"!!!!! I wrote Consuela on January 20th, 2011 and in the past year it has gotten 6010 page views and it just keeps on rising! This was a post I put up after going to a McD's drive through and seeing the Family Guy character's doppelganger working the window. This woman looked like Consuela, spoke like Consuela... heck even the kids swore she was Consuela!! OMG! Now she is the most read post EVER on my blog!! My hat tips to Seth Macfarlane for inventing such a funny cartoon maid!

So there you have it! My top 5 posts of 2011! Yeah yeah.... not as much fun as an E! Top 10 Reality TV Fails countdown, but hey..... It works for me! What were your fave posts this year?

Gives Me Nightmares!!!

2011-12-28T23:59:00.001-05:00

HHH says there are a few folks in this complex who are bordering on being hoarders. He'd know, since he's the maintenance man and has to go into people's condos to fix stuff. The fire department and neighbors said they couldn't get IN the condo to save the man. There was too much shit blocking every damn way in or out of the place!! I shudder that this is going to happen here. Where's that "Hoarders" show when you need it???

North Carolina Hoarder Dies In House Fire.

CHARLOTTE, NC (CBS) -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say 55-year-old Thomas Burgess was trapped inside of his apartment on Queens Road Monday night because he was a hoarder. Police said Burgess had so many belongings that it appears he couldn't reach the door because items were blocking the path.

Fire investigators said many of those things were combustible and helped the fire spread. Firefighters were able to get everyone else in the complex out safely. One of those neighbors says he did all he could to get to Burgess.

Neighbor Rob Jorgeson says, "...I kicked the door as hard as I could just to get more attention, and to get it open. I yelled in there for a few yells, I don't know how many exactly, I didn't get any attention..."

Investigators say it appears the fire was caused by an electrical problem. Several other people in the complex say they had to stay elsewhere last night

Just A Thought As 2011 Hits The Bricks....

2011-12-27T23:59:00.000-05:00

Think about it......

Snow Birds

2011-12-26T23:59:00.000-05:00

Photo found here.

And this time I don't mean the old folks kind! Our pond behind our house had a pair of these guys swimming around in it. This is the Hooded Merganser. It is a migratory, diving duck that settles in the Great Lakes areas, but migrates south for the winter. They can actually be found from Alaska to Florida! There was a mated pair diving around for food on the pond!

Those are the kind of snow birds I can handle!!!

Score!

2011-12-25T23:53:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T23:59:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone's holiday was merry!

Happy Chanukah

2011-12-23T23:59:00.000-05:00

For all of my Jewish friends who are winding down their Chanukah celebrations..... this is for you! I hope your season was joyous!

He's Everywhere! He's Everywhere!

2011-12-22T23:59:00.000-05:00

No, I'm not talking about Anderson Cooper or Ryan Seacrest, I mean Santa Claus! Here's my #5, "Get in the spirit" offering to you folks. I'm might actually be getting there. Maybe not, but close.

Zat You?

2011-12-21T23:59:00.000-05:00

Here's my #4 way to try and get in the holiday spirit! Just slip my check for a million $$$ under the door, eh?

TAKE COVER!

2011-12-20T23:59:00.000-05:00

Aaaaaaand here is #3 way I'm trying to get in the spirit for the holidays. Who says "holiday" more than Weird Al? NO ONE< THAT'S WHO!!! Enjoy!

SILENCE!

2011-12-19T23:59:00.000-05:00

OK, to get me in the holiday spirit, here's offering #2..... Jingle Bombs! NSFW or kids. (Some bad language.)

Ho, ho, hooooooo what the fuck! I have to go Christmas shopping still!

AUGH!!!

Trying To Get In The Spirit.

2011-12-18T23:59:00.000-05:00

Since it is the week before Christmas, and I was supposed to be in Orlando today with my family to celebrateand thanks to HHH's shitty asshole workplace we are not, I'm trying anything and everything to get in the spirit of Christmas. First stop: Hollis, Queens.

Brekkies!!!!

2011-12-18T09:18:00.002-05:00

What did you guys have?

Weird!

2011-12-16T23:59:00.000-05:00

Today as I was motoring about town I saw....

As I was on my way back from the kids new pediatrician, We passed by a small driveway to no where that had two roadside vendors set up. One was selling seafood(YUCK!), and the other selling BBQ and firewood. The seafood guy didn't look like he was having any luck, but the BBQ guy had a woman out front waving to the passing cars as she walked a piglet on a leash. I SHIT YOU NOT! They were advertising BBQ by walking a tiny baby pig on a leash!(About the same size as the one in the photo above.) What is the world coming too?? And when they walked past the smoker did the piglet think to himself, "MOM?!?"

Then, as I was going to pick up Mo, I saw a 1987 Yugo painted like the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard! OMG!! I tried hard to get a photo, but I was too far back in the line at the stop sign to get a shot! I Twittered about it and most folks joked that they couldn't believe there was a Yugo still working! So what was more surprising... the fact that it was an actually a running Yugo, or that it was painted to look like one of America's most well known TV vehicle icon's?

So yeah... that was my Friday. Mostly uneventful with two really weird instances shoved in it. How was yours then?

Dead Cat.

2011-12-16T11:51:00.000-05:00

Fluffy would be a kitty in deep, deep doo doo.

Ireland!!!

2011-12-15T10:02:00.003-05:00

I have to express my distaste for teachers who make a large project due the week before a major holiday. WTF are they thinking?? I mean, these kids (elem.) are already celebrating the week with differently themed days, riling them up and juicing their excitement to near manic levels! Why, why, WHY would you have your kids complete a major, grade dependent project at this time? And not only that, but the teacher also made food a 40% part of the grade! (The subject is "Holidays Around The World") Monday saw a note saying each child had to make a food specific of their assigned country to present to the class on Friday. I call bullshit! They so could have done this last week!I cannot wait till this school year is over so we can be done with this woman! Sheesh.

At least my cookies are awesome!

Oh Look.....

2011-12-13T23:59:00.000-05:00

I found @bubblewench in e-card form! I love it when I find things IRL that remind me of my friends. I especially love it when I am able to show said friends the item in question and they love it as well! I can practically hear the smile in their tweets! :)

Love you Shannon!

Yup.

2011-12-11T23:59:00.000-05:00

This is how I feel about all that FB crap people have put up via a new annoying app saying what they are reading right now on Yahoo, a newspaper feed, etc etc etc....

I DON'T CARE!!!!

And I will spend the time to go look it up rather than let another useless app access my info. Don't be a sheeple.

Remember This?

2011-12-10T23:59:00.001-05:00

The note reads... "Can I kiss you next Friday? Yes, No, Maybe. My 12 y/o got that from the boy at her school. This boy gave her a gift last Friday, which I had her write a thank you note for. This is also the boy she saved from the bully. Heroine worship? True love? Who knows, but the sweetness in that small scrap of paper is wistfully poignant.

And it reminded me of my childhood. How about you? Check yes, no, or maybe!

List.

2011-12-09T23:59:00.000-05:00

This is Mo's Christmas List. 3, 4, and 5 are why I love this child so and also why she is my Mini-Me!

I'm Just Sayin'....

2011-12-08T23:59:00.000-05:00

If my husband (or any other man, for that matter) could do this, there'd be no more need for us ladies. Well, except to cook. HHH keeps me around to cook for him!

BOOM!

2011-12-07T23:59:00.000-05:00

Got our new X-Box tonight. Surprised the hell out of the kids. We were feeling guilty about not being able to go to Universal for Christmas now so we went and got it early. We got the MW3 version that came with 2 controllers and we bought a Kinect so we could play more games. They are extremely excited.
And yes, I did say Christmas at Universal was cancelled. Even though HHH requested Christmas week off 2 months ago, we made our reservations, and had our plans in place, the upper management that only swings by every once a week decided they didn't want only one guy working that week. Sigh....
Now I have to decorate for Christmas.
We got a smaller tree. Pre lit, fake, and green. I lobbied for a pink tree but was shot down.
Eldest is more excited to play MW3 than any of the other games we bought. This disturbs me a little.
Jr. wanted Wipeout: The Game. I see many painful evenings of fun in the future.
As you were people.

What...... The Hell!???!

2011-12-05T23:59:00.000-05:00

I was watching TV yesterday, cuddling my baby boy(who is fine now, thanks to everyone who Twittered encouragement for him!) when I saw a commercial for a game called Doggie Doo. Yup. Doggie Doo. The premise behind this game is, uh.... is..... uh..... Oh there's no way to make this sound any better, but basically you feed the dog these playdough "treats", then you roll a special die that tells you how many times you squeeze the dog leash which moves the "treats" down the dog's intestines. If the dog poops during your turn at the leash, you clean it up with your game shovel. Who ever gets 3 poops first wins! Fun right?? Oh, the dog farts loudly as well.

Oh my GAWD!! Is this what we've come to to entertain our children?? A pooping dog?? When I was a child I didn't even like the pooping dolls. If my parents had gotten me a crapping dog game I'd have been offended!! Worse than offended. And not only would I have been offended, but our three REAL dogs would have been offended because why play the game when I had three of the real things tap dancing at the door for me to clean up after, right??

My only other thought on this is that, since the game appears to have originated in Europe, perhaps it is actually a subversive tool to teach folks over there (who historically haven't really picked up after their animals) to clean up after their pets! Stranger things have happened.

So now to you guys.... Pooping Dog Game.... would you buy it for your kids?

You Know It's Monday When....

2011-12-05T08:39:00.003-05:00

... Your kid wakes you up with, "Mom, I can't stop throwing up."

It Was Only A Matter Of Time....

2011-12-03T23:59:00.000-05:00

Bullying on Facebook hits everyone eventually.....

Gee Thanks.

2011-12-02T23:59:00.002-05:00

I just love it when, at this time of year, companies decide to be raging assholes. Assholes like cancelling funding for an office party. Assholes like cancelling bonuses for the quarter and not bothering to tell anyone when folks were expecting it and had made plans to use it for Thanksgiving/Christmas. Assholes like cutting funding for required neighborhood monthly parties so the employees have to spend their own $$ to do it so they don't get in trouble. Assholes like approving time off during Christmas, then turning around and raising hell 2 months later about not wanting there to be only 1 guy working that week.

I call BULLSHIT!

(Especially when I already have a family vacay to Orlando planned!"

Ho.

2011-12-01T23:59:00.001-05:00

Hi there. Seeing as how it has FINALLY turned over to December, I am finally going to put out the call for Christmas Cards. Would you like a card from me? Do you even care? Just send me an email to nicolewetherington1972@yahoo.com and sometime during this holiday season I'll shoot one out to you! Wanna send me one back? Go for it! Do I care that you celebrate something other than Christmas?? Nope! Sure don't! I'd love you to wish me a Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, Merry Festivus, etc, etc, etc..... ( I show the kids cards we receive and teach them about other religions & cultures! )

So, send those addys on, especially if you have done it before and had a change of address in the last year or two! Ho ho ho!

15

2011-11-30T23:59:00.000-05:00

My baby girl turned 15 yesterday!

We took her out to Olive Garden for a nice dinner and got her a bunch of little beauty gifts.

She had a slice of white chocolate raspberry cheesecake as her birthday cake. We even got O.G. to put her 1 and 5 candles on it!

So happy birthday baby! We love you!!

Alive

2011-11-29T23:59:00.001-05:00

Yup. Still kicking. In fact, I'm kicking it in Vicodin Land. You remember Vicodin Land..... pretty colors, shimmery lights, everything is REALLY funny.... ah Vicodin Land, how I have come to love you. I do, however, have to give a hat tip to Mr.Ondansetron, without whom I would not be enjoying the wonders of Vicodin Land. (The afore mentioned fellow keeps me from puking.)

So yet again, I will leave you with Bill Engvall's "Vicodin Land". Laugh, you know you want too!

Idiot.

2011-11-29T10:45:00.003-05:00

Yup.

That would be me.

Last night my tooth was hurting really bad. It didn't start till after everything was closed (of Course!). I had planned on going to the dentist the next day anyway, so I took some Tylenol PM (4) and went to bed. I got up to tinkle and took 2 more for a total of 6 pills and went back to sleep. I then woke up at 2:30am because it hurt and took 3 more pills and that's where it got... interesting.

My body violently rejected the new pills.

V-I-O-L-E-N-T-L-Y!

Now, knowing what I know and having taken meds before, I knew if I was vomiting up plain Tylenol something was wrong. I promptly woke up HHH and we took off to the ER where I had to explain to the folks there, "No, I am not trying to hurt myself, I'm just a moron and didn't keep track of what I was taking!" They took 6 vials of blood to go and check my liver function and Tylenol levels and we waited for about 45 minutes.

And waited...
And waited...

And then a guy came in and handed me 4 prescriptions and a form to sign myself out with. No one had come to tell me if I had damaged my liver or what, just here ya go, get out. I asked if I was ok and the guy said "Oh yeah. yeah, you're fine." Gee, uh... thanks?

So anywho, I'm taking it easy today. The ER gave me scripts for an antibiotic, an anti nausea med, motrin, and........

VICODIN!

WHAT? I puke at the slightest narcotic, how the hell am I supposed to take Vicodin?!? Then HHH turned to me and said... That's what the Anti Nausea med was for.
So, dear readers, I leave you with Bill Engvall's "Vicodin Land". That's me right now!

http://youtu.be/iT_vMV2UfTg

Ouch.

2011-11-27T23:59:00.000-05:00

My wisdom teeth are moving again. At least they waited till after Thanksgiving to start moving around. I really should get those things pulled, but when?? Now, where's my ibuprofen???

Football.

2011-11-26T23:59:00.000-05:00

I have lived in the south all my life. In the south, we love our football. I can remember being in school... it was Junior High football on Wednesdays, JV on Thursdays, Varsity on Fridays, College on Saturdays, and NFL on Sundays. The Fall ran like clockwork. Being in the band meant I was always doing something on the weekends and it was awesome! I loved my football. I would cheer with the rest of the crowd. Along the way, I learned that a good sport beats being an ignorant, screaming redneck any day. I learned using racial slurs, homophobic slurs, or any kind of slurs in general just reflects poorly on you and your team.

Having learned all those lessons, it is with great disappointment that I saw many of the folks I follow on Twitter and FB jeering UF during the Gators vs. Seminoles football game. Statements like "Great play Gay-tors!" or "Hahaha... nice try fags." and on and on and on. I left Twitter and FB after the first few jabs, but really.... I expected better. I expected folks who are GROWN UPS to have a little dignity and grace, whether they win or lose. Haven't we all progressed beyond that shit?

I know UF is sucking hind teat this year. Heck, folks have been waiting for Timmy and Urban to take a hike so UF would be vulnerable again, but all programs have their ups and downs. UF is in a down. That's ok. What isn't ok is using hateful slurs that are wrong to cheer on your team.

That's NOT ok.

Just A Few Notes....

2011-11-25T23:59:00.000-05:00

#1-For quite a few Christmases, my middle child, Mo, has been asking me for "Tooth Tunes". What is that, you ask? Well, when they first came out, they were tooth brushes that played a popular song for a certain amount of time. The song coincided with just how long one was supposed to brush their teeth thus getting kids to brush for the correct time period and encouraging good dental hygiene while having fun. As you can guess.... they didn't do very well and by the next year the only "Tooth Tunes" left were the crappy ones that didn't sell the year before. Mo has asked for one every year since. (It's been 10 years!) Now imagine my surprise when I was waiting in a cashier line and saw the product pictured above!!! It was a tooth brush that played music, but unfortuantely it only played Justin Bieber music! Mo hates The Biebs. With a purple passion she hates that kid. So when I saw this I took a photo, came home, and told her I found her musical tooth brush! When I showed her the photo she was less than pleased.... oops!

#2-I saw this shit last week. OMG I can't believe someone wasted plastic on this!! I guess I should have been grateful that the rest of the cast wasn't in the display, but REALLY?? Who the hell is gonna put these losers on their tree? Even at the 2/$10 discounted price, I don't see them moving out any time soon. I tweeted the photo and asked, "Think anyone would notice if I moved these to the douche aisle?" and got several tweets back of "DO IT!" Heh heh.....I just may!

#3-And then today I became my kids' hero! I won #INATOR Friday. What's that, you ask? Well, if you have ever watched Phineas & Ferb then you have seen Dr. Doofenshmirtz and any number of his wild #INATORs he comes up with to defeat Perry the Platypus and try to rule the tri state area. I follow the evil @DrDoofenshmirtz, & his minion @NormTheRobot. They are funny, way funny! Just yesterday morning, Doofenshmirtz tweeted "Trample my Walmartians, TRAMPLE!" See? Funny! Every Friday, Dr. Doofenshmirtz has a contest for his Twitter followers where you tweet to him your best idea for an #INATOR and he chooses a winner by the end of the day. Well, I won with the #INATOR idea above! My prize? My tweet favorited by the evil Doctor and a follow from him as well. OMG! I showed my kids when the pling came through on my phone and we all jumped up and down because Hello??? IT'S DR. DOOFENSHMIRTZ!!!!!!! (And no... I'm not 12.) So now my kids think that I'm the coolest mom ever because only a cool mom gets followed by Dr. Doofenshmirtz, right?? RIGHT??

Don't answer that!

POP!

2011-11-24T23:59:00.000-05:00

I win again! After cooking all day yesterday and the day before, My dinner went off without a hitch! Turkey was done to perfection, ham was tasty, dressing & stuffing were herbed and moist, .... in fact everything tasted lovely except the dinner rolls. They were publix brand and one of the only things I didn't make from scratch.(that just WASN'T gonna happen!) So anyway, it tasted great. The in laws were happy and I have yet again extended my lead as the favorite daughter in law!

I win.

Thankful.

2011-11-23T23:59:00.000-05:00

Have a safe and wonderful holiday! Remember to BE THANKFUL!

Where I'm At.

2011-11-23T20:28:00.003-05:00

Hey there! Haven't been here in a couple of days, but only because I've been busy getting ready for a full scale assault on Thanksgiving! You know, stuff to do, things to cook, etc, etc, etc....

So anywho, I wrote over here today. It's my first gift guide for the masses with a twist, the twist being I and my warped little mind thought it up! Go give it a look see and buy something interesting for the ones you love.

Monday Bullets!

2011-11-21T08:41:00.004-05:00

Photo found here.

On Friday morning I tweeted this, "I am NOT making this shit up! "Butt-job gone wrong with fix-a-flat"" with this link to a story out of Miami about a transgendered stripper who was posing as a plastic surgeon and gave a woman a "butt lift" by using super glue, cement, and Fix-a-Flat and charging $700 for the procedure! The patient contracted several infections and has been hospitalized for a month so far. I don't know about you, but the minute the "doctor" pulled out the can of Fix-a-Flat, I'd have lit out of the back of the strip joint faster than a cat with its tail on fire!! Now CNN and other outlets have picked up on the story and ran with it. Heh....
The AMA's were on last night and there was little else to oppose them. The Hubs and I watched the performances with the kids and mostly they were ok. Eldest has started to notice that live performances don't sound like radio versions. I mentioned to her that if she was expecting musicians to sound perfect in a live setting, she was going to be disappointed.
The part of the AMA's we laughed at the most was LMFAO's finale! Oh! Mah! GAWD!!! I have never laughed so hard in my LIFE!!! They started out with "Party Rock Anthem" and I thought it was a nice touch that they had the Halloween faces lit up all over the stage from this guy's house. Then as they were dancing around even Bieber came out and started dancing! After that they went straight into "I'm Sexy & I Know It" and of course they did the pants ripping off dealy-o! I laughed so. Hard. Lucky for America and anyone else watching, the LMFAO guys were wearing funny print boxer shorts instead of the sparkly banana hammocks like in their video. Then to top it all off, David Hasselhoff.... THE HOFF came out at the end and yes, he ripped off his tear aways too! LOL! I laughed so hard! HHH laughed so hard! The kids (Yes they watched it too!) laughed soooo freaking hard!!!

And that's about it. Not much going on what with prepping for Thanksgiving and all. Now if you all will excuse me, I need to invoke the evil spirit of Martha Stewart so I can get everything done on time!

It's a good thing!!

Weekend Off.

2011-11-19T23:59:00.000-05:00

I haven't written a lot this weekend. I have been enjoying my time with HHH. In the fray of derby and kid stuff and his job blowing up because the owners were coming by, we had missed each other. Now that I am in a Dr. enforced vacay from derby and HHH's job has settled a bit, we are spending some quality time together. I miss quality time w/HHH.

So, I'd like you all to go over to my new gig at Buy-Her. It's a shopping and review site for women. I am getting the opportunity to write with some awesome ladies and you should go check out my new article. In fact, I think you should check out Buy-Her in the next month or so as we approach those shopping holidays that I refuse to mention because it isn't Thanksgiving yet! There are going to be gift guides from several points of view, Product tests, and all sorts of fun! Put it in your favorites, because you will surely need it!

And now, my snugly husband calls. :)

New Gigs.

2011-11-18T08:52:00.004-05:00

So I garnered a writing gig. It's for the website called Buy Her. It's a site for women about products we might use. One of the best things about it is it isn't "mommy" centered! I started writing for them last year, but spit out only 2 posts before I had life smack me in the chops and had to pull back. This year I am fully committed to 2+ posts a month. It's not too much, and I have even banged out 4 posts already, the first of which goes live today. I'll link it when it goes up.

To say I'm excited is an understatement! :)

UPDATE: Here is the link to my first article! Go give it a lookie loo! Actually, go look at the whole site! It's totally awesome!!

A 4-Way.

2011-11-16T23:59:00.000-05:00

No, not like that. I mean a 4 way stop intersection. I have waxed poetic on people's non-use of their turn signals, their inability to check their blind spot, and douche bag parkers, and now I thought I'd hit on the new nemesis of the 21st century, the 4 way stop.

Now when I was in school taking driver's ed from Mr. McCool, who was once a hard ass FHP patrolman, I had to watch an infomercial from the 1970's on how to navigate a 4 way stop. I learned that 4 way stops were kind of a first come, first serve sort of thing. If you are the first car to arrive, you get to go first. If all four cars arrive at the same time, then drivers are supposed to defer to the driver to the right.(I always wondered if that would result in an endless circle, but I digress...) So this all seems simple, right?

WRONG!

The folks I drive around with here are nuts! And the fact that most of the time I'm driving in school zones just make it worse! These are PARENTS driving this poorly! I have to deal with 3 different 4 way stops and those folks just have no patience. I have almost been t boned, clipped, side swiped, and head on'd at each of those different stops. One guy had the gall to call me a bitch while he jumped 3 other cars to try and plow through the intersection!! I flipped him off and gave him a rather loud vocal salute as well(man, derby has made me vociferous.).

What I want to know is, when did the rules of driving change so much that 4 way stops are no longer being treated with courtesy and are now a frickin' free for all?? Have we sunk so low in the way of courtesy that people only live by the "Every Man For Himself" rule?

How long till I need a side mounted bazooka?

It's Log!

2011-11-15T11:40:00.002-05:00

I'll be making a few of these again for the holidays!!! Holler if you want one!

If...

2011-11-13T23:59:00.001-05:00

Sometimes, I just want things to actually BE as happy and nice as it LOOKS from the outside. Norman Rockwell can kiss my ass.

OMFG!

2011-11-13T23:59:00.000-05:00

I swear to Jebus, if the Eldest doesn't get her head out of her ass, I'm gonna send her off to boarding school ASAP!!

Sunday Lazy.

2011-11-13T10:07:00.002-05:00

Because regular, everyday lazy just won't do.

2011-11-11T23:59:00.003-05:00

This is sad, yet funny. Sad because this woman had no one left in her life to mourn her or miss her when she passed away, but funny because my husband works for the same company that took over the apartments where she was found. I can only imagine the horror if it had been HHH and his property manager to walk in on a dead body.... a MUMMIFIED dead body. I can also guess what their cleaning service would have said as well.... OH HELL NO! So yes, I'm probably going to Hell for giggling about this one!

Woman's death reveals how little was known of her life

By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 03:42 PM

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ST. PETERSBURG — They finally found 78-year-old Joan Greeley in the bedroom.

with porcelain white skin. She refused to let people in her home.

Which may explain the peculiar circumstances of her discovery:

Head propped up against a wall, legs extended under the bed. Her left arm was draped across her chest and her right arm at her side.

She had been there about four months, her skeleton now mostly exposed.

•••

Greeley's home of at least 10 years is on the west side of Fourth Street N, just across the street from Sunken Gardens, down an alley and behind a 6-foot wooden fence. It is a small apartment in the back of a one-story block building.

A man who has lived in her building about five years said he saw her, once, but didn't know her name.

Andy Sasala, who lives in a next door apartment, said for a long time he didn't even know her apartment was there. He thought there were four units, not five.

"She really was as much of a hermit as somebody can be," said Michael Novilla, the managing member of Crescent Lake Apartments, which owns the building. "She really did not want anybody to come inside ever. It's a sad thing for sure."

Neighbors wondered how she supported herself, how she paid the bills, when she shopped for groceries.

And the most obvious question.

Why did it take so long to figure out she died?

•••

Greeley's building is in foreclosure.

Last week, McKinley, Inc, a large apartment management company, took over property management from Crescent Lake Apartments.

On Friday, police said property manager Ronald Toole went out to inspect the units.

Just before 1 p.m., he came to Greeley's apartment at 423 1/2 18th Ave N. He knocked. No response. Key in hand, he opened the door.

A strong smell of death hit him.

He walked into the cluttered apartment and found Greeley laying on her back in the bedroom, police said.

He left and dialed 911.

•••

It's unclear exactly how long she lay there unnoticed.

Police think it was likely about four months. They found a newspaper dated June 26 inside her home. They don't suspect any foul play.

Police have not found any family members.

There's no evidence that there was anyone in her life as far back as 1992, said police spokesman Mike Puetz.

Bill Pellan, director of investigations for the Pinellas-Pasco medical examiner's office, said an autopsy has been conducted but the cause of death is still pending.

•••

Neighbors were saddened by her solitary passing.

"Nobody should have to go that way," said Kathy Seaton, 48. "I wish I would have known."

Les and Sandra Ambush rented out their garage apartment to Greeley about 16 or 17 years ago. They couldn't remember exactly.

"She kept her head down and walked fast and worked hard," Ambush said.

She turned down offers to come and sit and have family dinners except for one Thanksgiving.

"I think she was upset that she didn't have a family or wistful that she lost touch," Ambush said.

They didn't know why she moved out. They lost touch.

"That is sad," Ambush said. "I really feel bad now."

Thank You!

2011-11-10T23:59:00.000-05:00

Opinions & Assholes

2011-11-10T10:00:00.002-05:00

Everybody's got one. Mine is unpopular. According to this great nation I live in, I'm allowed to have it, but I better shut up if I want to keep my FB & Twitter friends. (Not all of them, but several.)

I value people's opinions. Hearing what others have to say helps me round out my thoughts. I haven't lashed out at anyone. I also haven't risen to anyone's baiting. Seems the latter of those two things is what pissed people off the most.

Sorry folks. It's not a competition.

Tomorrow I'm going to go out to lunch with HHH to Applebee's to enjoy their "Free Entree for Veteran's", because he and so many others have fought for my right to have MY OPINION, no matter how many folks disagree, un friend, or hate on me for it!

Heavy.

2011-11-08T23:59:00.000-05:00

Tuesday sucked ass, in my humble opinion. Losing Joe & Heavy D? Fuck you midweek. Fuck you very much!

Owch!

2011-11-07T23:59:00.000-05:00

In Egypt, when someone was mummified they had a red hot, sharpened poker rammed up their nose, their brains scrambled up till it's a gooey jelly like mush, then rolled to the side so it all dripped out into sacred jars.

I feel like someone is doing that to my right side of my head.

Ow ow ow, ow owowowow!

Looks.

2011-11-07T09:28:00.003-05:00

So as you all know, Friday my son was given a candy that has been recalled by the FDA back in 2001-2002. I went back to the school to tell the office staff and avert a possible disaster. I was treated with less that courtesy even as I was showing the school officials the FDA website that backed up my statements.

Now, good people, why was this? Why did they not take me seriously? Why did I get shushed?? I went over and over and over the moments in my mind. I spoke clearly. I was calm. I didn't demand anything. I backed up my statements with proof from the Federal Food and Drug Administration. I was treated with disdain then summarily dismissed. Then, as I was brushing my teeth yesterday and I looked in the mirror, it hit me.

My appearance.

We are living in an upscale neighborhood. Valrico is pretty well to do out here. There are big houses, very few of them up for sale or foreclosure, and upscale shops and restaurants everywhere! Think Stepford Wives, but multiply the number of people and shrink the houses a little. I figured out at Junior's Open House we didn't fit in. Add to that my hair is even crazier than it was back then and I think I was dismissed that day due to my looks. Isn't that a hoot? In an educational system that stresses the teachings that everyone is equal and no one should be mistreated because of who they are or how they look, that is just hypocritical. Sigh....

Wouldn't you listen to that woman up there in the photo? (Without the makeup though!)

AUGH!!!

2011-11-05T23:59:00.000-04:00

Last night did not end well. Not because I didn't get any, {I did ;)}, and not because of any injury or anything else unexpected....

It was the spiders!

Spiders and I have a tenuous relationship at best. I liked the beady eyed devils up until I was 11. One night, a wolf spider as large as my father's hand had the distinct misfortune of falling off the ceiling onto my bare cheek as I was sleeping. The ensuing panic attack was a sight to behold, or so my family tells me when the story is recounted. Apparently doing the freak out dance in Holly Hobby pajamas is extremely entertaining to others, not so much to me. Anyway, I haven't liked the bastards ever since. Funny how one incident with a bad outcome can ruin you for life!! So, on to last night.

I was watching some TV in bed, finishing up my post about the killer candy my son was given at school and such when I felt the call of nature. As I was tossing back the covers from my legs I see this LARGE spindly shape fly off my blanket! It was a HUGE spider! My scream woke up HHH who was sleeping beside me. He asked me what was up and all I could produce was "KILLITKILLITKILLIT!!" So, HHH smothers the arachnid with a towel into several pieces and I start to breathe a little more easily. I sigh, thank my hubby for saving me, apologize to him for waking him up, and say, "I really have to go to the bathroom now. Damn spider almost made me wet my pants!"

I shouldn't have tempted the spirits. They like to play tricks on us mortals!

I take two steps into the bathroom {The same bathroom I normally use in the middle of the night with the lights off} and when I flip on the light what's waiting for me? ANOTHER FUCKING SPIDER, ONLY BIGGER THAN THE LAST ONE!" The little bastard is, I kid you not, WAVING one of his legs at me as if to say "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you kill my spider friend. Prepare to die!" I scream, yet again, for HHH to come KILLITKILLITKILLIT!!! He smashes that one too.

At that point, I'm not gonna lie, my pants may have been a bit moist with tinkle. I'm not proud. Those bastards scare the living bejeezus out of me.

I turned the bathroom light on every time I used it last night.

Fucking Spiders.

I'll Have My Candy With A Side Of Asphyxiation.

2011-11-04T23:59:00.001-04:00

See this? That right there is a candy my son received from school today. Looks interesting, eh? It's a candy sold mostly in Hispanic and Asian countries. When those folks came over to the USA, they brought this tasty goody with them.

It's not very big. It's described as, "about the size of a single serve coffee creamer." Junior's class was reading a book that was set in China, and this celebration was the culmination of finishing that book. The teacher ordered Chinese food for the class, they played games from China, and they got swag bags filled with Chinese goodies. This little candy was among the treats.

Why am I concerned that my son was given this candy? Because the FDA in 2002 deemed these candies to be a major choking hazard! In a recall issued by the Food and Drug Administration, these candies were implicated in the confirmed choking deaths of 6 children, with others still being investigated. It seems when children tear off the lid and start to suck the candy out of it's plastic cup, the candy can pop out suddenly and get sucked down the throat, closing off the air way. The candy proved impossible to remove by medical professionals because the jelly was rigid and didn't dissolve like normal jellies or jello. States started seizing the shipments of candy and forbid their import. FDA also asked people to turn in markets & shops who still sell it.

I went back to Junior's school to warn the office about the candy. Because the children received it from school, if something bad happened, the school could be held liable! I was more worried about kids dying. You'd have thought I was a crazy homeless cat lady babbling nonsense on the street corner! Not only did they not really care about what I was saying, they didn't even look at the FDA website I had pulled up on my smart phone! AUGH!! And when I was reading the warning off, one of the office ladies actually SHUSHED ME when another parent entered the office!

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!

When Junior's teacher just happened up to the office at that exact moment, I explained to her about the candy, why it was bad, and what they should possibly do about it(ie- call the parents!), she just stared at me stupidly and said, "But one of the class moms bought it at the market! It has to be OK??" Uh, no lady. The US government is still seizing shipments of this candy monthly, and that's when it's labeled correctly! I was flabbergasted! They weren't going to do a damn thing! Even Eldest couldn't believe what happened and she said, "Oh no! Uh-uh! You don't shush my mom!". I giggle thinking about it.

So, good people.... what should I do? Let it ride and be happy knowing my kid is OK and won't be consuming the dangerous candy, or should I push the issue and go to the principal?

I'm Stupid.

2011-11-03T23:59:00.000-04:00

I f-ed up my right arm playing roller derby.
Was told by a medical professional that i did some median damage.
Was told by the same professional to take two weeks to rest it.
Rest apparently means not doing anything.
I can't "not" do anything. I'm a mom.
No one is really helping me "not" do anything.
I have been cleaning the house after Halloween.
I also bought some color changing bathroom cleaner Thursday.
I cleaned the shit outta our bathroom.
While picking up the kids it felt like someone shocked my elbow w/a cattle prod.
I can swear pretty good when I'm surprised by pain!
I'm now worshiping at the alter of the Almighty Tylenol.
I'm apparently really hard headed when told to rest.

So dear friends, I guess aside from driving back and forth to school, I'm gonna have to slack a little. Now if I could only DO that!??!

Teens Will Be The Death Of Me!

2011-11-02T23:59:00.002-04:00

OK. On Sunday, HHH and I discovered the Eldest had secretly made herself a facebook page. Why is this a big deal, you ask? Well, after having several discussions about it, we decided to limit FB to nothing under 18. Yes this is harsh, but when you look at it, cyber bullying on social sites has gone up radically since the big crack down in schools on physical bullying. I didn't want that happening to my kids. At one point though, I did offer her a choice of either a Facebook I'd monitor closely, or a bikini for summer swimming..... she chose the bikini. So imagine our disappointment when we found Eldest had gone behind our backs and made a FB anyway. Sigh....

So, as any parent worth their salt will do, I grounded Eldest from the internet. No blog, no phone, no computer unless directly related to her homework. Even after having done all that, I still caught her on her Tumblr while she was at school. The above photo shows what I left her as a warning. I was really hurt & pissed off. Heck, when she pointed out that all her friends had a FB, I said "Just blame it on your mean old mom not allowing you to have one!" There... problem solved. Apparently not.

Then yesterday, as if to prove my point, I saw THIS! A 17 year old girl HUNG HERSELF in the bathroom at the high school Eldest would have attended if we hadn't moved in April. A couple of students found the girl before she perished, but the poor thing is in the hospital in critical condition with almost no hope of being a normal, fun loving kid ever again. She'll most likely be a vegetable for the rest of her life. So far police haven't given any reasons for the attempted suicide, but I can bet when they do, it will have to do with bullying, both cyber and real life.

Is it so wrong of me that I don't want that to happen to my beautiful daughter?

UPDATE: Police are investigating claims of bullying, both on and off line as the cause of the girls attempted suicide. I saw that coming a mile away.

SECOND UPDATE: The poor girl died this morning.

72

2011-11-01T21:13:00.003-04:00

72.

That's how long Kim K. was married to her hubby Kris before filing for divorce. And yeah sure, other Hollywood folks have had it worse.

Zellweger/Chesney- 4 Months
Pam Anderson/Rick Solomon- 2 Months
Eddie Murphy/Tracy Edmonds-2 Weeks
and the best....

Jason Alexander/Britney Spears- 54 HOURS!

These wonderful examples of fidelity, trust, and til death do us part are so awesome. They make me want to throw up actually. I'm going on 11 years with HHH. I had 7 into the one with jerkface ex husband. Yet through all of this, there's just one thing I DO NOT understand.....

How in the hell are these people preserving the sanctity of marriage, yet two people of the same sex, who love each other and are completely committed to each other aren't allowed to marry.

WHAT? THE? FUCK???

I shake my head in silent, mortified, disgust.

BOO!

2011-10-31T23:59:00.000-04:00

We had all of about 5 kids come to the house, but my offspring did very well when they branched out into the rest of the neighborhood. One half full pillowcase, plus full buckets for each kid. We will be rolling in candy for QUITE a while. Hope you all made out as well!

Happy Halloween!

Last Bunch,... I Swear!!

2011-10-30T23:59:00.000-04:00

ZOMFG!!!

2011-10-29T23:59:00.001-04:00

I had the distinct pleasure to have lunch with Dave, otherwise known as @Blogography!!! OMG! I had been wanting to rectify my horrible first meeting with Dave ever since Avitoween 2 years ago when I was so overwhelmed with all the awesome at the party and could only manage a quick "Hi" before retreating to a safe corner! We met at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa and had lunch in the Hard Rock Cafe there. It was nice. We chatted at length about his travels, roller derby, and stuff in general! I was so glad I was able to redact my crazy nut job behavior from years earlier! Lunch was pleasant, the company was excellent, and it was all in all one of the nicest afternoons I'd had in a while!

It even made having to put up with the Doomsday Soothsayer guy on the corner of SR60 and Providence Blvd worth it!

BOOM!

2011-10-28T23:59:00.000-04:00

A few days ago, I wrote an entry about how I was being hated on on FB. Seems some folks didn't like how I played. I said mea culpa for any unintentional penalties I may have caused, (BTW- I didn't go to the box the ENTIRE bout!) and said we should just let it lie. I promptly got unfriended. No big loss.

So, dear people, I present to you all what pissed off my major detractor. At 1:15 the camera pans around(I'm in the red helmet & tank top.) and you'll see me J block the jammer INTO the penalty box chairs. This is apparently what pissed her off. Oh well.....

What do you guys think?? Remember, 1:15 to 1:39. I need your honest opinion!

Good Eats!

2011-10-28T06:09:00.003-04:00

Went to meet Alton Brown last night. He was signing books at the local Books A Bajillion. It was quite a wait, but I got up there finally. He's actually quite thinner in person. I guess that's the camera adding 10 pounds! He was nice, though quick(there were 400+ people there) and posed for photos. Mine is above. I was tired by the time I got up there and I wasn't paying attention when he went in for the hug, so you see me there smiling but I'm actually gritting my teeth as he is firmly squishing my bad elbow/arm! I do have to say, he was very kind. So kind, in fact, that he stayed 3 hours past the closing of the bookstore so everyone who had come to meet him had their chance! It's nice when a celebrity is kind instead of being a jerk. Made my evening!

So that's all the excitement I got. How about you folks?

I Am Disappoint!

2011-10-27T12:08:00.004-04:00

Don't hate.

Nobody likes haters. We should be lifting each other up, not tearing others and ultimately ourselves down. I am a duck, and your comments will roll off my back. I'm sorry if I offended you with my enthusiasm, my good humor, and my excitement. I meant no harm. I admired your spirit openly to my team mates, extolling your virtues (and your weaknesses) as only someone who had been a member of your team before could. There was no hate, only admiration.

Being stabbed at by one of your members hurt. It hurt badly. I was goaded into a response before I thought better of it, but really only expressed my disappointment before taking the advice of my current team mates and closing the conversation. Then came the tittering calls of others being attacked, questioned, accused! What will this accomplish?

Listen folks... it's derby. Just derby. It's not a major deal. In the scheme of things, it matters no more than my daily jaunt to the grocer. What I want YOU to take away from this is even at the almost professional levels like the WFTDA Championships, after the bout is over, the pads are shucked, and the scoreboard is turned off, no amount of hate, bile, or whining ever changes anything! No one will go back and change your score. No referee will change their call. No coach will hand you back a win they got. MOVE ON.

Let's be adults here. I made mistakes. Others made mistakes too. Like I said, it's derby. 10 women knocking the shit out of each other in a mad dash around an oval makes a situation where mistakes get made. The important thing is for us to LEARN from it, not use it as a poison.

Let's all be grown up, shall we?

More Shots!

2011-10-25T23:59:00.000-04:00

I'm skating behind #36 trying to get up in front to snow plow the line. Our jammer is right behind me following the path I'm cutting through the other team.

Here is a shot where I'm getting ready to cut in and clear cut the girl in the skull shorts w/the star on her face! I actually hit her a lot, and she wouldn't even speak to me later! C'mon.... it's just derby folks! ;)

Fighting, yet again, to have control of the front of the pack!

This shot makes it look like Terri & I are holding hands, but we were really smacking each other around to get control of the inside line. (I promise!!)

And, my favorite thus far..... this is the shot where 2 seconds later I hit the jammer so hard she flew airborne into the steel chairs in the penalty box! Look at those toe stops dig in as I'm running to hit her! Best hit I made all night!

Now I think there are 2 more photographers who have yet to put in their photos, so I'll be bothering you again with more photos soon. Let's hope I find other stuff to write about between now and then!

Wounded.

2011-10-25T06:54:00.004-04:00

So. Doctor yesterday. It seems I have a severely strained triceps muscle in my right arm. Apparently my elbow wasn't completely dislocated when I hit the floor after that illegal back block, only partially out of place, which was why I was able to pop it back in myself.(It still HURT like Hell!) What I had seen on WebMD was pretty much what the guy told me to do... ice, compression, elevation, & rest. When he asked me how I did this, I told him about playing roller derby, the bout, the grudge match it was, and the illegal hit that took me down! Man, did his eyes get wide! The first thing he said after that was, "No derby for two weeks."

Well crap!

So then when I took my meds he prescribed, I barfed. I don't do heavy pain meds well. I tell people this before they try to give me scripts for things like Lortabs, oxy, you name it.... I'm a light weight. (and I'm glad of that!) So instead of going to derby practice to show off my war wounds, I ended up feeling all pukey and nasty at home. Bummer. Also.... ARM SLINGS ARE ANNOYING!!!

So anywhoo...... I'm gonna be gimping it up around here for the next couple weeks. Feel free to come over & help me clean my house, cook a meal for us, or drive my kids all over Hell & Creation.... because all that shit was a PITA yesterday!

Still, it makes for a great story to be able to say, "Yeah, I took an illegal hit to the back, throwing me forward to the floor and dislocating my elbow, but it was cool. I popped it back in on the bench then went back out to finish the half and help win the game!" How many folks can say THAT?!?

PS- I also suck at putting the compression bandage back on my right arm w/my LEFT hand! I should video the process so you all can have a good laugh!

Photos From Saturday Night

2011-10-23T23:59:00.000-04:00

This shot was taken in the first half. The black SQS Jammer is on the ground because I knocked her out. What you don't see is that right before this happened, I had also hit the same jammer on turn 3.... right off her skates and into the penalty box! It was my best hit of the night!

Here we are pushing the black team of SQS girls out of the way so our jammer (behind me) can scoot through.

SNOW PLOW!!!!!!

Obligatory winning team shot!

So there you go. I have helped beat my old team now twice! Once as the Sarasota Roller Girls, ad now under their new moniker, the Suncoast Quad Squad. It was especially great because two more ladies from my old team had come over and played with us against SQS, garnering what I think was their first career wins. One of them even scored 24 points in a single jam! After it was over, she commented that "I don't think I've ever scored that many points in a single bout ever!"

Teamwork. It works yo!

Special thanks to Menopausal Maniac for taking those shots.

Winning!

2011-10-23T10:02:00.002-04:00

We won! 144 to 113. It was a hard battle. The SQS girls were hitting pretty hard. Some of the hits weren't exactly legal, thus after the half, I was blatantly back blocked and thrown forward in a superman sprawl, hyper extending my right arm's elbow. After the jam was called, I gimped back to the bench holding my arm. It hurt really bad. My elbow was tight, and the pain was all up to my shoulder. I was gingerly trying to extend my arm when I heard & felt a loud....

POP!

Yup, I had popped my own elbow back into place! It hurt. I was OMGWTFBBQ-ing for about 2 minutes but then it was time to go back in and play! What? You think I'd miss a chance to defeat my old team?? HELL NO!! So we kept at it, finally winning the bout! I was excited. All of the new girls for whom this was their very first bout were over the moon! It was great to see 8 newly skirted Bombers working so hard!

Now, I gotta make a Doctor's Appointment! Remember, Derby Love/Derby Hurts!

Best Halloween Decore EVAR!

2011-10-21T23:59:00.001-04:00

OMG! I want to do this to my home too! Mad props to this guy!!

PS- If you can't get the video above to work, click here.

I Can Haz.....

2011-10-20T23:59:00.001-04:00

Heh... I've been LOL-ing again. I couldn't help but take a few shots of the ducklings teasing Fluffy this afternoon. They actually got a lot closer, practically up to the screen door! I thought the sentiment above best described Fluffy's thought at the exact moment I took the photo. Hope I make the ICHC home page again!

QUACK!

2011-10-19T23:59:00.001-04:00

We had a new crop of baby duck hatch out a few days ago. This will probably be the last of them seeing as how winter is fast approaching. These ones just waddled right up to me and I reached down and picked one up and held it out for Mo to pet. Then I had to put the little fella down, seeing as how his mama started making loud honking and hissing noises! They're cute. Maybe I'll get on Squee again!

I Feel Old Now.....

2011-10-18T23:59:00.001-04:00

This is a note I found in Eldest's bookbag, (because I am that nosy mom who checks stuff out). It's pretty typical... till you get to the third sentance. Why yes, it does say "I don't really know what to write but this is like e-mailing on paper!"

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

I feel old now.

Oh and PS- Eldest's friend really REALLY doesn't like Ryan!

Please Explain To Me.....

2011-10-17T23:59:00.000-04:00

Why every time I have a bout coming up, I end up getting hammered in the practices right before it??? Because really..... it's getting old. Just at Monday Night's practice:

Got hammered from behind by the jammer, took a full speed back block, and ended out Superman-ing out onto the floor where the jammer promptly tripped and landed on top of me!
Took an elbow to the boobs on the sideline from a team mate who was enthusiastically explaining something to someone.

Was doing a wall drill when I faked & juked out of Yakuza's way to avoid the hit and keep my wall intact, but my team mate next to me wasn't so lucky, and when Yakuza took her down in a flurry of arms, legs, and skates, one of them kicked out and nailed me right in the front side of my ankle, right where the shin ends and the ankle begins. OW! I rolled off the track on that one!

So, what is it about the fact I need to stay healthy for a bout that instantly attracts injury?? Maybe we're all trying too hard, I don't know. Right now, I'm icing my ankle..... AGAIN!

At least it wasn't the one I rolled!

Blergh......

2011-10-16T23:59:00.000-04:00

I am trying like hell to get better for this Saturday's bout. It's my last one for the season. I'm skating with the new class of girls that passed their betty training a few months ago. It's a bout against Sarasota(my old team) so I have a leg up on knowing what the girls skate like already, however, this cold I caught is giving me serious hell. I spent Sunday in bed while HHH & the kids took care of the house. HHH & I even left Derby Prom early last night because I wasn't feeling so good and we had such a long drive back home. Sigh. I have to make Monday night & Saturday morning practice to have my attendance requirement met for this game and if I can't get better and be able to BREATHE normally that ain't gonna happen.

Sigh.....

Prom

2011-10-16T09:13:00.002-04:00

Didn't win anything, no one sat by us, but everyone loved the chocolate fountain.

Spooky... Yet Hilarious!

2011-10-14T23:59:00.000-04:00

2011-10-14T15:54:00.002-04:00

Distance: 5.40 Miles.

Duration: 1:37:30.

Average Speed: 3,32 MPH.

Average Pace: 18:03 Min/Mile.