As NaBloPoMo comes to a close, I say wahoo! Wahoo for posting once a day for a month. I posted more than once a day sometimes but whatever. It was a committment and I stuck to it. I’m not as good as Kizz at going out there and reading other stuff, gathering new blogs to follow. But I’ll get there.

I did participate in IComLeavWe, and commented on a ton of blogs everyday for a week. I got new commenters over at the Circus as well! So, that’s cool.

We hit our 1000th post and that was awesome!

Birthdays GALORE!

Thanksgiving and time off from work…

This is the final day. Well done, November. Well Done. However, it’s not over yet and today happens to be my PseudoSister#1s birthday!!! She’s not much for a bit bru ha ha, and really just wants it the way she wants it. So, with that in mind, here’s a little tiny bru ha ha for her. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR!!!

My girl turns 29 today. She’s always a little kitchy about age in general but I have assured her that this year will be amazing!!! She’s got it all, the smile, the generous heart, the wit! What do you get a girl that has everything?

Peyton Manning.
or a Colt’s Superbowl win.

I’m working on that…in the meantime here’s a lil something to help her celebrate!

In The Plains, where I live, today is the Highest of High Holidays.

and no. I’m not talking about taking the pot.

It’s BEDLAM!!! Both of our state schools meet today to play the football and the entire state gets their respective panties in a wad over it.

I went to neither school. But sometime along the way, I choose one to follow. so with that, I’m hitting the shower, putting on my I Heart Bob t-shirt (he’s our coach) and taking my black eyed pea salsa and chips and heading out to the country to gather with friends!

It’s anybody’s game today. It always is. Happy Saturday ya’ll!

BOOMER SOONER!!!

Yesterday was perhaps the best Thanksgiving I’ve had in years. I cooked the meal, roasted turkey, herbed cornbread dressing, mashed potatos, roasted carrots and sweet potatos, citrus cranberry relish that Mom brought and homemade bread.

stuffed.

Mom and Bonusdad came and hung out, which was so nice to visit. Gert came, she made citrus souffle with rasberry sauce drizzle…DELISH!

I watched the parade. We giggled over the dog show. Football was on. We ate. We laughed and laughed and laughed. Mom and BD left for his family’s feast and Gert and Josie and I watched Dexter and yawned and slothed around.

I was full. Full of great food, of love from family and my best friend. Relaxed in my soft pants and t-shirt and no makeup all day long. It was perfect. I fell right asleep on the couch and awoke with the livestock on me, asleep. It was a full couch…

Today I work a few hours, getting a few clients in today. Tonight I bartend in Batshitcrazytown, which is good to ahve some extra money. I’m happy for that. I have a twinge of “i wish I’d taken off work and decorated the house today…But I’m off tomorrow for Bedlam and will perhaps get some stuff done tomorrow after the game.

I hope you are having a fabulous Black Friday. Whether you hit the malls and the sales this morning, or are continuing your celebration ala Kizz, enjoy it. Life is good, people. Life. Is. Good.

That Folgers commercial where the “brother” who looks kinda like my bf Adam Pascal, returns home from South Africa and the little sis is up and they talk and make coffee and the smell of coffee, or South Africa in the kitchen wakes up the mom and dad and they rush downstairs and embrace?

makes me weepy everytime. The old one, with Peter? Still my favorite.

Tomorrow will be fabulous. Easy breezy with my Mom coming over to hang out, I’m going to cook, really for no one special but myself and perhaps Gert, I need to go to the liquor store for some wine, and foil. I need foil. But I think it’s pretty much set. wahoo!!!

Ok. Have a great day kids! May your Thanksgiving Eve be filled with fun and anticipation and perhaps just a little rest. I’m outta here for the day, will see you tomorrow. It’s a special one tomorrow!

PS: my lip has gone down! wahoo!!!

that I’m getting a fever blister on my bottom lip. It’s fat. and swolled up as if I’d gone ten rounds with Stormy Soprano over the squirrel head.

Today was a rough one initially. I’ve been soooooo internally stressed about money. Fucking scared. I know that we all are, I know that. But my lip swolled up on account of my stress.

The day? Totally filled up. rang over 400 which was amazing for a Tuesday. So I’m grateful to you for your prayers, your energy and love. Eternally grateful. I made enough in tips to go buy my bird…THE TURKEY! Not a real bird. ha. Like that would last two seconds in this house!

Tonight, I’ve done the following:

Made the brine

Cleaned the bird

Placed both bird and brine in brand new clean container from dollar tree! GENIUS!

Made the Herbed Cornbread

Sauteed the Celery and Onion and more HHHHHHHHHerbs (because there’s a F***ing H in the word!)

Put the rest of the ingredients into the dressing. Covered and ready for the oven!

Pretty good eh?

This is what I have to do in the morning:

So…tomorrow. Gym. Laundry Put Up. Work. then FACETIME WITH FRIENDS!!! Hawk sent out the invite on FB and wrote this fabulous ditty. I leave you with it tonight:

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving
And all through the town
We all wanted to get together
And put a few down

For we know we’ll see family
The very next day
So low-key and easy
Will be the way we’ll play

No stopping to throw up on the way out of town
We’d just like to visit while all are around

Hopefully you can make it
and we’ll see your smiling face
We can get some laughs in
before we say grace!

I’ve got some stuff to do. Ten things probably.

1. buy the bird. a smallish sized bird.

2. buy the brining ingredients.

3. brine said bird tomorrow morning.

4. put away laundry in living room.

5. put away laundry on guest bed.

6. clean sheets and dusting of the guest bedroom.

7. deal with Sprint.

8. get to the gym tonight.

9. check on new phone plans elsewhere

10. pray for clients.

Here I go.

I’m seriously about to have a mental breakdown over my cell phone carrier. Sprint. I’ve been with them the entirity of my cellular life. Same company. Same number. Same Same Same. And I know how to deal with them…but I’m pretty stinking sure that I’m breaking up with them this week…

It all started when I actually began using the phone to TALK. Talk to the boyfriend. I talked too much and went over my minutes. a lot. *eyeroll* So I called, I talked, I listened. I got a 150.00 credit because they like me and see that this was a mistake. I paid the extra 80 in overages and we changed my plan, increased the minutes, prorated it all and va va voom!

easy breezy beautiful.

Then a week ago, I get my bill. 500.00 on said bill.

What. The. Fraggle?

Another phone call. This time to Ann. She spoke English, which helps. Turns out, they never did the last round of work. They never credited my account. They never changed my plan. They never prorated anything. and now they say I owe five hundred dollars.

Eff that in the A.

So we figure it out. We administer all the credits. I get my confirmation number and wait a day or two for all of that to clear to find my total.

Today, I call in, pay my 60 that was past due because of all this shit, and see that my next bill is still 230.00.

STILL TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS.

I got transferred, after about an hour on the phone, and was in the middle of the conversation when my phone disconnected. Either she cut me off. Or the call just dropped. Or whatever. But here’s the deal…I’m really tired of picking up my phone, bending over and sticking it right up my bum. I’m really tired of opening my bill, bending over, and sticking it right up my bum. I’m REALLY REALLY REALLY TIRED of getting raped by SPRINT!!!!!

so they can suck it. from what I saw online, I’ve completed my contract committment. I”m going to the Sprint store tomorrow and will gladly pay my 130.00 monthly bill and we will wrestle (pronounced wrastle here in The Plains) if I have to pay the rest. Seriously. If I have to pay the entire thing? I’m quitting.

it’s put me in a shitty shitty mood, and up until I finished with the girls today and got canceled for dinner with Bonusmom (she’s got the sinus) I had had a great day.

And i’m feeling stressed about the week. I have one appointment tomorrow. So that means I have room for tons of call ins and walk ins!!! God grant me the jazz hands to razzle dazzle the hell out of tomorrow.

Today is Darci’s Birthday. She is delightful and daring and all things that we strive to be. She’s a mom. And a wife. And a supercool rocker chick. The last 20 years have only made her better. This last year she and I worked on our reunion together and became great friends! Today, she turns 39 and we’ve begun to work on the 40th birthday bash! She wants roller skates. I want Rick Springfield. Stay tuned to see what fleshes out of our brainstorming!

Meanwhile, join the party! Share some love! It’s a BIRTHDAY afterall!!!

Ooooooowowwwwwwwwww! Viewing this afternoon as a reward for getting the entire of the laundry finished! I”m not there yet, but getting closer! It was sooo nice yesterday that I had my doors and windows open, and the heat turned way way down, which I forgot to adjust when I went to bed on Clean Sheet Sunday…which means it was super cold in the house this morning, which means I didn’t NOT get out of bed until mmmmmm about 20 minutes ago! Jeesh.

SO, brewing coffee, feeding livestock, unloaded dishwasher, started more laundry…I’m off and runnin. Happy Monday to you, Sunday to me….it’s a short week which means we’re frenzied and frantic! I think I’m going to do my shopping today…I’ve decided to cook a bird. A small bird but a bird nonetheless. So, making my list…getting the stuff to make the brine..I feel like some homemade bread is in my future too.

Ok kids, here I go. I’m squeezing in some gym time tonight too…I must! I must!