My connnection is jacked up. I got a new modem yesterday, so now, I think it’s the computer. I’m still very ignorant about the internal workings of the apple laptop. Bonusmom can work on it a bit. Maybe I can lure her over here tonight or sometime this week….feels like someone cut off my air. Right now, I’m back to the wireless stealing from my kind neighbors. With their permission, of course. They came over yesterday with a bottle of wine and apologies for missing the party. Very very cool kids. I enjoy them both. they have a golden named Jake and a little white something called Penelope. I have no idea what their names are. Gak!!! Gotta figure a way around that.

I’m going out to get my kids from the frontier and bring them home tonight. I miss them!! I dreamed about them all night long. I’m a case. Hopefully, too Marco the Great will come over and fix the air. He’s home from his motherland and I’m crossing my fingers that we’ll have a steady stream of cool.

Wonderboy comes for vacation bible school next week! I think he arrives sometime over the weekend. I’ll be hanging with him on Sunday whilst Bonusmom has meetings and things at church. Possibly Monday as well. I want to take him down to the Sam Noble Museum in Norman to see the dinosaur bones. I hear it’s way cool. AND it’s inside. Lot’s of a/c. it’s supposed to be high 90’s every single day this week. We totally skipped spring and jumped right into FREAKIN HOT!! Welcome to Oklahoma, I suppose.

Ok kids. Have a great Tuesday. I’m going to find some breakfast that isn’t a hot dog or a hot dog bun. That’s pretty much all I have in the house. Bleagh.

Oh man. I’m finally up, and the computer finally has a new modem so we’re both ready to post.

What. a. weekend.

It goes down, officially, as one of the best ever all time in the history of weekends. Ever.

The party was a success. There were, at one time in the evening between 40-50 people in my backyard. We had a line of coolers along the fence that looked like a buffet. chocked full of the coldest beer in town. The food was great, though I got nary a nibble nor a bite, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. As is par for the course on events like this, I got to spend a little bit of time with everybody, but not a whole lot of time with anybody. It was lovely to see everyone here and smiling and having a good time. Lovely. Blessed. The a/c stuck it out and up until last night has been doing fine with my little rigging. Blessings abound.

The party broke up pretty quickly around 11 or midnight due to some funky lightening and storms that never got to us and about a handfull of us that were left decided we needed to go to the bar. Of course we did. I put on my highest white heels and we went up and I danced with Rudy and Scott and after what seemed like five minutes, but Smurf says at least two foosball games, the lights came on and back to me casa we traveled. We weren’t done until after 3:30 sometime. Everyone crashed, me in my bed, Scott I think on the futon, Dish on the loveseat and Smurf in the big chair. My house was full of men. . . . and yet it’s all still virginal. Everything. Sigh. Me and Smurf and Dish woke up and laid around for awhile. MGirl and Mandrea and I had brunch plans then SATC movie plans…alas those plans got pushed back into the afternoon.

But we did get shiney and put on heels and went downtown to the big show and kids, let me tell you this. From the moment I heard the first notes of the theme song, until the final credits rolled, my eyes just leaked. tears. Of joy and sorrow, of laughter and grief, of excitement and anticipation and of regret that it was over…tears. I will never get over it. Ever. I love the show, I love the women, I love that CITY. The clothes are out of this world fantastic. The lives are REAL and amazing and layered and hard and brilliant. The acting is just fantastic. I must see it again. I must. I’ll just never get over it.

When the lights came up, I had napkin dust all over my black dress what that I’d wadded and shredded trying to find a dry corner to soak up my moistness. sigh. again.

We walked over to Chelino’s and sat on the patio for some nachos and cold big girl drinks. That our livers didn’t immediatly put on the breaks and send us into the emergency room is, in itself, a miracle! Then back to the bar for Sunday Funday. (you know girls drink free, that’s why we go on sunday night, eh?) More laughter. So much laughter. many many photos which I will try to post. (it takes forever and wears me out but will work on it tonight, if I can find my cords.) Mgirl skedaddled, Mandrea and Seige skedaddled, I forgot I had ridden with them so Smurf and Dish brought me home. My neighbors must think something. Two guys stay, then leave in the morning, then come home again with me, then leave the next morning. Heh heh heh. At least I give off the impression of an insatiable sex kitten. Meow. anyways, we cooked some brats and had a snack and I went to bed. They assumed their positions on their couches and asleep we went.

I’ve been lazy today. Didn’t really move until about 3 when I went to work to get my check, deposited it in the bank, to get a new modem, back to work to pick up color for hair that I’m doing tonight, filled up with gas 63.00 thank you very much holy shit.

It’s been a great one. I need to clean the kitchen before she gets here for the hair. have a great night. Love you to all that came, love you to all that wanted to.

Remember when I said I was being tested last week, what with the a/c breaking on Friday, finding out I had no home warranty on Saturday, then getting the a/c fixed, then the a/c breaking and getting fixed again on Sunday, then the garage door opener falling from the sky, then the fridge going kaput, then getting the a/c really fixed on Tuesday despite smoking out a transformer in the process, then buying a new fridge on Tuesday, then the a/c breaking on Wednesday with Marco the Great in O Canada, then me fixing it my own damned self, then begging and borrowing lawn instruments and mowing in the dark and Mgirl painting and almost getting her head cut off in the ceiling fan (yup, there is a fan in my bathroom!)then……

I GET IT!! I’ve been faithful and strong and full of belief!!! I totally get whatever lesson I’m supposed to learn. I am SOOOOOOOOOO learned in this lesson, I could TEACH IT! SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop with the testing. Because tonight is my party. And at this point I’ve counted about 50 people who are going to be here. And the high today is about 95. And I’m on the stressed out bathroom gurggly stomach diet right now.

I canna take no more!!

I need a drink. and a hot dog. and some stress relief. So everyone cross something, light something on fire, do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight and hope that everything goes smoothly.

Tomorrow is SEX AND THE CITY viewing. I can’t tell you how difficult it’s been to keep my beak out of info and stay uninformed about the return of my girls. I accidently found out one MAJOR bit and I’m PISSED. fucking internet reporter who spoiled it without a spoiler alert!!!!! But maybe his a/c had gone out.

and WTF?!?!? ANOTHER crane crash in our beloved city??? Girls. Please be sooo careful. Apparently the sky IS falling and not just in my world.

Ok. It’s 7am and I’m going out to finish mowing the front yard. I finished purple painting the bathroom lat night. It is freakin Skittle purple awsomeness. . . just as I hope your Saturday is. Huzzuah and Happy Saturday. I love you, and I love George Clooney.

I am.
beat down.
out.

the a/c broke again last night. Marco the Great is in fuckin Canada. QueenE, bless her, was running interference and making calls but at the end of the day, I re-rigged it myself to stay on until I turn it off at the breaker box. I’m being tested and I’m not failing this time. Not. At. All.

Today was a long one. Thursdays are 9-7. I did take some time for lunch and a pedicure instead of weighing in this week. needed new party feet. MGirl finished the final bathroom purple painting touches. Seige loaned me his mower and I did the back yard pretty much in the dark tonight. Spence loaned me his weedeater and I got that done. I am so blessed by these friends of mine.

Truly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I’m tired of the stressing. I’m ready for the par-tay!!! I want to see all my friends and have a cold beer. Chrome, please do not worry one single solitary bit about a gift or being on time. All I want and need is time with you when it is possible!!! Rog, thank you for your kind offer but I got the fridge covered. You are an angel!

Got some good news tonight..ExHim’s daughter, aka ExKid is ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED!!! I just burst out into tears when she called. She called her mom, dad, brother best friend and then me. How cool that I made the top five?!?!? Man. Amazing. When I met her she was all of 16 or 17. Beautiful girl. Woman. whew.

I want to comment and talk about Kizz’s post about the energy crisis but kids, I don’t have the brain space. Hopefully next week. On many things. posting pics, bla bla bla.

I’m done. I’m ready for tomorrow, having an evening with BonusMom and BonusAunt. (she took the two boys to the frontier today so they won’t be freaked by the party. Kikimama went Houdini on us and is here with me tonight) We are going to the theatre to see Inspecting Isabel. My friend Kris is in it. Yay!!! Living life in the metro area to its fullest!!

This week almost ate me. I’m ready for a break.

Huzzuah and halakaleem and I love George Clooney. I’ve lived thru yet another woman. Pat on the back for Zelda.

He’s Single.

I’m waiting.

You know, my bed is a virgin. My sheets are virgins. My house is virginal.

It’s time to break this mother in….I’ve been saving it for the right person…

This wouldn’t be cause for a VPO, do you think???

I don’t care what you keep in your Fridgidare, but you will not keep LIQUOR in mine!!</blockquote

I got a new fridge last night. Thought I’d have it delivered but they were about a week behind on deliveries, and the earliest it would be there would be Saturday. No bueno. So, I went to the bar, borrowed a dolly from ExHim, dad got the old broke down one out of the house, we went and picked up the new one. (I LOVE LOWES) got it loaded in, and did a nice little covert drop off of the old fridge in the back of the store at around 11pm last night! HA!

I got 12 months no interest no payments, so again, we’ll just forget about paying for just a little while.

It’s pretty cool.

painting the bathroom and stained the grow-old-with-me-chair today before work. tings are looking great!! have a great day everyone!

My refrigerator went out yesterday. Completely gone. This would, on any normal weekend, be enough to send me into spasims. However, after the a/c breaking…twice…and the cats being gone all night, and the garage door opener thingy falling almost on my head, and working and sweating our balls off all weekend long…it’s just par for the course. I’m feeling very Tom Hanks today. Feeling very. . . this:

Dad arrives today to do a list of tasks for the house. Hopefully he will have a miraculous idea for the fridge. I have a big ass party on Saturday and may possibly need something bigger than the little one in the office. Breathing in….breathing out.

On another note…I’m deeply saddened for the passing of Sydney Pollack.

What a talent. Without him we would have never had these:

ok. well my computer just jacked up…my internet is funky. I’ll try to repost this tonight. have a great day everyone! Huzzuah and Happy Tuesday and I love George Clooney…ya think he has a fridge I could have?

So, Marco the Great came over yet again. Rigged the machine to never shut off. The only way I can stop it is at the breaker box. Fine. By. Me. Yesterday was cool as a cuke all day and night. After he left, Mom and Bonusdad went out to decorate the graves and MGirl and I went to Paseo for a little bit.

I bought a few pieces of art, one for the yard, one for the kitchen and one for my beer bottles. Heh. Will try to post pics soon. We then hit the bar for some shade, and a/c and adult beverage before they got back. Bonusdad installed blinds in the living room, dining room and my bedroom. It’s soooooooooooooo nice. Really makes the room look good. Mom and I are drape hunting today. We found my comforter set as well. My bedroom looks gorgeous. Very girlie, which is a surprise to even me. Lots of purples and silvers and pewter blues. I found the whole set for 118 bucks. Mom paid close to 500 for hers so I feel like it was a good deal. Anyways, we then went to grocery shop because I decided to host a StepFamily Cookout/Reunion last night. Spur of the moment, yes, but Bonusdad never gets to spend time with his family. When they are here, it’s rush rush rush around. I thought it would be good and we had about 16 adults and 6 children. I cooked hamburgers and hotdogs. People brought deserts and chips and ice and cups and the only thing we really needed more of were lawn chairs. But whatever. We threw down blankets and said have at it. Mgirl was a total trooper running interference and setting up foodstuffs and NOT killing any kids.

Believe me. Between the two of us…we could have had us a trophy case filled with them. Ugh.

So everyone motored outta here after 10pm last night and we all crashed.

In other news, I’ve let the cats out into the world. Yesterday was the first full day of coming and going and they are all good and safe and loving their newfound freedom.

Today consists of putting up the gazebo/awning thingy. Bonusdad returns to Arkansas. Mom and I go find frames for two things, drapes, and I buy some stain for my “grow old with me chair” and we come back home and paint the bathroom and the chair and do some general touching up. Laundry is in order as well. I’m really concerned about my big fridge, but have the smaller one that Rog and Ma gifted me. My big fridge was used when Gert and I bought it for our bookshop many many years ago so it could be out of coolant, or just freakin tired of working. I can’t really think about it yet, and am just kind of ignoring it. I can move stuff to the little fridge if it gets too bad. Dealing with that tomorrow.

Happy Memorial Day ya’ll. Hope yours if full of rest, and play and friends and laughter. This week may eat me with party preps etc. Still haven’t seen Iron Man or Indy. Go see either of them in my place today if you get free time! Huzzuah and Happy Monday!

I think God is testing me.

the a/c is off again. Now we know it’s the switch. Marco the Great is coming over, yet again. bless his heart. have I mentioned this is his last weekend with his fam before he flys to Canada…and it’s a FREAKIN HOLIDAY?!?!?!?! He hates me. I know it. Quite frankly, I don’t blame him. I kind of hate me now, too.

And I just closed the garage door and the plastic cover of the door opener fell right smack to the floor.

I just closed the door and turned off the light.

Operation Ostrich….activate. Head. Sand. Insert.

Happy Sunday ya’ll.

so when last we spoke I was hotttttttttt and cranky and about to leave for work and call my warranty company. Well I did. After waiting on hold for 15 minutes straight I spoke with a kind young gentleman named Clay. We do the whole info trade and update and bla bla bla….oh wait! I don’t have a warranty so he cannot help me!

Do what?

My application expired on May 7. My TITLE COMPANY DIDN’T REMIT PAYMENT SO THEY CANCELED MY COVERAGE.

I almost had a stroke right there. I went into the bathroom at work and started crying. Just defeated is what I felt. I stupid, like I missed some vital piece of info at my closing and let something slip thru the crack. I have house guests and they are sweating their balls off and all of this is somehow my freaking fault. Defeat. But, I have a friend at the title company who is going to help me figure it all out and get things straight next week. I have paperwork. I have proof. They have to fix it!

Marco the Great swept in on his stallion and oh hell, it was a glitch in the switch and halakaleem it’s fixed. It’s a very nice cool 72 degrees in my home right now. Delicious. Between he and QueenE, sharing their time with me when theirs is limited (he leaves for his homeland of Canada on Tueseday) I am indebted and eternally grateful.

It’s good to have friends.

That was all before about 11 this morning. The rest of my day was back to back booked until 5 then I came home and we went to eat mexican food. Muy buien. Hit the Walmark for about 300 buck worth of stuff for me casa. Drapes. rod thingys to hold the drapes on the wall. (we got the drapes home and boo. they don’t work. so taking them back tomorrow and finding new.) bought blinds for all the windows. Bonusdad will put them up tomorrow. Bought some lamps and shades. some bathroom towels and mats etc. some Hercules Hooks to hang the Picasso and all the other hanging stuff. If you have not ever used these babys…DO SO!!! amazing. totally worth whatever they cost. Got some other stuff done and hung. It’s looking like a home. I have no place to put my pics though and that’s bothersome. Not art pics, but pic pics. friends. family. everything. they were all on the piano, but Kikimama has made that her lair, trying to escape from the retched boys so that wasn’t working. Plus…too much. So anyways gotta find somewhere for that.

Tomorrow they are going to the graves and lay flowers. I am opting out. MGirl and myself could meet up with Mandrea and whomever and hit Paseo Arts Fest tomorrow while they do that. MUST go visit my fav artists the Garden Deva!
Then it’s buy curtains paint return air vent covers and reapply to walls. hang blinds. curtains. buy some frames for bedroom poster/art. get groceries and cook out tomorrow night with the fam and extended fam. We have a list of stuff to do but by gum we’re doing it!!! Oh we need to paint that damned bathroom too. that’s on the list.

This is boreing for you to read, I just realized i was listing pretty much to clear my own mind. Good grief.

Hey we had a shitload of tornados around here today. We’re fine. No metro. No Frontier. Family is good. No worries here.

happy saturday night. this time last week pretty sure i was falling down. ahhhh liver appreciation….

Shout out to Joe for running code red delivery of fans to my house today. Mom has one on her now as she is sleeping in the guest room and just wants more cool. thanks babe. you are way cool, ya know?