We are changing the lyrics to O Tannenbaum….we’ve (Wonderboy, Sis and myself) are singing

Oh Stinky Breath Oh Stinky Breath you make me want to vomit. It’s time to brush
and floss a bit, so please be good, don’t throw a fit. Oh Stinky Breath Oh
Stinky Breath you make me want to vomit!

EVERYBODY SING!!

Wonderboy has a serious aversion to tooth brushing. Life really IS a musical,
ya’ll!

This last week kicked my arse. Truly. But it was fun and I made it and here we are on vacation. Had a fun Friday, we did potluck at work and our secret santa exchange. I did about four million haircuts and my first client was SpencerforHire so the day started off right. Let me just officially welcome him to the Circus. I think he read thru at least a few posts and now has a serious fear of spoons. Sorry hon. It is what it is. Sometimes it’s a chance you take here!

Can I just say my drive here last night SUCKED. Sucked in batcave porportions. Truly. My car is still iced over. I saw three wrecks, smashed up pieces flying shit in the air wrecks from OKC to Tulsa. After I got my 3rd coffee at the Catoosa QT, I was finally able to drive the actual speed limit. Oy with the travel already. But I was in my head the whole way, thinking good thoughts rocking out to the equivilent of the KATT (????) seriously rocking out and before I knew it I was here. Wonderboy was very excited in his cammo pj’s and all was well. Since I brought all dirty clothes, am doing laundry right now and about to head over to Mom’s. Still have to wrap pressies and get stuff ready for our first celebration this afternoon/evening. BonusMom leaves tonight for her sisters’ in Iowa. Then we have tomorrow and a big ass gathering with Sis’s inlaws (downfaced fun-haters) all at Mom’s house. . . if you think that’s going to be a boring afternoon, then take another hit off the bong because oh-ma-gah the stories I shall tell!!!

that was supposed to be sit across FROM a face that you love.

ACROSS FROM A FACE.

seriously.

Busy day today, still going too. Got off work around 7, straight to the grocery store then home. Had to put some more color in my friends kid’s hair so they came over, did that. Then made them traipse out to the barn with me to find my crockpot. Whoopee!! I found it. Feels like normal again. whew. So now, am making a ginormous batch of chicken and noodles, which Little Black Sambo is intent on getting his paws into. It’s no wonder the little shit came home with half a tail.

So, now just sitting and hanging and defragging. I have just a tiny bit left in the last book of the Twilight saga so I may finish that. Everything is going ok on the Frontier. I have more chores starting tomorrow but then am outta here. Will try to post while at sis’s house maybe some pics if we’re lucky.

Probably won’t have time to do much tomorrow or Saturday so IF I don’t get back to the Circus before, I hope you have a wonderful holiday sans stress. Hope you catch a movie or two. Hope you sit across a face that you love. Hope it is everything you want and need. Hope I dream about George Clooney tonight…but more than likely, I’ll dream about that lobster.

The social experiment is still underway. The only, ONLY reason is because I keep forgetting the deadline that it autorenews and flop. So. January 19th people. Mark something and remind me that Jan 19th is the day I shut it DOWN!! I’m doing some auto reminders too. Sometimes it does take a village.

I actually got everything on the list done for yesterday but for come home after work and wrap pressies. Decided to take a mental health break and have a beer with Bee and ScottyRingo and Co. at Chili’s. It was well worth it. I always have the best time of laughing till I practically wet myself and for those who know me know that is not an exaggeration!

This morning I’ve already cried. before you all call for the straightjacket, itw as the stories on teh news of returning soldiers surprising their families for the holiday. Such a great story, but damn gina it brings out the boo hos!!

I remembered what the thing I have to do tonight is. I ahve to hit the grocery store and buy foods for our potluck tomorrow. then get home and head to the barn and dig out my crock pot, which shouldn’t be difficult as the kitchen was packed by my most efficient friends and labeled by Joe very clearly. Am making chicken and noodles with an extra batch to take to Flatt and Smurf as they were still out of power last time I checked. boo hiss on ice storms. boo. hiss.

From the comments yesterday we are ALL busy busy busy. would love, though to be in the kitchen with Clemo tasting some of those goodies…where was this culinary skill when we lived together, eh Kizz??

Dionysas is acting and singing his cute tush right off this month. Take a breath babe. Good luck with the crush and all the butterflies and questions that go along with that…we’ll talke soon!!

Must leave you now. work. I onely ahve a few appointments today. People are too busy and have had some canellations but that’s ok. The tips have been great! Got a 30 dollar one last night…that doesn’t suck at all. Several girls have gotten 100 dollar tips this week. Huzzuah! You guys are almost finished with your week. Happy Thursday. Chin up, we’re almost thru it.
I still love George…and he still loves my…

wake up. (working on that one.)
Take Stormy Soprano to get stitches out.
Post Office/stamps/mail Christmas Cards
Buy flat iron for a friend
Deposit check into bank for flat iron
get to work by 10:45

this will not all be done by that time…
work till 8pm
come home to empty frontier (bonusmom off to Arkansas)
start the wrapping of gifts
finish Christmas card list
try to get some reading done on 3rd book
to bed.

wake up
get to work by 8:45
work till 7
finish preparations for trip to Arkansas on Saturday
there’s something else going on on Thursday night but cannot remember for the LIFE of me!!

Friday is work till 6
the evening will be filled one of two ways
at my step families Christmas get together for a little bit or dinner with a friend coming home from Houston. Either way it’s an early night.

Saturday is work till five.
Have the car loaded the cats fed and haul it to Arkansas after work.

Sunday is opening presents with bonusmom and having celebration with her. She leaves for Iowa on Monday.

Dad arrives Monday. We celebrate that evening with him

Tuesday is Christmas.
I come home that afternoon/early evening hopefully to meet Gert and co. for a cocktail or some face time. Chrome will be home too so hopefully face time with her during her visit. I’m off work on that Wednesday so can kind of relax before three days of work then

FOUR DAYS OFF WITH NO WHERE TO GO!!!! THAT is what I’m hanging on for!

What’s your schedule look like?

So. As mentioned in the previous post…MGirl has gotten me sucked into the saga that is Twilight. The books (three of them currently) are young adult I believe. Vampires. Warewolves. Kind a Seventeen version of Anita Blake, if you will. Anyways, I started the first one on Saturday morning at work. I started the third one midmorning today. I’m about to leave you with this patheticly small post and go to bed and sink into it again. There is a movie in pre production starting in 08 which means we may be slurping it up in 09. The actor playing the lucious Edward is this fella. You may recognize him from the Harry Potters. Cedric Diggory. Diggalicious is what I say!
I got all of my Christmas shopping finished tonight. Skimpy this year. One present each. No friend gifts. No work stuff. maybe that’s why I’m sad too…the first year of Christmas shopping with only one income and for decidedly less people. No kids to shop for.
bah.
Humbug.
I’m fine. I will be fine. I’m going to read. love ya.

Hi ya folks…yes. long time no post. yes. I know. I can’t for the life of me figure out what I’ve been doing or where I’ve been but I know I’ve been busy. Work has been crazy busy which is good. Made a fat 60% on yesterdays check which will now allow for me to begin my Christmas shopping tonight. have been out to dinner with the girls several times, to the Nutcracker Ballet Sunday which was delightful. Mgirl and I felt so cultured that we had to go have bloody mary’s at the bar! HA! So maybe that’s where I’ve been. When I’ve been home, I’m exhausted, or doing laundry or getting sucked into the world of the Twilight saga…literaly sucked in.

Mostly though, I am keeping this manic schedule up to dodge the depression that is nipping at my heels. Some days it almost swollows me whole. It comes upon me at the craziest times. driving. shampooing a client. walking to my car. wherever. So I’m dodging. to the left to the right. fast fast fast and hopefully it will all be over and we can wake up to a fresh new start that is January.

My goal this week is to get the shopping done, get the Christmas cards out, get some sort of organization for the trip to Arkansas on Saturday, and to get caught up on your posts. I’m woefully behind on your worlds.

May this week be full of calm and serenity for you as we head into next week. happy day.

ICE STORM 2007!!!!!!!!!!

Halakaleem!!!!! We have had no Internet. We have had no DirectTv. BUT up until about 6pm last night WE HAD POWER!!!! We were one of the lucky ones. Over two hundred gazillion are and or were without power since Sunday night. Ice storms suck. they are so beautiful though. We had ourselves a Frontier girl adventure. I went out and scoured all my boxes for new things to do. Movies, books, cd’s to load onto the itunes. Sat thru St. Elmo’s Fire. Ah boogida boogida boogida ah ah ahhhhhh! Made a big batch of chili. Sat thru The Way We Were…sniff sniff “your girl is lovely Hubble…” sniff. The only straight man to ever pull off wearing a white turtle neck sweater. Ever. Loaded many a cd onto the itunes in hopes of being caught up on that eventually…

Left the house around 4 or so to hit the local Wal Mart and get some cat food, batteries, coffee and some surplus extras. Just as I was standing in the only two checkout lines that were open, the power goes out. Wa Wa Waaaaaaa. The power goes out yet the cash registers and credit card machines were working! We all pulled out our cell phones and flash lights and checked out by mobile lights and I headed right to the liquor store for wine. Just as we got all the provisions put up, we lost power. boo. hiss. spit. We lit all the candles in the house all the while admonishing the cats to not walk across any of them, and got the fire roaring and opened the big bottle of wine. BonusMom figured out the generator and we made a plan. Sit for an hour while it charges, read by travel book light, drink wine then we fire up the machine, turn on the blowers to the fireplace and get really warm, watch the news for a bit then hit the hay. We did exactly that.

I awoke to the sound of branches cracking and breaking due to ice and the sound of thunder and pouring rain. Went into work about an hour late and worked pretty solid all day long…which was good considering I’m not dealing really well with these impending holidays.

I’m sad, folks. point blank. just sad. It’s harder than I expected…being alone for the first round of “special moments” LONELY. to the bone. It creeps up unexpectedly. Clearly I am not alone. I have an amazing support group of friends…who only need a phone call. I know. . . still sad.

Just ready for it all to be over. Bring on 2008, I say. bring it on. If I can withstand the bitch that was 07…I’m ready for whatever is ahead…
how bout you?

Have another meeting at work today. Work Blog has details.

My sis and her fam are here. Wonderboy is awake and already making me laugh this morning, one of the cats cannot seem to pry herself off of my lap so i’m typing with limited movement as she’s laying across my arms. We’re supposed to get a “winter storm” coming through this weekend to which I say Bring It ON!! Our company Christmas party is Sunday night. Harumph.

What else? My jaw is still locked up. I have too much stress in my body. I need a RELEASE!!! Somewhere in Lake Como is where I probably need to be.

In the Good News Department, Gertie is EMPLOYED!!!!! I haven’t checked her blog to see if she’s announced it, so if I just stole her thunder, many many apologies. But its a great job!! And she will be brilliant at it! Go on over and give her a high five. Gertie my girl, I can speak for us all and say we’re SO HAPPY FOR YOU! (cue Working Girl Theme)