Day 199...

WHOO-HOO! We've now passed the 200-day mark, AND April will be over by the end of the day! Only 6 1/2 months to go...

This weekend was a working weekend for me, no trips south, unfortunately, which was hard on both of us, but necessary, and we both knew it. Next weekend, we'll try to make up for it. That's life right now. Anyway, I got a lot done...just not on the house! I'm honestly going to try to bite the bullet tonight and do my best to knock out the last little bit left on the inside. Then I can work on trying to make the yards presentable...probably as difficult an undertaking as the inside, if not worse! That yard is a disaster.

Pray for me....

One more thing...I got a really great phone call last night....and an even better message left on my voice mail right before! To the caller...if you read this, just wanted to let you know you made my day. Smoochies!!

202 Days to go...Happy Birthday, Tex!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! I wish I could be with him today to tell him in person, but a phone call will have to suffice, I guess. It doesn't get better than this right now, and our birthdays can't always fall on a weekend. But he knows I would be there if I could, sharing the day with him. And he'll have great company this weekend to celebrate with! I just wish it could be me...

Ah, well, there's always next weekend...

204 Days to go...

Thought I'd share this great poem today. My dad found it a couple of months back, and it just struck a chord in me...

"February" by Margaret Atwood

Winter. Time to eat fat

and watch hockey. In the pewter mornings, the cat,

a black fur sausage with yellow

Houdini eyes, jumps up on the bed and tries

to get onto my head. It's his

way of telling whether or not I'm dead.

If I'm not, he wants to be scratched; if I am

He'll think of something. He settles

on my chest, breathing his breath

of burped-up meat and musty sofas,

purring like a washboard. Some other tomcat,

not yet a capon, has been spraying our front door,

declaring war. It's all about sex and territory,

which are what will finish us off

in the long run. Some cat owners around here

should snip a few testicles. If we wise

hominids were sensible, we'd do that too,

or eat our young, like sharks.

But it's love that does us in. Over and over

Again, He shoots, he scores! and famine

crouches in the bedsheets, ambushing the pulsing

eiderdown, and the windchill factor hits

thirty below, and the pollution pours

out of our chimneys to keep us warm.

February, month of despair,

with a skewered heart in the centre.

I think dire thoughts, and lust for French fries

with a splash of vinegar.

Cat, enough of your greedy whining

and your small pink bumhole.

Off my face! You're the life principle,

more or less, so get going

on a little optimism around here.

Get rid of death. Celebrate increase. Make it be spring.

Day 205...

Greetings, sports fans! It is now Tuesday, and I've just completed my payroll and am about to leave the office to go walk for an hour and then paint on my house. I am feeling SOOO much better than I did yesterday, it's not even funny. I tell ya, migraines just drain me!

Anyway, not much else going on other than that, just broke and missing my hubby.... If my kids read this, I love you guys! Call your mother sometime, wouldya???

Weekend Update

Well, we are down to 206 days, now. That's the great thing about weekends, it makes the count go quicker!

The weekend was really good, while it lasted, that is. I had to come home early on Saturday, which was good because I got a migraine on Sunday and wouldn't have been able to drive home if I had stayed, but it was also bad, because one of the reasons I came home early was to finish the inside of the house and get it ready to go on the market today...and I couldn't do it. So now I have to work on it today, and I'm behind...again, and really still not feeling 100%.

C'est la vie!

On the flip side, I got a new pic to post...thanks to navy_sis, and I also got to talk to my youngest twice this weekend, which was a really big one for her, and I was excited that she wanted to share it with me. It was very special, and I only wish I could have been there. I have been told there are pics, though, so I'm holding out for those. If I get them, I will try to post them.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

209 Days Left....

Well, we've made it to Friday, and you know what that means...

I'm headed to S. Ga in the morning....WHOO-HOO!

2 weeks is wayyy to long to have to wait to see my baby, but I know it can't be helped right now. I just miss him so much! And I've only been able to talk to him once on the phone this week. Logistical problems.

Have I mentioned how much I love MCI???

Anyway...if you're reading this, and have messages for me to deliver, either post 'em or call me tonight. I'll probably be leaving work early today.

Funny Quiz Result...

OMG, just goofing around doing quizzes, and I do this Hillbilly name generator, which only asks for your first name. I had to post the results, cause I thought it was just too damn funny...

Your Hillbilly Name Is...

..http://images.blogthings.com/hillbillynamegenerator/girl.gif" height="100" width="100"> Penny Sue Walker

210 Days and Counting...

Well, today I missed a birthday. Wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't been planning for it all week, because it's sort-of been down-played by everybody for the past 2 years. But all my plans fell through, and I got so frustrated, I just threw it all away like a kid who gets pissed, so they pick up their toys and go home. I feel like a shmuck. And I should. If the birthday person reads this, I really am sorry! You kinda got caught in the crossfire, and you shouldn't have.

Only 211 Days Left...!

I was just sitting here, thinking about what is going to be the most exciting day of the year for me this year, so I decided I would keep a running tally of days left until then to see if it will help the time go faster. If you're in the loop on this one, you'll know why I'm counting. If you're not, well....

Take a hint!

If you are WHY I am counting, then you are counting WITH me! And you will also be checking out my blog from time to time to see how many days we've got left to wait! (BTW, we're not the only ones keeping count, you know... ;-) )

There May Be Hope Yet...

Well, I guess despite it all, I have managed to create a relatively respectable-looking web page that doesn't completely mortify me and show everyone just how behind the times I actually am. Maybe I'll keep this blog stuff up after all...for a day or two, anyway!

OK, OK....You Win!

I guess the peer pressure has finally gotten to me...everybody I know has a myspace page except for me. Call it self-defense, but now I have one too...for whatever good it will do me. Don't expect much. I'll be doing good to remember I even have it, much less keep it current. Once a year....maybe. But HEY! I've got one, right??? So lay off, already!