Our New Car

Ok, here is a picture of our new ( to us ) car! It is a 2001 Volvo S 40.

It is in superb condition and drives like a dream!

Wish us the best of luck with this one, and just fyi - I'm still not driving a whole lot if I can help it. Wednesday when I took my mom to the doctor was one of only 3 times I've driven on the highway since the accident. Even though the accident didn't happen on the highway, I'm just being careful.

Hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend. Take care!

Thursday Catch-Up

First of all I'd like to say thank you for all the prayers and well wishes that you all have sent my way. The situation is still very troubling and all I will say is that our health is fine - nothing tragic on that front. Nothing is wrong in our marriage either - this is just a personal issue that we are trying to work through, so please continue sending thoughts and prayers this way as every little bit helps.

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I'm going to do this post then go back to bed, as it is now 8:30am, and we've been awake since 5:30am - when we were awoken by the horrible sound of tornado sirens. Knowing at least that little bit about me - you can imagine me being the first to hear them , then jumping out of bed, and running through the house screaming for everyone to wake up and get in the bathtub. Lets just say that Chris' migraine wasn't helped by that AT ALL!!!

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In lieu of everything else that has been going on here too, I thought I might add some funnies into the mix. You know I like to publish funnies that I receive in e-mails, so here are three that I thought might help you find your funny bone this morning:

WHY CONDOMS COME IN BOXES OF 3, 6, AND 12 !!! A man walks into a drug store with his 8-year old son. They happen to walk by the condom display, and the boy asks, "What are these, Dad? To which the man matter-of-factly replies, "Those are called condoms son. Men use them to have safe sex." "Oh I see," replied the boy pensively. Yes, I've heard of that in health class at school." He looks over the display and picks up a package of 3 and asks, "Why are there 3 in this package?" The dad replies, "Those are for high school boys, one for Friday, one for Saturday, and one for Sunday." "Cool" says the boy. He notices a 6 pack and asks, "Then who are these for?" "Those are for college men," the dad answers, TWO for Friday, TWO for Saturday, and TWO for Sunday." "WOW!" exclaimed the boy, "then who uses THESE?" he asks, picking up a 12 pack. With a sigh and a tear in his eye, the dad replied, "Those are for married men. One for January, one for February, one for March......." _______( no further comment on that, thank you very much, heheheheheheh) ______________________ Wine and Water To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine..and to those who don't. As Ben Franklin said: "In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom and in water there is bacteria." In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whisky or other liquor), because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting. Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health . Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit. There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service. ( I received this one from my MIL, because she does care that much, roflmao) ___________________________________ and last but certainly not least ( isn't the best alwasy last anyway? ) My mother sent me this - absolutely LOVED IT! Awesome Toilet THE LADY IS GETTING READY TO ENTER!! This is a picture of a public toilet in Houston Now that you've seen the outside view, take a look at the inside view . . .

It's made entirely of one-way glass!

No one can see you from the outside, but when you are inside it's like sitting in a clear glass box!

Now would you . . . COULD YOU . . . . ???

( I voted probably not on this question - Chris said 'Hell yea I would' )

Ok folks, this picture is my favorite. Imagine you are at a party. Also imagine that party is on the 10th floor of an apartment building. You've also had ALOT to drink at said party and you need to pee. You go to walk into the bathroom to find this.

When he saw this, Chris said he wondered how many times this floor had been peed on, by people that went to walk in , freaked and peed right where they stood....

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Hope you enjoyed those funnies - and thanks again for all well wishes and prayers.

( NOTE: we got a NEW CAR!! well new to us anyway - that will be tomorrows post when I can get pretty pics of it . Right now it is in downtown Dallas with Chris. And if I don't put the pictures up soon, my MIL will hang me when she catches me.....)

How?

-Can you love someone so much it hurts when they hurt?

-Can you help them deal with the hurt when neither of you know what the hell to do about it?

These are the questions I'm pondering right now. Yes it deals with my family , but no, I really can't talk any further about it. Please just send well wishes and prayers - that is all anyone can do for the immediate future.

News Bits

No , this is nothing like Friday Fragments - its bits o' crap that I heard on the news this morning.

1 - I don't watch the Bacholerette but they showed a fragment of her possible not choosing ANYONE??? and a clip of her saying she isn't ready to settle down yet... now tell me she didn't make that decision just during the show- she had to have known that before she got her 15 mins of fame... if anyone watches this and can clarify me on some details, please do...

2 - They are reporting that they are having trouble locating Michael Jacksons doctor - who gives a flying fart? Yes the man is dead, yes he did some incredible music, yes he had alot of personal issues but come on already - enough is enough. Also saw and advertisement for a commemorative plate with his Thriller album picture. /sigh... Haven't seen any news of Farrah's poster going on sale again !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Ok, there is my little HUH??? for this early monday morning... - I've got to go pick Nicole up at Carson's later; go by the school and get my car hang tags and turn in emergency info for Nicole, then back home. HOWEVER I will be doing these errands in the 80's weather that Mother Nature has so graiously decided to bestow upon Dallas ,TX.

Ya'll come back now, ya hear??!!!!

Please Make It Stop!!!

Nicole laughs when she sees this commercial - I try to hit the mute button as fast as possible!!!!

Our First Caualty on the Homefront...

I'm sorry if that title sounds a bit harsh. Here is what happened. About two this morning I felt something jump on me. A heavier something than either Cooper or Cher. It was the now 20 lb puppy Korie. I ask her what the heck she thinks shes doing and when I go to catch her she jumps down and runs back toward the den, where her mommy ( Nicole) and Chris had fallen asleep watching a movie.

Now when I went to bed she was in her cage. Not so anymore as there is a puppy head sized hole in the side mesh now. I yelled for her to stop which woke Chris up. Once he had reigned her in, we started to assess what she might have done. Had she just escaped and came to me cause she had to go potty? or had she been out a while and gotten into soem mischief.

Well, we turned on a lamp. Found several shredded kleenex, assorted paper, and a chewed up pencil. We also found a pile of poop and a puddle of tinkle, which I stepped in on the way to the bathroom to get toilet paper to pick up the poop. I was getting something to get the pee, while Chris picked up the poop, and he yelled. And cussed a little bit. Because he found this:

If you can't immediately tell what that is - it is a chewed up DVD. Of Chris' favorite show MASH. He has the first five seasons on DVD, as well as the series finale - Goodbye , Farewell, and Amen. He watched the entire series while growing up and looked forward to these folks

on show night, as much as I looked forward to every Thursday to see these folks -

Needless to say the puppy almost lost her life when he saw that. The question arose who left it out? Had it fallen on the floor? or had she stood up and gotten it? she hadn't ever done that before so we think somehow it wasn't put up in its case and was knocked off the TV somehow.

Nicole and I still love her, but at the moment not liking her very much - Chris on the other hand, well lets just say he didn't pet her , or talk to her this morning , just kind of leered at her and growled himself.

Hopefully he will recover and maybe I'll buy him another 5th season for a holiday - even though he probably wouldn't want me too.

Thats it for now - since I still have a headache - has to be something in the air.

Not What I Had Planned

I'm leaving you with this cute quiz I took - its all I got this morning folks. I woke up with the same headache I went to bed with, so I"m going to eat a little something , make sure its not a hungry headache, then go back to bed! Will have more up later - since I did have somehting planned for a post today that happened during the night...

Till Then..

You Are Patient Enough

In most cases, you are patient enough to keep it together. You may feel impatient on the inside, but you don't usually let it show. However, if you're made to wait for too long, you will usually crack. You're only human, after all. You don't like for your patience to be tested.

Are You Impatient?