Back to the Daily Grind

It is so hard to come back to work after being off 5 1/2 days. It's going to take me a while to get into my groove and catch up on everything. Luckily though, things don't look like they are in too much of a mess (No fires to put out, yet, anyway), and I've got training today and half of tomorrow, so here's hoping for a quick week.

The beach was wonderful of course. I did nothing but look out at the sea, read or watch a few movies/dvds. Yesterday I just unpacked and putzed around the house.

Seems like everyone was at the beach this weekend. The G-ville girls were out on their yearly visit. So were the Drunco girls. Even the in-laws were on the beach Friday visiting some family friends. So, the beach was the place to be this weekend.

You will be shocked to know that I actually unpacked my clothes into the drawer. Now before you get too blown away, there was a method to my madness. You see, DH unexpectedly decided we should stay 4 days instead of 3. So, I had originally planned on taking my time on Thursday, doing laundry, getting stuff together. Instead I was in a mad rush Thursday morning, (After picking up kitty litter and Starbucks from Target), that I just threw everything into my bag without any rhyme nor reason. So when we got to the room, I had to unpack just to figure out what all I had brought. LOL!!!!

Gotta give some birthday shout-outs to my best buddy Linda. I hope you had a wonderful day and the boys treated you really nice. Also, birthday shout-out to Barb, one of our great Hilltop additions, and my buddy Fran. (sorry, I missed your b-day lunch on Friday).

Here's to a great week!

To the Ass Clown in Section 314

Row G at the St. Pete Times Forum. Yeah, that's right, asshole, I'm talking to you!!!

Thanks for ruining an otherwise perfect concert experience. Your incessant chatter made it almost impossible to enjoy the show. The 20 dirty looks I gave you should have been enough of a hint to stop talking. But even when I asked you to "Please shut up for 5 minutes, so I can enjoy the music", you still kept babbling on and on. Mostly about me from that point, I"m sure, but no matter.

It's a rock concert not a social hour. The only noise I want to hear besides the band themselves is the crowd cheering and singing along. Not you chattering about how you played 10 instruments when you were 2, or how you saw so&so in 1989 and how great it was. This is not a koffee klatch! It's a freakin' concert. So shut up already!!!

You are a rude, inconsiderate bastard. It's bad enough the people next to me can't hold their beer and have to walk in front of me every five minutes. Next time you want to impress your woman take her to Romper Room or something. Or better yet, just STAY HOME!!!!!

Here is Miss Francesca, the star of the weekend:

We went to her baptism at St. Pauls on Saturday. Here is the happy family:

Here is Z and Stef. acting cute. They are growing so fast:

And this is Tracy's daughter Alannah. Isn't she pretty? Tracy was Class Salutatorian. In 8th grade she and her sister and the girl down the street used to steal her mom's car and go riding around the neighborhood. Don't think my mom knew about that one. Not to mention our spring break debaucles. And now she's a mom to two and a CPA. Man, time flies.

We had a fun afternoon, hanging in the pool, bbq'ing and listening to music. It was great. We also celebrated Simo's birthday.

The four of us are going to the Police concert tonite. I'm all excited. Can't wait to give the details. Then it's off to the beach for four days. Thank goodness. I need some relaxation and nothingness. Ahhhhh I can think about it now.

But first, I have to go to the dermatologist. Nothing big, I hope. Just refilling my rosacea meds and checking my moles. I do have a new one on my scalp that I hope is nothing. Fingers crossed.

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It's moving day!!

Yep, we packed up our whole office yesterday, and this morning the moving truck comes. Can't you tell I'm excited. I just love manual labor. But, hey, I'm in a tank and shorts today, so I'm not complaining. Only got a few minutes here at home, but I did promise you pics.

Aren't my "kids" adorable??? I'm going to print this out for their Papa, for his hospital room.

The fourth was fairly quiet. We went over to my FIL's. It was only supposed to be "us" (dh, his sisters and the kids). But DH"s step-mom decided to invite the whole fam damily!!! Don't get me wrong, they are nice and all. But I don't have a lot in common with them. Being there when they are there is like stepping into a giant sorority house, a LOUD one. Oh, well! So we went home. I needed some peace and quiet. I was in bed by 9 that nite.

Oh, here's pics of those papers I bought. I love them. (yes, Michele, they are two-sided!!!)










Tonite, Joelle and the kids are coming to town. I just love those little boogers. I have to get a baptism gift tonite, too. Talk about waiting 'til the last minute.

Well, gotta run. Starbucks is calling my name!

Shopping!!!

Got some bargains at RR last night. No, Jayne, I did not buy out the whole store, LOL! Not even a big part of it. I was actually very good and stayed under my budget.

Got a couple new paper lines (well, new to me). I’m in love with the Signature Life line from MME. These are really nice blues and greens. More boyish, but classic at the same time. Has a distressed look to it. And also, the new Tres Jolie (also from MME). Tres Jolie is the pinks, greens, lavenders, so more girlie. But not over the top girlie. Some paisleys, some flowers, some dots. Very nice.

Looked at the new Elsie line. Ya know I’m not really impressed. The doodles are okay, but it’s the colors I don’t like. Teal, fuchsia, red. Those don’t really do it for me, at least not together.

I also picked up a few new MM things and some mags for the beach next weekend. Had some pizza for dinner. Lots and lots of cheese. YUM!

I’m determined to get my files cleaned out today. So all I have to do on Thursday is pack boxes. FUN! At least I have tomorrow to rest in between. And I’m going to the toe place tonite, hopefully won’t be too busy. More fun.

Oh, by the way. I checked out the new “Scrap n Sew” on Van Dyke and Dale Mabry. They have every EK line ever produced, every Jolee, everything. And...uh...that’s about it. They had all those super big gigantic letters on the side wall, maybe a handful of Basic Grey and a couple new MM lines (I think the travel one that just came out). And that’s it. Now they also have sewing stuff too, about two rows of fabrics. But compared to Joann’s, the price and selection is just kind of “eh”. They sell and repair sewing machines too, but since I can’t sew my way out of a paper bag, I don’t really know anything about that.

Well, I’ll try and get on tomorrow and post some pics, but if I don’t have a Happy and Safe 4th!!!

Wake me when it's tomorrow!

Where oh where did this weekend go? It flies by so fast.

We had a party with our neighbors Saturday, and I must say it was a huge success. DH made a great chicken recipe. Our neighbor Bill compared it to the chicken at Ohana in the Polynesian at WDW. Now, I’ve eaten at that place, and it is the bomb, so to be compared to that is a really high compliment and I made sure to tell DH that.

Dawn came over and hung with us too. She’s had a rough few weeks, as you may know. Her brother died three weeks ago. (Drowned fishing off of Ruskin under unusual circumstances, which we can’t seem to get any info on). Then her DH, Mike’s best friend’s wife died of colon cancer last week. You can read about her here. She sounds like a really neat lady and I’m sure she will be missed by those that love her. Dawn told me on Saturday that she was just glad to have her friends around her, to listen to her vent. Isn’t that what we’re here for?

I was actually lamenting to DH again this weekend about missing Jules’s sleepover. He says well, just go. But I can’t because I’ve made plans with my other friends. And then it dawned on me. Isn’t it great that I have so many friends!!! I mean, there was a time maybe 10 years ago that I would just sit around and do nothing. And now I have so many choices. I am so lucky to have so many people in my life that I love and enjoy, that I have to split myself up amongst them. I am really truly blessed.

Sunday consisted of catching up on housework and laundry. We had dinner at Moe’s. I love Moe’s, but man they are pricey. I told DH for the same price we can go next door to Chili’s and have table service. But as he says, we can’t get that great Moe’s queso. So true, so true.

Work should be interesting this week. My buddy Eric is on vacay, and since he is not here to check my work, I really can’t start a whole lot. But I will be busy purging and packing, getting ready for our big move Thursday and Friday.

I’m leaving at 4pm today to head over to RR for their big 40% off sale. If I have time, and the price is right, I’ll get my toes done over there, but I’ll probably just do it at the place by my house tomorrow (if they aren’t crazy busy)! That also means I’m bringing home the Q for DH.