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Monday, July 21, 2008
7:11:45 AM CDT
Feeling Chillin'
Hearing silence of a sleeping household
musings on medication
I slept better last night than I have in a while. Not the whole night, but at least enough to be functioning today. After the last four days of illness, I can see how easy it is to accidentally overdose on medications. Especially if no one else is monitoring your consumption.
 All you want is relief from symptoms. You take something you think will help, and it does for a little while....but then symptoms return and you think.... guess it's time for another dose....but it's really not. Don't worry about me... I am fine, and I tend to err on the side of caution anyway. With the kids, I always write down the times and names of medications they take. I guess I should do the same with myself.
 Today, Kendra has a dental appointment. First one with our new dentist. Another task I can cross off my list of "to do" items. Everyone will have seen our new dentist with Kendra's visit today. To celebrate the four of us (sans Paul) are going to the bowling alley to have lunch and bowl a game. They have a sweet deal here, the shoes, meal and two games for about $7.00. Works for us. :)
 Anyway, won't be any pictures of this event because Paul has my camera. grrr
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
7:22:34 AM CDT
Feeling Cranky
Hearing Clean House on background tv
I know what to get Paul for his birthday
Whenever I am sick, I have a hard time sleeping at night. I'm not sure why this is... perhaps the dark feels more claustrophobic? At any rate.... I stay up late watching anything I can find on TV (last night was a gore fest of Dawn of the Dead, Rest Stop, & Room 6). 
I mentioned in an earlier entry that I received a digital camera for my birthday. Any pictures on this site since mid-June are courtesy of that camera. Paul has taken my camera on at least one TDY flight event. He's taking off with it again today for another assignment. (He does ask permission first). I've decided that this is what he needs for his birthday. I really don't like being without my camera. 
So, my shopping goal in the next two weeks or so (Aug. 15 is his birthday) is to find the brother of my camera for him. And then I can be selfish with mine from now on.. I don't really share well.  glitter-graphics.com
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
3:04:35 PM CDT
Feeling Listless
Hearing The Long Kiss Goodbye (movie)
Pictures from the Aquarium
Fever broke yesterday. Now I just have a sore throat and headache. I'm hoping that will be gone by tomorrow. doubt it, but I can hope. :)
Here the four kidlets are as we arrive inside the aquarium. Chad is the one on the left.
Spider crabs. very scary to look at, there were several in the tank. They didn't move much though.. so probably not so scary at all. Kind of remind me of the face huggers in Alien.
These are garden eels. Kind of reminded me of those wispy things in the Seawitch's garden in The Little Mermaid. The orange striped ones were pretty.
Jellies (not jelly FISH since they don't share any of the characteristics that make fish "fish").
The Beluga Whale.. beluga means white in russian... very playful animal.
some of the colorful fish from the coral reefs
Observation bubble that allowed the kids to get an eye to eye view of the penguins. Chad jumped in to check it out.
Whale Sharks. The whole reason for our visit. Very cool. very large.. and they aren't even the largest they can get... impressed the heck out of me though.
My favorite sea creatures are the sea horse and sea dragon.. this is one of the sea dragons. Oneof the sea dragons at the aquarium is carrying eggs on its tail. They are due to hatch in the next two weeks. Very cool.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
7:42:07 AM CDT
Feeling Sick
Chad has gone home and now I'm sick
I seriously doubt one has anything to do with the other, but ....  glitter-graphics.com
We drove Chad back to Atlanta (being an UM he must have a flight without layovers) on Tuesday and while we were still all together we went to the Georgia Aquarium. Small, but really cool. I could easily have spent another hour there just watching the animals and fish. We ate at Hard Rock Cafe (a habit we began while in Europe). Wednesday we took Chad to the airport and once he was airborne, we drove home.
Yesterday morning I woke up kind of achy. As the day progressed, I started shaking and my teeth chattered.. I felt like I was freezing to death. Checked my temp and it was at 99. degrees. Took some tylenol and an hour later my temp had climbed to 101.5. So I went back to bed, adding extra blankets. Woke up two hours later, burning up...  glitter-graphics.com
Anyway... still going back and forth between 99 and 101.5 on temp. Slept like crap last night. Throat sore today. I really hate being sick.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
7:03:19 PM CDT
Summer Fun
Chad, Kendra and Kim climbing the horizontal wall at Desoto Caverns
Mac and Chad finishing at the bumper cars
Kim and Kendra panning for gems
Kim on the gocarts
Chad during the water balloon fight
Chad golfing
What could be more satisfying than lemonade on the back porch?
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6:55:54 PM CDT
Interview
Haven't written in a while.. thought I'd do this interview that I picked up at Madison's journal... :)
1. What was the highlight of your day? Playing Laser Tag with Kim, Mac and Chad
2. How many meals do you usually eat a day? 3 meals, two snacks
3. What's your favorite movie? The Patriot
4. Have you ever thought George Clooney was hot? Yes, in his younger days.
5. Have you ever doubted your sexual orientation? Nope
6. How long has it been since you have seen an ex? Define "seen"? I emailed with an ex-boyfriend yesterday... we were catching up on each other... it's been 26 years since I last saw him.
7. Name 5 of your best friends Lisa, Susan, Leigh, Sarah, my mom
8. Would you ever consider moving to Zimbabwe? not enough money in the world.
9. What would you do if someone dyed your pubic hairs bright Pink Wait for it to grow out.
10. Would you dye your hair pink (the hair on your head)? probably not
11. When was the last time you had Starbucks? Hot chocolate in February I think
12. Are you single? Nope
13. What is your opinion on global warming? I think it is over-exaggerated, but I do think we need to change how we deal with our world.
14. What about abortion? I believe no woman should die because a safe abortion is not available.
15. Which would you rather star in? High school musical or Striptease? High School Musical
16. What's the worse movie you've ever seen? Gee, there are so many... I think the worst was "Bringing Out the Dead" starring Nicholas Cage, followed very closely by "Town and Country"
17. How many times do you sneeze a day? Usually three times in the morning.
18. Are you an "adult"? Mostof the time... I do have my "2 year old" moments though.
19. Where do you live? Lower Alabama
20. Have you ever thought Michael Jackson was going to kidnap you? Nope, though I did worry for my children.. ha ha
21. What color hair do you have? Darkest Brown
22. Would you rather have a hybrid vehicle or a Hummer? a hybrid
23. Who is prettier: Angelina Jolie or Kate Bosworth? Angelina Jolie
24. What do you think about the tabloids? That they print anything to sell papers.
25. Have you ever been to Texas? Yes
26. Would you want to go? Not to San Antonio during the summer, but other parts ... sure
27. Do you wear a watch? Most of thetime ... no..
28. Have you ever had the sensation that you were falling while asleep? Yes, and I hate that.
29. Would you rather work at Goodwill or McDonalds? Goodwill
30. What do you think about Britney Spears' 16 year old sis getting pregnant? I wonder how a child of that age has enough unsupervised time to end up pregnant....
31. Do you recycle? yes, and have been for years.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
4:41:48 PM CDT
Feeling Cheerful
Why I avoid Debates
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I recently received an e-mail from a friend of mine. I'm not sure why we are friends because he is so far to the left and I am so far to the right that a lot of our correspondence is more irritating than it is uplifting.  glitter-graphics.com
I think we like to practice our debating skills on one another. The one thing that I have learned in debating this friend for the last 8 years is that most people choose to debate for the purpose of changing YOUR mind. They have already selected their stance and there is usually nothing that can be said or done to change that view.
Case in point.. he recently sent me a link about the 9/11 conspiracy ... covering the black smoke (it wasn't a hot fire)... the collapse of the third building (why when it wasn't touched by a plane or debris)... and goodness knows what all. I read the stuff he sent.. I watched the video.. and at the end, I remained unconvinced. So, I began my own research and found some really good anticonspiracy sites that could address each point with sound reason and pictures to boot. 
And all my friend could say was.. "I find it hard to take someone seriously when they can't structure a grammatically correct sentence." LMAO... this one thing (which, by the by... is all in the eye of the beholder) was the only thing that he could take issue with? Grammar?
So, I've decided it's time to quit debating the folks that want to debate. What they really want to do is change my mind, and that's all I want to do as well.. point out the errors of their thought process. Which pretty much brings us to a point of having to agreeto disagree... therefore.. why debate? 
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
11:38:34 AM CDT
Feeling Mellow
Peeking in
Paul and I are getting ready to go out on a "date". While I'm waiting for him I thought I'd make a quick entry.
Celebrated my 48th birthday since last I was here. The family got me a very nice digital camera (which I had asked for). I didn't name anything specific.. just told them what I wanted it to do and they found the perfect camera for me. Of course, I then discovered that the problem with my blurry pictures is the operator... LOL. New pics soon, promise.
We had a family "date" on friday night.. dinner and a movie. We saw Wall*E. OMgoodness.. that was such a cute movie.. I predict that as word of mouth gets out it will set box office records for an animated feature. Very little dialogue, but a good story line and lovely nonhuman characters to enjoy.
Okay.. he's done, I'm gone more soon.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
5:42:10 AM CDT
Feeling Annoyed
About that freezer....
They've added all these additional emotions (moods) and I still can't find one that quite fits the way I think it should. Color me surprised and resigned. 
So.. funny story. We bought an upright freezer late in April. I chose one at the PX that was "frost free". They delivered it a few days later, but not before one mix up (they broke the handle on the first one they were going to deliver, so had to reschedule the drop off). Anyway... it arrived and I began filling it up with frozen stuff. Paul was out of town when it arrived. He gets home a week later and makes a comment on how there is a little frost building up inside. I told him, well I imagine there might be a little frost... and we didn't think anymore about it.
Well... earlier last week.. I'm noticing there is a lot of frost in the freezer now and I start closing the door thinking "I don't think there should be that much frost"... and that's when I noticed that the "frost free" logo that was on the freezer we chose, was not on the freezer sitting in our kitchen! My goodness... I thought that was so funny!
Luckily, the store we bought it from was very co-operative. The freezer on the sales floor had the wrong inventory number on it and that is why they delivered the wrong one. last week they came out to trade freezers for us.
The night before I had to make all that frozen stuff in the big freezer fit into my little freezer (the one on the refrigerator). I managed.. but I had to toss out an old tub of ice cream to make room for all the un opened stuff. I suddenly realized that I just wasn't using my smaller freezer to its full potential. But then Paul commented that.. it may have all fit, but you really couldn't reach every thing easily. Good point.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
5:05:52 PM CDT
Feeling Happy
Are we exchanging cards this year?
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Well, it's time for another anniversary. Paul and I have been married for 26 years. Can I just say... we were incredibly freaking young.. what were we thinking? LOL.
 2005
Maybe we were inspired by the Robert Browning poem:
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
Our times are in His hand
Who saith "A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!"
So here we are.... older, hopefully wiser, definitely still happy. Who could ask for anything more?
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