Did I say that?

xxroxymamaxx at 1:13:14 AM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 28 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

Hi J-land!!  First of all, I'd like to take a moment to say a very Happy Mother's Day to all of you!!  I know so many wonderful moms here!  You all deserve to be spoiled everyday!!  I had a very nice day.  My family took me to Nokomis Beach.  First we had breakfast at the really good restaurant called Anita's.  I had a Belgium Waffle with strawberries and whip cream and vanilla ice cream.  OMG.  It was to die for.  Even though I couldn't finish it all.

Then we headed down to the beach.  We swam and made sea turtle sand castles and I buried Jake in the sand.  We saw some dolphins and it was just a wonderful day.  Then we visited my mom for a few.  I gave her some cash...her favorite gift!! lol  After that we came home and showered and cleaned up and went to my Mother In laws for dinner and to hang out with her.  We told old stories and just caught up with them around the dinner table.  What a wonderful Mother's Day I had.  The best in a long time.  Hope you had a nice day too!!  Happy Mother's day!!

Last but not least, I have some wonderful news!!  I have been asked by my very very good friend Angela aka ChillinInJville to be co-owner of her PSP List called Lil Angelic Designs.  I have been a member and on staff for a few years now and in other lists so I decided it's about time for me to step it up a bit and I accepted the offer.  There are some really wonderful taggers and PSPers in this list!! Some of the best!!  And quite a few you may already know right here in J-land!!  Me, Angela, Chris, Gwen, Angel, TerryAnn, Missie, Emmi, Diama, Lisa Jo, Phyllis,Dana plus taggers from The Tag Team and  Candied Poison Tags....lots of great peeps here!!  I love you ladies!! 

So, the reason I am writing this is to invite YOU to join us.  I'd like all of my friends who are interested in PSP, collecting tags, compsets, blinkies, friendship, games, etc, etc, etc, to be a part of our list.  You don't even have to be a PSPer to join.  But we do require at least one send a week which is really easy to do with all the games and question of the day, themes etc.  So without going on and on about this list, which I could,I'll ask youto please emailme or leave a comment if you'd like to join.  I'll make sure you get a disclaimer ASAP!!

This invitation is being extended to all of my friends here in J-Land and lurkers here in my journal too for a limited time!! Come join us!!  You won't regret it!! 

xxroxymamaxx at 10:48:38 PM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 23 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

I've been so busy I barely have time to sit.  My busyness starts at 6:40 am  when I take the girls to school and ends at 10 PM when I come home from my part time job.  Still watching the babies during the day.  I am trying to get a position at Publix.  I hate the fitting rooms at Ross. :O]

Check out all the cool Earth Day blinkies in my sidebar.  All made by talented friends of mine.  I have more but they won't fit in the sidebar.  Here's mine:

All snaggable!!

Speaking of Earth day, you know we do the Florida Coastal cleanup every year in April and there is also one in the fall and usually we go to a park and pick up trash but this year we helped paint a house for an elderly couple in wheelchairs.  We had a great time and we got cool t-shirts too.  Tomorrow, April 22 is Earth day and I am going to finally plant my pink lemon tree and my mango tree.  Will you do something for the Earth tomorrow?

The Disney field trips with the Art Club were soooooooo much fun!!!!  Those art students are just the coolest people in the world to hang with. I had a blast.  We went to Disney's MGM (now called Hollywood Studios) and Universal Studios Orlando.

I got a new car.  A Ford Escape.  I just love it.  It's red and so cute.  Soooo much better on gas too than the Expedition I had.  Like three times better.  My payments are about $100 more a month but I am saving almost $300 month in gas.  So the car accident ended up being a blessing in disguise.  Not only do I now have the car I wanted but I'm saving money at the same time. : )  Gotta love that!!

Have a wonderful day J-land.  Don't forget to do something for Earth Day.  Volunteer, plant something, clean up your yard, your windows(pollution), and don't forget to include the kids!!

 

xxroxymamaxx at 8:22:54 AM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 29 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

QUESTIONS:

1) What was I doing 10 yrs ago?

In 1998 I was working as a Principal's Secretary for the school board.  Ryan was finishing Electrical trade school.  We were both coaching little league and volunteering alot.  I traded in my Camaro for a new Ford Explorer.  Long gone now. lol  Gosh, it's hard to remember back that far.  My brother and my dad were still with us. 

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

1.  Clean my bathroom.

2.  Babysit

3.  Work on taxes a little bit

4.  Beef stew in the crockpot

5.  Go to work

3) Snacks I enjoy:

  Popcorn, salsa, chips, chocolate,cereal

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

Give to charity, help family, travel

5) Five of my bad habits:

This one's hard for me because I gave up a bunch of bad habits last year like smoking, chewing my nails, etc.... Here's a few

Drinking soda

not exercising

not cleaning well enough

not plucking on time lol

need a haircut, so putting that off

6) 5 places I have lived:

Tampa, Florida 

Madison, Wisconsin

Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

and Tampa, Florida

What can I say, I've lived here most of my life except for one short stint in Wis when I was 5.  My mom married a carny but it didn't last long.

7) 5 jobs I have had:

Data entry operator, Secretary, cashier, mom, business owner/office manager

5 people I'll tag:

Come on now, you know I can't choose just 5!!  If you are reading this, you are tagged. haha.  Now go do it!!

xxroxymamaxx at 9:53:23 AM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 19 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

Someone has been continuously harrassing people in AOL journals.  Who is doing this?  Some call them bitches, some call them trolls, some call them well, all kinds of names.  I have asked this before of you all and I never received an answer.  I have been around here for 5 friggin years, I have a right to know who it is that is harrassing my friends.  

Listen, we all know right from wrong.  If you are the one being mean and hateful and disrespectful to others you are only doing it to yourself.  Because I truly and totally believe in an eye for an eye and what comes around goes around.  You BETTER believe it too. 
I am sick to death of hearing about harrassment here in our circle of friends.  I'm fierce about my relationships.  Tell me who it is.  I demand to know.  I think alot of us want to know who it is.

This message will destruct as soon as I find out who it is.  I don't want my journal mucked up with this kind of mess for very long.

xxroxymamaxx at 6:48:23 PM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 39 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

Kara had an accident in my car last Thursday and totaled it.  It's gone....finished.   I now have a wonderful little rental car and I have to go car shopping this weekend.  I don't know how in the world I am going to fit it into my schedule but somehow I must!

Two of her friends were in the car as well and everybody is pretty much fine.  One of the kids hurt his knee slightly but he is managing that.  Kara got scraped up by the air bags and the girl in the backseat says she is having problems with her back.  Thank God they are all alive though.  The two ladies in the other car are ok too as far as we know.  It wasn't Kara's fault at least. 

I now have a new little baby to watch.  She is 4 and a half months old and her name is Madison.  She is the sweetest little thing and I will be watching her until school gets out.  Her mother is a high school student. 

Last Friday, Kara and I went to Universal Studios with the art club.  We had a really really good time.  I don't have any pictures to share just yet but we are going to MGM next Friday.  Can't wait!!

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out of Tampa, Florida.  Performing Statesboro Blues (Allman Brothers)

Mark's my cousin. He's the Lead singer and guitarist.  I love to watch Mark play.  He's extremely talented!  This was filmed at a recent event.  I didn't go but he gave me the link to this video.  There is another too called "I know a little". 

 

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone.  This is one of my all-time favorite tags!!  Made by my friend Vickie aka MQQN a long time ago.  : )

xxroxymamaxx at 8:50:12 AM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 23 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

 

I know, I know...it's been a while since I wrote. I seemed to be saying that with every entry.  I just haven't had time to journal.  That is very sad because I love it so much and I miss reading about all my friends in J-Land.  I do read the alerts though and comment now and then.  Maybe once I get used to my new work schedule and figure out how to balance everything out, I can be more productive and do all the things I love.  I haven't had a lot of time for PSPing either and you know how much I love that.  Still have some tag requests to fill from last week. 

My new job is going pretty good.  They have me doing the fitting rooms.  I don't mind it as long as the store is busy which makes the time go by fast.  Otherwise, it's extremely boring.  I've been working evenings, 5 - 10 and sometimes 1 -eight hour day on the weekends.  It's not bad at all, I just need adjust.  WE ALL need to adjust. 

Ryan has been helping as much as he can even though I know he's tired when he comes home from work.  He does the best that he can. He helps with laundry and dinner and homework.  He is very supportive and I love him very much.  The children have been helping a little but we need to work on that.

Speaking of children, they had FCAT testing last week.  The FCAT is a "big deal" standardized test that the government requires and I HATE it.  I know I have ranted about it before but it basically makes me mad because the results of the testing determine the funding for each school.  RED TAPE, POLITICAL, MUSH.  No Child Left Behind my eye.  : )  I won't go into it long and loud here but trust me...IT'S.NO.GOOD. 

My daughter's graduation is quickly approaching.  I want to have a huge party for her here at our house but those people that were staying us for a while still haven't come to get all their things.  I called them a couple of days ago and told them that it's time to come and get it.  If they don't come by the end of this week then I will give them a 2 week deadline and after that I will have a yard sale and then give the rest of the stuff to charity.  I'm over it.

I'm also still babysitting the little one during the day and I'm trying to find another baby too.  Preferrably a newborn because I love babies.

The reason I am working and babysitting so much is so that I can go to school and get a nail license and then turn my garage into a salon.  Then I won't have to work at a job or babysit.  Nail techs make pretty good money and I think I would be very good at it.  Plus I know a LOT of people who get manicures.  So, that's a goal I am shooting for.  I have to save up enough money to pay for the school, the test and license, the supplies I would need, and the materials to convert the garage.  I have been thinking about this for a long time. Time to stop thinking and start doing.  I might even do facials and waxing.  Only on the face though.  lol  I wouldn't want to do waxing down...well, you know. 

Who wants to go surfing???

 

 

 

xxroxymamaxx at 10:00:40 PM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 27 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

I'm so excited.  I rarely win anything!! lol 

Click my wonderful little award to go check it out!  And put it on alerts so you can play next time!!  It's so much fun!  Especially when you win. : )

This is sooo cool!  Thanks Val!!  And congrats to Pam the other winner whom I don't know but she won too.  All the other sentences were so good too!!

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I am so over smoking that it completely eloped me that I have been quit for 1 year as of February 18th!!  OMyGOSH, a year ago, it seemed insurmountable.  That's the truth.

The tobacco companies do not have control over me anymore!!

Here is the link to the journal I made while quitting:

Smober

I haven't written in it in a long time but doesn't matter.  I quit.  That's what matters.

 

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