Birthday Wishes and the rest of the weekend

First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to TC in Georgia. He is the oldest of my niece's boys and a wonderful kid. Hopefully he'll get my card & gift today. (Sorry-Jenna. I didn't make his card...oops. I figured he'd rather get it on time than wait for me to get my act together)

Saturday night several of the "famous" ScrapYard gals got together to give one of our own a Surprise 30th Birthday dinner at a local restaurant. I thought I'd be clever and park my car somewhere else so she wouldn't see it and drive over with another friend. (Hi D!!). What started as a great idea sort of turned into a typical bumbling as we tried to round up a couple more gals to join us at the "off site" location. We got word from one of the gals that she had gone by the restaurant and discovered just because you have reservations for 7:15, that doesn't mean you will get seated by then. We hauled it over to the restaurant and for the next 15 minutes implored the manager to get us seated before the Birthday Girl arrived or there would be hell to pay from the planner of the party (HI CK!!!) He finally had to put us back by the bathrooms until they could get our table ready and we were in our seats for less than 10 minutes before the Birthday girl arrived. HI CAMI!!!!!!!!! She was so surprised when they finally walked in and she saw a full table instead of the table for two she expected. We had a fabulous server, Tyler, and we ate and talked for several hours. When we finally left the restaurant we ended up standing in the parking lot talking for at least another hour. Finally we decided to go to the local Starbucks to continue talking.

D & I got there first and saw a sign out front that said, "Open 24 Hours". Sweet! We called the other gals and told them and waited for them to arrive. They finally did, about 30 minutes later. They ended up staying and talking to one of the gals that wasn't going to come to Starbucks. She is getting ready to move to Alabama because of several unfortunate sets of circumstances. We are really going to miss her! ( HI M!! Keep in touch).

Anyway, we sat and talked for awhile and finally decided to go outside to sit as it was a nice night and the chairs looked more comfortable. We'd been sitting there for alittle while when the "baristia" (is that right??) came to the front door and started LOCKING IT!. Locking a door that is right next to the BIG A** Green Neon sign that says, "OPEN 24 Hours".

Seriously.

She asked us if we needed anything before she locked up and we questioned the locking with the sign stating Open 24 hours. Before she could say anything, the smart butt in me quoted the old joke...."they are open 24 hours, just NOT IN A ROW.". She explained the drive thru was open but the lobby closed at midnight.

Hmmmmm. Perhaps the sign should say that???

We ended up sitting there for awhile longer and enjoyed watching all the people walk up and try to open the front door. It reminded us of AI when the contestants tried to leave the audition room and most of the time got fooled by the wrong door. We were nice enough to advise them that the Drive thru was still open.

We finally realized that we are old and there is not really anything to do at 12:30pm in North Tampa so we headed to our cars. Since mine was still at another site and had stuff in it for the Birthday girl, they followed us. We had a run in with a CRAZED parking lot sweeper man but managed to get in our cars and on our way without real incident. I got home about 1am. WOW. What a night.

One of our party gals is expecting her baby soon and really wanted to have him on Mother's Day. I haven't heard anything so I guess it didn't work. Sorry, D...did you try Taco Bell??

Big Phone duty day so I guess I'll get some stuff done before my first shift.

Til later.................................

Happy Mother's Day

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mom's day. I know a friend of mine lost her mother yesterday. It was expected but I'm sure she is still sad to not have her around today in the usual sense. HUGS and love to my former "TLC" upline and now, SY friend, LC.

Did you call your mom yet? I spoke to my mom this morning and will be bringing her lunch tomorrow. DH talked to his mom too. Here is the card I sent to my MIL. I can't show you my moms card of course cause she hasn't seen it yet!

I heard from my young'uns. DS got home about 2pm and we put him right to work on my Mother's Day gift, Washing my car! My DH gave him a very detailed lesson on the proper way to wash a car. I sat in the shade under a HUGE umbrella and was amazed at how much I didn't know about washing cars. I swear. I am a swipe & run person. Not DH. He patiently explained where you should wash first & why, how to do it correctly, how to rinse properly, explained the way the car is designed to run off water and how you use that when washing & rinsing. WOW. The boy learned alot and did a great job. Here are a couple of my favorite pics.

The funniest thing was when my DH took a drink from the water hose and DS almost had a heart attack! He said, you aren't supposed to drink from that!! DH explained that it is the same water that goes into the house and this is DS's first attempt at "being a kid"

I was going to fill you in on the rest of my weekend fun but my DD just arrived and I want to spend time with her.

Til later.................

What a week, TGIF times ten

Some weeks are so long and boring and then there is this week....Good grief!

No test results yet.

Not surprised by the AI results. Gotta love Jason Castro's spirit. Gonna miss the John Travolta love child look alike. Hard to believe we are down to the final three. Gonna get good!!!

My co-worker was in an car accident yesterday morning. No one can convince me that it wasn't partly caused by how freaked out she is by the news from Tuesday. She is one of the remaining two nurses and is already so over worked she can't see straight. Thankfully, the only thing that may be badly damaged is her car. She refused to go to the hospital but went to a doctor who checked her out and said she seems ok. Her air bags did not deploy so I expect she is plenty sore today. I told her yesterday NOT to come back to work until at least next Tuesday. She is the kind of worker that would have driven straight from the doctors office to work and stayed late to make up the time she missed due to the accident. She never takes lunch and refuses to leave early when she has a right to. **speaking of, one of the two nurses that are leaving us accepted a position already and will be gone at the end of the month. I'm not happy with all the changes as we are a really great group and get along so well. It's going to be hard to bring in new people and especially if it turns out to be THREE new people. ARG!!!****

Great news on the Tricia blog. WOW. If you haven't been there in awhile, go check it out.

Didn't watch Greys last night as we wanted to see the "Special" episode of CSI-Vegas that was written by the writers of Two and a Half Men. DH thought it was lame and a waste of our show but I enjoyed it. I guess I went into it knowing it was going to be silly and it was. Watched LOST afterwards and it was another "WHAT the heck?" episode.

Talked to my neighbor last night that has been having mysterious symptoms for many months. It has caused him to slur so bad you can't understand him. He's lost weight because he can't swallow. They have been testing him for ALS and some other things. Recently they started a new treatment and he has been responding. They still do not know for sure what he has but his speech is clearer and he is able to eat again. Good things as his shorts were falling off, even with a belt. His wife is cautiously optimistic.

Still no idea what we will be doing on Sunday. Haven't heard from my DD. She apparently has been working some long shifts at her new job. Spoke to my Mom yesterday and she said they have no plans either. I suggested us moms take ourselves out to the movies or something. I finally told DH that I'd like a GC for Hobby Lobby. The closest one is in Ocala but its part of our annual Road Trip while we are at the SY retreat. Since that is next weekend, I figured that was a good thing to ask for.

Looks like my last BIG SLAH order will be delivered today and tomorrow. I split it in two so the Hostess wasn't overwhelmed. She is still getting three HUGE boxes. I need to get with her as I ordered some Customer specials for my co-workers off her party. Maybe I'll make a road trip to her house tomorrow.

Or maybe I'll sleep all day!

What ever you do, be safe, love your family.....

Til later.......................

One year anniversary at work

Today marks one year since I was hired to be the administrative assistant for my team. There will be no fan-fair as we just celebrated AA day, most of our team is out of the office and we got some sobering news yesterday so no one feels like celebrating. We found out that thanks to our fabulous brain trusts that figure out budgets, we will probably loose two of our remaining four nurses by the end of June. They do not want to leave but their contracts were not renewed (actually I think they can stay if they agree to take the position with NO benefits). We are already short a nurse so it was a real shock not to mention how much we love the two ladies in question. Poop!

AI last night. Oh my. What a "interesting" evening. Can't wait to see what America has decided.

Follow up with my Cardiologist this morning. My BP was still alittle high yesterday but it was right before my Dermatologist appointment and I was a bit anxious. I've been on my water pills for over a week so am curious to see if it is helping. I should also get the results of my test from last Friday. Fun, FUN!!

How you doing??? What's happening?? Several of my Peeps are neglecting their Blogs. UPDATE!!! Have you thought about Sunday yet? If you have a mom to honor, what are you doing? I've been asked what I want and can't decide. Sleep for 24 hours?? Sounds good to me. My DD has a new job (in addition to the one she already has) and may have to work. My DS is at his Dad's and I was counting on her to bring him home on Sunday. Guess we'll see what happens. Mailed a box to my MIL yesterday so I'm at least half way ahead of the game of honoring my moms.

Til later....................

New soap box and Family Circle

Over the weekend I got several magazines to add to the 4-5 I'm already behind on reading. One of them is Family Circle and the other is Woman's Day. I'm letting them expire as I never have time to read them so sometimes I just never get around to reading them. For some reason (well actually now I know why) I decided to read the Family Circle one. One of the articles caught my eye about skin cancer.

Usually I skim through those kind of articles because I have the "turtle mentality". Don't ask/don't tell and it can't be true. Immature I know but I'm a chicken at heart. I'm trying to be better so cut me some slack! Anyway, at the end of the article it had pictures and descriptions of the three most common kinds of skin cancer. The very first one really caught my eye because it looked like and perfectly described a spot on my face that I've treated like acne for quite awhile.

Since it perfectly described the spot, I got alittle freaked and called yesterday to make an appointment with a dermatologist. I didn't really feel comfortable getting naked in front of the Dermo that just treated my DS, so I found an all women practice close to my office. When I called they originally said they were booking the end of this month or early in June. I casually mentioned why I wanted to be seen and she found a cancellation for this morning.

Long story short, nice office, friendly staff and doctor. She did a full body scan and 99% agreed with my self diagnosis of "Basel Cell Carcinoma" for the spot on my face. According to the FC article that is the most common type and most easily treated. She took a sample scrape and if it is positive I'll be referred to a specialist for removal because it is on my face.

What really surprised and frankly scared me was her reaction to a spot on my left arm. It just looked like a series of small moles/spots but she didn't like the look of one of the spots. When she pointed it out, that one spot did have irregular features but was so small it didn't trigger anything with me. She took a sample of that too and we'll know both results in about a week.

So now I'm trying not to freak out as I know everything is in Gods hands. I am trying. Not easy for me as I am a worrier which I know is an insult to the one that holds us all in his hand. Trust me, I struggle with that all the time.

So my new soap box is to get screened. Use top notch sun screen or avoid the sun when ever possible. And, do not dismiss Family Circle magazine. It can quite possibly save your life.

On a brighter note......AI....final four tonight. Wonder if Paula has gotten her notes straight or if they have banned her from Dress Rehearsal all together.

Til later.....................

It only took five months

but the garage is cleaned up. Would have been done sooner if my DD had helped me when she was supposed to..(Love ya J)....but it is done. We decided we wouldn't put the truck inside but you almost could if you wanted to. There are several large boxes of trash that are taking up room but they will be gone Wed. I also cleaned up the dining area and brought in the desk I bought about a month ago. I put it into the dining area as a desk and put two of my rolling storage units under it and filled them with scrap/card making stuff. Now I can use it as a desk for my business..craft table..and if needed a dining table.

I didn't get any scraping done. I have about 10 cards I need to make and get mailed. Maybe tomorrow.

Almost time for Desperate Housewife's so gonna run.

Til later....................

May is here and so is the weekend

I know May officially started yesterday. I didn't post. Sorry. I was busy. Doing busy work. Or recovering from the "scrapbook". Maybe I was just recovering from AI and all the other craziness of the week.

What ever.

I'm back!

May 1st brought a new month and with it new specials for my SLaH Hostesses & Customers. I've had a flyer showing the May Specials on my website for a month but then they went and shook things up. If you are on my SLaH newsletter mailing list, you will get the news in a couple of days. If you are like me and can't stand to wait, check out this. WOWSER!!!!! I wish I was a May Hostess! Maybe I will be, just to get the specials. I have some days available so contact me ASAP as these are to great to miss.

I have my MRI this afternoon and I'm in the process of fasting. UGH. I got busy and didn't eat much before my cut off time of 10am so now I'm starving. Well, I feel like I'm starving. I could live off my "rear" for a year so I'm sure I won't die before 3pm but it feels like I could. I'll let you know when I get my results. I've been taking my Water Pill for almost a week and it is definitely making my trips to the restroom much more frequent. If I'd drink more water we might get a little weight loss out of this. I've been feeling less stress too so maybe my BP is down. I haven't checked at all this week so I'm not sure what the reading might be. I figured they would take my pressure at the appointment so I'll wait and see.

Tomorrow is National Scrapbooking Day. I am not officially taking part in any events but may clear a path and make a page or two. Or I may watch TV and movies with my DH.

The boy is going to be with his dad Saturday afternoon & night as they have family in town for a college graduation. Seems alittle strange not being able to see the family and take part in the festivities but I guess I'm technically NOT family anymore. I asked my DD to wish her cousin, congrats and tell her grandparents I said hello. Hopefully she will. I still have fond feelings for the family. They never did anything wrong and were very supportive after the Divorce. Right up until I apparently (in their minds) lost my mind and hooked back up with my HSS. They haven't really spoken to me since. Understandable. I just hope they can see how much happier my DS is and what a "cooler" kid he is after 3+ years with my DH in his life.

Anyway, what are your plans?

I have a Southern Living at Home party after work tonight. I emailed the new Hostess specials to her yesterday so I hope she is excited. I'd LOVE for her to earn all the FREE stuff they added to the months offerings. The customer specials are pretty super too so maybe that will help increase her sales.

Hope everyone has a great weekend & safe travels if you are going anywhere to celebrate NSD. I'll try and check back in but can't swear to it. If the weather holds, we are cleaning out the garage on Sunday after the boy returns from his Dad's. FUN!!!

Til later.............