Holy UPSET

last night on the results show. First, let me repeat my prior support of ALL three kids. (I'm old enough to be 2 or 3 of their mothers, I can call them kids) I have made no secret of my "love" for Blake. I was still shocked at the outcome of the votes. I am VERY pleased that they didn't torture Jordin again and make her stand there with Blake at the end. Did you see the shocked look on Blake's face? He was more surprised than Melinda. I thought she handled it with the same maturity and grace she has shown all season. We all know she has a incredible future ahead of her and now she can get to it. My DH & I discussed the results and feel that either American figured she had it in the bag and didn't need their votes or they thought she was going to be famous any way and voted for the the "under dogs". It should be interesting next week to see who is "Crowned" They both have such different styles and talents. I'm pushing for CO-Idols!!

LOST....our DVR decided to fritz and we "lost" the first 12 minutes. Luckily it wasn't the finale so we didn't miss to much. If the "underwater station" had a platform, why did Charlie & Desmond think the "swimmer" would drown? The entire thing couldn't be filled with water or did they get some "intel" that it had?? Do you think the girls with guns were women that escaped "Ben" ?? Good grief! Tonight after Greys they said there is a "reveal all show"??

Speaking of tonight, GREYS!!!! CSI Vegas!!!! OH MY!!!!

I'm glad some of you checked out the Canvas site. I have another site for you to check out. craftcritique is a blog that states they are " a collective of experienced crafters (some professional, most not) with strong opinions to share on the craft supplies you want to learn more about." They review products, offer craft tips-etc. Check it out. They are looking for reporters. I emailed them. I don't get enough of my projects posted on my blog so I'm not sure they will pick me. I'm hoping my sparkling wit and personality will win them over!

Have you signed up for Beryls crop yet? She set a deadline for this Sunday. The crop is on the 26th and should be fun. I got the supplies for my "Make & Take" so I'm almost set to go. I've printed out some price tags and will be marking my TLC stuff this weekend. I got some of the new products and they ROCK!!! I have lots of catalogs with the new lines so you can check them out and place an order for anything I don't have. I've also ordered more "Sanding pads".
(((CARI....did you want to order some for your crop????))))

Speaking of Cari..while you are signing up for Beryls crop, run over and sign up (contact Cari Kerrick at 813-929-3029 or ckerrick@mac.com) for her June 23rd day-o-fun!

Looking forward to cropping this Saturday at my buddy CAMI's. It's always a fun time and I've missed chatting since I've gotten my "real job". Who's bringing the Creamers??? I finally got my "Carry it all" and I'm going to test it out on Saturday night. It's alittle smaller than I expected (being math challenged and all) so I'm not sure what will fit. I also need to put together one of my "Make & Takes" to be sure I can teach it..LOL.

Happy Thursday. Hug your kids/spouse/friends/family/yourself and make it a great day! At the end of today, ask yourself....."WHAT have I done lately, to make me feel proud?"

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

PS...my Birthday isn't until AUGUST so you all have plenty of time to plan. :-)

Down to the wire

tonight on IDOL. ARG!!! I'm afraid my boy BLAKE may be out. I enjoyed him last night, as always, but the girls are soooooooo good. I think he'll be the "Chris Daughtrey" of this season..out but will make it big. Should be an interesting night with the results. DO NOT tell me what the"boards" say...I want to find out tonight.

House was so good but my goodness, what a BRAT. House can pull off his attitude. That kid needed a good time out!! Can't wait till next week. What about Forman?? Will he stay? I think so. I can't believe he turned down his own "team".

TONIGHT.....AI results, BONES!!!! and Medium season finale plus we'll be taping the CSI NY finale.

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Darn, it's 8am so that means I need to get off and do my work. DARN receptionist called out AGAIN so I have to work the phones for an hour. ARG!!!!! And she wonders why I am so mean to her all the time...I HATE phone duty and when she is out we all have to cover.

Sorry, pity party almost over.

Happy MID Week DAY.

Jenna...the boxes are packed and in my car!!!! Now to get to a PO. Cami...are you going to give me Priority boxes for my birthday?? Don't tease me about that. LOL. I used to get them automatically delivered when I was doing Ebay alot. Got to the point where I had a storage unit full of them so I canceled the deliveries. Maybe I should get a small delivery of boxes...nah...now that I know the Secretary here has um..I'll just "borrow" hers.

Til Later........

Season finalies are here!

This is a big week for shows having their season finalies. I was trying to watch HERO's last night and kept fighting to stay awake. DARN new job!! This 6:15 am wake up and full out work day are HARD on my TV watching. Since HERO's has one more week I didn't miss to much. Hopefully DH didn't erase it and I can re-watch it to be on top of things when it ends next week.

I didn't see 24 so CAMI..don't give it away. One more week on that show too.

Tonight is AI and this is the tough week. How to decide between the three that are left? ARG!!

HOUSE...BONES...all going to be really good this week. Medium..another one to watch. Then THURSDAY night is a full plate of MUST see TV. Good grief.

I refuse to get involved with any "summer replacement" shows. I need some time off. Yeah right...we'll see how long that lasts. Rescue Me and Nip Tuck should be back soon..plus the CLOSER...SAVED??? Oh my. I really wish I wasn't addicted to shows. My DH watches alot of TV and I hate to be in another room after being at work all day. He says he doesn't mind but I enjoy watching the shows with him.

Speaking of work, it's 8:05am and I've used up my 30 minutes before the "bell rings". Must get going on the pile in my IN basket. I LOVE my new job but I sure miss my internet surfing! LOL.

BTW...check out the latest stamp set on "Papertrey INc". If you love lady bugs you will love this set. If you order, tell Nicole I sent you.

Another bad thing about this jobs hours is that I can't come in late after running errands. I NEED BOXES to mail the gifts I keep promising. I went to the PO last night thinking I could get some out of the lobby. NOPE. They mocked me from right inside the locked part of the lobby. DARN IT. I was going to go at lunch but now they are talking about talking my buddy to lunch for her birthday so that's out! ARG!!

Happy Tuesday everyone.

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

EDITED: WAHOO. I found priority boxes at one of the other secretaries desk. I grabbed some and so I'll be able to pack them tonight. I can use the self postage kiosk in the lobby so I don't have to worry about if the PO is open or not. YEAH!!!!

Mother's Day 2007

I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day.

Mine was very good. My DD brought her brother back from his weekend with his dad so we could have lunch together. I had some spareribs that needed to be cooked so I put them in the oven about two hours before they arrived. I figured we could eat them & save her some money or we'd go out and I've have supper for tomorrow already fixed. We decided to stay home and eat the ribs. I had DD finish the rest of the fixings as her contribution to the lunch.

After we ate I got to open my gifts. DD had brought me a basket full of my favorite things. I got a box of DOVE dark chocolates, a bottle of PRIMA flowers (!!! good job DD), a book of velum quotes for scrapbook pages, Fried Green Tomatos & Ferris Buelers Day off DVDs (two of my all time favorites!), a nice smelling candle and........the latest JOSH GROBIN CD. WAHOO!!! ((CAMI...I can't wait to have you listen..maybe at your crop??)) We had just watched JG on "Sunday Morning" on CBS and now, here he was, in basket of love from DD.

My DH gave me a envelope with a print out of my "to be delivered gift". It is the NEW Cricuit that they debuted on QVC recently that DRAWS as well as cuts. It also comes with two cartridges, one of which is exclusive to QVC. I went crazy when I saw it on QVC but never considered ordering it as I got the one last year when they first came out (also from QVC). DH didn't seem the least bit excited when I tried to get him to look at it while being demonstrated. I dragged DS in to watch with me. As always, my DH was paying attention and called Micheals & Joanns looking for it only to be told they did not have it. He called QVC and ordered it for me and it should arrive at the end of the month. Another great feature is that this machine will have numbers on the dials. The original ones didn't come with numbers so you have to kind of guess what size/thickness you were setting. I also do not have the other cartridge that is included so I'm excited to get it and see what it can do.

We didn't take to many pictures and the ones we did take came out shaky and dark. The one above is the only one of the three of us. I changed it to sepia tone and it doesn't look quite as blurry.

I'm gonna go watch D. Housewives and then head to bed. Back to work & school. I'm planning on taking advantage of my hour tomorrow and take my mom some lunch. MOM..if you are reading this, don't forget to call and tell me which kind of soup/sandwich you want.

If you get a minute..share your Mother's day stories with me. I'd love to hear them.

BTW, I spilled Sweet tea into my keyboard last night. Anyone know how to get the stickiness out?? My "W" is sticking bad!! Note to self, no more drinks around the computer.

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

Birthdays

There are a lot of birthdays this month so I'm going to take this opportunity to say HELLO to my B-day peeps.

Today is my Grand Nephew TC's 8th birthday. Apparently his mother called her grandmother this morning moaning about having an eight year old son. She questioned how that can be possible? I told her grandmother, my mother, that when her boy gets to be 19 then we'll talk. I can't understand how I have a 19 year old daughter when I'm only 17 my self.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TC. I hope you enjoyed the movie. I Promise I will have your b-day gift mailed on Monday.

I called a friend of mine on Friday afternoon to wish her a happy birthday. She said "thanks, but it isn't until MONDAY". LOL Good grief!

Today I got a chance to catch up on my emails and discovered I'd missed my friend CAMI's birthday. I feel so bad. I just spent last Sunday with her and you'd think I'd be a good enough friend to remember her special day.

CAMI..my only excuse is that my new job is a real job. No more reading or posting emails from the office. I have to actually work! YIKES. Please forgive me.

If I've missed anyone elses Big Day, I have no excuse except for poor time management skills.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. My DD & DS are supposed to be coming over and taking me to lunch. It will be nice to see the girl for more than 5 minutes. She is always so busy and now she's working double shifts at her new job. I really enjoy spending time with her. maybe I can convince her to turn off her cell phone so we can talk without the usual 50 interruptions.

I'm hoping to see my own mom tomorrow but may have to wait until Monday. I was thinking I'd take her to lunch or bring some over to the house. Now that I get a real lunch hour & park at the office building I can do things like that.

For everyone that is a mother or does a mothers job, I hope you have a wonderful day. Make some memories.

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

Mother's Day is coming

Have you thought about what you are going to do for your mom or anyone that you consider dear to you? I had good intentions of mailing my MIL something to arrive before this weekend. I haven't mailed it yet. I feel bad but hopefully she'll understand with the new job and how crazy this week has been. Of course I also haven't mailed my nieces B-day gift or my grandnephews B-day gift for this Saturday.

PLEASE forgive me!!!

Quick post about the shows from last night and then I must get to work.

AI..sorry to see Lakesha go but she was my pick as "I'd hate to see the others leave more". Next week is going to be a killer as I can't decide which should go. I really enjoy them all. I have no doubt that they will all do fine after the show but I wish there could be THREE winners this year.

LOST....keeps getting stranger & stranger. With that little back ground story last night we can understand why BEN is so detached and bizarre. Who else saw Jacob? I saw him and DH had to back it up and watch it in slow motion. We got a really good look that way. WHO IS HE???

I am going to visit a friend in the hospital this afternoon straight after work (HI JESSIE!!!!) and then I've been invited to a "purse party". Those that know me, know I refuse to pay more than $10 for a purse, and then I use it until it wears out so not sure why I'm going. I'm going because I like the hostess and she lives out near me.

I'll have to hurry home for CSI & ER. I will probably tape GREYS and watch it this weekend. I still have the second part of MEDIUM to watch plus a ton of other stuff. Guess that's my goal for the weekend.

If you are in the Tampa Bay area and want to attend any crops this month, check out Crops by Beryl and my friend CARI. Both have links on the sidebar. Email them for details.

Better run. Have a great day and if you get a chance, leave a comment about your pick for IDOL or anything else that is on your mind.

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

Time Flys

I can't believe it is Mid Week already. I can tell this new job is going to keep me busy. I don't even have time to check my mail or post to my blog. I am required to take an hour for lunch now and since that is foreign to me, I'm using some of it to say hello.

Orientation went well yesterday. I found out I do get health benefits, no pre-exhisting or waiting period. I just have to wade through my choices and fill out the paperwork. I have several other forms that need filling out. I turned in my first time sheet which was weird because they do two weeks in advance & I'm used to two weeks behind. I also get up to an hour for lunch so trying to remember to put that down was tricky. I've always eaten at my desk and not put anything down. Yikes!! I also was able to get a parking permit for the lot directly in front of the office. WAHOO. It wasn't cheap but now I don't have to stress about getting to the parking lot earlier enough to catch the shuttle bus to get to work on time. Being able to drive right to the building was so nice. This afternoon when I leave, I can get right into my car and not sit for 20 minutes waiting to catch the shuttle and then take the 8 minute bus ride to the lot.

I'm still behind on my TV watching so I'll be trying to catch up soon. Still haven't seen 24 from this week. I did watch AI last night. How cruel to make those poor kids sing those BeeGee songs. I "liked" the BeeGees back in the day but they do not translate well today and especially for a girl to sing why themselves. I really hope Lakisha is the one to go as I'm not ready to see Blake, Jordin or Melinda kicked off. My DH said he felt like it was a waste of talent and his time as they all did badly due to the material. Should be interesting tonight for the results show.
House was good but I was so tired I fought sleep the entire hour. Dang I hate when I do that.

Tonight, AI results, Bones and another LOST. Man, I better not fall asleep during LOST. Must know what is going on???? Really freaky stuff. I'm looking forward to CSI tomorrow, ER should be good and Greys will be back to normal....seriously.

THANKS for the suggestions about the boy and his "friends" issue. Bribing him may be an idea. I hate to resort to that but at this point, what ever works. Plus we're running out of time before school ends. I felt sad when I drove into the neighborhood last night and saw four boys that looked to be DS's age on the street next to ours, playing football. I wanted to go tell DS to ride his bike over & see if he could join in but I knew he never would.

Better get back to work as my desk is PILED high!

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