There are...

...just some noises that I CAN'T STAND.

1) Whining. Complaining is one thing. But add the whiny voice and my skin just crawls. Better stay out of arm's reach if you use whiny voice around me.

2) Gum Cracking. I'm standing in a store today while this woman is standing next to me. She keeps doing that *thing* where her gum pops while she's chewing it. Oh, do I HATE that noise!!! It took every ounce of my existence to keep from saying something totally rude to her.

3) June Bugs. Here it is, just a couple hours shy of June, and I have the first June Bug of the season buzzing up against my screen. That noise drives me batty.

Maybe I can just plug my ears and say, 'lalalala! I can't hear you!'

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I went to the mall today to get some highlights in my hair. The gal that usually does this for me is known around our house as "Cute Little Rachel". She rocks. She's super nice, she's a sweetheart, and she does a great job to boot!

So I go in today just to find out that Cute Little Rachel has packed her bags and moved to CALIFORNIA. Waaah! So I ended up with "Karli". Karli was ~ok~. Not very talkative. And she didn't do near as good a job as Cute Little Rachel. Am I going to have to fly to California every so often to get my hair done? If I had the bucks, I'd do it. But alas, I'm paying very little $$ at a walk-in joint in the mall for my hair, so I doubt I can fly to California on a whim to get my hair cut and highlighted!

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Can you believe it's finally out who "Deep Throat" is? Now I can cross that question off my list of "Things to ask god if/when I meet him/her/it/whatever". If anyone knows the story behind who killed JFK and why, let me know so I can cross that one off too.
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I'm makin' margaritas tonight. Anyone want one while I'm up?

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Hubby is working. Frodo is sleeping. The weather is gorgeous and I have windows open. Life is good.

Tonight, my heart is heavy...

Our area has lost two more guys in Iraq. That brings the total from my little state to 37. How many from your state have died? Anyone from your hometown? Anyone you know?

The website I link above is very comprehensive. However, to put faces with the names, I suggest visiting the Washington Post Faces of the Fallen. All you have to do is click on one of the thumbnail pictures to get a larger picture on the right along with where that soldier was from and how he/she died. There, you might find my stepsister's good friend who was killed on Christmas Eve 2003. He left behind a wife (his high school sweetheart) and two children.

Do you know the total number of US military casualties since the beginning of "Operation Iraqi Freedom"? (As of this moment, that number is 1,657. ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN!) And that is only US military casualties. That does not include contractor casualties or civilian casualties or military casualties from other countries. That also does not include the military casualties of "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan. (That number happens to be 184 US miltary casualties at this moment.)

If you were to take just one minute in remembrance on Memorial Day for each and every US military death in Iraq, there are not enough hours in the day. It would take you over 27½ HOURS NONSTOP to be able to remember each one.

So this Memorial Day, in the midst of your extra day off work, your grilling out, your traveling, your fun with family and friends... please take just a few minutes to think of the families who are now missing a loved one. Especially the ones who just found out their son or daughter has died and are spending their Memorial Day weekend grieving and making funeral arrangements.

Say a prayer for peace.

Call Social Services On Me...

...because I'm neglecting my blog child! I won't even try to bore you with any of my lame excuses.

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I've been trying to formulate a post in my head, but emotions keep getting in the way. If I tried to post it, it would come out as "braechumphlasletyharkumphgrrrargh! Gah!" with some scattered curse words tossed in. So I'm crusing my favorite blogs today and find this post that says exactly what is going thru my head, but in a much more eloquent way. (You rock Cecily!!) Whatever happened to media that stood behind what they said or published?? Nobody has any balls anymore. I think this is just another fine example of #6 on this list.

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I'm going to go mow the yard. I'm very grateful to have a yard to call my own. I don't mind mowing because it's not 90ºF and humid yet. When we reach that part of summer, watch me start cursing the yard and wishing for the apartment renting days again....

I'm hiding

Today is one of those days where I'm not answering the phone. I got two phone messages yesterday asking to fill in to work at two different places and I don't wanna. ;) My house is trashed and I soooooo need to clean it. The past week has been so busy, and the rest of the week will be busy - I really need to be home today.

Fortunately, both the phone messages said, "If you get this message and it's not too late, call me tonight." Well, it was after 9pm when I got the messages, so that was too late for me. ;) I'm so bad. It's just that I have a hard time saying no.

Happy Day!

Friday was my birthday. :) It was nice. No huge celebration - I just worked during the day and went out for dinner with friends.

And today is Mother's Day. I feel so blessed to have my wonderful son. He is the light of my life and my reason for existence. I thank the heavens every day for him.

I hope all mom's reading this have a great Mother's Day. And I hope all the women reading who are waiting for their chance to become a mom have their wish come true this year.

Why does...

...THIS sound like a bad idea?!?!?! Hmmm?!?!?

We've got cops in this country being questioned and investigated thoroughly nearly each and every time they need to use a taser, but now the company that makes them wants to have a civilian model?!?!??

I think I'm gonna barf.

It's May!!

Woo Hoo!!!

I've always liked the month of May. The flowers bloom, the trees get leaves, the grass gets green and lush, the weather warms up. Except for today. It's in the 40s and it snowed a little at noon today. Mother Nature is obviously having fun screwing with the weather around here the past few weeks.

As a child, I would celebrate May Day with my mom by taking little paper cups and create a handle for it with a pipe cleaner. Then we would fill the cups with popcorn, small candies, and violets and hang those cups on friends' doors. Then we'd ring their bell and run away. Where I grew up, everyone knew about May Day and did the same. But living here, it's completely different. No recognition of it at all. I wonder why.... Where I grew up (at least the place I consider *where I grew up*... I moved A LOT) is less than 200 miles from here.

Happy May Day!