Friday Randomness

So I know it has been quiet a while since I have blogged. I just haven't felt that there was much to say. Not that there wasn't anything happening in my life, I just didn't really feel like writing about it. So hopefully what I do have to ramble about today will take up some space and fulfill my bloggy quota for the month.

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I would just like to say I hate airports. I seem to have only sad moments at airports, mostly because it is not me doing the traveling. I am usually the one dropping off. I had to take MJ to the airport to go home today. I was very proud of myself that I didn't cry, because I didn't want to make her feel bad. But I really wanted to. I just don't know what I am going to do without her here now.

Who will keep me company?

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I have to say I am loving Junior High... no... really!

My girls have the best teachers.

It is far less of a nightmare that I thought it would be.

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The Bug went to her first JH dance today... this makes me scared and fall over with laughter all at the same time. I desperately want her to grow up and start doing age appropriate things. At the same time, I am terrified of her spending actual social time with the kids at her school.

Does this make me one of those loony over protective parents?

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I swear I will never shop in Walmart again if I can help it. Every time I go in there, not only do I have to look at and swerve around the very dregs of humanity, but I have to deal with the people who shop there too. Their employees are getting less helpful by the minute, and they no longer always have the lowest price, so my thought is, why bother!

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I am up to walking 4 miles a day now, not that it matters. I have gained 20 pounds since spring, (AKA my last surgery) and none of that weight wants to go away. It is time to really buckle down and start actually depriving myself of things that are doing me no good. Like ice cream, and all that Halloween candy that is just sitting around. I am not far away from cutting out sugar all together. I did it once for a while and I did feel better. The problem is I am not sure I have the will power. I have to start reminding myself, that it just isn't worth having all this weight on me, and feeling like crap.

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The back problems are back. I have a herniated disc in my lower spine, and osteoarthritis, in addition to that. I am going in for steroid shots in my back on Monday. I am just hoping that all goes well and it actually makes me feel better.

I am so tired of being in pain.

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So what are you watching these days, me... I'm loving Big Bang Theory.

What!

You haven't seen it?! Well check this out.

OK that's all I got, so here are the tunes. Enjoy!

1. Strip- Adam Ant

2. New Moon on Monday- Duran Duran

3. Tenderness- General Public

4. No One- Alicia Keys

5. Another Day in Paradise- Phil Collins

6. One Night in Bangkok- Murray Head

7. Imagine- John Lennon

8. The Emperor's New Clothes- Sinead O'Connor

9. 74-75- Connells

10. Jane Says- Jane's Addiction

Bonus: I'm Your Daddy- Weezer

Question of the day?

How do you feel about children calling adults by their first name?

Do you feel that it is OK or not?

Tell me why.

What Happens on the Playground Stays on the Playground

Actual Conversation heard between two sixth grade girls...

(Sugar is talking to Freckles about the cell phone rules in her family, names have been changed because I can't remember their real ones.)

Freckles: "Are you the oldest kid in your family?"

Sugar: "Yes, accept for my two older sisters."

How do you not crack up, when you hear something like that?!

HOLY FREAKING COW!!!!

I just got home from work and realized that my dog was freaking out in the back yard. There was a loud chirping accompanying this freaking out and I assumed that there was a magpie in the back yard taunting my dog... again. I looked through the back door and saw that my dog had something cornered in the tall grass that my husband needs to cut badly. Hint hint. I went into the back yard to rescue the "bird" and it began to run around chasing my dog. The dog was also chasing the critter at the same time so you can imagine the mayhem that was going on. So you know that thing that all the dogs do in the movie Up? You know when they all yell SQUIRREL and look around at the same time. Well it was just like that, accept that my dog had an actual squirrel (not a bird) cornered in the back yard. Needless to say you all would have been very amused had you seen me trying to lure my dog away from said squirrel.

And no the bologna, that I was using for this purpose did not work!

I don't know who was more worn out by this experience, the dog, the squirrel,

or ME!

Wordless Wednesday

Question of the day?

What is your favorite "acquired taste"?

You know the thing that when you are giving it to someone who has never had it before you say "Well, not everyone likes this, it's kind of an acquired taste."

So what is it?

Black Licorice

Coffee

Grapefruit

Artichokes

Come on you can tell me!

Wordless Wednesday