Trunk or Treat

Did that this year. Well, IIIII did that this year while hubby took the kiddos on the rotation trip. Enjoyable, learned a few "lessons" we'll use if we do it again next year.

We must have had 2000 kids in 2 hours' time. Mainly Americans, but there was a healthy selection of Italians in there too. Is a US Halloween that big of a draw?? In Britian they'd bring the kids in by the busload (tour bus style) - I kid you not.

I loved to have them come. American kids are spoilt when it comes to Halloween, European kids still find it that strong bit fascinating, interesting and worth the output to get the candy. (Though we give out toys, not candy. They get enough of that shit, besides having toys gives the kids something to do with all that sugar-induced energy. And it makes the parents happy. I was actually thanked by several kids for toys instead of the same ol' candy route - while I know 3 of them were being the prepubescent attempt at sarcasm, most of them seemed genuinely impressed.)

So, what are YOU giving out for Halloween? Hopefully not toothbrushes and toothpaste. What's best give out goody? That YOU like to most, or that they like to get the most?

Happy Halloween Ya'll! (~~)

Our Punkins

Got several compliments on the pumpkins. The Italians were fascinated by them, and apparently someone asked the husband who we "paid to carve them". Umm, no one - we did it ourselves (with 0400 bed down times for 3 days running).

I'm Bored

So, it's STUPID QUIZ time again...

You Are 52% Lady

You're part lady, part modern woman. Etiquette is important to you, but you brush aside rules that are outdated or silly.

Are You A Lady?

Your Stripper Song Is

Closer by Nine Inch Nails "You let me violate you, you let me desecrate you You let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you Help me I broke apart my insides, help me I�ve got no Soul to tell" When you dance, it's a little scary - and a lot sexy.

What Song Should You Strip To?

This must be where the 48% non-lady comes in...

Your Love Number is 1

You tend to be a stubborn lover, holding your ground in every argument You take your time falling in love. You aren't the type to lose perspective. You are loyal (to a fault), and you require the same loyalty in your sweetheart. At your best, you are a wise and inspiring partner - who sticks around.

What Is Your Love Number?

You Are Homer Simpson

You're just an ordinary, all-American working Joe... With a special fondness for pork rinds and donuts. You will be remembered for: your little "isms" and philosophies on life Your life philosophy: "Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel."

The Simpsons Personality Test

You Are Miss Piggy

A total princess and diva, you're totally in charge - even if people don't know it. You want to be loved, adored, and worshiped. And you won't settle for anything less. You're going to be a total star, and you won't let any of the "little people" get in your way. Just remember, piggy, never eat more than you can lift!

The Muppet Personality Test

She's my favorite muppet, but I never did get the attachment to the green little frog.

The Techno God Lives!

At my house, too! Within 6 hours of getting home, the network was up, and my computer was working just fine. (I think he has some wierd agreement with it to crap out right after he leaves, to make sure he has "jobs" when he gets back.)

All he did was unplug my D drive, restart, "smoke" test it, power down, replug the drive and good to go! There are days when I love his technogeekyness but want to thump him upside the head for makin' it so damn easy...

The network apparently reset itself to factory default, which is why it didn't work. It now works great, and the Vonage # is back up as well. Can you both love someone and loath the fact they can fix stuff so effortlessly when you yourself trouble-shoot for hours and can't make it work? And if not, is it merely severe annoyance?

Anyhoo, we're back online, good to go. I'll resume posting tomorrow. :D

Danger! Danger Computer!

Due to the complete - and I mean complete, failure of my homenetwork (and the fact my "network admin" is not in the country) I am forced to check my mail via the library. This precludes the ability to post anything of any real "meat".

This item will be replaced (and the old beat to smitherines if I have my way) as soon as possible. Until then, there will be no updates, no new posts and no e-mailing/YMing.

If you happen to have our Vonage number, do NOT call it. I can NOT check the messages - they're just going to pile up and cause a backlog. IF, and ONLY if, it is an absolute emergency to get hold of me, use our Italian number and dial international. This option will NOT be cheap, hence the only in an emergency need to do so.

Hubby's Anniversary Gift is ...

On the WAY!! Yes, I spoil the DVDaholic mercelessly. He doesn't complain.






So that's 1 title off his poor little DVD list. Only:

Bewitched
Numbers
Walker, Texas Ranger
Touched by an Angel
CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York
X-files
V
House
Without a Trace
24
Buffy
Angel
4Ever Knight
LOST
Tales from the Crypt
Dark Shadows
American Dad
Andromeda
Earth Final Conflict
Greatest American Hero
Hercules
JAG
NCIS
Joan of Arcadia
Lois & Clark
MacGyver
Supernatural
Charmed
Smallville
Twilight Zone
Simpsons
King of the Hill
Futurama
Family Guy
Stargate SG1
Stargate: Atlantis
4400
Tru Calling
Millennium
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek DS9
Star Trek the Next Generation
Monk
Mutant X
Quantum Leap
Shield
ROME
Outer Limits
Seaquest

are left to go. I said the man was a DVDaholic!

Issues?

Okay, I'm still not getting images to load on my sidebar titles. Is anyone else having these issues? I think it may just be hubby's asswhipe computer but I'm not possitive.


Anyone else having Blogrolling issues? IE, those with "new" (or some such) that's supposed to show you when the link was recently updated? Mine hasn't done so for the last week - Monday 09 Oct to be exact. All my settings are the same, so I'm curious if there's something wrong with my code, or if it's Blogrolling in general.

Not Quite It

I Volunteered to be "it". Better than "volunTOLD" I suppose.

Lorelie has a post up about books and is asking for people who want to play along, without making you feel guilty if you don't do the meme thang. So, I thought I'd take it up.


1 - One book that changed your life:
The Gunslinger The first of Stephen King's Magnum Opus work - The Dark Tower Series. This is the BEST book I have ever read, or re-read. A masterpiece of American literature and storytelling. The modern equivalant to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. (All that, AND September's book selection!)


2 - One book that you've read more than once:
The Dark Tower Series, several of my herb books, several gardening books, my The Element Encylopedia of 5000 Spells, etc, etc, etc. If I own it, I've read it more than once.


3 - One book you'd want on a desert island: FM 21-76 US Army Field Manual - Survival. Sadly, the USAF has no true equal. That, and the Marine one would scare the crap out of you.



4 - One book that made you laugh:
Zombie Survival Guide



5 - One book that made you cry:
To Kill A Mocking Bird, Flowers for Algernon


6 - One book that you wish you had written:
The Dark Tower Series (I consider them one story if not one singular book.


7 - One book that you wish had never been written:
I have to disagree with Lorelie on this one - if a book can make MILLIONS of people read it, READ IT! Just like the kiddos wanted the last HP, we stood in line at midnight to get it - it was after 1 before we got it. If there is a book that will make kids stand in lines for hours to get ahold of, just to READ, I'll stand in line with them. Modern Americans spend way too damn much time in front of the damn boobtoob or online (myself woefully included). I have no issues with books being popular - popularity hopefully means someone somewhere is reading when they wouldn't usually do it, and that's good for the brain! (Now, reprinting books with "oprahs's book club selection" on it to appeal to idiots too shallow to pick up a book without being TOLD is another issue.)

Okay, rant now over...Answer to the question - ANYTHING by Cato the Younger. Self-serving, self-agrandizing, egotistical, mysoginistic all-around-BASTARD. Had he not been born, the world would NOT have been at a loss. He, more than any other, brought about the death of the Republic - because Caesar had the people's love and the wretched beast that was Cato hated him for it, would KILL for it, and destroy that which he SWORE to love and venerate.


8 - One book you're currently reading:
I, Cluadius
Mythology (Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes)
The Element Encylopedia of 5000 Spells,


9 - One book you've been meaning to read:
Cell - Stephen King


10 - Tag Five People:
I duwanna, I'm not gonna. If you want to, feel free! If you do, leave me a comment, or a trackback, I'd LOVE to see what your reading style is like! :D

Adios Freddy!

Freddy Fender es muerta. Un día triste en la música de Tejas...

WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS
Freddy Fender

(1st Verse)
Wasted days and wasted nights,
I have left for you Behind
for you don't belong to me,
your heart belongs to someone else.

(2nd Verse)
Why should I keep loving you,
when I know that you're Not true?
And why should I call your name,
when you're to blame
for making me Blue?

(chorus)
Don't you remember the day,
that you went away and left me?
I was so lonely,
prayed for you only,
my love

Farwell to one of my favorite Tejano y Cojunto acts. Via con Dios!

Happy Anniversary to WE

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato

To My Dear and Loving Husband
by Anne Bradstreet


If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persever,
That when we live no more we may live ever.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~ Albert Einstein


If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~ Stephen Levine



Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~ Marceline Desbordes-Valmore


A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~ Mignon McLaughlin



Will you love me in December as you do in May,
Will you love me in the good old fashioned way?
When my hair has all turned gray,
Will you kiss me then and say,
That you love me in December as you do in May?
~ James J. Walker


Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. ~ Gene Perret


We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. ~ Author Unknown


Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. ~ Author Unknown


Love here on earth
Love beyond the grave
There are no roads
My love for you can't pave.
~ T. Sachs




Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. ~ Ovid


You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because you love her. ~ Author Unknown


For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
~ Rosemonde Gerard


Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ~
Emily Brontë


Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things. ~ Catherine of Aragon, 1535



Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~ Proverb


Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. ~ Mark Overby


Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ~ Peter Ustinov


Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~ Henry Van Dyke


Two souls, one heart. ~ French saying used on poesy rings






It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~ John Bulwer


Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. ~ Kay Knudsen


If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. ~ Attributed to Claudia Ghandi


In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged. ~Hans Nouwens


The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. ~ G.K. Chesterton


Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13 4-8






Song of the Air Force Wife

I'm the wife of the "Man in Blue"
And I like the Air Force, too.
He's my joy and he's my pride
And I am his "Dependent Bride."
Yes, the "Man in Blue" made me his wife
And I joined him in his global strife.
I'll tell you now wedding vow
With this barracks bag, I thee endow.

He said he'd show me all the world
And a magic carpet he unfurled.
he "Man in Blue" led a traveling life,
And I'd go along as his "Dependent Wife."

Now something seems to have gone awry
For all his journeys are TDY.
I stay at home like a good wife should
And learn the joys of motherhood.

I'm to the children both mother and father
Till I don't know whether I'm one or the other.
I work and worry both night and day
To keep things going while he's away.

I cope with things I never knew
And wait right here for my "Man in Blue."
Who can't understand just what in life
Has made me his "In-Dependent Wife."
~ Author Unknown ~


I Am An Air Force Wife

I've noticed in my present job there is this tiny quirk
There is no respect at all, and it's not considered work.....
Well I am here to show you another point of view
Just to give you an idea, of what WE really do........
Here is my job description, and to better Understand...
I've written it in the lingo of my Military Man.....
I am the IG complaints come to me
I am the MEDIC, I bandage skinned knees
I am the JAG and COURT MARITAL too...
I decide the punishments, how much and on who!
I am SAFETY, inspecting all the junk
I am the FIRST SHIRT checking the bunk
I am SUPPLY in charge of food and clothes
households goods and heaven only knows....
I am the SP who secures the door
I am FINANCE, but giving out more
I am SERVICES who cooks all the meals
I am TRANS in charge of the wheels
I am MWR planning all the fun
I am the BUGLER announcing the 'Day is Done'
I am the CQ and Fire Dept too,
there isn't much that I don't do...
I am the Instructor, also you see
Because everything that is learned is taught by me
I am the Flight Leader who knows his troops well
Sometimes the T.I. who really can yell

I am the 0-10 and the E-9 you see
cause everything must come through me

I'll never go to combat, but certain battles I will face
But rest assure when you deploy, count on me to guard the base

I am always on duty, I never take leave,
No Holidays off, It's hard to believe

I can never ETS, I signed on for life
My Primary AFSC is Mother, my secondary is AF Wife

For all my devotion to duty, my LES says NO PAY DUE
Because I am not paid in money, but in the words
"I LOVE YOU"----anonymous


The Military Wife - Author Unknown

The good Lord was creating a model for military spouses and was into his sixth day of over-time when an angel appeared. She said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one. What’s wrong with the standard model? "

The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? They need to be completely independent, possess the qualities of both father and mother, be a perfect host/hostess to four or 40 with an hour’s notice, run on black coffee, handle every emergency imaginable without a manual, be able to carry on cheerfully, even if they are pregnant and have the flu; and they must be willing to move to a new location 10 times in 17 years. And, oh yes, they must have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head. "Six pairs of hands? No way."

The Lord continued, "Don’t worry, we will make other military spouses to help them. And we will give them an unusually strong heart so it can swell with pride in their spouse’s achievements, sustain the pain of separations, beat soundly when it is over-worked and tired, and be large enough to say, 'I don’t understand', when they don’t, and say, 'I love you', regardless."

"Lord", said the angel, touching his arm gently, "Go to bed and get some rest. You can finish this tomorrow."

"I can’t stop now", said the Lord. "I am so close to creating something unique. Already this model heals themselves when they are sick, can put up six unexpected guests for the weekend, wave good-bye to their spouses from a pier, a runway or a depot, and understand why it’s important that they leave."

The angel circled the model for military spouses, looked at it closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it’s too soft."

"They might look soft", replied the Lord, "but they have the strength of a lion. You would not believe what they can endure."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran a finger across the cheek of the Lord’s creation. "There’s a leak, she announced. Something is wrong with the construction. I am not surprised that it has cracked. You are trying to put too much into this model."

The Lord appeared offended at the angel’s lack of confidence. What you see is not a leak", he said. "It’s a tear."

“A tear? What is it there for?" asked the angel.

The Lord replied, "It’s for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride, and a dedication to all the values that they and their spouses hold dear."

"You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.

The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn’t put it there."



Happy 10th Anniversary Handsome Husband!

We'll make up for it when you get HOME!

Ah Well

Had a "fiesta" today at the middlest's class. I made Guacamole, tortillas (flour, wheat and corn) and some Fruit Dip.

My Flan, sadly, ended up in the garbage - sigh. While flipping it over, I flipped right on into the sink. Oh well, could have ended upon the floor makin' a right ol' mess. Still, I didn't get to eat any, damnit!

My pinata skills are not up to snuff apparently. Only 12 or so kids got to beat up on it out of 18. I made it 4 layers thick (2 above the suggested thickness) and it didn't survive the full lenght. They enjoyed beating it up though. Hubby on the other hand can build one that required adults beating the crap out of it to break - AFTER the kids have had 3 goes each (3 hits per "go").

Several of the kids got the hang of the "Ojo de Dios" really quickly. Most of the parents did NOT. The kiddos enjoyed it none the less.

Boo Hoo Hoo - I miss tasing my flan! :D

Beat up Bounce!

For any parent that ever throws a "Miss Spider" birthday party...I bring you the piece de resistance! Bounce the Bedbug as a PINATA (can't find the tildy, sorry)!





Take an ordinary round pinata (store bought makes it MUCH easier), paint it blue. Paint the green "cap" on him, and use paper (craft style) to make his eyeballs, nose, mouth, etc.

And it's ALL OUR FAULT

Psyconut tests a nuke, after 20+ years of "sunshine" and what do we get out of it?

ALL THE US's FAULT


China gives them the shit, Pakistan sells it to them while the UN looks on in it's standard *fuck me up the ass harder* way, and the US is to blame. Don't you LOVE them apples?

We can't attack and destroy their sites beforehand as "preemtive is a war crime". We can't bomb them now as "attacking is a war crime". Selling sociopaths nuclear weapons that will kill MILLIONS is NOT a war crime, but trying to stop them IS! Does anyone, anywhere, with 1 iota of a braincell understand that reaasoning? If so, could you explain it to me?!? Probably not, I have more than 1 braincell, and use them on a regular basis - things distinctly lacking in the "blame America first" crowd.


So, diplomany failed. (Thank you very fucking much south korea - YOU buttmunches have been feedin their nuclear technicians and soldiers for HOW LONG? Do you pussys really think you can stand up to the NK military? You dickheads can't even defend yourselves in a psuedowar that's STILL not over. Yeah, let's stay at war for 50+ years, ARM our enemies with NUKES and blame the US miltiary that protects us. Brilliant plan there Tonto.) When do we get to be "cowboys" and use the military? Oh, that's right, we can't - US military usages are WAR CRIMES. Remember that when WW FUCKING III starts and the homocidal maniac starts lobbin' bombs at Seoul.


I'm now staunchly in the FUCK 'EM ALL! catagory. Pull US troops out of SK. Let NK have it! They've obviously planned better than those kimchi munchin morons to the south of the border. Give 'em a year, who ever's in charge of Seoul at that time owns the peninsula. And make it clear, US troops will NEVER return to "help out". You've had our help and stabbed us in th back for 50+ years. You made your bed, lie in it.

We now return to our regularly scheduled blame the US, do nothing, and lick the boots of tyrants fare that the 'world' has planned. Thank your local UN office, or diplomat.

USPS Shipping Deadlines

Yes Virginia, the holiday season is officially upon us. The USPS has released it's mailing deadlines for your goodies to get to where they're going in time for the fat man. Don't leave it to reindeers and chimneys, use the USPS!

Per the sign put up in our Post Office (which I actually laid eyes upon yesterday) these are the shipping deadlines:

27 November for Space A mail

04 December for Parcel Post

11 December for Priority and First Class (that's what pretty much everyone uses)

19 December for Express Mail

These dates are PURELY for shipping INTO the states (and state to state). If you're shipping to an APO/FPO backdate the limits by about 2 weeks. IE:

13 November for Space A (Do NOT use this method to ship to an APO! Personal experience talking here.)

20 November for Parcel Post (Again, I would caution you NOT to use this option for APO/FPO destined mail.)

27 November for Priority and First Class (THIS is the method I recommend for shipping anything and everything to APO/FPO addresses.)

05 December for Express Mail (Unless you like bending over and coughing, don't ship stuff this way - First Class & Priority work just fine, and won't cost you $20 and up as the STARTING price.)


These dates also would apply to MPS (Military Postal Service) from one APO/FPO to another APO/FPO. Please check with your postal office to insure you are able to ship from one to the other (there are some black-out locations).


And if you need help, or your post office employees are idiots (not unkown in a federal job branch), fee free to use the spiffy, new Click-n-Ship to get your mail into an APO/FPO.

Some Cool Pumpkin Ideas

Just some cool pattern sites I ran across while looking for patterns.

Patriotic Pumpkin Patterns (some in .pdf)

Jay's Patterns (ALL files are .pdf)

Disney (go to "creepy crafts" for 4 different patterns)

TONS of free patterns




Oh yeah, I also changed the link colors. Better?

Old School Drugs

I was thinking about when I grew up (I'm oh so old...) and how things have changed since then. Something that struck me was the difference in drugs (over the counter, not the "cool" kind).

So, I'm doing a poll of sorts. Which of my readers remembers THESE DRUGS? Consider that I'm 28, you won't be dating yourself if you acknowledge them. Also, do you just remember them, or did you use them/have them used on you? For those that remember them, do you fear using them now? If so, why??

Suffice to say, I've used ALL these drugs. They didn't kill any of my family members for several generations, I don't fear them and I don't think the FDA did a good thing by pulling them off the market.

I'm tempted to go down to the chemist/farmacia and see if I can buy some in tinticure form. They use "old" drugs (sulfa based are still regularly prescribed), they should still stock these. If only I knew their Italian drug names...


Iodine

Merthiolate

Mercurochrome (aka Monkey's Blood)


Now I know I was raised "country" but seriously, too many people grew up with those drugs to not remember them, to not have had them used. As long as you don't drink the damn things, they're not going to give you mercury poisining, or cancer, or lesions, etc.

Personally, if you're dumb enough to drink them or eat them, you deserve to die. You'll be doing humanity a service by removing yourself from the gene pool, sooner rather than later.

I've even set my mom on an errand of getting the recipe for making the tinticure forms from my grandfather. He made all of the ones the family used, so I need to get the instructions before time gets away from me and him.

Run Kinky, Run!

The fact they're ridin' your ass so hard means YOU SCARE THEM. Politics as usual is under threat from an outsider. Consider more Texans can name KINKY as a candidate than the dimicritic challenger to a rethuglican (Chris Bell and Rick Perry respectively).

RUN KINKY RUN!!

Beam Me UP Scottie?

Not quite, but still fascinating. Two professors at the Copenhagen University have teleported information from light to matter. That is a stupendious breakthrough in the ability to transport matter.

The distance is short, and the item is miniscule but the fact they manged to pull it off bodes well for the continuation of the ideas. Start small, go slow, and we may yet reach the "beam me up" era. I'd say not in MY lifetime, but it is one fascinating ideal...

For the Girly-girls

And the Girly-men.

I've got nails (I've had them for a few months, but now have an issue) and need some girly-girly advice. Men are far easier to "get" than girly-girls, so I need some advice - they don't like football and spicy cheetos so they're borderline uncomprehendable to me...


1. My cuticles are dry as hell and annoying the crap out of me. I usually just trim the hardened skin (yeah, don't faint) but that just gives me a few days before it's back again to cause problems.

So I decided to start treating it. I've got some Sally Hansen "Strenghtening Nail Creme" and Queen Helene "Mango & Cocoa Butter" hand and body lotion. I'm using them on a abab scheme (the lotion sticks around longer than the Sally Hansen stuff).


My question is - how long before this stuff starts to really kick in? It softens up the skin pretty much right away, but drys again almost as quicky. I'm considering buying some of those disposable cleaning gloves, lathering my hands up really good at night and sleeping in them (ala "Of Mice and Men" but not for the same reason). Is this a bad idea, or does my logic make sense in that it would increase the hydration rate of my skin/nails and lead to quicker results?


2. I'm considering getting a manicure - don't drop dead. I've NEVER (I can not stress taht enough), NEVER had a manicure (or pedicure, or wax, or ...) so I need to know a few things. Like this:


A. Does it hurt?

B. WTF exactly do they do at one? Trim your nails and paint them? 'Cause I can do that.

C. How much do they normally cost? This could be the dealbreaker...

D. Does a manicure help with dried cuticles?




E. Does it look like it would even be worth my time? I like my nails short, I am unanamored of fake ones (since I was 16 or there abouts) and have no desire for fiber anything to be placed on them.



3. I'm considering, seriously, going to the beauty shop to have them fix my hair for halloween. I can't even braid my own hair, my arms get tired about 1/2 way through. How hard would it be to get someone to do:

this



or this


or even this



to my hair? How much would it set me back? (Milwives are espcially welcome to comment as I pretty much have AAFES as my disposal and my Italian is pure crap.)

Something I can outright guarantee will NEVER grace my head is a monstrocity like this:





I'm directing these questions to the likes of TKW, Lorelie,Her Majesty, NF and a few other "girly girls" I know. Please don't take "girly-girl" as an offense. I'm not one, I don't understand ya'll in the slightest when you go all "shoes, clothes, makeup, hair" but I enjoy reading your and I consider you all friends thus I come to you seeking aid in my lack of "girly-girl" department. I KNOW I've had a few commenters also discuss my girly-girl lackingness but I can't remember your blog pages - sorry. You're more than welcome to comment though. Any help is appreciated! :D

Yea!

I'm FINALLY back online! I HATE technology, it normally screws up more than it works...And hubby's puter is the rule, not the exception.

The page load issues are with this puter, NOT my template (thank you LORELIE). I'm quite happy with my template (now that it's not so screwed up - by your's truly of course). :D

The network issues are due to British fucking phones that operate on the EXACT frequency of our wireless network - but ONLY hubby's computer is affected. While mine STILL won't get to BIOS. Have I said I HATE technology lately??


Oh yeah, the kid's not on Oxycontin. They put her on ... Something that starts with E - I sent it to school today with all the damn paperwork, so I'm not possitive. I do know it's an antibiotic if that counts. (I said I sucked with drug names.) No getting sick, but she's got to have it FOUR times a day.

No Rabies!

Cat has been checked. It's chipped, and up-to-date on it's shots so NO RABIES SHOTS for kiddo #1.

Update

Cat is at the vet clinic. Ran him in this morning (another parent wrestled him into a crate). Vet will call when he's had a chance to scan him and hopefully he's got a chip and the shots are up to date.

Oldest is home from school again. Pukey this weekend and today during class. Went back to the clinic, they took her off the Doxycycline and put her on Oxycontin (I think, I suck bdd with drug names). She'll start that tomorrow through Friday to make sure she has a full week of antibiotics. The lengths that kid will go to to avoid a few hours of school. ;)

I'll update as soon as I find out from the Vet. Hope, hope the cat's up-to-date...

Book Selection

Well, due to a hectic weekend I didn't get the book poll up. We'll do it come Monday.

I also forgot a reminder of this month's book selection (bad bookclub boss!).

We're reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King. A review will be coming at the end of the week (05 Oct.). For anyone that hasn't read it, or would like to join in - you can read that in a couple hours...4 is my personal record. :)