1. what was the worst day of your life so far and why?

That would have been the day that I had to tell my two oldest kids that their Dad and I weren't going to be together anymore (getting divorced). My kids were only 6 & 4 at the time, and it just tore my heart right out of my chest to know that I had something to do with their lil hearts breaking.

2. what has been the best day of your life..(not including marriges or births of kids) and why?

December 2, 2002!! That would have been the day that my DH and I got in the Penske truck, and started driving him home.... FOR GOOD! By this point, we had spent 3 years apart (he's military), only getting to see eachother for a week at a time every 7-8 months, the last one was our first year of marriage, with his first deployment being in the middle of that year. We also later found out that we'd conceived our daughter then, too! he he he

3.what is one song that you hate but know every word too and sing alone when noone is listeing?

I'm too sexy... I think that has got to the one of THE DUMBEST songs that anyone ever came up with! However, I'm not too shy when it comes to stuff like that, so it never matters to me if someone is around or not, I torture everyone with my singing! LOL

4.if you could live anywhere in the world where would u live and why?

I would live right here where I am! Well, maybe not in this house if I got to choose, I'd have a bigger house... I just couldn't ever see me calling any other "place" home! I've lived here all my life, born and raised.

5.are you happier today then you were yesterday..and why or why not?

Most difinately!! Because I was blessed with another day with my family & friends, and nothing extremely tramatic (not counting hubby's knocked out teeth) has happened to any of them!

Thanks to Christina for a fun interview! I hope ya'll enjoyed learning that little bit more about me!

I have been tagged by Christina..

What I was doing 10 years ago :
I was oogling over my 6 mo son (#2), and adjusting to life as a Momma of 2

What I was doing 5 years ago :
Trying to decide if I would, indeed, get remarried again. And if I could deal with the love of my life being 1,000 miles away, AND military!

What I was doing one year ago :
I was in mear shock that my baby (#3) had turned one!

What I did yesterday (Thursday) :
I had a wonderful time with my youngest during the day. Then found out that hubby got knocked in the mouth and had now a tooth and a half less than he started with.

Five songs I know all the words too :
1.Hotel California by The Eagles
2.Don't wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith
3.Open Arms by Journey
4.Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson
5.Leavin on a Jet Plane by Janice Joplin

Five snacks I enjoy:
1.Pears
2.Chips & Salsa
3.Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper
4.PB Granola Bars
5.PB & Sugar Toast

Five things I would do with 100 million dollars:
1.Buy land
2.Build another (bigger) house
3.Pay off my Mom & Dad's house
4.Buy my Dad a Custom Bike
5.Save the rest.

Five places I would run away to:
1.Guam (hubby keeps going w/out me)
2.The mountains
3.Hawaii
4.Disney w/whole family
5. Honeymoon w/hubby that we never had.

Five things I would never wear:
1. a bikini
2. a thong (hate wedges!)
3. bell bottoms
4. capris (aka high waters)
5. FM Pumps

Five favorite tv shows:
1.Medium
2.Cold case files
3.Big Brother
4.Forensic Files
5.Live court on Court TV

Five great joys:
1.family
2.kids
3.a happy marriage
4.friends
5.a clean house

Five favorite toys:
1.Video Recorder
2. Camera
3.My Truck
4.My (well hubby's) Computer
5.My PSP

Five current reads:

I'm just not a big reader right now.


Five folks I will tag for this:

I won't tag anyone, but if you'd like to do it, let me know!

Ok, I looked over my blog and realized that I haven't done a regular "life" post in a couple days. So here ya go..

The past couple of days have been eventful. As I've mentioned (I think), my youngest hasn't been feeling too well. Which simple translates into very late nites for me, even later than what this is use to! And even though she's up so much during the nite, and so often, she still manages to get up at the butt crack of dawn in the morning. However, Weds morning I find that she's actually sleeping in (shouldn't be too suprised, as she didn't sleep more than 15 minutes at a time up until 4:30 am). She's slept so long already that my oldest daughter has made her way to school, and my son will be on his way very shortly. And that is when it happens! The phone rings, it's my daughter calling from school. Yep! You guessed it! She needs to be picked up, she's sick! Ugggg! Which means waking the youngest out of her dream state, and giving up the glorious morning of sleeping in! So I wake her, throw a jacket on her, load her and my son up in the truck and we're off! Pick her up from school, *yawn* drop my son off at school, and head back home. After the drama in the morning, my day went a little smoother. Either that, or I slept walked through all the stressful parts. LOL

Which now brings me to Thursday (which is still my "today"). We had a very uneventful morning. Oldest is feeling better, everyone gets to (and stays at) school with no problem. I actually got a half way decent amt of sleep (Hey! 4 hrs is decent!) My youngest isn't as grumpy as she has been, and I find that I not only have a fun day with her, but a pretty productive one myself. Yeah!! Then it happens! The phone rings, it's my darling hubby, calling to let me know that he's going to be late from work. Now normally this wouldn't get my panties in a bunch, but this time is different. When I ask him why, he proceeds to tell me that he got hit in the mouth with a drill this afternoon, and is now sporting a gorgeous smile without one of his front teeth, and half of the other! Nice!! Now you have to couple this with the fact that we have no dental insurance yet (hubby hasn't been there long enough) which means that the dentist that his employer sent him to didn't do a damn thing for him (Ummm, think "exposed root") and the fact that he's suppose to be deploying in, hmmm... 18 days! So now we have to hope and pray that Workmans Comp will pay, and that he's able to have it done in a timely manner! Oh the joys of life! I certainly can't wait to see what good 'ol Friday is going to bring!

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of this wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out of the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn all over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?" She again smiled and answered, "You know how every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world did I do today?" "Yes," was his incredulous reply.

She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it."

This is a recent true story from a friend of mine that I obtained permission to share with ya'll. I will just copy & paste it here. Grab your tissues, it still gives me goosebumps!! Here's her story... non edited!

Hi everyone, as you know my dad passed away on Sunday morning. Thank you all for your kinds words and prayers for my family over the past few months, they have meant a lot to me.

I wanted to share this with you, it made us feel so blessed today.

After Frank found out he had terminal cancer he and my mom started talking about him becoming an angel when he died and he promised to watch over us when he got to Heaven safely. well unbeknownst to the rest of us until today, mom had asked Frank to send her a feather so she would know that he made it to Heaven safely. Guess what we found in my van today next to my mom's seat? A pristine white feather! We all started crying the second she told us about their secret as she held up the white feather that came out of nowhere!

This was such a special gift, I wanted to share it with you guys.

I completely LOVE Maxine, and I have quite a few of them on my computer! So I've decided to share and add a "Maxine a day" to my blog, until I run out that is. lol If anyone has any, please don't hesitate to fwd to me, a person can never have enough Maxine funnies! I hope ya'll enjoy! Here's the first one...

Dear Husband:

I'm writing you this letter to tell you that I'm leaving you for good. I've been a good woman to you for seven years and I have nothing to show for it. These last two weeks have been hell. Your boss called to tell me that you had quit your job today and that was the last straw. Last week, you came home and didn't notice that I had gotten my hair and nails done, cooked your favorite meal and even wore a brand new negligee. You came home and ate in two minutes, and went straight to sleep after watching the game. You don't tell me you love me anymore, you don't touch me or anything. Either you're cheating or you don't love me anymore, what ever the case is, I'm gone.

P.S. If you're trying to find me, don't. Your BROTHER and I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life!

Your EX-Wife

_______________________________________

Dear Ex-Wife:

Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It's true that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good woman is a far cry from what you've been. I watch sports so much to try to drown out your constant nagging. Too bad that doesn't work. I did notice when you cut off all of your hair last week, the first thing that came to mind was "You look just like a man!" My mother raised me to not say anything if you can't say anything nice. When you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY BROTHER, because I stopped eating pork seven years ago. I went to sleep on you when you had on that new negligee because the price tag was still on it. I prayed that it was a coincidence that my brother had just borrowed fifty dollars from me that morning and your negligee was $49.99. After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out. So when I discovered that I had hit the lotto for ten million dollars, I quit my job and bought us two tickets to Jamaica. But when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason I guess. I hope you have the filling life you always wanted. My lawyer said with your letter that you wrote, you won't get a dime from me. So take care.

P.S. I don't know if I ever told you this but Carl, my brother was born Carla. I hope that's not a problem.

Oh yeah! I could see my hubby doing this without a doubt! I can't wait to show him the pic....errrrrr, well, maybe I shouldn't if I don't want this standing in my own front yard! LOL Hope ya enjoy!

I suppose you would say "Well, I would say it was a chocolate chip cookie", and that would be all the meaning it would have to you. Well, to me, it is a single chocolate chip cookie, that should, in fact, by several chocolate chip cookies! Ok, ok. I should tell you the rest of the story...

As I mentioned last nite, I went out to my Mom's, and when I got home everyone was in bed, most everyone asleep. There were four rows (yes! I said rows!) of cookies on the counter when I got home, and still there when I went to bed. However, when I get up in the morning, there are only three cookies! No! Not three rows, three cookies! So I proceed to ask the kids how many cookies they had, if any. I find out that my daughter put two in her lunch, my son ate one, and there are three still there, as I said. Which means to me that hubby took all but SIX of the 4 ROWS of cookies!

Now don't get me wrong, I know that the cookies are not only for the kids, they are for hubby as well, if he wants them. However, he doesn't have to take all the cookies! Geesh! lol

Was actually pretty nice, aside from the lil one still not feeling too good. We had a delicious dinner (if I do say so myself), DH went downstairs and worked on the bedroom some more while Rach and I played and played upstairs. Then after I got her to bed and DH came upstairs for the nite, I went out by my Mom's and visited for awhile. It's amazing how much you can learn about your own life when you have a casual conversation with your Mother! lol She also told me about the cutest thing that Rach said to her while I was gone with my oldest getting her glasses.. Mom had brought over some coffee with her in one of those coffee cups with a lid, and Rach wanted a drink. She, of course, gave her some, and when Rach took a sip of it she looked up at my Mom and said, "Mmmmm, this is my favorite!" lol Now you have to understand that she just turned two!

Speaking of both my daughters. I was also enlighted to another cute fact! Seems as though my oldest daughter was tryin to teach the lil one to say "Okie Dokie". Well, with her being so young, that was a mouth full and kept coming out "Okie Okie". Which my oldest has adopted and I hear using quite often now! How cute is that.. the lil one starting "trends" for the older one!

The only bad thing I can think of about my day today isn't even directly related to me, but scares me just the same, and makes you think about how precious every day is. On my drive home from my Mom's there was what appeared to be a pretty bad accident right up the road from my house. A road dead ends into a highway, and it appeared that the driver didn't realize that, or wasn't paying enough attention. Either way, there were fresh skid marks right at the end of the road pretty close to the stop sign and continuing through the highway and a car in some people front yard (looked like he hit a tree). These people yard actually drops down from the highway a good few feet, so I'm sure that the vehicle went airborn before coming to a rest. There were a ton of State Police and local police, two ambulances, a tow truck, a fire engine, and a bunch of volunteer vehicles. I just hope and pray that everyone involved is alright! I'm sure it'll be on the news in the morning, and I'll let ya'll know what I hear about it in a post tomorrow.

Until then... remember to say your "I love you"'s and give your hugs and kisses before leaving your loved ones... even if your not completely happy with them at the moment, because you never know what the next minute in life will bring you!

I just wanted to stop in and say hello. My poor lil one is still not feeling too well. So I'm sure that I'll be able to get a regular post later on tonite about my day. She does such crazy things! lol I also went today to pick up new glasses with my oldest. Fun, fun! Until then....

I couldn't help but share a couple of these pics of our youngest daughter "helping" (more like following everywhere) Daddy work on a car! She's without a doubt "Daddy's Girl"!