Whadaya Mean I Can't Tell Anyone???

I'm on my way home from work and talking to Tony on my cell, when he tells me some BIG..I mean HUGE news.
Then adds....."Please don't tell anyone yet." Huh???
Do you not know who you are talking to?
And just like that, he tells me he has to let me go cause he is on his way to practice.

Quickly I call him back to get the ok to tell his dad. He laughs and gives me the ok and says he is only telling his siblings and Laura till everything is in place.

I so suck at keeping big news in.

I pounce on David as soon as I walked in the door. In typical verbal diahrrea form, out spills this fantastic news. His reaction?? "Oh cool."
THAT'S IT???
God I hate laid back people sometimes.

So now I have all this amazing info and I'm busting to tell the world...and I can't...I PROMISED.
Shit this so sux!

If I give a hint..it's not really blabbing is it???

Music and a certain well known station..

That's all I'm saying..lips are now sealed.

A Special Bond

Anjelika has her first date tonight since her break up with Kirby.
It's the first time I've seen her THAT excited in a long time. She was stressing about picking up her outfit and still having time to go work out before getting ready.

So tonight I got a text from Emilie telling me that Anjelika had asked her to help her get ready. Emilie applies makeup like a pro and she did a great job as usual. Then she did her hair. She took a picture and sent it to me. Not only did I get details about the makeup used but she texted me this..." It's so cute. It's like I have a little sister." Both Emilie and Anjelika have 2 brothers and they are the only girls.

Instead of getting her BFF to help, she asked Emilie.... her SIL.
Even though they live in the same building and one floor apart, she doesn't want to bother her.
It warms my heart that she reached out to Emilie for help and that Emilie was there to act like the big sister she doesn't have. To not only help get her ready but to share in her excitement. And I see how their relationship has been growing outside of the SIL relationship...as sisters...as friends

Damien did good by marrying her...though I already know this....she always finds another way to tug at my heartstrings.

Oh No..Not Again

At this very moment, I look like I am 6 months pregnant...

My stomach is killing me and I can't get comfortable.

Tums??? GasX???

While Spacing Out..

1. Sunday nights are the worst. I'm already thinking of the things I have to do once I get to the office in the morning.

2. Why hasn't Tony called me?? Has he forgotten that I was in labor with him for an hour and that gives me dibs on who he should call first?

3. How does anyone play online poker for this long?? If he was betting REAL money I would seriously have to kill him and collect the life insurance money.

4. Hmmm.. haven't heard from Anjelika either....maybe that's who Tony is talking to instead of me.

5. Might be babysitting baby boy Tuesday night while Damien plays his show and Emilie is going too. Kinda worried..getting up and ready for work with a baby at home, to then drop said baby off before heading to work, sure isn't the same now as it was in my 20's.

6. I really need to get out of these jammies, take a shower and put on a fresh pair. Chewy won't lay on the couch with me...Doesn't that tell ya something?

2009 TBR Challenge Lite

There are so many books I've bought but haven't read and so many others I want to read, that I figured I should join the challenge.

My list for this year is short so that there is no pressure. 6 books in 12 months. I can do that.

1.Dead Center- Shiya Ribowsky

2. The Glass Castle- Jeannette Walls

3. But Inside I'm Sreaming-Elizabeth Flock

4. Everybody into the Pool- Beth Lisick

5. Tales from the bed- JeniferEstess

6. Pretty in Plaid-Jen Lancaster

a. Time of My Life-Allison Winn Scotch

b.The Department of Lost & Found -Allison Winn Scotch

The first 5 I already have, just haven't had a chance to read them yet. The last one is a must read but won't be out till April.

So there it is

2009 To Do List

I hate New Years resolutions, only because I never keep them.
So in order not to fail miserably once again, I'm making a to do list.

Top ten things to do in 2009....

10. Set up an Etsy shop

9. Learn digital art

8. Make time for art

7. Blog more frequently (hence the challenge)

6. Learn to use all the bells and whistles on my camera

5. Lose some weight by my 50th birthday

4. Be more physcially active

3. Take some art classes at the Lill St Art Center

2. Stop sweating the small stuff

1. Finish some of the remodeling jobs we got going here, so I don't bring in 2010 the way I did
this year

Exploding into 2009

WARNING: If bodily functions are offensive or disturbing to you, if reading about this gives you visuals (as they do me) Stop right here...Do NOT read any further.

I woke up yesterday morning at 1:30 am with a cramp and a gurgle.

Gurgles scare me.

I flew not walked downstairs. It's times like these that I curse David for not finishing the upstairs bathroom. Between sitting on the pot and leaning into the sink, what floats through my head??

"Well that's one way of saying good bye to 2008."

I went back to bed and repeated the above 3 more times till I gave up and laid on the couch, which is a mere 15 ft from the bathroom.

This continued till 4 am, when I finally got some sleep before getting up for work. I'm such a trooper..I went to work. Only lasted there 3 hours and I went home. It's a miracle there were no accidents en route.

So, as everyone else was bringing in the year with imported beers and foo foo drinks,

I was in bed with my ginger ale and the stomach flu.

Yea!!! Happy New Year