Had a good Mother's Day. I hope all you other mom's out there did too. Weather sucked, but spending time with the family was awesome. I'll be super busy this week getting this months billing finished up so I can get it sent out by Thurday. I hate this time of the month. That is until all the checks start rolling in. Then it isn't so bad. Anyway, just wanted to let you know if you didn't hear from me for a while then that is why. Later All!!!
Today is my birthday...the big 4-0. I must admit that I wasn't looking forward to this day. For the past year, I've been teased about turning 40 and it was starting to get to me. I got up this morning, however, with a good attitude and guess what. It's actually made the day pretty good. Oh, and the gifts helped a lot too. HA!
My daughter gave me two cds:
I had lunch with my mom,
And hubby sent me these beautiful flowers:
Hubby is also saying that there will be dinner out tonight and my son also has a gift for me, but he said I had to wait until he gets home from school today to receive it. All in all, a good 40th. I don't know what I was afraid of.
Happy Cinco De Mayo to those of you who celebrate. I have always wondered what the origin of Cinco De Mayo was, being as I'm not of mexican or chicano descent. I did a bit of online digging and found some interesting facts. If you want to read the entire article, click HERE. Otherwise, here are just a few interesting facts that I'd like to share:
1. Cinco De Mayo marks the victory of the Mexicans over the French in the Battle of Puebla, demonstrating to the world that Mexico and Latin America would defend themselves of any foreign intervention.
2. Cinco De Mayo is more commercialized now in the United States then it is in Mexico, and is more of a Chicano holiday then a Mexican one.
3. People of Mexican descent in the United States celebrate this significant day by having parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing and other types of festive activities.
Hi all. As some of you know, I am self-employed with my husband. We run our own business out of our house. That is fine and all, but there never seems to be enough money coming in to pay our bills. So, I've been looking at alternative ways to earn money, mainly by utilizing this blog. I am already a member of several pay to write websites, but am always on the lookout for more. I wanted to let you all know that there is a new one out there. It's called SocialSpark and it is awesome.
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I knew that my hubby had talked to someone about getting our deck built around the pool this year, but I had no idea that he'd already made plans for them to do it. This is what I came home to today:
I'm so excited! No climbing out of the pool on a wobbly ladder this year. No chance of slipping and breaking my neck on wet plastic. No grassy feet getting into the clean pool water. Yay! This deck is attached to our other deck by the walkway that you can see in the second picture. The deck by the pool isn't huge, but it is big enough to set a couple of lawn chairs or a chair and side table on. It'll be so nice to be able to climb out of the pool and sunbathe if I want this year. Or, if I don't feel like getting into the pool, I'll still be able to sit out by it and enjoy watching the kids swim. I'm just so ecstatic about this whole surprise. Now it just needs to warm up enough so I can enjoy it.
Happy Birthday Baby Girl. Hard to believe she is 17 years old today. Boy has the time flown!!!
Stolen from Crazy Lady in Vegas, here is a random bit of silly for your day.
60 questions answered with 1 word
1)What is in the back seat of your car right now? junk
2)When was the last time you threw up? 2007
3)What’s your favorite word or phrase? craptastic!!
4)Who made you smile today? Mom
5)What were you doing at 8 am this morning? driving
6)What were you doing 30 minutes ago? peeing
7)Favorite board game? scrabble
8)Have you ever been to a strip club? nope
9)What is the last thing you said aloud? hello
10)What is the best ice cream flavor? chocolate
11)What was the last thing you had to drink? soda
12)What are you wearing right now?clothes
13)What was the last thing you ate? chinese
14)Have you bought any new clothing items this week?nope
15)When was the last time you ran?pfft!
16)What’s the last sporting event you watched?football
17)If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?Hawaii
18)Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on myspace? nobody
19)Ever go camping?once
20)Do you have a tan? no.
21)Do you use smiley faces on the computer a lot? Depends
22)Do you drink your soda from a straw? Sometimes.
23)What did your last text message say? bye
24)Are you someone’s best friend? yes
25)What are you doing tomorrow? working
26)Where is your mom right now? home
27)Look to your left, what do you see? phone
28)What color is your watch? silver
29)What do you think of when you think of Australia? koala
30)Ever ridden on a roller coaster? No
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31)Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? drive
32)Do you have any friends on myspace that you actually hate? possibly
33)Do you have a dog? No
34)Last person you talked to on the phone? Josh
35)Have you met anyone famous? Yes
36)Any plans today? dinner
37)Are you happy?Yes
38)Where are you right now?work
39)Biggest annoyance in your life right now? sciatica
40)Last song listened to? Get Stoned (oops, two words)
41)Last movie you saw? bad
42)Are you allergic to anything? lots
43)Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? sketchers
44)Are you jealous of anyone?nope
44)Are you married?yes
45)Is anyone jealous of you? possibly
46)What time is it? 3:29
47)Do any of your friends have children?lots
48)Do you eat healthy?sometimes
49)What do you usually do during the day?work
50)Do you hate anyone right now? no
51)Do you use the word ‘hello’ daily?Yes
52)How many kids do you want? two
53)How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 40(!!!!)
55)How did you get one of your scars? scoliosis
57) When was the last time u got ditched? ???
58) Did you like school?? sometimes
59) Is it natural for someone to be sad all the time??no
60) Do you smoke? no
My daughter had her junior prom Saturday evening. She said she had a lot of fun. She went with a bunch of her friends. Hard for me to believe that she is old enough to be going to prom. It seems like I should still be that age. It hit me hard when she was all dressed and ready to go Saturday. She looked so grown up. What happened to my baby girl? When did she become a lovely young woman? Here are a few pictures that I took before she left for the night. I'll have more once we get them downloaded to the computer. For now, though, here is my lovely not-so-little girl. Enjoy!!
