Ok, so here's the color combo....

I think I'm going to stick w/ this combo (at least for now anyway, I love to change stuff up)
Now we need to work on adding in 'fun' stuff to the blog, ie: pics, clocks, and whatever else strikes my fancy.

For my bday last week, C got me a cleaning service, one that will show up every other week. I'm very happy to have the help. I hate doing the floors in this house. I just wish they could fold and put away laundry too! lol C doesn't help so somebody has to do it. I figure it will eleviate a lot of stress in our home. Plus these ladies will do all the nitty gritty stuff that I only get around to doing every couple of months... like the baseboards, and windows, and all the dusting.... it will be good I'm sure. I'm just nervous about the $$$ part. C says he's got it all worked out, so I'm just gonna trust him on that. Today is their first day, and I'm nervous and excited at the same time.

OK now to ramble on about my sibling like I promised, cause I know you were just waiting w/ baited breath! I have one older brother, B. He is 5 yrs older than me. He is married w/ 2 kids. H e still lives on Long Island and I don't get to see him as much as I'd like. He is currently having marriage problems and I'm praying that they can work things out, for many reasons. He LOVES to play golf and poker. (hence, the marriage problems) When we were kids we fought like cats and dogs! We would hit and yell and scream (well, I would scream). We hardly ever got along. When I was in HS things started to chage. He was living in our grandmothers house right next to our house and at the time he was going through a rough patch in his life. I would hang out over there and we would watch movies and go to Friendlys for ice cream. I remember having some great conversations w/ him at this point in our lives. Then I went out of state to college and we only talked when I was in town. Again, we were growing up and maturing so our relationship only got better. Now, as adults, we can talk on the phone for hours at a time. I love my brother and would do anything for him. He is funny, smart, and cool. He's a teacher, so he has the summers off and I'm trying to get him to come down here for at least a week this year. Who knows, maybe w/ all the strife at home (actually he moved out, but...) he will need to get away for a while. but I'm not dumb, I know my brother... he ain't coming to visit me in TX!

this is what you call a "whaaat the....????"

sorry folks, but all good things must come to an end. (and bad things too) Not that this is 'bad', it's just not how it's gonna stay. And yes, I am talking about the look of my blog. This, my friends, is what happens when you let your colored-blind DH choose the background color for your blog. I really couldn't complain about it b/c he was so nice about doing it, but I really can't let it stay this way either. So tonight, after dark, b/c we have some outside things that need to get done. We will sit down and work this out together. In the mean time, enjoy the banner pic that I took on a trip to Rockport, Mass about 2 yrs ago. :)

more on this later:

I don't usually click on the blog challenges on SJ... don't know why, cause Lord knows I need some inspiration for my blog, but alas I don't USUALLY click on those threads. Well, today I did and I'm so excited b/c I love the topic and I'm gonna rattle on about it later. But here is the topic, copied directly from the thread on SJ (thanks Beth!)
Thursday Blogger
Write about your siblings. Are you close with them or not? Do you see them often? What is one memory that truly sticks out about the sibling?

ok it just might happen TONIGHT!!!!

FINALLY, dh and I have an evening to catch up on LIFE! We have been so buys for the last well, it's been about 6 weeks now. I think that I cooked on a Friday night two weeks ago tomorrow. Seriously, we have been just THAT busy. Well, tonight :gasp: keep your fingers crossed, we don't have anything on the schedule. C will come home and cut the grass and make sure there isn't any standing water around (we are trying to NOT breed mosquitoes) and then I'm going to ask him to do the blog thing with me. I know I keep making all these 'blog' promises and then I go and break them, but really this time (as far as I know) there shouldn't be anything stopping us from getting this done.

Well, I got a year older on Monday and I'm not too happy about it. I thought it would be a big deal to turn 30, but other than the emotional part about turning 30 on Mothers Day the yr after my mom died, actually turning 30 wasn't a big deal. But now when I have to say 31... it just kills me. I so don't even feel like I left my teen yrs... I was watching some kids yesterday and the daughter asked me how old I was, I told her and she said my mom is 36... you look older than her. I almost cried! Why, is getting older such a big deal to me?

I have a new addiciton besides steak buritos from Chipotle. I'm a cherry + vanilla coke addict or a cherry + lime + vanilla sprite addict (depending on the time of day).... these drinks must be purchased from Sonic and must have only a little ice (i'm addicted to the DRINK not the temp of the beverage!) I think I've had one everyday this week and at a $1.82 a pop that's not exactly cheap.

Speaking of this week, I LOVE not working!!!!!

Ok, well, if I really want to get this blog spiffed up tonight, I'd better do some housework now so I'm not stuck doing it later!

Take it easy, my friends!

Holy cow! Look what I did, by all myself!!!!

I'm so super proud of myself!!!! I actually changed something in my blog and it worked and DH isn't even here!!!!!!!!!!!
I changed the google news and 'edit me' stuff to sites that I frequent. I figured I'd better work more on my blog now that it is getting more traffic from SJ. I can't wait for DH to get home so that he can do the header thing for me and change some fonts and what not. I can only do so much!!! lol
Well, I really had no intention of posting right now... just wanted to brag on myself a bit.
I'll get back to you later!!!