{oh.my.word}

I have cleaned my office all.day.long.

And, I mean alllllllllllll day long.

It has been in winter hibernation as well and was GROUCHY!

But, it looks great now, thank the Lord! 

I'm about to get very productive in there again.  I'm still

contemplating moving my small "temporary" set up that

now resides in the living room back to the office.

Temporary as in the fact it was only suppose to reside

in the living room for a few weeks, the peak of my fall

season so I wouldn't be totally isolated from the family as I

edited like a mad woman.  Oh, and here we are five+

months later, still in the living room with cables everywhere.

NOT a pretty sight.

As I drank my 3rd cup of coffee {well, not technically as I

had to throw #2 out as I got dust in it} it dawned on me

there are things about me the boys - although they are

around it, likely will not remember.  Or, understand, but that's
another story.  So, I'll jot some thoughts down here. 

Some weird facts really........

1.  I drink coffee from Christmas mugs all year long.  It tastes better. ;)

2.  On that subject, I start listening to Christmas music around July.

3.  I still adore Elvis.  Like REALLY adore although I pretty much keep that in the closet.

4.  I have become ridiculously afraid of flying {I definitely keep that hidden from them} and

not long ago when I shared this in Bible study a new friend shared that she had been

in a house that was HIT BY A PLANE.   That is my exact #2 fear regarding airplanes.

You won't see me at an airshow.  I sooooo hate that about myself!  I've actually tried hypnosis. 

Did NOT work.  I have analyzed myself and think it has to do with the fact I was 

suppose to fly into the East Coast the Saturday after 911.  Major damage.  

5.  I detest cotton candy.

6.  I'm a little accident prone.  HA!  Kidding! ALLLLL  of you knew that, including my boys!   I'll spare you from all the details but will clue you in on the fact I have a son that takes after me. ;) 

7.  I used to love deer.   Don't mention strawberries around me for a few years.

8.  My soul adores old barns.   They have caused more than one near-miss when it comes to crashes because I can't drive past one without ohhhing and ahhhing. 

9.  I hate cell phones.   They think I love them, but my friends know I don't.

10.  Don't take me to the fair, I will throw up on you.  Been there, done that on several occasions.   And Farris Wheels are a death trap in my opinion. 

11.  I sing until the boys ask me not too.

12.  I hate public speaking.  I hyperventilated during a speech in college and almost passed out.   That was AFTER I was on a very active Debate team. 

13.  I ADORE flowers. 

14.  I am overly addicted to beauty products.  And, you would think I would have some major results by the looks of my bathroom counter and drawers.  Sinful really.

15.  I love, love, love simple.  Even though I have a tendency to complicate matters. ;)

{oops, i did it again!}

forgot I had a peel on my face.

{md update}

my appt with the eye doctor went well today. i do have a "birthmark" behind my left eye which is likely linked to the "blackness" i was seeing on a few of the previous eye exams. nothing to worry about. it has likely been there my entire life and due to the specific tests administered to me last week, just wasn't identified. on just caution alone, he will continue to see me every four months for about a year and a half or so. whew!

now back to eye doctor #1 to work on these not-so-lovely-focusing-problems i have developed.

thanks to everyone for their prayers! it's never good when you have an eye that will not stop twitching to find that something is behind it.....that shouldn't be. :) but, all is well!

{Not Me!}

I honestly was not patterning my blog posts after anything last night. I was super-duper tired and had a tad too much caffiene. I actually had to break my fingers to keep from erasing all of that stuff this morning. Well, not really. I still have a little caffiene entering my system.

But, it really was fun. And, while I was writing it, I did recall reading something, somewhere in blogland with a similar thing. So, I did a little goggling this morning and there really is a "Not Me Monday" topic out there created by the famous MckMama (mommy to sweet baby Stellan the whole world is praying for)....

I will do the appropriate linkages at some point, because it was really fun. But, until then, and... because I was up until 4:15 this morning working on a computer that was trying to die on me (YET again!) Not the new one. That shiny thing is sitting on a table across the room, but who has had time to even try to figure it out. Definitely NOT ME, truly.

So, after I sunk more $$ into clean up programs and such. I called it quits. I pronounced officially at 4:16 pm. Which leads me to this............

SURELY, I did NOT have to purchase yet another computer? A desktop. Within a two week period of the laptop? Because surely my new shiny laptop is compatable with my remote office. And, there is absolutely no compatiability problems with the zillions of software/files I use on my PC. And, certainly, I have all the time in the world to transfer files. So, currently, there is not a lemon of a laptop under my desk I used to work on vacations. I would never to that. And, there is not the laptop gazing at me from across the room. And, there is not this sick, sick computer I am pounding on making horrible dying noises as I type this. And, then, the new PC that is taking up half my counter space in the kitchen. And, if you've been here, you know that I am scant on counter space. And, what? Surely to goodness there is not a computer in the computer hutch in my bedroom that was replaced oh, about five years ago? I am so computer poor.

Head.Hurts.

{reviews}

Wow. I have already received emails (two) regarding the post tonight. And, those were sent before I made the riveting revisions. So, by request (of one of the two) I may revisit things that absolutely did not happen to me. Ever. But, in case I ever were to, as any writer would, I would need to brainstorm topics. Topics that of course did not really occur. For instance.......

1) the car wash story. not once, but, twice.
2) the near-drowning event. in a car.
3) the near-drowning event in a pool.
4) hitting the dog that no one was walking.
5) hitting the dog chasing the rabbit that I did not run over.
6) never hitting that roadrunner. because that would not even be possible.
7) never being accused of backing down a mailbox.
8) never backing down an entry-way.
9) never having an under wire pierce a water-filled bra. (sorry Philip, you may want to avoid that post)
10) never being chased off of my front porch by coyotes. yikes!
11) never wasting valuable time climbing through a fence while nearly being kidnapped.
12) never catching the new house being constructed on fire while hanging insulation and grounding myself out at the very same time.
13) never getting my finger hung in a garage door while balancing on my tip-toes of that same exact house with no one around for miles.
14) no hair color mishap that turned my hair blue. can we say Elvis?
15) not making a stranger pass out in mid-flight by giving myself a fertility shot into the stomach. after numbing the area with a can of coke.
16) not ever having my first car stolen by the guy I loaned it to. and, surely I would have never dated him.
17) never having to be rescued by an ex-boyfriend, (who may now be my husband) from a likely serial killer because I would never be trying to make that ex-boyfriend jealous and got in over my naive head.
18) never pulled a garden hose that was attached to a house in Fianna - THROUGH Fianna. Oh, no, can likely never go there.
19) never getting pulled over by a policeman because I was in a race to get home for fertility drugs. I would hate for you to ever get the impression that for a stent in my life - my life revolved around fertility drugs.
20) and, since I am NOT on that topic. My BIL would have NEVER come home from work early on a day that involved a getting a brown paper bag at a very high speed across town in order for it to be spun. that could never have been related to number 18. not sure if this g-rated blog is appropriate for that. enough said. it was all in an effort to have a sweet little family.
21) i could have never been pulled over after speeding for a broken tail light and not have my DL, my insurance card or if I finally located the insurance card after a non-breathing 10 minutes search.....it had to be current. right?

well, IF I were to ever brainstorm. I am sure I could come up with nothing. Absolutely nadda.

(revisions)

IN CASE, you read that fictional story I put together earlier. You may want to go back and re-read it. Because maybe.......just maybe.......I made up some additional stuff.