Fall Preview ...

OMG. It is that time of year again. The time of year when you need to take a day off work to prepare for the new Fall lineup of TV shows. It isn't as easy as one might think. You first have to figure out what all of the new shows are. You then have to get on the Internet and read what the show is about and watch the sneak preview. OK, so then you have to make notes about when they start and what channel they are on not to mention the day and time the will regularly be on. After all of this you still have to get the DVR involved. You can only tape two shows at one time so you then prioritize the shows that you have chosen. It is a painful process. Luckily there is nothing on Monday or Friday that I want to watch, that will give me a chance to catch up on everything I have set to tape. Gary is not so excited. He dislikes about 90% of my shows so he usually excuses himself to the bedroom to watch Fox News. The secret to a good marriage ... DVR and two TVs.

OK, so I finally did it ....

Did you see the target ad this last Sunday? How could I not buy a new purse? They had five or six different purses that I liked and they were only $20.00. Gary and I went running around on Sunday afternoon just to get out of the house and somehow or another we ended up at Target with two purses and a wallet in the cart. I don’t know how it happened, it just did. I have carried both purses around the house now for two days and have finally decided which to keep. I am also taking the wallet back because all of my “stuff” not money but stuff will not fit into it. I just couldn't take it anymore. It was either go buy a $20 purse or pay $65 for a massage to deal with all of the stress of no new purse. I think I got the best deal at Target.

Grandma or Mom?

After somewhat of a stressful week, I sat down today to watch some mindless TV. As I am flipping through the channels, I come across the Maury Show. Is my husband the father of my daughter's baby? OK, now first I thought, do people really watch this crap? Then I found that it was the end of the show and I had sat and watched the entire show. So, the answer to that questions is YES. Where do those people come from. So you are a single mom and you begin to date and then marry. On your first wedding anniversary you find out that your daughter is pregnant ... and it might be your husband's baby. Are you kidding me? I am saying they need to go straight from the Maury Show to Dr Phil. After watching this show for an hour all I can think of is .... does that baby call you Granny or Stepmom? Next time I want mindless TV I am watching Sponge Bob.

It is one of those days ...

When someone lives with you for several months, no matter hard you try not to, you get attached. It has been two weeks today that my granddaughter, Jamie (4) left for a visit to Elden and Columbia and has never returned. I miss her. I miss her waking me up in the mornings, singing "you are my sunshine". I miss her calling me "granny" with hands on her hips. I miss her sitting on my lap while I tried to work. Today Amanda has moved into her dorm at the University of Arkansas for her freshman year in college. I miss her also. I will miss the sushi, the soccer games and hearing her call me "Doof". In my best possible attempt to cheer myself up today, I have the music playing really really loud. I started out listening to Randy Travis, Big Smith and Andy Griffith Gospel CDs. I have just been walking around the house singing as loud as I could possibly sing. The dogs are scared. They have run into the bedroom to hide under the bed. Ok, well Roxy just has her head under the bed because she can't fit any other part of her body under there. I have changed the music to Big Smith. Burn down the house, 12 inch 3 speed oscillating fan and Trash are my fav Big Smith songs. Daisy has stuck her head out from under the bed and is now howling as I sing ... I'm gonna burn down the house and leave by the light of the fire ... I am not sure if it is my singing that is making her howl or if she thinks I am going to leave her in the house while it is burning. The music helps ... but when it stops, there is still the void of no Jamie or Amanda. Oh, and to make things just a bit worse ... there is still no new fall purse.

PURSE ....

You ever get something in your mind and you can't get it out. Your mind wanders away from it for a bit but it always goes right back to that one thing. Well, I need a new purse. I have spent all day convincing myself that I should not jump in the car and go look for the perfect Fall purse. I mean if I started, it could take all day. Target, TJMax, JCPenney, Dillard's, Macy's, Gordman's ... and the list goes on. So I have made it through the entire day without going and getting one yet here I sit at 10:15pm still thinking about it. I have been on QVC and the home shopping network websites. Still, no new purse. I went to the closet and got one out from last year. It is perfectly fine but who am I kidding ... there will be a new purse and if I was a betting woman I would say I will NOT be able to make it through day two without at least starting the search. Wish me luck.

Cupcakes are the way to go.

I have been spending more time on facebook since the girls are gone. I have a lot of time on my hands. I have been reading profiles of those in my past. Some are very specific and some not. I just read my profile and I feel so boring. Married for 7 years, worked at the same place for 10 years. No pictures of my kids, cause I don't have any. No pics of my step kids cause they don't like me. I have decided to make some stuff up ... I think I am going to go with cupcakes. I am married to Gary who works for the us Marshall's (cause i love the show "in plain sight"). He travels alot which is why I am able to spend so much time making cupcakes. I opened "jenny's cakes" 5 years ago and was voted best place to get sweets by the 417 magazine for the third year in a row. We are members of the Corgi rescue team taking in pups and dogs alike who have been abused or are from puppy mills. We just returned from a two week vacation in Hawaii, photos to follow. I have just graduated from culinary school and spend all of my spare time cooking gourmet meals for the homeless. Or maybe I have been married to Gary for seven years, we have kids that don't like us, jobs that are boring and I can't cook. I think cupcakes are the way to go.

Where does the time go?

It has been awhile since I wrote. I hate that I can not tell you what I have done for the last couple of weeks. I didn't have a lot of down time. My DVR is 73% full so I haven't been watching much TV. My on-line farm has all 4 day crops so I haven't been on the computer much. I don't seem to get anything done. I haven't done anything fun. You work and then two weeks are gone. I guess what they say is true ... the older you get the faster time goes by. OMG ... I have nothing. Nothing to talk about. Goodnight.