Breaking News!

We interrupt your blog reading, for a very special announcement.

The Tail of 2 Doggies is up and running. Head on over to our place.

Go HERE, to check us out!

When you're done, we guess that you can come back here..if you feel that you must.

Sincerely, George and Gracie.

I Asked and I Received!

The other day, I asked if anyone would like to hear about raising a large family. Most comments were a thumbs up. There was interest in several things...But BZ was as specific as you can get. So, for starters - today I'll answer her queries. Here are her questions:

Hmmm... questions re: TEN kids....
Okay,... well..... as a curious person that often asks TOO many questions, here's what I'm wondering:
What are the genders and times lengths between each?
Ex:
1.. boy
2. 14 months later, girl.
3. 2 yrs. 1 months later, boy
4 & 5. 18 moths later, twin girls...
Birth order and gender has always intrigued me with what research shows as "typical" (that's the curious psychotherapist in me).
Hmmm, what else....
Were all regular deliveries or any cesareans?
Did you breast feed? ...all?, or #s 1,5,6,7 and 10?? ...if breast fed, how long typically?
[Is this enough ?s yet :-)! ]
Is there a typical career field that they -boys and/or girls have leaned toward?
Are any of them particularly close as adults? ...if so, how far apart time-wise were they?
And lastly, ...I know... are you sorry you asked?!? :-)....
...here it is: Was there a time that you ...??... said... or thought... maybe we should ??? ummm... ?? ...do ????..... "something else" since you thought it was a fertile time for you....??...and maybe .... you were, in general, TIRED?
I'm honestly asking because my husband and I have ONE ....and this has been the case with us before although, we are planning on "trying again" soon).
*
Okay... did I just make enough comment/questions for the rest of the quarter?!?
:-)

1st child - Boy
2nd child, 23 months later - Girl
3rd child, 26 months later - Boy
4th child, 15 months later - Girl
5th child, 15 months later - Girl
6th child, 35 months later - Boy
7th child, 26 months later - Girl
8th child, 27 months later - Boy
9th child, 19 months later -Girl
10th child, 12 years later - We adopted a boy who was 10 years.

No C-sections. Had very quick and easy deliveries. And when I say quick I mean very quick. When my third child was born the doctor didn't make it, nor on with number eight or number 9. With my second, my doctor couldn't get upstairs in time, so a resident on the floor stepped in.
For the last three or four, we were at the hospital (and hubby starts the clock when he park) for 20 minutes or less before delivery. The most I've ever pushed was three times. Had two deliveries when I never pushed at all.

I did have high risk pregnancies, due to RH/ABO blood incompatibilities. I had pre-eclampsia with my first.

I breast fed all but the first (and of course the last ), and of all the babies the first needed to be breast fed the most. He was allergic to most of the formulas that we tried. His pediatrician scared me into bottle feeding him. His bilirubin was higher than the doctor was comfortable with and breast milk can (for a brief time) raise those levels. I was young and didn't know didly. I did a lot of research before my next child was born.

As far as the length of time - I basically let them wean themselves. Most quit at around 15 - 18 months, the longest was almost 3 years. I didn't use bottles at all with most of them. Just started them on sippy cups, when they were old enough.

No typical careers. Most of them are very musical. 3 play the cello. 3 play the viola. I plays the violin and soprano sax. 2 of the 3 violists play the folk harp. 2 of the 3 violists play the piano.
2 of the cellists play the guitar. One additional child plays the guitar. Many of the kids where in choirs in Elementary through high school, and a couple of the boys are really good artists.

One son has a 2 year degree in computers and is a certified personal trainer. He has a son and a daughter.
Another son is pharmacy tech, works for Marriot in sales and is working on a degree in Business Management. He is expecting a son any day now.
Another son has is A+ computer certification, and will start college next year. He thinks that he want a degree in English and teach high school or college level English and minor in Physcology.
Another son is a vet tech, and is going to college full time online.
Big J is still in high school.

One daughter is a clinic assistant/office manager for an Orthopedic Surgeon. She has 3 boys.
Another daughter works at a CDC on an Air Force Base. She has two boys and one girl.
Another daughter has a degree in music, but is a stay at home mom right now. She has a son and a daughter.
Another daughter works from home with her husband, while raising 2 small children - one boy and one girl.
Youngest daughter graduated from high school last May, and works at Olive Garden. She doesn't know what she wants to do, but plans on going back to school in a year or so.

Most of the kids are very close to one another, especially the girls - but are scattered across the country. They all hope to get together for their sisters wedding coming up. They stay in touch by phone, email and Facebook. Oldest daughter and 2nd son live close by, and they live about 45 minutes from next to youngest son. Youngest daughter and next to youngest daughter live a half mile from each other and these two live about 90 minutes from next to oldest daughter. 4th son and Big J live with us.

I've been TIRED since before my oldest was born. My kids where not sleepers!!! From the time that my oldest was born, until my youngest started sleeping through the night - 19 years - I only had 3 months when they were all sleeping through the night.

And as far as your other question... too put this delicately, my husband like to come home for lunch...a lot! I wasn't able to use most types of birth control, due to allergies, a tilted uterus, and other medical issues. After my youngest daughter was born. I had complications which required transfusions right after her birth and then 10 days later had a massive post- partem hemorrhage, which required a 911 call, an emergency D & C followed an hour later by an emergency abdominal hysterectomy. I received numerous units of plasma and whole blood. Due to the lack of oxygen from blood loss, I'm one of the few people who can honestly say that their child gave them brain damage!

So BZ - there you have it!

In future posts, I'll address routines, groceries, and favorite recipes. I'll have to dig up some photo's, and I also hope to have a few posts from some of the kids...and maybe I'll even talk the husband into saying a few words.

I've just spent 5 hours trying to get refills on medication that has 4 refills left. AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRG!!!

A week ago last Friday, my husband took all me meds up to the pharmacy for refills. All but two were taken care of. We were told that they both needed authorization from the doctors office. They said that they would fax the info to the office and to come back the next day. When hubs went back the next day, he was told that the authorization had not come back. I TRIED not to panic. S went back on Monday - and was told the same story. Since the doctors office is next door, he went inside, and explained the problem to the "front desk lady". She said that my chart would be pulled, and that the pharmacy would be contacted. Tuesday - no medication. Wednesday no medication. Thursday - still no medication, and another trip to the doctors office. Friday - no authorization yet...S goes back to doctors office, As soon as he walks in the door, snooty front desk lady says "every body's out for lunch - come back later". I beg S not to go back and make a scene. At 4:00 when no authorization has been called in, I call doctors office and plead with appointment lady for an appointment on Monday morning (at this point I have cut medication in half, and now in thirds to get me through - averaging about three hours a night of sleep...NEED MY AMBIEN!!!), she gives me one a 8:40.

I get to the office at 8:25 for my 8:40 appointment, so that I can fill out paperwork. Front desk lady is looking nervous. Says to me "I'll take care of your chart, so that you don't have to get up and down". I'm thinking, ooooooooooooh maybe things will get straightened out now. 8:40...8:45...8:50..9:00...9:10...9:20...I hear front desk lady holler " did anybody tell MM (my NPRN) that we scheduled patients for her this morning"? "Her 8:40 has been her for 40 minutes". Oops - I guess nobody did tell her, and apparently they scheduled 2 patients at 8:40, cause when the nurse came out, it wasn't my name that got called. Oh crap (pardon my French) I'm getting just a little steamed at this point. There's no way for me to prop my leg up, cause all the chairs are connected to each other. Why do they do that? Do you think that there's a band of doctors office lone chair thieves that are roaming across the country stealing chairs that are really ugly and uncomfortable? Dang, my foot has now turned three different shades of purple, my butt has gone numb, and my right foot went to sleep.

Door opens and nurse calls my name. I'm so relieved, I almost cry. I try to jump up out of my chair, but with a numb butt, and my only good leg on pins and needles, I find that I'm stuck. What do I do now? I start wiggling my butt checks toward the front of the chair, in hopes of being able to rock myself forward. I dig my right wrist into the arm of the chair, and pray for lift off...didn't happen. Nurse says "are we having a problem"? I won't tell ya what I was thinking right then.

When I finally manage to get up, I hobble through the door...to the dreaded S*C*A*L*E. There are three people standing a foot away, at the check out counter. Now I'm not blind. I can see the numbers on the thing... so WHY does she have to say the number OUT LOUD? Mind you, the nurse probably weighs 98 lbs. soaking wet with her clothes on! *#@^!

I finally get my blood pressure, temp, and heart rate taken, and noted on my chart, and am sent into an exam room to wait. Thank goodness the two chairs aren't attached, so I can turn one around and prop my leg up. When MM comes into the room, I feel as if it's Christmas, my birthday, and valentines, all rolled up in one. Hallelujah. My life might just be worth living. This wonderful woman of healing, is going to take care of me! I talked. She listened.

I explained to her about my medication problems. That while in Florida I had my lab work done, and that my doctor there had faxed the results to the office here, and had given me a script for another months worth of Synthroid. That someone in the office here had called me to tell my that my blood work was normal and that I didn't need to be on medication. That I tried to explain to the woman that this was a repeat test to see if I was getting the right dose. That she said again said oh no, you don't need to be on medication because your results are normal. I had told the woman that yes, they were normal now, because I was on medication, but needed another script. She had said, if the results are normal why would you need meds (is this beginning to sound like the old Larry, Curly, and Moe routine of Who's on First!)? I then explained that I hadn't been able to sleep, because the pharmacy had been faxing the office for a week trying to get authorization for the other medication.

MM read all through my chart. Made lots of notes. Apologized. Sent scripts straight to pharmacy on her PDA. Filled out paper work for a Dexa Scan, Mammogram, and (Shudder) a c*o*l*o*n*o*s*c*o*p*y. She wanted to see me again in three months unless the tests warrant an appointment any sooner. Told me to call if I had any problems.

I checked out, and called S to come and get me. I came home and plopped into my recliner, and thought about how lovely it would be, to have a decent nights sleep. Smile on face...aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh.

Short lived. S comes home and tells me that they had one script filled, but that they needed authorization from the doctors office for the Ambien. I say more curse words in my head. Taking the bull by the horn, I call pharmacy - tech tells me that because I am taking something called Sonata, that I can't get the Ambien. Sonata? I've never taken Sonata. I'm told that I have to contact my insurance company. After speaking to 5 different people in 5 different departments, I find out that no claim for Sonata is anywhere in my records, but that in January my policy changed it rules on Ambien. They will only pay for 60 pills in any given 90 day period. That it takes 10 days to process the material that is faxed in by the doctors office. If I want my medication, before this can be processed, I am free to pay for the refill in cash, and they will reimburse me.

I call the pharmacy back and ask to speak to the pharmacist. Tell him my tale of Woe. Ask...can I get this medication refilled if I pay for it myself? He says sure. So I tell him...I've been able to refill it all this time, it was just that my insurance wouldn't cover it? Why didn't someone tell me that? I'm put on hold.....he gets back on the line and says, that a new tech was confused by the terminology.

This is me^ right about now!

Went to pharmacy. Paid cash. Got my AMBIEN!

This is the sign that they need to put up outside of my neighborhood!!!

Going to bed now. Plan to stay there for a while.

I' ve Got Some Questions for Ya!

Over the last year, I've had a number of comments about my husband and I raising a large family. Is this something that you would like to hear about? Maybe a week of posts on the subject? Just let me know...cause I want to keep ya'll coming back!

Anything else you want to hear about...and Tater Girl...keep it CLEAN. At my place Crisco is only used for cook'n (in the kitchen ;-)!!!

But seriously folks. Give me some ideas of what you want to be reading here!

XOXOXOX's
Libby

I LOVE THIS PLACE

Yesterday the S man slid me into the back seat of the car, and he drove us to Whole Foods - one of my very favorite places. Hubby met us there.
We had lunch, and then started cruising the aisles.
Well, the guys cruised...I hobbled.

THESE ARE "STOCK PHOTO'S" I got them from Google Images, cause I left my camera at home. Several comments have been left, about the pics being professional quality - that's because they are. I'm getting better with my camera, but not quite this good yet!

They have the most wonderful variety of ready made foods to choose from.

Salads, main dishes, veggies, soups and sandwiches.

And the most decadent desserts! I should have included a photo of the cupcakes they make. They make every icing flower you can imaging, and goldfish, and elephants, and teddy bears - true works of art.

Beautiful fresh flowers. A couple of weeks ago they had loads of orchids, and hydrangeas.

Produce, that's so pretty, it's almost a shame to eat it.

Look at all this yummy stuff. Hot food, cold food...

...Cheeses from all over the world. Hubby's favorite is the smoked mozzarella.

Look at this luscious fruit.

The men had pizza today. Hubby had pepperoni and S had spinach, feta and tomato.

I buy the 365 brand of canned dog food. The Lamb and Rice is George and Gracie's first pick.

S picked out a salmon fillet, and found some cedar planks to grill it on.
He marinated it(the salmon - not the planks) in lime juice. Along with the salmon, he made garlic mashed potato's, green bean casserole, and broccoli florets. Yum!

We got a loaf of Country White (the 99 cent loaf of the day), and a loaf of Parmesan.

And here's what I had for lunch...Avocado Gelato. Man oh man, was it ever good. I usually sample two or three different flavors, each time we go, - thinking that I'll have something new - but I end up ordering the same thing. I just love the Avocado!

Do you have a Whole Foods Market, in your home town? If you do, and you haven't been there yet...boy are you in for a treat! Make sure that you take your time and find all the free samples for your tasting pleasure.

Have a great weekend!

She Showed Me Her's So I'll Show You Mine

Okay People- Get your minds out of the gutter. Tatersmama showed us her pantry so I'm show'n ya mine.

This photo is just for Katie Tatie. Look - I have it in BIG cans! Hee-hee;-)

We keep snack stuff in the baskets. We're each supposed to have our own, but nobody pays attention when they put things back. I've been meaning to make individual name tags to hang on them. Maybe that will help.

I'm lucky that my pantry is large enough to hold this bookcase. I keep all my cookbooks in it. Some of them are really old...and look, I just noticed that somebody put a jar of Palmolito Guava Jelly on one of the shelves. Geesh...Iguess the old saying "If you want to have something done right, ya gotta do it yourself" is true!

This big bin (which is on wheels) holds bags of dry dog food. A couple boxes of my favorite cereal are on top of it. The bin sits to the left of the bookcase.

Yep - I've got stuff on the floor too. Look at all that diet Coke. I don't know how my boys drink that stuff. I think it's nasty with a capitol N.
The clear box (without a lid) that's sitting behind the cans of Coke, has plastic cups, Styrofoam plates, and paper napkins in it. I like to keep them on hand for when I have grand kids here.

And here's the messy section, tucked in behind the door.

Good ole TaterGirl also showed us the front of her fridge, a while back. Here's mine.
Right now, there's only three magnets on the front of it.

But I've got a lot of junk on the right side...

...and on the left side!

And here's a close up of my magnets. I've already shared the one on the left. The one on the right was sent to me by a couple of my grandsons...thanks Carson and Andy. The one on the middle keeps me legal. It says "Thou Shalt Not Weigh More Than Thy Refrigerator"!

Okay - now it's your turn. What do your pantry's and refrigerators look like?

PEOPLE - I'm flattered that someone thought that I had won this (see below)- But Geesh, I'm not that good. I didn't win this...

...I'm just letting you all know about it, cause I plan to nominate a few posts
that I've read lately.

If you've read something great somewhere...share it with the world. Everybody needs a pat on the back now and then!

BlogHer Of The Week

Have you all heard about this? I'm gonna be reading posts very carefully from now on! I might just be nominating some of you!!! Go HERE for the details.

Hey everybody - don't forget that Blogger will be "DOWN" at 4:00 PM PDT today!

Out of the Mouthes of Babes

1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!

1.	Don 't change horses	until they stop running.
2.	Strike while the	bug is close.
3.	It's always darkest before	Daylight Saving Time.
4.	Never underestimate the power of	termites.
5.	You can lead a horse to water but	How?
6.	Don 't bite the hand that	looks dirty.
7.	No news is	impossible
8.	A miss is as good as a	Mr.
9.	You can't teach an old dog new	Math
10.	If you lie down with dogs, you'll	stink in the morning.
11.	Love all, trust	Me.
12.	The pen is mightier than the	pigs.
13.	An idle mind is	the best way to relax .
14.	Where there's smoke there's	pollution.
15.	Happy the bride who	gets all the presents.
16.	A penny saved is	not much.
17.	Two's company, three's	the Musketeers.
18.	Don 't put off till tomorrow what	you put on to go to bed.
19.	Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and	You have to blow your nose.
20.	There are none so blind as	Stevie Wonder.
21.	Children should be seen and not	spanked or grounded.
22.	If at first you don't succeed	get new batteries.
23.	You get out of something only what you	See in the picture on the box
24.	When the blind lead the blind	get out of the way.
25.	A bird in the hand	is going to poop on you.

And the WINNER and last one!

26.

Better late than................................................................

Pregnant

Shoot

I had such a lovely photo to go along with my earlier post. It showed up when I "previewed" it...so what's up? Any hoo, I'll try once more, but just in case...it was the most lovely road with trees along it. They were bursting with fall colors. It was soooooooooooo pretty, it almost made me cry!

Our Long and Winding Road

We all have a road we must follow in life. Often it's long and winding, and seems to go on forever.
Sometimes it's paved smoothly, but more often than not, it's a bumpy ride!

As I grow older (and wiser?) I'm beginning to think that some of the bumpy bits are of my own making.

When pebbles are thrown down, and aren't kicked off the road, they tend to become rocks, and then those rocks become boulders.

When boulder's are in the road, you have usually have to STOP!

I think that we all have pebbles that get thrown out onto our roads. Some are alike, and some are very very different. Usually they are of our own choosing, but sometimes they come without warning.

Illness and/or diseases, financial down falls, heartbreaks for one reason or another. Many times these are not of our making.

These get thrown onto our road, often when we least expect them.
Most of us work hard at chiseling away at these boulders, or try to find a way around them. That's what we're supposed to do!

But what about those pebbles, rocks, and boulders, that we throw down? Do we work at moving them off of our road? OR Do we just keep throwing them down, one handful after another?

Hi, my name is Libby, and I throw rocks!

(This is where you all shout out "Hi Libby, thanks for sharing"!)

And no, I'm not an alcoholic, but I've been to enough of these kinds of meetings with others, to know the routine!

What kinds of rocks do I have in my arsenal?

Guilt
Worry
Anger
Frustration

Yup - these are biggies, but they aren't my real downfall.

My biggest rock is...

...I can't seem to say NO.

Such a little word... NO.

It rolls off the tongue easily enough.
But for me, it's like speaking in a foreign language.

AND I MUST LEARN THE LANGUAGE!

Oh the number of times I've said yes, when I should have said no.

Will you please bake 10 dozen cupcakes for a party at school tomorrow? Sorry that it's such short notice, but I've just been so busy.

Will you please be our room mother? I know that you are the room mother in 5 other classes, this year, but you're so good at it, that it shouldn't be any trouble for you, at all.

Will you please babysit for my husband and I tonight? We really need a break, and besides, with all the kid's you have...what difference will 3 more make?

Will you please help with my wedding reception? I know that you just met me, and don't even know my fiancee, but I've heard that you do such a good job, and it would mean so much to us !

Will you please be the fund raiser for "fill in the cause" on your block. We will send you all the materials. All you need to do is go door to door and hound ask your neighbors for donations.

Will you?
Will you?
Will you?

NO - enough is enough.
There, I said it!

Do I feel better now?
Has a huge boulder been moved aside?

Well, no, but it's gonna take some practice.

I have a winding road that I'm to follow, but I plan to start avoiding as many of the bumps as possible, and start enjoying the scenery along the way!

I'll try to eliminate throwing down pebbles, so that I only have to deal with the ones that are not of my making.

As my lovely Gitz would say...

"No moment from my God
is a rock of burden.
It's just a rock waiting to be broken
into stepping stones."

Amen!

PS - You are all such wonderful bloggy friends...If you need something, all you have to do is ask, cause you know that I still don't know how to say THE word!

Puns

CREATIVE PUNS FOR "EDUCATED MINDS"

1.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was
Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but
it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3.

She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4.

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class
because it was weapon of math disruption.

5.

The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a
little behind in his work.

6.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll
still be stationery.

7.

A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited
for littering.

8.

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result
in Linoleum Blownapart.

9.

Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

10.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11.

A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The
police are looking into it.

12.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

13.

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One
hat said to the other, 'You stay here; I'll go on a
head.'

14.

I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then
it hit me.

15.

A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said:
'Keep off the Grass.'

16.

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a
hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was,
a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

17.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

19.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a
small medium at large.

20.

The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is
now a seasoned veteran.

21.

A backward poet writes inverse.

22.

In democracy it's your vote that counts. In
feudalism it's your count that votes.

23.

When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of
religion.

And the Winner Is...May I Have a Drumroll Please!

I can feel the tension in the air. Hoards of readers, at this very moment, are sitting at their computers...spines tingling,,,holding their breath...the hair standing up on the backs of their necks...thinking"oh please, please, let it be me".................................................Oh sorry, I was off in the dream world for a moment.

After mixing the names up in the magic hat...hubby closes his eyes, and gently draws out a tiny folded up slip of yellow paper....Oh....whose name did he draw? He was so giddy with excitement, I was afraid that he might just forget what he was doing and wander back to the tv.
So whose name is on that slip of paper? Well I'm gonna tell you...after I thank you all for being such wonderful, loyal, witty, delightful followers.............................................the winner is.............

"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Crap - the picture did a runner.
How do I keep doing this? It was here when I started typing. I had three pictures up.
Dang this drives me nuts. If I go back and add the photo now, it will be at the top of the page, and I'll have to hobble out to the other computer at get it out of my files.

Well, you'll just have to take my word for it, and I'll post the picture later today.

The winner is

"
"
"
"
"
BZ

Email me girl, with your...

Full legal name
Height and Weight
Social Security Number
Code for you alarm system
Your mothers maiden name
Your husbands shoe size
The number of stalls in the horse barn
The answer to who shot JR
Pioneer Woman's cell phone number
Oh - and the address where you want me to send your prize!

libneas[at]aol[dot]com

AND

Here's the name of George and Grace's new blog
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
A Tail of 2 Doggies

Thanks to TatersMama!

She will be receiving the consolation prize...her choice of any item from the original array of wonderful goodies shown in the picture on the giveaway post.
And knowing Tatie, she'll want the whoopie cushion!

I've already regesterd the dog's blog, and I'll let you know when it's up and running. The two little rascals have been arguing over just about every detail, and we are now in the process of trying to find a background layout that suits the three of us (and trying to get daddy to agree to pay someone to do it for us...any takers out there? I know that I have some very techno savvy readers. We could go as high as offering that Olive Garden Gift Card with a balance of $3.17)

TGIM - so I have a whole week of blog surfing ahead of me YEAH!

Over and Out
(Psssssst - you down under, I made my appointment this morning arrrrrrrrrrrg.)

This and That

This is what I wanted the mayo for the other day. I've been eating chopped apples with celery slices, pecans and dried cranberries, for lunch, just about every day, since coming home. We haven't had any mayo (just Miracle Whip...yeeeeek, blaaaah, gross - scrape my tongue just thinking about it). It hasn't been too bad, but I just wanted a little mayo on if for a change.
My husband has been to the grocery store twice in the last three days, but do you think that remembered to have him get mayo. NOPE!

Linnea - I think that Yoplait Light Thick and Creamy Yogurt is a perfectly wonderful healthy food item.
I've been eating it for breakfast everyday, for the last 8 weeks. My favorite flavor is cherry cobbler. If you close your eyes and think really hard, it tastes just like canned cherry pie filling!

Eduardo the Snuggle Puggle suggested an extreme skateboarding accident to the question..."What happened to my leg?" I've seen this dog on tv so many time...and I never get tired of watching him.

Another suggestion was telling people that I was injured when auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance, or maybe it was Dancing With the Stars. Thanks Vicky!

And, from Homestay Mama, that I was auditioning for the Texas RollerGirls and that I ran into the judges.

But my all time favorite suggestion came from our very own TatersMama. She wants me to tell people that while playing Donkey Baseball I fell off my Ass. Oh my delicate ears.
I laughed until I had to cross my legs, and hobble to the potty, so I wouldn't wet my pants.

Oh how I love a good pun!

Hope ya'll have a great weekend. I think that I'll take tomorrow off, but I'll be back on Monday to announce the giveaway winner AND the title to George and Gracie's new blog.

Paying It Forward Giveaway

Paying It Forward Giveaway

I've decided to join the "Paying It Forward" gang and give a gift to each of the first three people to comment here.

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a gift from me "sometime during this year". The prize is a surprise and will be mailed anywhere in the United Sates. I will spend some time visiting the three winner's blogs to try to get to know them better, to give me a better idea of what might make a nice gift for them. Then they will unexpectedly receive a gift from me at some point during the year.

You must post this same thing (Paying it Forward Giveaway) on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in, along with a link.

Remember, only the first 3 comments participating in the Pay It Forward Giveaway will receive a gift.

Recap of the Rules:
1. Be one of the first three to leave a comment to this post, with the link to your Pay It Forward Giveaway post.
2. Be willing to follow through on sending out one prize each to three lucky winners of your contest.
3. Make sure your profile has contact information available. Otherwise, spell out your email address in the comment section.

Know What Part of my Problem Is?

Instead of the healthy breakfast above...

I'd rather have this! Paula Deans Krispy Kreme Donut Bread Pudding. What to know how to make it? Head over HERE and find out!

And this tastes sooooooooooooooo much better with some of.....

THIS!

And I love Healthy Choice Frozen dinners...especially when I had some salt and a lot of...
BUTTER!

And these little beauties are FABULOUS when you dip them in...

THIS!

Enough said.


If you haven't entered my giveaway yet, please go HERE...

and then go have something healthy to eat.