Anything But Gray

So two wonderful, amazing things happened today (and it's only 11am!)…

1st my sister had an appointment with her surgeon and all is well…..
My sister will be having her gastric bypass surgery on April 28th.
I am so happy!!!!!
My sister has been on this journey, trying to get this surgery for THREE years and finally…it's going to happen.
And there was concern that the surgery might get put off AGAIN because of the leg infection my sister got.
But everything looks good so they gave her the okay for the surgery!
I so wish I could be there, I will be honest and say I am nervous as this is a major surgery, so I really wish I could be there with her. And to help her during her recovery. But all in all, I am just so glad this is happening for her!

2nd of all, one my best and most dearest friends, J.…who has struggled to STAY pregnant, is pregnant and just shy of being done with the first trimester, so her and her husband are FINALLY telling people. In a funny twist of fate, her due date is my sister's birthday! It just seems ironic….both of them had big appointments today that I was anxious about…<shrugging> I don't know…I'm probably just being dumb here…LOL  Anyway, I am so, so beyond elated for her. It is seriously indescribable how happy I am for her. Her struggle has been a difficult and frustrating one and that makes this pregnancy just that much more joyous!  And I FINALLY GET TO TALK ABOUT IT!!! lol.
Her pregnancy has been on my mind so much during her first trimester and there have been times I have wanted to blog about it and couldn't…..sometimes it's just been a passing thought, sometimes it's been days that it has consumed my mind (mostly days she has doctor's appointments…lol.) and it's SO nice that I can talk about it now, if the mood strikes. 🙂 It sure is hard keeping a secret you are SO excited about! You just want to shout it from the mountaintops….my blog isn't quite a mountaintop, but it works for me!!
J IS PREGNANT!!!!!!!
ha!

CONGRATS J & Andrew!!!

This is shaping up to be one hell of a good Friday!!!

I'm thinking they should rethink this picture…

I stumbled across this on another blog this morning. I closed the window by mistake, so I don't have a link….but anyway…here is a screen shot of the vice president's website..

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Now here's a closeup of the picture….

Ooops

See the reflection in his glasses??
Well gosh by golly, that there is a naked lady in his glasses!!!
No wonder he's smiling….

<giggle>

oops…I'm thinking the website dude is in a teeny bit of trouble today!

The morning was beautiful, however mother nature apparently had other plans for Jaime.
It snowed! I told Jaime we have GOT to get some pics because it'll be a long time before you see snow on your birthday again! lol

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how cute are these pics? I love them!

So we had a little cake and ice cream party for her last night….Kayla came over and Ceci came by, which was awesaome. Jaime LOVED her castle cake!!

Here's a picture of when she first saw it.
So cute!

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Kayla trying to distract Jaime so we could get the cake set up. lol

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All of us!

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Just her….

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Kayla and Jaime posing….ha!

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There you are! Now that you are all overloaded with photos!
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Enjoy!

for a little girl on her birthday.

Every year on Jaime's birthday, it is sunny. Last year, it was sunny on her birthday party day but not her actual birthday, but still..that counted. And I love it. I always say it's her birthday present from God.

This year was not looking so good. It's been horrible out and yesterday it was awful. Windy, cold and raining/snowing. It was seriously awful. And I was bummed. I really figured okay…no sunshine for Jaime this year….and it was a bummer.

Well I woke up this morning…..to sunshine.

I am SO freakin' happy!!!!

More later…I just had to write that.

Happy Birthday, pretty.
it's sunshiny!!!
Love, Mommy.

tah, for now!

Jaime's party was a blast and I think it was quite a success…thanks in no small part to my AMAZINGLY awesome friends who pulled up their sleeves and helped the kids with the project I had for them. It was a bit more labor intensive than I thought it would be and next time I have to go with something a little more simple. Let's just say thank God my friends were here and helped or I would've been royally screwed.  THANK YOU AWESOME FRIENDS!!!! 🙂

The t-shirts came out okay but they aren't done. The kids gave up on doing them and left us adults to finish them out. And really when I say "us adults", I should say "my friends" because I was doing more puttering and picture taking than t-shirt decorating. Anyway, I think I'm going to save them for the kids and have them over individually for play dates to finish them up. I think that will work out…we'll see.

All in all it was a wonderful day and Jaime loved everything. Her guests, her dress, her cake and her presents. Everything was a hit. Yay!!!

We took lots of pics. We didn't get one of all of us but we'll do that on her actual birthday…..
Enjoy!

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The kids and us doing their t-shirt project.

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Now it's just us…:-)

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All of our little party guests….how cute are they??

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My beautiful birthday girl…..(I have no clue what the hell I was doing in the background, so don't even ask….)

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Miss Lindsay….all dressed up in Jaime's boots and Santa Claus dress! LOL
I love this picture, she is so cute!
But then you can't get a bad picture of this kid…she is so photogenic.

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This is Sophia. How adorable is this picture? And I swear I did not pose her…

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Not the best picture but I like it. Starting from the girl in the orange…Ella, Cierra and Jaime.

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The cake….

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Danielle and Kim, who are both going to kill me for posting this….but I wanted to put a picture of them. I so loved and appreciated that they came….:-) It's silly but it meant a lot to me for them to come.
Sorry guys, I love you!!! And just so you feel better…hardly anyone reads my blog anyway! ha!

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Cierra & Jaime.
There are simply no words for what this picture makes me feel.
It brings tears to my eyes, it makes my heart so very happy…
You can see the joy in their faces….you can just see how much they adore each other.
Somehow, in a picture, we managed to catch a tiny piece of their love for each other..
I am so happy to get this picture!!!!
Hmm….so much for no words, huh? LOL

Thank you again, to Shannon, Danielle & Kim….you guys were such a big help! I don't know what I would've done without you!! Love you guys!

And tomorrow is her REAL birthday….(wait until you see that cake! )

Today we are having Jaime's birthday party. I'm excited.
Although I'm bummed about the weather, it's totally crappy out.
Usually for Jaime's birthday it is sunny out. Last year it was sunny on her birthday party day, not her actual birthday, but I was okay with that. This year is not looking so good. It's miserable outside.

But oh well…we have stuff to do inside, so no worries.

I bought some t-shirts and some fabric paint and we're going to decorate t-shirts with the girls to bring home.
Ceci had the idea of baseball caps and I loved that idea, but then nobody had the hats!
So I opted for shirts. I've never done this before…well once, I put on my ever present gray sweatjacket "Zak Rocks" across the back with my stamps and my acrylic paint. Came out pretty good, actually. I like it.
So we'll see how this little project goes.

Danielle and Joey are coming and I told Kim about it, so I'm really hoping she comes. It'd be nice to see her.

I have a bunch to do this morning still.
I gotta clean my windows, do my floor, clean up Maggie's cage, wipe down the fish tank, finish putting up decorations….put Jaime in the shower, take her shopping for a dress, press out my hair….

another crazy day! LOL
Oh crap…gotta make sure my camera is charged too.

I'm sure they'll be more later.
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It honestly does not take much to make me happy and I have a few ton of things that I just love….and bring me little jolts of happiness. Here's one of them…

Going through my caller id when I get home and seeing only numbers from people I love….no sales calls, no telemarketers, no donation requesters, no business calls….just people I love.

Very cool way to start a super busy weekend.
This, along with a friend and her daughter (who Jaime ADORES…it was her first best friend.) coming over who I haven't seen in literally months. She's bringing a 6 pack….very, very cool!
 
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Amazon has 30 second clips of all the songs on Mariah's new album.
It is so cool! It's sounding so good and I cannot WAIT for this album.
It sounds "tougher" just a little bit rougher, for her. I'm excited.

J linked me to the site and we listened together on the phone.
it was one of my absolute favorite things to do with J.
Cause I get it….and she gets it.
She gets every goosebump, every time I gasp…"oh my gosh, that is good!", she just gets me when it comes to this stuff and I get her.
It's a thing we have done ever since we started being friends. We would just devour new albums by Mariah or Bon Jovi….we go over them note by note, word by word….I love it.

And every time a new album by Mariah or Bon Jovi comes out, I am reminded how much I adore that part of our friendship!
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On a side note…just to give people an idea of how lame certain aspects of living in Alaska are…

I told Ceci how Mariah just broke Elvis's record of having more #1's and Ceci says..
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"How does she have so many #1's? I never hear her on the radio?"
LOL
I so wanted to die laughing but I didn't want Ceci to think I was laughing at her, (because I wasn't…duh.) so I refrained from throwing myself to the floor in hysterics and just kept it to a chuckle and told her..
 
"That's because you live here and they don't PLAY number one stuff on the radio here…".

It was just such a glaring glimpse into the lameness of our radio stations in this town….

Tah, for now!
Have a great day.

I have 5 bazillion things going on in my brain and I can't focus on any one of them….I keep bouncing aroudn from thought to frantic thought and I have a suspicion I'm attempting to avoid a sob fest. So walk with me…k? avoid, avoid, AVOID. The beer will not help me do this, just an FYI…state of mind check. cha know?

1st of all…( I actually just typed 2st of all…nice.) my blog title…."this is the story of my life and I write it everyday"
everyday? yeah fucking write…right…write….get it?? Whatever.
Anyway….I do not write it everyday.
I'm lucky to get to it at all, half the time.
I thought it was witty and very fitting when I thought of it….in fact I thought I was pretty fucking clever.
It might be clever if I was clever. But since I'm not…..meh, maybe it's just dumb.
But it's mine and I do like it…..
what does clever mean anyway? I want the exact definition….I'm gonna go look.

clev·er  
 Audio Help   /ˈklɛvər/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[klev-er] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective, -er, -est.

hmmm…..might have to rethink that one…
ha!
Nah, I'm kidding. I'm clever, damnit.

moving on.

Guess what Mariah did today?
Check her out.…
I'm proud. You can say what you want about Mariah, but that is an amazing accomplishment and I friggin' LOVE that the woman helped write all of these songs….!!! Friggin' love it! You GO girl…

moving further on….

My kids make me alternate between love and insanity in the blink of an eye. One second I want to scoop them up and smother them with hugs and kiss and then two seconds later they can be so obnoxious I am practicing my childbirth  breathing techniques to try to regain my composure so I don't knock their heads off.  How can they do that? Talk about frustrating and very confusing to my poor brain. Well, what's left of my brain anyway…
luckily I have good frineds and family. Kim talked me down tonight. or listened to me while I chattered and felt better.

moving even further on…

why the hell won't my heater pick something. Work or don't work, ya know? geez.

potty break..gotta pee.
Beer does that…

back….

Okay, to hell with avoidance….
If you are mad at me WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU READING MY BLOG???? Hit REPLY next time and let me know WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. And if it isn't me, if it's something that's going on with you guys..LET ME KNOW!!!!!

sob fest will ensue momentarily, I am sure.

Now that..that's the story of my life.

Oh, one more thing….

Sex is the root of almost all conflict and turmoil.
Did you know that?
Tomorrow it won't be..tomorrow it'll be the CURE for all conflict and turmoil in my life, as always. But tonight….knowing where this friggn' drama is stemming from….yeah, we'll just leave it at that.

I am so going t obed.
Beer is good.
A valium and beer….even better.
dreams suck. 

nighty night.
🙂

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