Well I know I haven’t been posting much and I have once again been neglecting people and loosing track of who is doing what and why. I haven’t been on the computer in a couple days deciding I just need a small break from the tagging and never-ending status updates.

On Friday we had a wedding reception to go to at the Shark’s Club in Waterford for friends of ours, Mike and Casey. After being together for nearly five years, they finally decided to make it legal and got hitched. I was under-dressed as I thought the celebration was going to be in the main entertainment area with all the pool tables and such. I never knew the Shark’s Club even had this reception area off to the right once you walk in. Anyway here is a picture of the newlyweds.

Sorry for the poor image quality, as we didn’t bring our digital camera and relied only on cell phone cameras. They decided to get married on Friday the 13th because they went out on their first date on Friday the 13th. Strange to some but not if you know these two. They also have a son named Damian. No, they are not satan worshipers or anything, they just both like the strange and unusual. Personally, I think it’s interesting … not many people would dare get married on a notorious day like Friday the 13th. Anyway, we chatted for a while and I stayed back to talk to Tony (Ken’s son) for a while when Ken and Wendy went out to play some pool in the main room. It was Wendy’s birthday too which made it really strange, once you start adding all these things up. (Wendy is someone Ken works with.) She seemed to have a good time and we ended up leaving at around 11:30PM.

Then comes Saturday, Valentine’s Day. I had feel asleep in the recliner and Ken put a blanket over me because he didn’t want to wake me up. Funny thing is I forgot to take my evening meds the night before and my brain was a mess because of that when I woke up at 6:00AM Saturday morning. We loafed around the house for a bit and then decided to go shopping. So we left and headed down to Oakland Mall and then to Ferndale/Royal Oak area. We had Valentines Day dinner at Como’s located at 9 Mile and Woodward and we both really enjoyed the food. I had pizza and Ken had Chicken something ‘err other. It was a nice Valentine’s Day, at least we got to some time together but away from the house for a bit.

Yesterday, we paid Justin to shovel the driveway and my brother came over later and needed to get the paint color from inside the trunk. I never thought they would put that kind of info in there – I thought they always had it in the VIN for each car, alas, all I know is that he had the new hood and is ordering the paint. Isn’t that great news, fast progress too. I didn’t think he’d be at this point already, but then my brother never ceases to amaze me. My baby is well on it’s way to being fixed. Well, at least the wheels are in motion that is. :)

I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day weekend!  :)

Well Hello and I hope everyone had a good New Years Day, after some celebrating on New Years Eve. For the eve, Ken and I stayed home and watched the various countdown shows on television and stayed with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin on CNN – I’m over Dick Clark and besides watching the antics of Kathy giving Anderson a hard time was pretty fun, I don’t think Anderson really knew what he was in for when he signed on for the project with Kathy. At any rate it was all in good fun.

For New Years Day we woke up and worked on Jerry’s computer some more and getting it all updated and such. Then at 3:00PM we went to a neighbors who invited us over for dinner and Al and Barb were great hosts and the food was delicious! Boy can Barb put on a spread, I couldn’t eat too much as my tummy was on the warpath with me so I did what I could. We had the football game on but we played Domino’s with Al and Barb and I won the first round and then the second totally sucked. I had so many points that I didn’t bother counting them all. Then I lost interest, my brain just didn’t feel like functioning and my tummy was giving me it’s usual grief so I went and laid on the couch and watched them all (Al, Barb and Ken) play one last game before stopping. I hope I wasn’t a party pooper because I had to leave and get home to get medicated, I’m sure they understand … I know Ken wasn’t surprised as he deals with me and everything that entails on a regular basis.

I have been having problems getting to know the new setup here on Live Spaces. I can check the blog comments via my cell phone and MSN Mobile but run into problems when I try to go to my blog manually. I’m trying to add as many people as possible to my Live Messenger that I can but that will take time. It’s actually easier to use my phone right now than it is to use my desktop computer, weird huh. I realize I’ve been out of touch with many of you but I am working on a solution – I greatly appreciate your patience. :)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!  :)

Wow, what a week it’s been since I last posted. To start we have been getting storm system after storm system before and during the Christmas rush which I learned all too well how little some people know about driving on snow and ice covered roads. Come on people, unless you’re driving on “May Pops” (bald tires) then you can drive faster than 20 miles per hour on a treated road. The parking lots were another matter entirely, I spun the Jeep around a couple times in parking lots. But the main roads were treated but where mainly just covered in a heavy layer of snow. Then again, I learned how to manage a car on bad roads while driving in the upper peninsula during the winter – If you can survive that, the stuff we get down here is child’s play in comparison.

Christmas Eve:

Ken and I both did our shopping the day or two before Christmas Eve and I spent the day before getting someone to come shovel out the drive and deck, while making my mom’s potato salad. Yes I will put the recipe up at some point. On Christmas Eve we went to Ken’s mom’s house for dinner and exchanging of gifts. All went well but I was on high-alert because Ken’s mom isn’t a drinker but when I got there she was rummaging through the kitchen and getting on ladders and asking me if I’d like a drink. I’m thinking, no I am driving unless I get smashed then I’ll just ride home with Ken and leave the Jeep. (I wasn’t driving the Cadillac in a snow storm) So there we go check the closet for liquor and nope, no vodka. Ahhh well, maybe next time. I knew we had some at the house but didn’t know how badly Ken’s mom wanted a cocktail so we just let it go. The dinner was great!!! A lot of work split between several people, mainly just Ken, myself and Ken’s mom doing all the work. We all sat and visited and I headed home around 10:30PM and headed home. Ken was home after he dropped off his grandmother at her apartment in Waterford. Oh, and we did exchange presents too – I knew what I was getting, I just had to wait to enjoy it. Clinique’s skin care line for men. Got some cash and some Isotoner gloves to boot also, so I did pretty well this year.

Christmas Day:

We just lounged around the house for hours and then Ken headed over to his mom’s for a late dinner and more visiting. I wanted to relax and stay home and try and recover from the stress before and during Christmas so I gave a gift to myself by just staying home and watching the tube. I didn’t even get online like I thought I would. All in all, it was a wonderful day.

Last night was mine and Ken’s 20th anniversary together. I mentioned a week or two ago about going out and then since it wasn’t brought up again by Ken or myself, Ken thought that was the plan. I really wasn’t up to going out last night but Ken did stop when he was out earlier and picked up some Asti and some Grey Goose Vodka for me as the last was used for Ken’s mom for Christmas day. She had a couple Sea Breeze’s (vodka, cranberry and orange juices). He said she really seemed to like them! Oh boy, what have we started here. I was going to make some Jello shots for Ken’s Dungeons & Dragons game today but thought nah, I’m not giving away newly purchased Grey Goose on Jello … so it’s safely in the kitchen cabinet. I drank some with just ice and cranberry before the Asti last night and it all made me tired and wishing to go to bed. I’m not a real drinker since I’ve been on the Fentanyl patch, especially since that was increased from 50mg to 75mg and my break-through pain killer went from Darvocet to Turbo Charged Loratab’s. Better living through chemistry. :-)

We have no New Years plans yet – but we usually go out the night before and celebrate with a nice dinner and maybe the club afterwards. I guess time will tell about that and what we do. Besides the crazy people on the roads doing all their last-minute Christmas stuff and the horrid weather we made it through the holiday pretty well considering. I wished I felt more like going out on our anniversary but I know where to go when my stomach settles down some, and Ken LOVES their prime rib, so I know where we will go to eat when our schedules match up again. :-) Longhorn at Great Lakes Crossing!

I will try to post again before New Years, but in case I don’t hear from you, Please have a SAFE yet FESTIVE New Years Eve!!!  Hugs to everyone!!!  :-)

Let me say this, a fair amount of headache and I think I’d still relive it. Last night we went to a Christmas Party of Ben & Alainia and we had a good time mingling and partying. We got home about 1:00AM and boy were we tired. It was fun talking with everyone and I’m really glad we went. Alainis’s mom, Madonna set us home with an anniversary present! I was mortified that someone actually caught on with the cards I sent out. The glasses are BEAUTIFUL!!!

Today, I woke up late and most of the morning had slipped me by. Ken went and played Dungeons & Dragon’s with the crew so he’s been gone most of the day. Clutzy me dropped my NEW Samsung Glyde into a glass of water …Now I’m seriously MORTIFIED!!! I called Verizon and had then switch my number to one of my old phones, my Motorola RAZR. I should have a replacement Gyde early this week.

Now I’m going to go make myself something to eat before I strangle myself!!! :P

Well I hope in my absence that everyone is getting along well. It’s the holidays and there are shoppers everywhere trying to find deals and get their Christmas cards out in the post before it gets to close to Christmas. I know a couple people who wait until Christmas Eve to send out their cards, they sure have a lot of faith in the postal service! I finally sat down for several hours and did my cards and got them all mailed – I don’t think I forgot anyone. I should go through my rolodex one more time to make sure.

My family and I don’t really exchange presents and haven’t for years so I just have to mainly concentrate on Ken, Tony and Ken’s mom and sister. Most of the time we pick them out together but since Ken has been a hard one to nail down to go shopping with and NOT make it an adventure, he LOVES shopping just a little too much … He comes by it honestly from his mom. We don’t have a tree up and the poinsettia I got from Bordines took a dump and died when I watered it. Apparently, it doesn’t like water – at least not this one anyway. It’s all shriveled up and sitting on the table waiting to be tossed out. I’m not taking it back for a refund because one I don’t feel like trying to find the receipt and I don’t want to deal with having another credit with them. Oh well, it was gorgeous while it lasted.

I have a couple projects for the house this coming week. We also need to find someone to clear our driveway and quick, we already have snow on it for the stuff we got yesterday and are expecting more to come this week. We found out who did our driveway the last time, it was a combination of Al and Joe – our neighbors. What saints they are for doing it. :-)

May you all find a prime parking spot and the mall or do it online and sit for the next few weeks waiting for the UPS or FedEx to come to the house. If I get more than one tracking number to follow, I tend to confuse myself so I try to make it easy as possible.

Have a SUPER week everyone!!!

Well now where should I start. It’s been an eventful week as I was running back and forth to my brothers to take care of his Rott and running errands before Thanksgiving and we were down one car as my Cadillac was in the shop getting my windshield replaced as I picked up a rock on Walton last Saturday night. Finally on Wednesday morning I got the car back and went to tan and then hit Kroger for last minute items. We also went to Gordon’s and picked up odds and ends for turkey day and a couple things his Mom asked us to get while there.

Ken spent the evening and most of the night preparing cheese cake, fruit salad, etc. I mean he went to Papa Joes and got the best fruit he could get his hands on and spent a fortune in the process. Thursday he marinated the turkey and put it in the rotisserie where he cooked it for about an hour and forty-five minutes. I made green bean casserole and deviled eggs, big contribution on my part huh. Ken takes all the credit this year for all the hard work he did!!! So once everything was ready we loaded up all the food and headed to Ken’s moms house. Tony (Ken’s son) actually made an appearance, it was good he decided to show, we all were having our doubts – figuring he would probably just sleep the day away without any regard to his family. Later, he came here to the house and us three just watched TV and talked.

Dave, my brother, got in last night. He drove straight through from Newport News, VA where my sister and her family lives. My eldest brother, Mike, the estranged one even made an appearance. So at least I know where most my family was during Thanksgiving. It’s tough not seeing them for the holidays. But I’ve grown used to it by now.

I still have some shopping to do, but doesn’t everyone!!!

Last night Casey, Mike and their son Damien stopped over for pizza and to visit, we all had a good time. It’s amazing to see Damien up and talking and carrying conversations. Shoot, I remember when he was just a blond blob sitting in his seat. :P

I hope everyone had a GREAT Thanksgiving!!!

PS – Apparently, I was the butt of a joke in that I look like an “oompah-loompah” in my new profile picture. Not real nice to make me the source of jokes and such when I’m not there to defend myself at all. To say I’m disappointed would put it mildly.

I wanted to take moment to say "Happy Saint Patrick's Day"!!!

Be save and have fun everyone!!!

Let's see what have I done today in general:

- Woke up at 8:30 and slept until about 9:00.

- Had some apple cinnamon oatmeal try couldn't stand it and had some yogart.

- Browsed online for a bit.

- Went to Kroger and picked odd's and ends and stuff for dinner.

- Wrote out all the upcoming checks for the bills, too much fun for this lonely soul.

- Came home and maid dinner, spaghetti - yumm!

- Hooked S10 to battery charger, apparently 2 days was too long in letting it sit.

- Watching Law & Order waiting for Ken to come home.

The end...Until Ken got home that is, then I stopped taking notes.

PS - Later thought, the spaghetti turned out great! No green beer, just a Stewarts Orange Cream soda, thank you very much. YUM!