There was this woman who hated peppermint.
She hated peppermint candy, peppermint candy canes.
Peppermint flavored gum, mints, toothpaste, mouthwash,
schnapps, creme de menthe, peppermint patties,
chocolate and peppermint ice cream,etc.
If somehow something entered her
mouth that had peppermint in it, she immediately
became nauseous.
The reason she hated peppermint was because of
such a horrible reason.
When she was a child her crazy, wicked step-mother
use to be obsessed with her bowel movements. Yes,
a step-mother that would check to see if her
bowel movements were 'healthy' and when they
weren't 'suitable' the step-mother would open
up the medicine cabinet and force the girl to
chew Feen-a-mint laxative gum. The little girl
would put the gum in her mouth and gag.
She would hold her nose as she chewed hoping
to not taste it. She hated it but could not
spit it out since she was being watched as
she was forced to chew the nasty tasting
gum. Sweat would cover her brow. Holding
her nose only helped a little. She had to
chew it till there wasn't any flavor left.
So due to this continual process of being
forced to chew this gum the girl grew to
despise peppermint.
So now imagine her suprise when she
just recently fell in love with drinking a mojito!

Okay, usually I'm pretty positive when
I come to blogland.
Not today.
I was fine and then my mood just
changed.
Hate that!
I'll be fine.
Just feeling grumpy.

(no, it's not that time of the month.
no, I'm not going thru the 'change'.)








Yeah, we all have those days, those moments.
I'm trying to shake it off.







So tell me what do you do to shake off
a bad mood?????

I have been asked to put pics up of my other tattoos.
I had done this in the past on one of my blogs
but here they are again.












Pic #1 Frog on a log drinking a martini. This is on my left hip.
I have been thinking of having this one re-done since sometimes people think
its a gecko. Anyway, I collect frogs and kinda see myself as a little frog.
Hence why I then got the mermaid on the other hip. This is what I'd rather be
this beautiful creature swimming serenly thru the water.












Pic #2 Heart with ribbon thru it. Right ankle. The ribbon has my little brothers intials on it. I did this tatoo, which was my first, in memory of him.












Pic #3 Sun and moon blend. Lower back. This is what I want out of life---the sun and the moon.

So other day I was feeling lazy.
I asked someone, anyone to give me
a suggestion on what to blog about
or to tag me. I got a couple suggestion.
So I'm gonna take the tag from Stupid Tom
(at Stupidtom.com)
8 Random Things about myself.
I'm gonna try to think of things that
I haven't mentioned before.

1) I have actually wondered what it would
really be like to be a nun.

2) I can't stand not to match. My clothes
my shoes, my purse, my makeup, etc.

3) I smoke. That you know. But when I smoke
I have to have something to drink may it
be non-alcoholic or not. I can't do water
tho. I cannot smoke a cigarette by itself
just to smoke.

4) I would like to go back to school.

5) When I got married, I hyphenated my
last name.

6) It drives me bonkers when a fly gets
in the house.

7) I have been trying to read a little of
the Bible each night before I go to bed.
I have not read the Bible all the way thru.
That is a goal of mine.

8) Tho I live in KY and it is considered
'country', I don't live in the country
and I have no desire to live all the way
out in the boondocks even tho it would
be pretty, private and peaceful. I prefer to live
in town near stores.

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Tomorrow is someone specials birthday.
I just wanted to take this space to
wish her a very happy birthday.
She is someone I met here in blogland
and I am sure glad I did.
She is such a great person, a great soul
who I look forward to hearing from
and visiting her blog.
So HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS NANCY BEE!!!!!!!
You are awesome!
I hope you have a wonderful, fantastic,
memorable, special day! You deserve the
best!



















Oh yeah! The pugs wanted to wish you a happy birthday, too!!!











"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile, and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never ever the same". Author Unknown.

Lazy.
That's how I feel.
Lazy.
I don't know what to blog about.
Anybody have any ideas?
Anybody want to tag me?
Help!
I'm feeling so freakin' LAZY and I can't
stand it!
Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I hate it.
Not only am I lazy about blogging but
I even went to bed early last night.
Like around 9:18 p.m.
I usually don't go to bed till 11:30 or later.
Usually can't turn off the brain so I can
go to sleep.

And by the way, I don't have the ability
to film myself doing karaoke. So I can't
Youtube it! Sorry!
I'm sure it would be entertaining.

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I don't know if I have mentioned or maybe I have
that I like to do karaoke. Nothing like pretending
you are a star for a few minutes. I think I'm an
okay singer. I have had voice training. I think
it's a fun thing to do from time to time.
Last night I wasn't planning on doing karaoke
at the local pub but when the lady that does
karaoke asks you, how could I say no?
So I have had a couple shot of tequila.
(Always good to calm the nerves) and I get
up there and do and old standby. Yes, I have
regular songs that I do that I don't even have
to look at the word. Songs that I know that I can
sing well. I got a great reaction. That just makes
my ego feel so good becuz believe me there have been
nights where I barely got a clap. Not that I sucked
but just becuz the crowd wasn't into it. And by the
way, there has been more than a time or two that I have
sucked.....at karaoke that is.(Ha!)
Last night, I'm sitting there sipping on my Corona
and karaoke lady calls my name again. Huh? She put
me in again. Well, I get up there and pull out
another standby song and this one black man I have
never met starts coax me to singing it louder. He's
stomping his feet, he's making me 'give it to him'.
So I do. I belt it out. He grabs a menu and starts
fanning me! Yeah, I was on fire. When I finish this
anonymous black man takes the mike and procedes to
tell the applauding, hooting crowd how damn good I was
and to give it up!!!!!
Wow! What a feeling!
Anybody out there like to karaoke????

The other day when I posted my blog entry about 24 things about me
a couple fellow bloggers asked me a few questions. I thought
I would take this time to try and answer them.
First was Bob---
"Where do you want to be in the next 5 years? In 10? What will you be doing?
Where will you be?
In 5 years, from today, I will be 41. In 10 years I will be 46.
It really is hard for me to imagine what I will be doing and where I will
be. I really try to just take each day as it comes since I know there is no
guarantee for tomorrow. BUT in my mind that holds all these dreams, hopes and
aspirations I keep thinking of how I hope I am healthy, that I am visiting the
beach much more since I know as much as dream about living closer to it, it probably
isn't going to happen. I hope my husband and I are living in a bigger house.
I hope that I am still happy doing the same job I am now, except, of course, with more responsibility. I hope I still have the same circle of friends AND I hope more join that circle. I hope my faith is stronger. I am sure I will have a different car becuz I change cars all the time---maybe it will be something sporty since we don't have kids and why not have something sporty and fun? I hope that we aren't at war but somehow I don't think that will be the case. I feel that the world in general will be in more chaos. I don't mean to be negative, I want to be more positive, but I scares me a bit to think about the future. I can think about all my hopes and wants but really I fear the unknown. This reminds me when I was in a pagent (yes, me
I was in a pagent in high school--Junior Miss)I remember the judges asking me this one question during my interview (which by the way I came in second in interview)
The question--"Today, tomorrow, yesterday. Which one do you choose and why?"
My answer--Yesterday is over and done with it. Can't bring it back. Tomorrow is not guaranteed and you don't know what it holds. So I choose today becuz it is here and I can take advantage of it". I guess some of my views haven't changed. (Thanks Bob!)

Second was Keshi---
"Do you think our souls travel many lifetimes?"
I have pondered this question alot. I have often wondered since there have been times in my life where I had feelings that I had done a certain something before or been a certain place and felt I had done that certain something and had been that certain place before. Example, when I went to London, England I felt I had been there before. Infact it was almost as if I felt I was 'home' and I didn't want to leave. Could this have been my bloodline or better yet relatives from long, long years ago speaking to me or could I have had lived there in a past life?
I also tease myself at times saying I must have been from royalty since I just detest
housework and do manual labor! Ha! Sometimes I feel like a wild old soul--could that be becuz I have traveled so many lives before? Why do I find myself so attracted to Egypt, Greece, Rome, China? Did I live there in past lives? I don't have strong feelings towards Brazil, Iran, France?
Really in my faith we don't believe in past lives but as you see I admit to wondering. I had a friend that visited a therapist who could help you uncover your past lives---I believe it is called past life transgresion (don't know if I spelled it right?!). It was so fascinating and frightening what all she told me she said under hypnosis. This hypnosis was taped.
People she knew in this life were in her old lives in different ways. It was so wild.
You would be absolutely blown away by what all she said. I wish I had a transcript of it to share. (Thanks Keshi!)

Last but not least, I did get a new tattoo on my right hip and it's beautiful.
It took almost 3 hours and I am very happy with the results.
It is quite swollen right now. It's gonna look even better.

Guess
who
has
a
brand
new
tattoo????

Some of these things you may know, some you may not.
Just felt like writing it down.

1. I love the ocean and the beach. The ocean mesmerizes
me.I feel so content to be near it or in it.
My dream is to live closer to the ocean.
It is yet another way I see Heaven
on earth.
And by the way, a true vacation to me
is for me to be around water, preferrably
the ocean and warm weather.
2. I am an Elvis fan. I like him in all
stages. I like to kid people and say
"Elvis is alive!" Becuz he is in my heart
and many of his die-hard fans. I have more
Elvis CD's and books than any other artist.
3. I collect frogs. I have since the day I
got married (Sept. 1998). I think a frogs
beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just
like me.
4. I like mermaids. Since I love the sea
and I love the water, I have this thing
where I wish I was a mermaid swimming,
living in the water. Even tho I am
probably more a frog, I want to be the
mermaid.
5. My favorite food is sushi/sashmimi.
and any seafood. Yet another thing about
the sea.
6. I enjoy collecting notecards/stationery.
I enjoy writing notes to people. I think
snail mail is a lost art. What's better
than opening your mailbox and seeing amongst
the bills a card from a friend?
Also, when I say I enjoy writing I also mean
I love to pick up a good writing ink pen
and just write. I like my handwriting and
I like to doodle. I do think I have
a creative side. I have been known to
create my own greeting cards, drawing, doodling.
I entertain the idea of creating my own line of
cards.
7. Obviously, I like being on the internet.
There is so much to see. It's the world
at your finger tips.
8. I love being Catholic. I am a convert
and I do like to share my faith. Becoming
Catholic changed my life in the best way.
I still struggle, but I am on a much better
path. It has centered me and made me realize
what is truly important in life.
9. I am book obsessed. I love to read. I
love to buy books. It's hard for me to
go the library and check out a book.
It definitely would save me lots of money but
if I read a good book, I just can't see
myself turn it back in. It has to be mine since
it touched me so much. I dream of having a
library in my home to display all the books
that have touched me (and maybe some that
didn't). I tend to read true stories and
biographies. Rarely do I read fiction.
You know what they say, true life is sometimes
stranger than fiction.
10. I love my pugs, Jake and Elwood. I have two pugs and they
are just adorable. I don't have children so
I guess they are mine. Jake (fawn) was a gift
from my dad and his girlfriend. My dad always knew
I wanted a pug and he gave him to me. Probably the
best gift ever! 8 months later I thought Jake needed
a buddy, so I bought Elwood (black). Two different
personalities but so sweet and loving.
11. My first pet is my cat, Spooky. He is 4 years old, solid black
and one of the meanest cats I have ever encountered.
A many of a person would have given the cat to the pound
but I couldn't after many times wanting to kill the
cat for being such a devil scratching, biting, hissing.
I do love my cat but if I had knew his personality
before hand I wouldn't have picked him.
Believe or not, despite his meaness and his not liking
of any stranger, he has this sweet side that comes out
and more so since we have gotten two pugs. He still nestles
in my neck at night as if he was still a baby. I love
how soft he is and how he wants to play. I also find
that he is racist. He won't have anything to do with
the fawn pug, but only wants (when he is in the mood) to
play with the black pug!
12. I am married. I have been for almost 9 years (as of 2007).
Marriage is such a trip. No one could have even attempted to
try to explain what all marriage is and isn't. No one
could never explain all it entails--the highs, the lows and
all the patience one needs. I am glad I am married.
Just another reason, why I am blessed--I do have a loving
husband.
13. I am a summer girl. I love summer. It is my season.
If I could, I would live where it is summer year round.
Everybody says I would miss the change of seasons, but
I if I really got to missing the change, which I doubt,
I would go see it and come back to my summer. I have to have
warm temperatures and sunshine. Snow is pretty, and changing
leaves are pretty too, but I want to be in my t-shirt, shorts,
flip flops or barefoot hanging out at the pool.
14. Speaking of t-shirts, shorts, flip-flops--I am a casual girl.
I prefer to be dressed casually. Every once in a while I will
get all dolled up and I always have my makeup on, I love my lipstick
but when it comes to clothes--just give me cut offs, and a tank top.
I don't have to have the latest fashion for fad.
15. I have an eclectic taste in music. I like pop, some rap, a little country,
R & B, funk, disco, big band & swing, some jazz, great standards.
I like Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick, Jr, Mel Torme, Michael Buble,
to Rage Against the Machine, White Stripes, Nickelback to Bob Seger, Lynard Skynard
to Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Van Halen to Fergie, Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dog,etc. I have
a wide spectrum of tunes that I like.
16. I never knew my real mother. She died when I was a little girl-almost three.
I have wondered alot about how different my life would have been if she had lived.
17. I am very close to my dad, sister and brother. I lost my half brother two weeks
before my husband and I were married(not that I ever considered him my 'half' brother--he was my brother. Period.).
18. I am not athletically gifted. Tho I do like sports--I wish I was better
at playing them. I did letter in Golf in high school.
I like to watch pretty much any sport especially if I am there in person.
I like being a spectator.
19. I do not have a green thumb. Can't even keep a cactus alive. I love
flowers and would love to plant some tomatoes or have an herb garden but
I don't becuz I just don't have the magic.
20.Speaking of flowers my favorite flower is the calla lily. But I like
tiger lillies, day lillies, stargazers, etc.
21. I have three tatoos and would like another.
22. I feel I have many likes from all over the spectrum of life--
I like Harley Davidson motorcycles, I like to do karoake, I like
to go to mass, I like a good Grey Goose Dirty Martini, I like to feed
the homeless, I like to listen to Eminem, I like to wear t-shirs
that have skulls and crossbones. I sometimes feel that these things are
contradictions but it's what I like and
how I treat people AND what my personality reflects is really who I am.
23. I am a tell it like it is kinda girl. I don't like beating around the
bush. I am genuine. I try not hurt feelings but I am sometimes blunt and
very truthful or the truth as I know it.
24. I am also my own original. I do not try to be cardboard cut out of
everyone else. I am unique. I don't care what people think of me (well,
some people I care about what they think). If I feel like being a goofball, I will
be a goofball. I can be corny. I can be mushy. I say what I mean. I am emotional and can be a bit dramatic. I feel I have an excitement about me and try to be happy, share the joy. I try to stop and smell the roses. I try to count my blessings. Now don't get me wrong I have my moments when I am down and feeling blah, but overall,
I am pretty content person who is lucky and very blessed.

Want to know something about me?
Ask.....I just might answer.

re·al·i·ty (rē-ăl'ĭ-tē)

n., pl. -ties.

The quality or state of being actual or true.
One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: “the weight of history and political realities” (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).
The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
That which exists objectively and in fact: Your observations do not seem to be about reality.

adj.
Relating to or being a genre of television or film in which a storyline is created by editing footage of people interacting or competing with one another in unscripted, unrehearsed situations.

idiom:
in reality

In fact; actually.


Miss NancyBee got me thinking about reality TV. I have to say that I mostly sick of it. There doesn't seem to be anybody in Televisionland that can think of any good ideas for TV programs. So why not come up with yet another idea for a reality show! Ugh.
There is Survivor, Big Brother, Real World on MTV, The Apprentice, Surreal Life, The Bachelor, Being Bobby Brown, Britney Spear's Chaotic, etc, etc, etc. I will also admit that some programs I have been entertained with, but very few.
I say enough already!
I guess what really got my goat was when I was flipping thru the channels (I find myself flipping thru the hundreds of channels ALOT!)about a week ago and
I see that reality show on Paul Abdul called "Hey Paula". Have you seen or heard about this show? Well, if you haven't watched it--don't. Don't waste your time.
It's like watching a train wreck. Yeah, yeah, I know people have a way about not being able to turn away from the train wreck but I did. I had to. Have you ever watched some program or movie that just made you feel uncomfortable? This is how this show made me feel. Why on earth would Paul Abdul let herself be filmed 'acting'
like she does? You can't understand her speech, she's all twitchy and not so smart?
Yes, I know it's called money and that clouds alot of minds even those whose minds that are already cloudy. Come on Paula! You actually believe I am not going to think
that you aren't on something????? Puh-lease!

I really don't believe that reality TV is all that much 'reality'. I don't believe that it's unscripted. I think people act a certain way---the key word being 'act'--
so they can get attention, get more camera time. I don't believe that alot of the ways certain people are on these shows is how they would be in
true reality. This is their key for possible stardom or atleast their 15 minutes of fame.

Anyway, I'm just going off on a tangent.
Curious to know if you watch some 'reality' TV?
What program?
What is about the program that keeps you entertained?

Peace.

Being the Pug lover that I am,
I found these prints and just fell in
love! I wish I could find a box of
note cards with these images.
Too cute!!
Just had to share my puggy-love!

So I got this from Robyn who got this from Ed :)
Two Things TMI

Two Names You Go By
1. Blessed (my own name to myself)
2. Real name--which I'm not tellin' :P

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. Navy T-shirt
2. a smile

Two Things You Would Want (or have) in a Relationship:
1. Love
2. Trust

Two of Your Favorite Things to do:
1. be in the ocean
2. write letters/send notes

Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. The weekend to be longer
2. dinner to cook itself

Two things you did last night:
1. Read an entire book (214 pages)
2. ate a hotbrown

Two things you ate today:
1. Shrimp fried rice
2. sweet potatoe chips

Two people you Last Talked To:
1. Strangers that stopped at our house to ask a question
2. My sister

Two Things You're doing tomorrow:
1. Work
2. appreciating the new job

Two Favorite Holidays: (like christmas or vacation?)
1. 4th of July
2. Thanksgiving

Two Books you recently read
1. From Ashes to Life by Lucille Eichengreen (read this book last night!)
2. Mommy Dearest by Christina Crawford (better than the movie!)

Two things you wish you did better
1. anything to do with plants or gardening (I do not have a green thumb)
2. play any sport

Two shows you watch on tv
1. My life on the D-List (Kathy Griffin)
2. Showbiz Tonight on CNN

By the way this is my 200th post on this blog. You see I have had other blogs.
Either I got tired of them or (usually) something got messed up with the template,
so anyway I have really posted way over 200 but I thought I would mention that
there is 200 posts here! Woo Hoo!

It sounded like I was in a war zone....
blasts and booms filling the air.
The smell of sulfur, the smoky haze in the air.
This is 4th of July on my street and probably many
neighborhoods. No need to buy fireworks
because the neighbors compete---
who can put on the bigger show?
Who can continue their blasting the longest?
It started a couple of weeks ago.
So far tonight I haven't heard as much as
a firecracker. That's good because then the
dogs won't be up and down, barking, growling at
the noises coming from outside.
I wish the 4th didn't fall on a Wednesday this
year. I could have enjoyed it better if I knew
I didn't have to go to work the next day.
Did you know that the 4th of July will be on a Friday
in 2008???? I think it's because it's a leap year.
Yeah to that! I love extended weekends.
Started off our 4th going downtown in our town.
They block all the street off and you can walk
around listening to different music, drink beer!,
looking at different vendors displays, etc.
I think it's a fun thing to do.
By the way, 4th of July not only is my favorite
holiday but it marks my 11th 'dating' anniversary.
Yep, I keep track of just how long we've been together
as a couple. Eleven years. Holy crap! Has it been
that long? Feels like longer! Ha! I'm more than
sure he agrees!!
11th anniversary is steel.
Steel??? How do they come up with what is appropriate
for each anniversary? You know like 1st anniversary is
paper,15th is crystal, 25th is silver.......but
Steel????
Ok, I'm a geek but the only thing I can think of with
steel is:
We are STILL together! Call me corny! I am.

Hope you had a happy 4th!!!!

My FAVORITE Holiday!!!!!!
Hope yours is great!!

Your opinion please.
So I have been on my new job for 1 week officially today.
I want to say I am really liking it.
And I want to say right now that I am not already
complaining about my new job, I just need some opinions
on a certain matter.
Today was the first staff meeting I was a part of.
On Friday, last week, I sat down with the administrator
to tell her a bunch of my ideas.
Ideas that I was told to write down on a small memo
pad that she gave me. Ideas to help the office run smoother,
more efficiently.
My pen overflowed on to my little memo pad.
So as I was saying I sat down with the administrator
to share.
I get to the meeting. Of course the agenda is all typewritten.
There were several points mentioned on the 1 1/2 pages of agenda.
33 points. 10 of which were mine.
As the administrator went over each point she spoke as if all
these things were her idea. No mention to me that I had thought
up alot of great ideas. Did I mention there were 10 of my ideas?
I felt she was taking credit for these ideas.
The phone rings and she gets up to answer. I look over at the
doctor I am working for, and I non-chalantly say, Did C tell you
all about the ideas I have had?? And she says no.
OK. I wasn't being paranoid, she really is taking credit for
my ideas.
I feel good that my ideas were mentioned and will come into play
in making the office run smoother.
I feel a bit slighted that they weren't credited to me.
Is this wrong to feel this way??????

In this little spot within the vast blog land
and world wide web, is my little place where
I can have my say and share a bit of myself.
I don't think no matter what all divulge,
I don't think you can know me.
I will admit there is so very much of
me that will always be shut up inside me.
Maybe you could get a glimpse of the true
me if you knew me out here in the real world.
Maybe not.
Sometimes I feel like an open book.
Sometimes I feel like a locked box.
I do feel like sharing and I do.
Somethings, as I mentioned before, are
just locked up tight.
Out here many think they know me,
and maybe they do, a little.
Again so much inside this brain of mine.
So many different sides.
So many different ideas and views.
Dislikes and likes.
I wonder if everyone feels this way?
Do you feel there is a part of you
that you will never share?
Or are an open book?
Some people are like open books. They're so direct, it's easy to know them from cover to cover. Others are mysterious and full of surprises - even their closest mates can't always guess how they feel.
Which are you?