Actual Conversations from my house 12.23.11

Bill: When Matthew falls asleep tonight, we should shave off his eyebrows.
me: (Gasp!) No!! (pause) We should shave off only one.
Both of us: YES!!!

(later)
me: we should shave one eyebrow off, then draw it back in with a Sharpie.  Make it have a really high arch.  So it will look like he is always inquisitive.
Bill & me: *Giggling*
Matthew:  I hate you both.

Actual conversations from my house 12.18.11

Bill: I'm going to Tebow at the next auction.
Me: You are going to what?!
Bill: Tebow (he demonstrates what it means)
me: That's called praying. He didn't invent that.

Actual conversations from my house 12.18.11

(Reminiscing about the time Alex pulled an all nighter and passed out on his chair. We wrote all over his face and put make up on him..I know.. that was wrong)
Me: Remember you asked "How do you spell Penis?" Hahaha.. you spelled it with a U! dork!
Bill: Hey! I know how to spell it now! (pause) d.i.c.k

Actual Conversations from my house 12.10.11

(Discussing the mushroom growing project in the kitchen that no one will eat.. pictures on FB)
Bill: You should eat your mushrooms
Me: YOU eat the mushrooms
Bill: I don't want to eat your babies!
me: (whimpering) I shouldn't have named them.

Actual conversations from my house 11.9.11

(explaining to my family that I was under light sedation today and able to watch the monitors as the performed the colonoscopy procedure)
Bill: oh god, what did that look like?!
Alex: I'm sure it looked like a bad intro to Dr. Who.

Actual Conversations from my house 11.8.11

Actual conversations from my house 11.8.11
(Walking past the apple pie I made which no one bothered to even try)
Alex: Mom is going to flip her shit if no one eats her pie!......Ugh.. I wish I didn't say that.
Bill: I think you just made God cry.

Actual Conversations from my House 3.10.11

Me: It'd be nice to have a teacup pig
Bill:  Yeah, well, it'd be nice to have a live in hooker too.  But neither of them are going to happen.

February goodness

First on my list.  Procrastination!  It's March first.  I'm on February goodness.  Procrastination is my middle name.  I own it.

1.  But really, first on my list is Costa Rica!  My date has been set!  Hurray!  With the help of a friend who lives in CR  who I have yet to meet and his wife, they were able to set me up with a Surgeon and arrange my surgery date!  May 26th!  I fly into CR on the 23rd, meet my Dr on the 24th, pre op tests on the 25th and surgery on the 26th. They mean business there.  After 2.5 years of chronic pain and just plain suck.. I see the end to this portion of my journey.  Rocketing my more towards center.  I feel it with every passing day.  May can't get here soon enough!  I have my bellydance community, my friends and family to thank for this incredible gift!

2. I-65 S Windmill Farm in IN.  I heart you!  It's a 10 mile stretch of these gentle, clean, enviro green giants.  They make me smile when I drive through them during the day.  Their massive arms strong in motion.  My happiness swells from the inside out.  They make me smile when I drive through them in the dead of night.  Red beacons flashing on and off intermittently.  Having me first question if I am hallucinating because it is 2 am.  realizing it's their night call.  I love you windmills!

3. American Idol  season 10.  I don't usually watch this show.  I may have seen 2 seasons in the past. I got sucked into this season.  I don't know why.  But the talent is stupendous this year! I'm totally hooked.

4. With that being said, my new Rockstar boyfriend is Paul McDonald from AI season 10.  He just doesn't know it yet. His band, The Grand Magnolias is delicious!  Favorite song right now being "Sing Out" off their newest album. I have a lot of AI favorites.  All of them different and unique in their own way.

5. Chobani Greek Yogurt.  Smooth and creamy, twice the protein, good for you!

6. Being featured in etsy's newsletter.  That rocked.  Sales were tremendous.  Yay for Calico Garden!

The Power of Kindness

My FB status says:

"The power of kindness in all the gentle souls around me has overwhelmed me. My heart literally aches with love."

I was writing out thank you emails to all those kind souls who have donated their time, dance, money, raffle items over the past 3 benefits in order to help me reach my surgery goal.  I quickly realized how amazing it was to have to spend 2 hours on such a task because I had so many people to thank.  I posted on FB current total is $8,400 and I was so close to reaching my goal.  I then get an email from an incredible person across the seas whom I have never in my life met.  They tell me that they want to donate $1000.00 to my funds.  They asked that I not mention their donation on FB.  They will be an anonymous donor.

I was without words.  I was in tears.  A person who I have never laid eyes on, a person who doesn't know me, was showering me with kindness.  I am surrounded by so many extraordinary people.  My head reels from the sheer awesomeness of this all.  My heart..truly, literally, ached.  Ached with love and appreciation and awe.

January goodness

I've been neglecting the goodness list.  I like lists.  I like goodness.  I like procrastinating.

1. Macy Gray- The Sellout CD.  Wow, for a strung out crack whore..(ohh, that was inappropriate..I'm working on that for 2011)  this CD is fabulous from beginning to end and riddled with ear worms.  Thanks to the Ugly Betty Finale for pointing me to the goodness of this CD!

2. My Belly dance community.  These girls have gone above and beyond by throwing me all these benefit fundraisers and helping me raise funds to get my much needed surgery.  I am blessed beyond all compare.  I thank the lord daily for showing me the way to this amazing group of dance sisters and brothers.  They are a beacon of light in my life!  This surgery will happen and for that I am thankful.

3. ThePioneerwoman.com.  I like how she lays out her recipes.  Simple and to the point.  I tried her beef and mushroom stew yesterday.  big hit with the carnivores in the house.  Tonight I am trying the Grilled chicken with Lemon basil pasta.

4. Entourage.  I don't know what it is about  this show.  But whenever the newest season is released on DVD, I devour it like  cake!  I love the characters, craziness, Jermey Pivens.. I got a little crushie on Eric too..I'm a sucker for a red head.  What can I say!?

5. The Square-  squareup.com  It's a free app for your smart phone.  Once all signed up, they will send you this cute little square device the plugs into your headphone jack.  It's free ( My fav words) You then use the little cute square to swipe credit cards.  Brilliant!! I used my square last weekend, took in $100 in credit card sales.  Loved it!  They initiated the deposit into my bank account the next day.  Rocks!

6. Words with Friends-  Another smart phone app.  I now play scrabble with people all over the world.  It's like crack.

Goodbye Huggy Bear

Little Huggy Bear passed today.  Her heart was enlarged and the Dr. couldn't understand how she lived such a long life.  She was feisty and loved her treats.  On her last day her, she made an appearance on WGN morning news promoting the Animals After Dark expo.  So, the world got to see her sweet little face.  Will miss you Huggy Bear Cheese!