no, i am not dead

so, it has really been since the 19th since i have posted last. i won't count how many days exactly that has been....but it has been a long dang time i know.

and it was not by choice, let me tell you. i have moved into my newly divorced pad, and it's a good thing i don't listen to my parents anymore (like i ever did) but my dad's response upon the first inspection of my new paradise was to comment "well, you've lived in worse places"
hmphhhh.... some people have no vision of greatness to come.

me on the other hand, i am inspired by all the blood, sweat and money that will have to poured into this place to have it where i invision it to be.

it's an old farmhouse with a back yard so big only a lawn boy charging by the hour could lust over. it has crown molding and shelving and original REAL (not laminate) wood flooring and best of all........4 BEDROOMS (not that it will keep the munchkins out of my bed) but still, I am pumped. It has character and i just feel like it is a good place to start my new chapter in life and to hell with snotty comments from people that don't have to live here. go back to your own boring house and talk all you want.

my neighbors are my landlords (hahahaha) they have lived on this block for 42 MARRIED years, which will tell you how old they are, and they are just as cute as can be. the chicken houses down the street are not so cute but hey, it only smells at night. :)

so any way, i know i have been awol for awhile so i have a LOT of catching up to do. thank you NOLA for reminding me why i adore you so much, it's nice to know i was missed :) and pictures are forthcoming

Friend Making Mondays...only I am doing it on Tuesday

Okay, so if I do only one post a week it is always going to be a FMM post (yes, i know it is Tuesday but i am in transition and feeling a bit off right now)

here we go;

the intro (i shamelessly just copied and am posting Kasey's it is her baby after all)

Welcome to another Monday here at All That Is Good! Monday's are always fun here because it means it time to make some bloggin' friends!!!You can go HERE for the rules and facts about this fun little bloggin' game. I have made some of my favorite friends from FMM. Thanks girls!




Today's task: Copy and paste these questions to your blog and give them your own answers.


You wouldn't be caught dead where?: Mason's in the mall. It is truly painful to think of how much money is spent there



Do you have any hidden talents?: I can bend all of my fingers till they are all the knuckle of the finger next to the one I am bending. Kindof looks like a webbed hand. weird i know but i had alot time on my hands during ISS while in High School. :)


Name two things you consider yourself to be very good at: things that require coordination, childraising and making all things crafty


Name two things you consider yourself to be very bad at:
Math and housework


Have you ever won a trophy?:
If you have met my mother you know that I have many

Name one thing not many people know about you:
That i write and can cross stich.

Name your earliest memory:
being at the babysitter's that my parents took me too when I was little and watching "Guiding Light"

What was your favorite musical group in jr. high?:
I was obsessed with New Kids on the Block........am i telling my age now or what

What was something the worst roommate you ever had did?:
I brought her up to the big city where I lived (and hour away) let her stay with me for free, got her a job and she repayed me by sleeping with half the town, losing her job and doing so many drugs she had a seizure in front of my child.
good friend huh!



When you were a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?:
i was going to be a interior designing, kindgergarten teaching, singing, taxi driver


What was your worst dating experience?:
i hate dating, always have. it is so much easier to go on NON-dates



If you were about to die what would your last meal be?:
something with crab meat and cheese



Who is the most important person in you life?:
definately my kids (okay, so that is 3 people)



If your house was on fire what 3 things would you grab on your way out?:
Since we have a fire plan that involves everyone knowing who they are in charge of seeing out i would grab things. my box of pictures, cellphone, and the pig my sister bought me the day they took me home from the center i was adopted from



Okay! There are your questions...now go forth and answer them! Don't forget to sign in at Kasey's place and leave your name and URL with Mr. Linky! And thanks for joining in with the fun!

much needed low key weekend

so no, i did not forget that i have to finish my last post, but my brain is too mushy right now to work that hard. i am so content to report that i had a much needed low key weekend. i did not get to move but i did sign my lease, so the joys of relocation will take place next weekend. i got to hang with an old but new friend on Saturday and that was much needed and very relaxing (well, as relaxed as you can feel after laughing so hard you basically wet your pants.) that girl is funny!
today is Mother's Day. my own mom is consumed by her various gardens so i bought her a clematis (had to be purple) to plant (was gonna be a good daughter and do it myself but a) it's allergy season and i hate going outside and b.) it was raining
other than that, it's almost 9pm and i am going to bed :)
Happy Mother's Day friend.

as you are reading my post listen closely for the strains of the Rocky theme song playing in the background

man, that was a looong post title huh? BUT IT'S HOW I FEEL!!!

after a long search i can happily report i have found a new place to make breakup cds and watch Twilight.

(translation: i found a new house and am moving this weekend)

have not figured out the part about how to pay for it and food every month, but hey, i like to live dangerously so it'll work out.

and to top off THAT exciting news I have run (well, half run-half walked) 2 miles for the past few days......

see I told you

i am sorry to report though that i have cleared out all e-z mart, conoco, fast trip and white oak stations shelves of this product....


so if you live within a ten mile radius of me, sorry. you'd think by now i would remember to get the big bottle at Wal-mart but no. not me. anyway, hopefully i will have some fun pics of the new pad soon :) :)

Friend Making Mondays...man I just did this post

Today Friend Makin Mondays is being guest hosted by Amber over at AEFILKINS


and here is what she wants to know (oh yeah, if you don't know what FMM is by now visit Kasey @ ALL THAT IS GOOD to get the scoop.)

Name 5 toys that remind you of your childhood:

Which is not as easy as it looks when you want to be original and creative (and everyone else already did their posts a million hours ago, cause I don't get off of work till 6pm now. sniff) so bear with me as I try to be clever.

okay, so once I got started I could not stop, this was a fun one

here we go

NUMBER 1. ahhhh. many happy hours were spent playing with my brothers He-Man "Masters of the Universe" toys. I was not so into She-Ra for some reason just the man with the silver breastplate fighting off Skeletor and Snake Mountain. good times good times. Heck, I even saw the movie

NUMBER 2 is my good ol pogo ball



that is until the air all went out of it and I twisted my ankle on the dang thing.

NUMBER 3 still gives me goosebumps when I think of that freaky electronic sound but I loved my Simon game all the same



NUMBER 4 is my PRE-Tetris obsession ATARI (imagine if you could have taken that into the bathroom like I can my gameboy. I could have skipped Jr. High and just been so less worse for the wear )



and no list of my favorite childhood toys would be complete without the good old lite bright




many happy hours were spent spelling out naughty words aimed at my mom for making me go to bed at 8:30 (AND I WAS 14), or for not letting me watch 90210 (altough I did it anyway), having to wear identical matching dresses she made me and my sister to church all the time, and who could forget the hideous yellow shag carpet and sunflower wallpaper (that if I had my choice I would use in my room in a heart beat now!!!) ah the pain....I mean joys of childhood. This trip down memory lane sure was swell.....:)

Happy Birthday Nola