I checked my e.mail this morning and there was a comment posted from Val.
This is how my mind works.
I was thinking about Val as I got in the shower, still laughing to myself about the right and left thing.
I got in the shower and picked up my Jergans soap and thought of Val's Mom Sue because that's the soap I remember her buying. Thinking of Sue always makes me happy. Since I'm thinking happy thoughts I think about the Sweet Tooth saloon.
I wonder what ever happened to the Sweet Tooth and why they closed. Since I am thinking about food I remember the Mariner where we could buy cigerettes in the machine if nobody was looking. Then thinking about restaurants, I remember the Wounded Pig. Not much to remember about the Pig. Now that I'm thinking about places that have closed, I think about Sprouse Rietz, or Reitz. Whatever. Was it Reetz or Ritz? I just remember calling it "Sprouse". I remember going there at lunch time, sneaking "off campus" without a note and buying candy. Thinking about school, I remember Susi Pullen piercing ears in the girls bathroom next to the cafateria at lunch. Ow. Remember how the lockers used to be in the hall? I was almost done in the shower, I just needed to wash my hair. So I picked up my new bottle of shampoo and thought of Julie because when she was here a couple times ago she bought the new L'oreal shampoo. It came in a cool bottle and I guess a part of you never grows up and still wants what your older sister has, so I bought the same kind of shampoo she did. Mine is in a pink bottle and her's was in an orange bottle because we have different hair types. I still think of her whenever I wash my hair though because it's the same kind of shampoo. Now I wrap up my thinking coming back to Val and the trip we took to Las Vegas. I was wearing my new Avon perfume the whole time we were there so now every time I see or wear that pefume I think of my trip to Vegas with Val, Glenn and Kelly. I keep my deodorant right next to that perfume, so when I use the deodorant I think of Val.
That's just the shower. Can you imagine the rest of my day?
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Sleepy Wednesday
I think I slept about three hours last night. I stayed up late to watch Deadliest Catch, that was on at 10:00 so over at 11:00.
Then I went to bed and ended up watching some of the news. Did you know they closed the WSU Vancuver campus because of copycat shooting threats? Ok, so I finally get to sleep and BAM, 2:30 I am wide awake. Mike had already left for work, but I didn't hear him. I mean wide wide awake. My dad always said if that happens to get put of bed and do something. Don't just lay there thinking about not being able to sleep. So I got up and watched t.v, read my e-mail and had a cookie. Then it was about 3:30. I decided to go back to bed to watch t.v, but when I walked by Wyatt's room he was tossing and kinda wimpering. I thought about waking him up, but didn't. So I got into bed and not five minutes later Wyatt comes into my room. Scared the sh*t out of me. He told me he had a nightmare and it bothered him so much he didn't think he could sleep in his room alone. So in the bed comes Wyatt. Good thing we have a king size fully adjustable bed. We both layed there awake until almost 5:30.
Bummer.
Wy did get back to sleep, but by 7:00 I was up again.
For the last many months I dream about GK every night. Weird. I mean every night every night. I wonder why. Not bad dreams. Doing things dreams, usually doing happy things dreams. We clean alot. The barn, the pump house, under the house, whatever, we clean it.
Speaking of cleaning......Ashley had her teeth cleaned yesterday! She was pretty dopey all afternoon and evening. They had to give her and extra dose of knock out juice because she had two teeth pulled. She has minty fresh breath today though : )
Stinky Sassy goes in tomorrow and thats a good thing.
Not much else happened yesterday. GK still working on taxes. He has an extension, but it's important to him to get them done asap. He's had alot going on the past few months. His hip seems to be bothering him quite a bit but is better with Tylenol and his new FAVORITE, Tylenol PM. He is able to sleep through the night with a couple of those. He is doing great with his contacts since the doctor showed him an easier way to put them in, and all in all doing well. Of course he still gets teary eyed and sad, but that's to be expected.
Pulled pork. That sounds good huh? I think I'll go check the freezer and see if I have a pork roast. If I do, I wonder if i could put it in the oven frozen and cook it slow all day. It would be nice if when I asked a question you would answer in the comment section below. Mike got me a cookbook for Easter. I'm going to have a looksee for an oatmeal cookie recipe. The last ones I made were kind of fluffy. I like thick chewy ones. I'm obviously off my diet in case you haven't noticed, AND I'm smoking again. LOSER.
Ok, what was I saying about pulled pork and oatmeal cookies? : )
I'm going to have lunch now.
C Ya!!
Can We Talk
Check this out!
Look to your left and you will see a chat log in. Sign in and create a screen name and password and then we can meet in "The Park" chat room. Kind of like sitting at the kitchen table in a single wide drinking coffee except different.
K, C Ya
Look to your left and you will see a chat log in. Sign in and create a screen name and password and then we can meet in "The Park" chat room. Kind of like sitting at the kitchen table in a single wide drinking coffee except different.
K, C Ya
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Stolen Words
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse?
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.
Seen it all; can't remember most of it.
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
He's not dead; he's electroencephalographically challenged.
She's always late. Her ancestors arrived on the Juneflower.
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how living remains so popular?
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial costs and blamed it on the high cost of living.
Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone will be stupid enough to try and pass them all.
You can't have everything; where would you put it all?
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.
If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat all day drinking beer.
Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in the public schools.
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
Everybody lies. But it doesn't matter since nobody listens.
I wish the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse?
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.
Seen it all; can't remember most of it.
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
He's not dead; he's electroencephalographically challenged.
She's always late. Her ancestors arrived on the Juneflower.
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Honk if you love peace and quiet.
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how living remains so popular?
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial costs and blamed it on the high cost of living.
Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone will be stupid enough to try and pass them all.
You can't have everything; where would you put it all?
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.
If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat all day drinking beer.
Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in the public schools.
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
Everybody lies. But it doesn't matter since nobody listens.
I wish the buck stopped here, as I could use a few.
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Monday
I just got back from the big house and can not seem to get over feeling the need to stay when GK is gone. He has a doctors apt this morning, so when he left I went over to clean. I finished up with everything and then sat down and started watching Martha. I looked down to check the couch, and there was nobody there. Then I remembered. I could go home.
So, here I am. Watching t.v at home.
I told you GK had the gold glass replaced with clear. It looks so good. Yesterday I spent cleaning every piece of everything in that cupboard and putting it away in a way that looks pleasing. It was a big job, but worth it. It looks great. See photo.
John also made shelves for the tall broom closet that I don't think has ever held a broom. They work a lot better. Now you can have stuff on shelves instead of stacked stuff on top of stuff. Gk found some SUPER placemats that I have chosen to believe are mine as a gift of gratitude for cleaning the closet and shelves. Hold on, I'll see if I can get a good shot of them
Ok, so there ya go. Nice huh?
I made a really good corned beef for dinner last night. I cooked it on low all afternoon and it was perfect. I wonder why they call it corned. Mike just got home. he said he broke down. I'll show him a breakdown.
We finished off with leftover coolwhip surprise delight and the surprise last night was it was a little refrigerator runny. You know how it gets all watery and the marshmallows aren't quite like they should be. It was ok though.
After dinner Wyatt got a much needed haircut. I took him out in the driveway and gave him one of those haircuts where it's tight on the sides and back but longer on the top. I figure that takes away from some of the stop sign look he otherwise has. So it all went well, untill he got out of the shower and decided he really wanted all his hair the same. I told him he needed to think about it. Once we took it all off, we couldn't put it back on.
He said ok, he would, but he was pretty sure he wanted it all the same.
This morning he got up and got dressed and asked if I would please finish the haircut. I told him yes, but that I really thought it looked good as it was. I should have known it would all fall on deaf ears to the fashion victim standing before me.
There he stood. "Husky" tough skins with two even rolls as a hem, because they fit in the waist, but not length, a cotton plaid "blouse" with mother of pearl snaps, snapped all the way up and a kahki hunting vest with velcro fasteners.
My son. Wyatt James Dorkball Swafford Parks.
Ok, so back to the haircut.
I told him he would have to strip down to his underpants and stand out behind the wagon because I didn't want to clean hair off him or the floor. So standing out there at 8:00 in the morning, behind the car, in his underpants and a towel, I shaved his head. I may have cried a little becauase standing there before me, yet again, as happens every summer, was the infamous grapefruit on a toothpick. Only this time he was wearing a K-Mart clearance blouse with pearlized snaps.
Unconditional love is important when your eight.
I cleaned his room this weekend. Did we already go over that? Anyway. Gross, but finished.
I talked to Kelly saturday. Everything is going well in Billings
I got an e.mail from Lloyd this morning. Everything good in Bagram
I talked to Julie this morning. They had a good time at the game, Mariners won. Something about broken bats, home runs and sunburns. Anyway, everything good there.
I have not talked to Wendy since she went home last saturday, but I presume everything is ok with her.
So there you have it, the Monday report.
When Wyatt gets home I will take a picture of him with his new haircut.
Tomorrow one of the poodles goes in for a teeth cleaning. Can't wait!
I think thats all for now.
So, here I am. Watching t.v at home.
I told you GK had the gold glass replaced with clear. It looks so good. Yesterday I spent cleaning every piece of everything in that cupboard and putting it away in a way that looks pleasing. It was a big job, but worth it. It looks great. See photo.
John also made shelves for the tall broom closet that I don't think has ever held a broom. They work a lot better. Now you can have stuff on shelves instead of stacked stuff on top of stuff. Gk found some SUPER placemats that I have chosen to believe are mine as a gift of gratitude for cleaning the closet and shelves. Hold on, I'll see if I can get a good shot of them
Ok, so there ya go. Nice huh?
I made a really good corned beef for dinner last night. I cooked it on low all afternoon and it was perfect. I wonder why they call it corned. Mike just got home. he said he broke down. I'll show him a breakdown.
We finished off with leftover coolwhip surprise delight and the surprise last night was it was a little refrigerator runny. You know how it gets all watery and the marshmallows aren't quite like they should be. It was ok though.
After dinner Wyatt got a much needed haircut. I took him out in the driveway and gave him one of those haircuts where it's tight on the sides and back but longer on the top. I figure that takes away from some of the stop sign look he otherwise has. So it all went well, untill he got out of the shower and decided he really wanted all his hair the same. I told him he needed to think about it. Once we took it all off, we couldn't put it back on.
He said ok, he would, but he was pretty sure he wanted it all the same.
This morning he got up and got dressed and asked if I would please finish the haircut. I told him yes, but that I really thought it looked good as it was. I should have known it would all fall on deaf ears to the fashion victim standing before me.
There he stood. "Husky" tough skins with two even rolls as a hem, because they fit in the waist, but not length, a cotton plaid "blouse" with mother of pearl snaps, snapped all the way up and a kahki hunting vest with velcro fasteners.
My son. Wyatt James Dorkball Swafford Parks.
Ok, so back to the haircut.
I told him he would have to strip down to his underpants and stand out behind the wagon because I didn't want to clean hair off him or the floor. So standing out there at 8:00 in the morning, behind the car, in his underpants and a towel, I shaved his head. I may have cried a little becauase standing there before me, yet again, as happens every summer, was the infamous grapefruit on a toothpick. Only this time he was wearing a K-Mart clearance blouse with pearlized snaps.
Unconditional love is important when your eight.
I cleaned his room this weekend. Did we already go over that? Anyway. Gross, but finished.
I talked to Kelly saturday. Everything is going well in Billings
I got an e.mail from Lloyd this morning. Everything good in Bagram
I talked to Julie this morning. They had a good time at the game, Mariners won. Something about broken bats, home runs and sunburns. Anyway, everything good there.
I have not talked to Wendy since she went home last saturday, but I presume everything is ok with her.
So there you have it, the Monday report.
When Wyatt gets home I will take a picture of him with his new haircut.
Tomorrow one of the poodles goes in for a teeth cleaning. Can't wait!
I think thats all for now.
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