TUESDAY WAS YESTERDAY

I used some of my gift cards from Christmas last weekend when I had some time to myself, and I happened to stop by Old Navy. Now, you've all seen the ads haven't you? The new ON commercials where the mannequins are talking to eachother and explain how they are fortunate enough to be able to spin their heads around like the exorcist so they can see their own boom booms? "Cute butt!" etc? Well, those mannequins are in the ON store as soon as you walk in. Apparently they are more fun than your own family, cuz this little girl wanted to go home with them.


Really she was holding the man-nequins hand! lol. I thought it was the cutest thing ever she actually looked up at his face and nodded her head like she was ready to go.

I went to see my BFF in Maine a couple weekends ago. Man, I dunno how she does it, living there when they get about a foot of snow every friggin day. It just never seems to go away. I went just for 2 days, most of which was spent snowmobiling if we weren't drinking if we weren't snowmobiling. Sunday we planned to leave to come home around 2pm so we woke up early to go snowmobiling with Kdawg cuz she'd never been (all saturday night just the adults went out). So we did just that.

Kdawg and I on one sled, Sissy and her daughter on another and Sissy's bf on a third. We followed thru trails and over the lake which seemed like forever. Now of course I'm not from Maine and I've never really been snowmobiling, but 40mph on a snowmobile is kinda fast, or at least Kdawg thought so. And even though the lake is totally frozen over solid, it was eerie to see the ice underneath where the snow had been blown away from the wind in some parts of the lake. Kinda creeped me out and gave me visions of falling thru, kid in tow. Yikes!

Anyhow, we wanted to go up Bald Mtn (i think that's what it's called) but there really aren't any 'groomed' trails for snowmobiles, so it's a free for all, if you dare. Well, it's literally STRAIGHT up. We started along, kids on the back, and I got about half way up and hit a rut with rock sticking out of the snow on either side and leaned into it and we both dumped over. We had had about enough of that so we took a break and rested our bodies.

We took off and went another way down about an hour of trails (fun fun!) until we came to this area where you could see over part of the lake. With the snow, it was just beautiful. (the pic does it NO justice)

After a 5 1/2 hour ride home we were both pooped. I left everything packed and went to bed, and after work the next day (monday) I could not move. I fell onto the toliet my thighs hurt so bad, between tubing all afternoon saturday and snowmobiling all night saturday and all day sunday (literally) my body was beat up! It was so worth it I drove all the way home thinking when I could plan to come back up before the snow is all gone. Luckily they have snow 10 months out of the year so I have plenty of time.

Next week I am off to St. Louis to stay with my friend Manda for a 4-day weekend. St. Louis has a huge St. Patty's day parade and Manda and her hubs (no kids- just a pooch) are big partiers. I am flying out on a friday am and back on the monday night. It's going to be a blast. I'll be sure to take lots of pics, and Manda, like me- is a camera whore! She gets a huge group together and gives them special surprise bags (coozies, beads, glasses, etc.) She's just fabulous and gorgeous and I can't wait to get out there. It will be a nice weekend away.

I am hoping one of these days I can get down to PA to visit my ladies Sue and Charlotte! *sigh* Oh, how I miss them on the 1st anniversary of Sue's big birthday bash in Disney! *pouts* Soon, I promise. Very soon.

I have been quite busy house hunting now, got my pre-approval and have been visiting the insides of various houses in the area, looking for something suitable to settle myself and my daughter in so that I don't have to pay someone ELSE's mortgage anymore. Sounds fun and everyone says it's "so exciting" but I'm just not seeing it, yet. I guess "winning" and settling in will finally be the exciting part! So, as much as I don't keep up with blogging, which I really should start doing, I have to catch you all up and blow up the page all in one post so you all get an idea of what is going on with me. I miss your comments. I'm going to do my bestest I swear.

The new addition to the family (for some of you this is news) has been getting along quite well. She' a wonderful addition and she is just cozy and loveable and fun! She has a lot to learn, being a 'shelter' dog, but she's well on her way. She fetches a stuffed peep...

...however she will not fetch a tennis ball or any other ball. And although she is not fetching in that photo, you cannot get that peep away from her unless you are within 3 feet of her head, so I decided I'd just put it ON her head!

I have microchipped her and the week before I went to Maine I brought her back to the shelter to have her spayed. Sadly, her paperwork came back with some heartbreaking news- she had been carrying a litter of pups (5) that were about to be born and the shelter gave their vet the ok to abort. Of course I called hysterically crying on the phone the following monday to inform them they had no right to do that to my dog as they no longer "owned" her. Shelter dogs, if they come in pregnant, are always aborted unless they are RIGHT about to give birth. Apparently they just didn't take notice nor did I know by the size of her that she was pregnant. I honestly thought she was just in heat. Going thru that was as hard for her as it was for us, she cried all week searching the house day and night, waking up crying and whining all night for a week and a half. It was horrible and I will never forget it.

Kdawg and I are going to a seminar this weekend at the Humane Society, Animal Rescue League in our town and we will be volunteering starting next week a few hours at a time: walking dogs, socializing cats, cleaning out cages, etc. I actually prefer to work with the bully breeds and I am working on that as well - soon...even if just once a week! It's nice to know that you can take a dog out of the "pits" and train them to be wonderful, loving creatures. Rescues are my favorite breed.


TMI:

1. Is there a sexual act/position/practice that you were sure in advance you would hate (or never try) and then discovered to your surprise you loved?
*reverse cowgirl

2. Is there a sexual act/position/practice that proved a lot less interesting in practice than you thought it would be beforehand?
*hmm, not really. LOL i think it all depends on the person who's performing.

3. How do you let your significant other know you're in the mood? How do you let a new person in your life know?
*i think it's all about the vibes you give. If I'm not in the mood, it's clear. I know if i am, i'm not afraid to make a move.

4. How does your significant other let you know he/she is in the mood?
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5. Is there one that got away - a sexual opportunity you didn't realise was one at the time, or weren't ready for and regret missing ever since?
*i don't think so. I think you pretty much KNOW!