Hi Friends!

Here is another filter sign up section. I am embarking in a major plan to make things more comfortable in my head and in my relationship with my husband.



I will be screening comments on this sign up, but not in the filter.

Dear Friends,

Hi! I figured that I am about the only person i know that doesn't have a health or excercise filter. 

The stuff you will find will be the normal, various logs, successes, failures and complaints about my weight and health issues.

If you stumble across this entry and you wish to  be added, please comment here.

Thanks,
Angie

Today:  Breezy's Belated Birthday Sleepover- try to pack up some CONvergence stuff

Tomorrow: Sleepover ends at 2:00.  Birthday Dinner with shedevylle around 6:00.

Monday:  The boys move in.  No school for Minireggie, so everyone will be home.  - More CONvergence laundry and packing- JFFS concert.

Tuesday: Hayden and Mystrycat join the happy crew here.  Frantic CONvergence Packing

Wednesday: Move to the hotel.  Probably 2 trips, perhaps one if I bury the children under piles of stuff and load the Bonneville with stuff for Karl to bring.  Having two cars again is really nice.

Thursday-Sunday: CONvergence 2009...YAY!!!!

Sunday: move everyone and everything back home.  Return two of the kids to their own homes.

Monday through Wednesday: get Minireggie to school in the morning and unpack.

Wednesday evening: the boys move out.

Thursday: No Squishy, but I have to be in Eagan by 8:15 for a Colonoscopy appt.  No emergency, a painful, possible blockage and  family history convinced my doctor that we should have a look-see a little earlier than the usual fifty years.  My Paternal Grandfather died of Colon cancer at the age of 36.

By next Friday, life should be back to normal.  I consider myself lucky, that's earlier than most CONvergence attendees.

So I got to go with Sprinklekit and two of her friends to see The Phantom of the Opera.  We had a wonderful time.  The show was great. Two rather odd things happened while we were there.

First, the Orpheum is fairly large.  So what was the chance that the people who sat behind us were Sprinklekit's Spanish teacher and family.  The girls were rather freaked out.  She's a cool lady so they were pleased as well, but it was quite funny to watch them squeal.

So after the show, we were looking at and purchacing merchandise and a woman came up to me and suggested that she knew me from twenty years before.

She dropped Petsnakereggie's name which I confirmed was a name I knew.  She mentioned that she went to Hamline with him and knew me through my ex-boyfriend from that era.   I remembered her and the swimsuit she wore the weekend we spent the most time together ( not hard to remember the suit, it was a bikini with a scuba style top that sported a long  zipper in the front that was the temptation of all the men that weekend).   

V. mentioned that she had heard me talking and thought that it might be me.  She was more sure but not positive when she looked at me from the side (I'm much larger than I was then).  Then Sprinklekit   started talking to me and called me Mom.   V. took one look at Sprinklekit and knew she had the right person.   V. even remembered my name.  After 20 years??!!!  And to recognize me by my voice... I don't think it is a very distinctive voice.

Wow.

( over the years )

I have done variations to this Meme twice before.  gleckia.livejournal.com/142750.html#cutid1
gleckia.livejournal.com/25106.html

Edit:  I forgot an important person in the best friends category.  onyxspydyr !  We were introduced when Tabby was 3 months old and Mystrycat  was 6 months old.  We hung out or talked at least weekly from that point on until the girls got a bit older and OnyxS. took a job out of town.  She and Coulbauth were instrumental to our Sanity at many points of our lives.

Karl  announced this morning after a discussion about  zombies and then hearing a scratch at the bedroom door,  " I can't go into work,  there are zombies at the door.  It could be the cat, but I  don't think I should risk it."

I had a fantastic day!!!   We started out with yummy Butterbread ,a brand of frozen  Danish-like loaves that are apparently only available through fundraisers.  Then there was the candy and gift hunt.  The girls got assorted things and I got some earrings and Karl got a copy of "Yes Man".

Easter is really simple now that the girls are part of the "Secret".   sprinklekit  figured it out around the age of 10 and managed to convince mw to let her help hide stuff from that point on.  Last year, Breezy figured it out and helped hide Sprinklekit's stuff.  This year, I bought the stuff and hid the girls gifts.  Sprinklekit was up later so she filled the candy eggs and hid Breezy's and ours.  We left Sprinklekit's eggs on the table for Breezy to hide in the morning.   Everyone had fun.

We went over to my parents place for Easter Lupper (we ate at 2:30).  shedevylle  and S. and my M-I-L joined us.

Mom made a pork roast and we had Augratin potatoes ,not mine, pre-made, but good.  Mom pointed out that I wouldn't really have time to make them. So, I made a yummy Greek Salad and devilled eggs (of course) .   For dessert there was Easter candy available, but I dipped Strawberries in semi, milk and white chocolate and put other berries in mini- muffin cups and poured chocolate over them.  They had hardened nicely by dessert time.

We chatted and played Apples to Apples and then around 7:00. we all headed home.   After sending Shedevylle to her new home with more of her stuff, we sat down and watched "Yes Man" while eating cheap pizza.   Karl felt a little persecuted by the movie at first.  (The main character is named Carl and has a few matching personality traits.

We laughed so much!  I can't say it was a great movie, but we certainly had fun!

I wish you lots of chocolate and happiness!

I hate it when I forget to take the Citaloprin. I feel very emotional and worthless.  I have corrected that and expect to feel better by morning.

Some good news, Breezy and Minireggie just put themselves to bed.  Wow.

Happy Birthday vorrant !!!   We hope you have a relaxed and splendid day! 

I turned 41 this morning. I have been receiving lovely greetings all morning. Thank you.

I am now officially re-registered to drive for the next 4 years. Ha! Ha! Watch out everybody! Clear the roads!

I am going to be selfish and ask for a birthday present. Of course it's not mandatory, these things never are. 

So, here is my birthday present request....   I need more music in my life. I would love it if those who wish to, would respond with a list of 5-10 song/musical pieces that they feel everyone needs to listen to in their lives and/or that I personally need to listen to and I will look them up and add them to my playlists. If you have a favorite artist for a piece, list them as well. If the piece is hard to find, give me a clue on how to find it .

Thank you all for being my friends. You make my life fun and special.
Angie

Mystrycat wrote me a poem today.

Angie-
She takes care of all her kids-
wherever they are.
Hers or not, they're still her darlings.
also her sweethearts, sugars and loves.
An awesome mother at heart,
she means a lot to us all.
And she's special to me,
My Mom-not-Mom she will always be.

First off, I will take a moment to whine about apparently being back to my 5 hour sleep schedule. I go to bed at a normal time, I sleep about 5 hours and then I wake up to go to the bathroom. After that, my brain starts spewing random thoughts that are impossible to sleep through. I don't like it. At All.

On a happier note, I have gotten the back steps and the driveway apron shoveled. I like to get the snowplow spooge up first. It's the heaviest. I probably should have started with the main sidewalk. However, I have declared the sidewalk spooge territory as well since the snowplow spray covers my sidewalk. It only adds about 1-3 inches but an excuse is an excuse.

The girls are out finishing the front steps that Karl started. The drifting on the driveway has insured that the car will not be leaving the garage until the driveway is done.

On a humorous note, Breezy asked if I could drive her to school today. Since it took me about 40 minutes to shovel the 8x8 apron and the driveway is pretty darn long...I laughed and told her "no". She then asked to be picked up, I informed her that I felt lucky if we got the shoveling done by tomorrow.

You kinda gotta respect a State that has it's own built in exercise program.

Sprinklekit was on Karl's computer the other night.  Breezy wanted on.  Breezy had about a half hour on the computer before Sprinklekit came home and had gotten off so Sprinklekit could do her homework.  By this point Sprinklekit had been on for about two hours and was no longer doing homework.  There was a sisterly arguement going on about it, so Karl stepped in.

He said, "Sprinklekit, you can't just come home and take over the computer and ignore the family for the whole night."

I couldn't help it, I had to chime in to Karl, "No, That would be your job." 

After a brief pause he agreed that yes, that would be his job.

A while ago, most of my picture boxes spilled. I just snatched them up and shoved them back in the boxes without rhyme or reason.

That makes for an interesting combination of pictures as they get documented and/or scanned. A few from Karl's childhood, followed by a picture from Sprinklekit's Birth followed by a picture from a relative's wedding.

At least I am finally putting them back in some kind of order.

I leave you with a picture of Karl some time around 1976 and a picture of the Brand New Tabby with her Parents.