he IS

your smile of innocence and not yet worldly discoveries
fresh tears of pure emotion are full of life and naive reality
a beautiful abundance filled with ooozing character and stunning
personality, you squeeze my heart with your being
and I am not even sure, who you are yet, who you are

to be

but he envelopes me with his whole self ♥

endearing spirit, old soul, have you been here before
my one and only true, unconditional love, you have all of me
a blessing from above that crowded my belly full of felicity
anticipation of your visitation, a lasting encounter I will always hold dear
your jollity forever holds my attention, and I pray that integrity fills your soul

his existence checks me with his actuality ♥

my protection of your goodness that come so naturally at this moment
the simplicity of your individual revelation as you slowly unveil your creation
that God has presented you in lives of autonomous adoration, you complete me
your spurts of identity and new found independence excite and astound
the alluring endearment you anoint with your modest unknowing charm

his life has brought life back into mine, complimentary
his love has rejuvenated my faith, colossal
his person has made me a better one, immensely

his innocence has become my reality, more than you know
his entirety has become inescapable, and I want a front row seat

his small voice echoing life, opens my ears to life in sound, out loud
his HE is all I want him to be, and more, and pray for him to keep and BECOME
his presence, is my acknowledgment of thanks, appreciation everyday that he is here and I get to share in his love and existence profoundly

♥

AEP © Copyright 2008
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;o)

besos & blessings ALL!

try n to blog yo

okay, so i have been trying to blog ALL WEEK and it just hasn't been happen n'. i have tried to go and view some of my blog-a-licious bloggers' blogs as well, STRUGGLING people....sigh.

i was once again moved back to my old department that i was moved from right before Christmas. i have already moved 7 times in one year since being with this company. good grief yanno.

so the department i am back in, is more crazy busy than the others, lots of little tiny steps and paying attention in great detail. so there goes my blogging time - well i mean there goes my blogging time A LOT LESS. (i see you sticking your tongue at me HALLIE - that is not very nice) [hehehehehehehehee] (notice how much ms H gets linked on my blog, you'd think she was someone super important huh? {giggle} well she IS, & i love to give her these (+) (+) (+) tee hee hee!) wink n at Scarlett!

okay, so i am not say n' that i am not going to blog or visit my fav blog-a-licious bloggers, no no, not at all....it will just be even HARDER for me to do so - but i can't stop completely, i am to addicted to you guys! plus one of the main reason for doing this whole blog n gig was so i could document my shnookie doodles & keep peeps up to date on things. this is sort of my diary and then some - a diary that you guys have the key to, a diary where you guys know where i keep it at and are welcome to flip through it any time. :o)


the LIVING OUT LOUD version of my diary.


so NO NO - I am not going anywhere, keep check n me out. i am trying for a blog AT LEAST once a week - if not more. :o)~


meanwhile, here is my latest ISH to dish:

shnookie doodles with be 18 months Monday the 10th and i so can not believe how the time has just flown by, this time last year he was my little bald headed butterball baby and not SO mobile [hehehehee].

have to love this no - makeup mama- hair a frizzy mess pic above, right Scarlett? wink!

i get so excited watching him grow and learn and become this tiny little individual person with an actual personality! he is simply amazing and then some to me. he expresses his likes and dislikes now, in fact we had our first public temper tantrum last week at bruegger's bagels. i was just standing there like, "ohmygosh! i am one of those people with one of THESE small people!" and the thing is - it wasn't even real, right after he started the tantrum he then started giggling.

he must have copied someone at daycare , he does that a lot i see, copying people and things. he really isn't a big "fusser" (my word peoples) he is a very happy little guy. in fact the people in brueggers were gushing about how totally cute he was....and that little dude was LOVING every minute of it. he is a HAM. and yes, he is a little bit spoiled. but he is my FIRST and ONLY and i guess that is just how the cookie crumbles with us. {ha}

he is growing like a weed, and often he eats like i can not believe (and then sometimes he is super picky and won't eat anything BUT fruit- go figure) he is now fitting into his 18 month clothes pretty good - so pretty soon we will need to go shopping for bigger. he is going to be THIN and LONG/TALL i am sure. right now he is in a size 4 shoe, i think we will be hitting 5's any day/week now.

my fav thing about him right now, he loves to come and give mommy some "love" (hugs & kisses). i don't even have to ask, he just comes over and does it. he used to sleep in while i got ready for work, now he gets up right after i do, he walks in the living room with this sleepy face, rubbing his eyes and holding his arms up for me to pick him up (every morning) i pick him up and give him some love n' and then i sit him next to me on the couch. we watch the news for a little bit while i do my "face" and then we watch backyardigans. he continues to watch his shows as i finish getting ready (of course he pops in and out to bring me toys or just tell me something in shnookie doodle language, or drop things in the toilet, or to see how much toilet paper really comes off the roll) and then i get him ready for school - all the while him talking to me and giggling (and complaining when brushing TEETH) and then he goes back to his shows while I fix his breakfast to take to school (oatmeal with fresh bananas, strawberries and sometimes various other berries. he comes and sneaks a few as i am fixing it) i give him his vitamin and then we put on our coats and head out the door. he now WALKS out the door to the car (with the help of mommy sometimes, especially up the big flight of stairs) by himself now......WOW. he truly amazes me. he even carries his little book bag with his breakfast in it now and then. (we are only 5ish minutes from his daycare and 5ish minutes from my office)



here is my little dude NOW and i am so blessed to get to be his mommy.

this is at the park on the swings this past Sunday.


i realize i really need to write more about mr K. so i will have something to look back on to REMEMBER all these FABULOUS times with. i hope he will get a kick out of it when he is older as well. and i have to say, this really is the best time of my life right now, preparing a life and observing it blossom.....there is nothing like being a mommy in this entire world (not even being one of Janet Jackson's Dancers (a serious dream of mine) nothing at all) shnookie doodles takes the cake!

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just for fun, take a look at these pics below, talk about POST IT NOTES! WOW!

HAPPY FRIDAY, BLESSED WEEKEND!

blog n on a saturday

okie dokie, so here i am actually blogging on a weekend day - odd for me.

weekends are usually pretty busy with shnookie doodles and family, errands, playing at the parks, laundry, running around and doing "stuff" and church. but today (Saturday) i am here in the office running license plates for investigators across the US and typing, proof reading reports etc....

yea, woo me! fun!

not.

good thing is, i came in at 8am and will be leaving a little after NOON - so i still will have a lot of my Saturday left to go do "stuff".

needless to say mr. shnookie doodles was not happy that mommy was leaving him to go to work this morning. as soon as Carlyssa (babysitter and good friend) came over this morning, shnookie doodles was suddenly attached to my leg like super glue.

looking up at me with these sad puppy dog eyes and pouty lips.....

"mommy, mommy, mommy, mommeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......." he desperately hung on to me not wanting to let go. good thing mommy made him his fav cereal and Carlyssa had it waiting on hand for him. :o) (mixed grain baby oatmeal mixed with mixed berry applesauce, cut up bananas and cut up fresh strawberries) he loves that stuff - she was his new best friend. eating his cereal and watching backyardigans he pleasantly smiled at me and said, "bubye mommeeeeee".

nuff said.

so here i am, at work, thanks to a long 2 week and some dance with the freaking flu. i am feeling better today though. thank God. that flu is NO JOKE people. ugh. i pray you don't get it, if you haven't already. plain yucky it is.....and i hardly ever get sick.

i have to tell you a quick FUNNY before i sign off and go back to WORKING like i should be doing, but i am not [heheeheheheeeee] i am proofing this report (i work in insurance fraud investigation, in case you missed that) this case is about a husband and wife (i am assuming they live in government housing etc....they are not well off, not that there is anything wrong with G-housing, let me just add THAT, either that or they could be homeless) first, the wife, makes a claim with our client that while she was at Burger Kingdom (i will change the names for security reasons, lol) in Illinois (somewhere) she had to go to the restroom after ordering her food. while the claimant (wife) was in the restroom, the toilet tissue dispenser fell on her head leaving her with a NASTY bump on her noggin, in fact it almost knocked her out.....

okay, are you visualizing this right now? really....THINK ABOUT THIS.

[heheheheheheeeeee]

the impact was so horrific that it made her lose her appetite and she could no longer eat her BK whopper, fries and milkshake. (eh HEM) she also NOW has a detached retna (ummmmmmmm) from the IMPACT. so she placed a claim with our client to get some mula outa BK. (eh HEM) now get this, the claimant's husband a week later, has the same claim, but in ANOTHER Burger Kingdom. he too had to use the restroom after ordering his food and while using the restroom (just like his wife) he too was hit in the head with the toilet tissue dispenser......um.....me thinks i see a PATTERN? lol he too could no longer eat his whopper, fries and drink. and he thinks NOW he could be suffering from a COMA. (hummmm......)

now, come to find out BOTH BK's told the claimant and husband that if they mopped the floor for them, they would give them these meals FREE, because they had no mula at that time.

things that make you go HUM.

okay, so this is the part where i think the FUNNY comes in (not to mention the poor investigator that has to actually investigate this entire situation with photos and reenactments).....HA!

ah....if i could only show you the actual report w/ photos and comments. HILARIOUS.

but anyway.....

take a look at this photo:

notice WHERE the toilet paper is LOCATED. as it is in MOST public restrooms......

now take a look at this photo: see the toilet tissue dispenser? now imagine sitting on the toilet - doing your BIZ (i know Hallie is just love n' this right now....lol)

mmmmmmmmk?

so.....HOW does the TOILET DISPENSER fall on your head while you are sitting there?

anyone? anyone?

(i too will give out 736 bonus points to the person who can explain this to moi)

scroll back up and look at the photos. imagine the dispenser falling on your head.

how does one's head get UNDER the dispenser - where it is LOCATED.

yea.......right.....

this is what we deal with A LOT here, where i work.

lol you have no idea.....this is just a TASTE of it. [heheheheheeeee]

but seriously.... i even tried to go in the PUBLIC restroom here and recreate this situation. for the life of me, i can not figure out HOW any one's HEAD can get under that thing - while SITTING on the POT.....much less have it fall off and hit me (you) in the head?!?!?!?!

funny stuff sometimes i tell ya.

and this: is just something i thought was interesting and wanted to share with you.

this is one of the photos i found when googling public restrooms.....LOL

HAPPY SATURDAY KIDDOS!

Peace out \/ two fingers!

Be Blessed!

i flu you not

omg. i have never been this sick, not for a very long time. this thing is ridiculous. shnookie doodles started with it last week around Tuesday. and just TODAY he seemed "well enough" to go back to daycare. granted he still has a runny nose and yucky cough, but the fever seems to have subsided. he actually ate some dinner last night. i started with it Thursday and i still feel like i am going to DIE.

i don't even know HOW i am back here at work today-functioning. my manager left as soon as i came in this morning, she has it now. ugh. i haven't eaten since Friday lunch, and even THAT i picked at. i have nibbled an apple here and there and have TRIED to make myself drink liquids. water makes me want to gag, anything soda like makes me want to gag - i have gotten some grapefruit juice & orange juice down....but that is about it.

granted i wanted to lose some weight, but not exactly like THIS. ugh.

this thing really REALLY sucks. i hate being sick. i hate being cooped up inside and not being able to go anywhere. shnookie doodles has been cooped up since last Wednesday, he was so bored with me the past 3 days, bored with his toys, bored with it all and into everything he was not supposed to be in. i spent all my time being sick chasing after him with no energy and no patience, made him sit with me on the couch as much as possible. mommy was so NOT any fun......poor little guy. he couldn't wait to get to school today. as soon as i unpacked his bag and was getting ready to tell him bye bye - he waved at me all SMILES, "bubyeeeee mommmmy".

translation: "Peace out Mommy, I so need some away time from YOU!"

so here i am, back at work. still feeling like CRAP. and of course my manager is out so i am having to figure out her stuff and mine and not fall out of my chair in a comma (oops coma as Hallie so nicely put....lol) because my sinuses ache, im dieing of starvation but im not hungry, my cough won't stop, and TRYING to keep myself dehydrated.

i don't know how some of you continued to blog through this horrible thing....it was all i could do to take care of shnookie doodles. it hurt to blink, it hurt to LIFT my head, it hurt to think, it hurt to change his diapers and keep him fed, it hurt to smile at him so he would think all was okay......whew.

needless to say i have sucked in blog blog land for the past 7 days. i hope you will forgive me, and thank you for all the well wishes!

sick

yep, i feel SICK.....again.

(PLEASE DO ME A BIG FAVOR AFTER READING THIS BLOG AND READ MY NOTE AT THE VERY END OF MY BLOG IN GREEN- THANKS!)

shnookie doodles came home yesterday with a high fever and looking like he just felt absolutely miserable, poor little dude. i swear he has been sick more than he has been well since being in daycare (and thanks to daycare, mommy has been sick more than ever in her whole adult life, yay me) all shnookie doodles wanted to do last night was sit on mommy's lap and snuggle (as BUSY as he is, you KNOW he is sick then) baby boy was burning up and drinking a lot more than eating. in fact eating was more like nibbling. he didn't even want to eat his fruit, and THAT dude loves loves loves his fruit man.

if he could live off of strawberries, pineapple, bananas and mandarin oranges - he would.

so we were up all night and he was having chills, stuffy nose, coughing.....i hate that - wish mommy could just kiss all his sicknesses away, yanno.

and here i am at work, all of the sudden, coughing and can't stop, burning up, achy, head feels like it is going to burst and even my ears hurt and my eyes, and my teeth and my hair. my clothes hurt.

yep, sick.

doesn't matter though, i still have to do what i have to do. work, etc...

that is just how it is in the single mommy world. i am blessed that my parents are only 45 or so minutes away and are able to help out at times. and today was one of them, PAPA came and picked little dude up and took him to PAPA & GRAMMY's house for today and tomorrow. mr doodles was thrilled in a weak sort of sick but happy go lucky way. that little guy LOVES his PAPA & GRAMMY, he just can not get enough of them. although i will miss him sooooo much tonight, in fact KNOWING i won't see him when i get off work is already making me miss him something terrible. i am a SAP when it comes to that little munchkin, if he only knew how much he had mommy wrapped around his finger (s). yep, he has mommy whipped. [ha]

as for me, i have to apologize to my blog-a-licious bloggers for being more slack than the normal slack. work has been so ridiculous crazy busy and the personal non blogging part of my life has been bananas and then some.....i haven't had much time to HOP around and visit you all and read what i have been missing (bad a-licious, bad, bad, bad) so please forgive me (please Hallie Mama! please! please! please!) i promise to play catch up with you all!

so a little update on moi and the munchkin:

~we were going to move end of march - but now we are stuck for another 7 months in our teeny tiny 580 sq foot place. ugh. long story, but i am hoping to buy a townhouse in the next year for me and my shnookie doodles. i would love for him to have his own HOME and not have to move from apartment to apartment. that was cool when i was single and without child, but now - i just need to be more responsible. yes, me, a-licious....responsible. {quit smirking, i see you!}

[heheheheee]

~ i got a new cell phone, the LG EnV in orange. no idea how to work it yet, haven't had the time to sit down and figure it out. so im still using my old razor phone that will not stay charged for even 1/2 a second, and as soon as you get to the GOOD PART of whatever it is you were trying to tell me, my phone goes dead. crap.

my new phone above

~ working on cleaning out the clutter in our tiny place, because i just can not take it any longer, and since we are not moving to a bigger place (like i thought) i have got to do some rearranging and getting rid of stuff so this next 7 months won't feel to squoooshed & cramped.

~ other than being sick, shnookie doodles is just fabulous, he cracks me up and entertains me every day! he changes so much with every few days. if i ask him to throw something away in the trash - HE DOES! if i ask him to put his toys BACK - HE DOES! if i hold up a tissue he will take it and act like he is blowing his noes! (after he empties the entire box all over the floor, which he is very proud of doing) he now likes to clap his hands and yell YAY! if something falls or gets knocked over or isn't working the way he expects, he says UH OH! he can tell you where his nose, eyes, lips, ears and hair are. he helps mommy with the laundry! i am sure there are other things, it is something new every day it seems. he is just amazing i tell you, simply brilliant!

~ i am thinking of going back to school, online at night, just haven't figured it all out yet. (and you think i don't have time to blog now....ha)

~ i have decided since the weather seems to be getting nicer here and there, we will take more trips to the park and lake etc.....mr K (aka shnookie doodles) loves to be outdoors and i think we could do with a bit more of outdoors vs cooped up inside watching Backyardigans 24.7. (granted we play together and read and dance too)

~ even though it is hard for me, i have decided i need to at least once a month or so have a "A-LICIOUS DAY/NIGHT" without doodles. i know it might sound silly, but i love my time with him and hate being away from him and the whole idea of making a day or night like that makes me sad and seems hard to do.....but i think i need something for ME other than WORK - but any hoo , it is just a thought - we will have to see if i actually implement it in our schedule. [heheheee]

~ still very very very excited that my little sis is preggy (little as in YOUNGER than me not little as in Britney Spears's little under age nickelodean sister little, lol) she is about 12 weeks and i am just super excited! her due date is close to shnookie doodles birthday too (yay) and hey, i mean i doubt shnookies doodles will be getting any siblings at the slow rate i have been going (not to mention i am not even DATING anyone yet, lol) so having a cousin close in age will ROCK. although having a COUPLE cousins close in age to doodles would ROCK even more....hint hint hint uncle pickle juice and aunty mel (wink wink wink wink) - i can't wait to find out the sex of cousin bump (that is what i am calling him/her) you'd think this was my baby, i mean i already got in trouble for sharing the news before the expected parents did (bad a-licious, bad bad bad) OOPS - my bad! ;-)

~ and last, but never least - i am still harping on my weight and know i just need to do something about it instead of harping on it.

other than that guys, not much else. just work keep n me slammed lately and hard to blog (sigh). in case ya didn't know, i work for an Insurance Fraud Investigations Company - never a dull moment (so to speak) and it never, i mean NEVER slows down. my job itself could be a very interesting blog to tell one day.....for realzzzzz peeps.

so i am PEACE N' OUT for now........\/ two fingers!

A PS HERE - AND I WILL BE PSING THROUGHOUT MY BLOGS UNTIL APRIL 18, 2008

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ON MY SIDE BAR ABOVE MY BLOG-A-LICIOUS BLOGGER LIST, I HAVE POSTED A LITTLE PIECE WITH A LINK TO MY MARCH OF DIMES/MARCH FOR BABIES FUNDRAISING SITE. I REALLY REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL HELP ME OUT WITH A LITTLE DONATION AND IF YOU LIVE CLOSE BY AND WANT TO JOIN MY TEAM AND WALK- LET ME KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION!

MARCH OF DIMES IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. I HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS FOR THE PAST 4/5 YEARS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK AND READ WHY THIS CAUSE IS SOOOOO IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY!

I REALLY REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT!

I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND KAI THANKS YOU AND MY FAMILY THANKS YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS! ♥

XOXOXOXOXOXO

V day n stuff ♥ ♥ ♥

YO MAN! YOU'RE IN MY VALENTINE SHOT!

RELAX! I'm JUST kidding.......

so it is the big V day.

i really am not that in to it.

i don't really practice V day.

i think it is more commercial than anything.
although the story behind it is pretty cool.

but for the heck of it, i decided to post in red & pink.

you dig that donchu?

[heheheheeeeee]

now i suppose IF i was dating someone and they were in to it - i could get in to it then - if i had to....but ONLY if i had to....but V day is def no biggy to me. i think people who care for people or have significant others, should practice V day all year round, not just one major day of the year, but that is just my personal 2 cents.


February to me, is more about Black History Month, and with my son shnookie doodles being mixed, i really would like for him to grow up KNOWING this part of his culture, in fact we have been playing this cool little "Famous African American Inventors" quiz at work and i thought i would implement it in my little bloggity blog here today.

HERE ARE YOUR CLUES:

(let's see HOW well you know your African American History)

1. This invention was created in response to a fussy customer, who is rumored to be one of the Vanderbilts.

2. The original name for the invention is named after the inventor's hometown.

3. The invention is sold all over the world in many different forms and flavors.

4. The inventor was a Native American/African American chef.

What is my name and what did I invent?


okay....so now let me see what ya got....heheheheeee!


now back to V day....i mean V day is always FUN for the kiddos, i mean in school i always loved V day (even more so than Halloween) i totally was dig n' the whole V day card thing for class, giving V day cards to my entire class and getting them back, and sometimes the cute boy would actually write something really COOL on my card or give me the card that had a special saying so that i knew i was his numero uno chica, oh yea, those V days rocked.

and the candy hearts????

lets face it - ADDICTING.....you can't eat just ONE.

♥

i will absolutely enjoy helping my son do V day as he grows up, in fact we made V day cards for his daycare class & V day party (woooo hooooo!) that was kind of fun - he even got a few valentines back from a couple of little babes, Abby & Alexa, how ya like those apples? my son is a rock star already! ♥

[heheeheeheeee]


(although V day does give good reason and excuses for eating chocolate for breakfast. i just had a Reece's Peanut Butter Chocolate Heart with my oatmeal. how'd ya like THAT?)

[yummmmmmm]


but in honor of V day for those of you who do practice it, i have posted a poem of mine that is somewhat fitting at the end of the blog. please do ENJOY!

and don't get me wrong here, i do have a valentine....

this was my valentine last year. ♥

and THIS is my valentine THIS year.

(teeth and all) ♥

quite the handsome dude isn't he? (i sure think so)♥

i figured i'd be a little more nostalgic today and post a bunch of recent photos of my little love, shnookie doodles, just to update you on how really FABULOUS he actually is....

and to those who DO go all out and celebrate V day - GO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!

(get flowered up, fill up on chocolate & wine, get naked & dance like no one is watching!)

(tee hee hee)

shnookie doodles got a big green valentine froggy from mommy for V day! :-)

my pouty face doodles.....lol

this past Sunday, eating gold fish crackers (shnookie doodles turned 17 months) at the park....

playing with toys this past weekend. doncha just dig the curly mo-hawk hes got go n' on!






bathtime last night.....we love our baths man!

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NOW FOR THE POEM!
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KISS


kiss my lips\/trip\/I want to sip\/you\/slow\/relax with my flow\/just know\/it is\/you\/me\/free\/just alone\/in my\/zone\/tone of your voice\/choice\/envelops my mind\/unwind\/lost in your time\/making you mine\/just for the time\/being\/seeing\/you in my face\/trace\/your smile\/awhile\/in a trance\/at first glance\/beauty exuding\/intruding my thoughts\/locked in your presence\/essence\/your soul\/whole\/untouched\/flushed\/my crush\/can’t think\/blink\/my heart sinks hard\/linked\/stalling\/falling\/enthralling for you\/meditate\/in your proximity\/limits me\/just in this space\/place with you\/solo\/blind from the vast\/majority\/important to me\/you feel\/how I be\/don’t look past\/see what I mean\/crave you close\/want you the most\/your breath on my lips\/close in on\/my hips\/minutes linger\/prevail\/past an hour\/devour\/your energy\/free my restraint\/collapse in your desire\/inspire\/my quaint thirst\/for your lips\/that just kissed\/my life\/impressed my soul\/ten fold\/apprehended\/from\/the start\/my heart\/you behold\/with\/just a kiss\/sprung\/got me hung\/closed eyes\/open\/hope n’\/real\/seal the deal\/with\/your embrace\/chase\/exploding feelings\/reeling\/look past\/the haze\/daze\/I am in\/awe\/lost in your\/maze\/rescue me from\/delirium\/trapped in your\/cage\/hesitate\/is this my\/fait\/wait\/kiss me\/again\/consume my\/position\/gnaw at my\/inhibitions\/show me\/flow with\/me\/that this\/you\/we\/bona fide\/ride\/undeniable\/reliable\/no diss\/no risk\/this\/just\/is\/a certified\/kiss\/
AEP © Copyright 2008






HAPPY V DAY KIDS!!!!!!

6 quirks

okie dokie.....i have been TAGGED by Dianne!

6 quirky things about ME (about you).

what better way to start out a MONDAY?

so without further adieu!

here are the rules.....

Link the person that tagged you.

1. Post the rules on your blog.

2. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

3. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

4. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website

5. Let your tagger know when your entry is up

So here goes it.....

1. i don't like to "handle" raw meat. i don't eat beef, pork etc anyway and seeing it raw gives me the heebie jeebies - much less having to touch it. shoot, to be quite frank-a-licious - i don't like it cooked either......E-yewwwwwwwwwww!

2. i am told by a close friend mack-a-docious and a few other friends (okay, okay EVERYBODY) that i make lots of quirky facial expressions on the regular. i can't get a way with beans. my face gives it all a way before i even say a WORD [crap!]. if i like something, don't like something, i think something is weird or funny, or if i don't get something right away, or i am trying to keep something from you...etc...i am told my face gives me away all the time [crap! and i like the word crap]! i am quite a goofy give away giver facial expressioner i guess..... go figure.

3. i don't like pedicures - giving or getting. you can have the prettiest feet in the world, and i will tell you so, but i still don't want to touch your toes. eeeeek. i actually used to be a nail-tech and i could not for the life of me do FEET.....now, i can do my own - because i can't stand having someone doing a pedicure on ME either....the filing grosses me out. (massaging my feet is OKAY though!) i can play with shnookie doodles feet & toes all day long, i can kiss them, and put them in my mouth without even thinking about it.....but then he is 17 months old (as of yesterday peoples) and that is okay, baby toes & feet ROCK!

4. my food can not touch each other. it just can't. i will walk around with 10 plates before i can let my food touch one another- if it does, by accident - i won't eat it. i will need a new plate and new food. (i know, i know the poor starving people in Africa my parents told me about my whole life....i will just give them my plate of food that is touching and i'll take a new plate, please)

5. if i am telling you a story (and they can be long, i am all about DETAIL people, i want you to feel like you were THERE in MY story as i am telling it to you)....so please listen up. i can not stand not being able to finish my story - via in person, cell phone etc....god forbid you loose your signal and hang up on me via mid-sentence. i will freak out. because i also can't remember what i was saying from one minute to another (via the post it note memory) so if you interrupt me or hang up on me.....frustration sets in. stress sets in from trying to get out what i was trying to say, or NOW trying to REMEMBER what i was trying to say..... and now i think you just didn't care what i was telling you to begin with. *insert pouty face here* i am kinda "bratty" that way. {smile, like you love me} oh.....and i repeat myself too (so i am told) so just listen people, okay?

are you listening?

let me finish tellling my story okay.....

i don't like not being able to finish.....

my story. i like to finish.

are you there? hello?

and last, but truly not least....

6. i get ready in a certain order (after washing).....i put my make up on first (and even if i have NO MAKE UP DAYS, i still have a little concealer & powder on, always), do my hair, brush my teeth, then get dressed. i also have a certain order i get shnookie doodles ready....change diaper (of course, a given) wash face and hands, brush teeth, put on lotion, dress him in his clothes, brush hair (the hair he does now have, lol), put on shoes. don't know if that is "quirky" but i also shave my legs a certain way {grinning} i always shave my right leg first, and i start outside IN. then my left leg, outside IN and then i do my knees last. [heheheeee] and a freebie ~ i have to eat my cereal BEFORE it gets soggy - the least bit soggy - i am done and i am over it, so over it i am NO longer interested in eating cereal and won't even go get more.....~

okay, so i don't know how entertaining that was for you all, but those were some of the quirky things that i could think of, with a little help from people who did think these were quirky things about me. i am so sure there are about 100 more...so maybe another blog, another time....LOL

so now i must tag some other bloggers, hummmm......duhdunnanannaa!

tag n Hallie - of course, you knew i would.....[heheheheeee]

tag n OhMommy - because she is adorable, and i know she has some quirky ISH up her sleeve.

tag n Santa Claus - because i love his blog soooo much!and wouldn't it be so much fun to hear HIS quirks?

tag n Zoe's Dad - because he is brand new to MY blog and i just LOVED his blog AND he is a stay at home Dada!

tag n' Queen of Mayhem - because she IS the Queen - duh! (and she is so darn cute herself!)

tag n i'd rather be blogging- because i too just lover her rambles....yay!

and tag n' one more EXTRA one - Mars - cuz she is my buddy & i miss and luv her....xoxoxoxxo

so there ya go PEEPS. start listing your quirky things! i am sure they will be WAY more entertaining then mine! [hehehehehehee]

peace n blessing.....

ps. i think i did pretty good considering darn spell check is STILL NOT WORKING.