ATTENTION READERS!!

Just want to inform everyone who reads, skims, checks on or subscribes to this Blog that it's moving to a new address/link.

Please feel free to contact me there and I will link you if I haven't already. If you plan to link me on your site or Blog and/or update me on your site or Blog, please use the new link: http://newworldofmyown.blogspot.com/

I am currently preparing a long, informative post in the next day or so, but please bear with me until then.

Thank you to those who have been supportive and hopefully my new Blog will be a lot more interesting in the future!! ;P

~XOXO~

Erasure - A Little Respect

Friday's Flashback is just an old favorite that always perks me up. I may have posted it before but, ah well...it's awesome!! ;P

Because Myspace Blogs are broken...

This song was created for Myspace, but with my page elements on here being broken (including links, about me, my subscriptions, wish lists and visitor count seems to broken on Blogger) I may send them a song and complain next!!

Jacquie and I were pondering why we can't read each other's Blogs earlier today and why Tom hasn't posted any info on what's going on as to why we can't read our own comments or other people's blogs and it dawned on me...

I felt that I should be creative and write a song about it in letter form. Maybe then I, and others out there, could get his attention. Please feel free to sing along in a Vercura-Salt way. (Not the band, sillies...the chick from Willie Wonka!!)

Dear Tom (and the other members of the Myspace Geek Squad who aren't fixing the Blogs so people can read their own comments or friends' posts),

I want to Blog
I want lots of Blogs
My Blog and Blog sluts
and friends' Blogs with comments so good you could go nuts.
No, now!

I want a comment
I want a kudo
Not pink macaroons or a million balloons
or performing baboons and
Give it to me now!

I want the Myspace world,
I want the whole Myspace world.
I want to lock it all up in my virtual pocket
Like it's my big bar of chocolate
Give it to me now!

I want today's Blogs
I want tomorrow's Blogs
I want to read them like books in library
and don't want to share them...
I want a Blog with plenty of laughter
And if I don't get the things I am after
I'm going to scream!

I want it to work,
I want it to completely work!
With adverts and prizes and bands and surprises
in all shapes and sizes,
And now!

Don't care how I want it now!
Don't care how I want it now!

Love Always,

Amy

Again, don't get me wrong....

I love the fact that we have found a house to live in for the next year or whatever. We are also leasing with an option to buy and if the landlady wants to sell the house, we get first dibs before she puts it on the market. But, basically, after we finish out the year here...she can do what our other landlord did and sell the house (after asking if we want it, which we do not) and then we have like...30 days to vacate or whatever.

So, I'm really hoping something in Trenton or Grosse Ile opens up in a year and we can move back. Wyandotte's not THAT bad though. I could probably find a home here and be happy. As long as we have more room!! ;P

So, yeah...we've moved

Don't I sound thrilled?!?! ;P

Honestly, I will be eventually be fine with where I'm living and will post pics once everything's in order and set up properly. But until then?? I just don't care. I really and truly don't. I should...but I don't.

I even tried to come up with a list of Pros and Cons...

PROS: The house has 4 bedrooms

Have central air

Have a brand new dishwasher/kitchen cabinets/counter

Have a newer/updated bathroom with new tub surround

Close to my friends and our kids can play together more often

Have a great big yard and driveway

Managed to keep the pc upstairs, in spite of little room

Get to keep my phone number that I've had for 10yrs

The kids' elementary school is right across the street

People need to remind me that this is all just temporary!!

Trying to remember that I only have to stay for a year!!

CONS: Have to bend over just to walk under the pitch of the roof to get to 2 of the bedrooms

Have an electric stove that takes forever to cook on

Kitchen floor that's orange/yellow/green squares

Had to buy tray tables because my kitchen is like...6 x 10 and all the furniture I bought, like our new dinette, is in the basement

A long mirror that's ugly hanging over my couch that we can't fit in storage or do anything with it because landlady thinks it's pretty and makes the room look bigger (Riiiiggghhttt!!)

If you stood in the middle of my living room you'd be about 12-15ft from the front and back doors and the north and south side windows of the house...so that should tell you just how small of a house we're talking here

My kids have to go to a school for a year in a school district I don't plan on staying in very long

Starting to feel depressed again because we can't fit everything in the house and I hate that my neighbor (the landlord's nephew btw) always asks how I like the house when I actually don't like it at all. I don't want to have to lie to him

I pretty much want to just stay in my room and watch tv or movies. I'm not happy about having to get zapped again next month, but it'll probably help me feel better!!

And, because they couldn't hook up a router, I have no laptop I can use!!

Really, I am doing pretty okay...I just have the last 4-5 months catching up with me, which I knew would happen. Ian's still not back to work yet and won't be until August 11th. I'm happy that he's going back because we need the insurance badly and the kids and I don't have much of a choice on health treatments without it. Chase gets medicaid from his disability...but the rest of us are kinda screwed.

I have a ton of stuff to organize around this house and no room to do it in. Imagine packing up a 4 door Explorer with all of your possessions and then be told to move it all into a 2 door Festiva. Yep...you're halfway to where I'm at right now. LOL!!

My sense of humor has helped and the fact that I realize things could be worse and we may not have found a house at all is why I'm grateful for what we have even if I don't sound very grateful. I just think a lot of it was bullshit. We rented through a realtor and a different realtor who was representing the old lady that's our landlord. The lady, Ian and I had no problem calling each other and moving some of her stuff out because she had no one (including her nephew) to help do it for her. The realtors' wanted to follow protocol and have us contact our realtor, who would then contact her realtor, who, in turn, would then contact her. It was insane!! Guess what?? I don't care about the protocol when I have an entire house to move and paid over $2000 for a house I wasn't given the keys to and need to be out of the last place we lived.

I'm guessing that I will eventually deal with everything and be fine with this house...although it may take 6mths!! ;P

Ian and our friend Michael were attacked by my poor kitty, Xanax, during the move. I guess the cat freaked out and bit and clawed the guys half to death and they've been sporting some nasty scars the last week. They were so pissed that they wanted to leave is ass in the old house alone. (Mike also wanted to alert the Navy and ask them to bomb the old place, saying that my cat is an Alqueda operative. LOL!!)

Austin and Sierra had to deal with some bullies the first day they were here and went to the park. Some 13-15yr olds were calling the kids names. One called Sierra a 'fat bitch', so she cried. Austin told him he caouldn't call his sister that and tried to enter the park. The kid shoved him over and over and said he could call them whatever he wanted. Austin then got on his bike and tried to run the kid down so he could get through to the park. The kid caught his bike and stopped him. So they came home.

Austin got upset telling me about it but I explained that if he wanted to go to the park, go to the park. I also explained how am not going to run up there and be "that Mom" who has to fight her kids' battles for them. The two of them went back up to the park and when they passed the kid from before the kid said, "Hey, assholes". Austin simply said, "Go to hell, motherfucker" and kept walking. That was their first experience with an older kid, a bully and a bunch of punks. Oh...and did I mention that the kid is black?? Yeah...my kids first experience with multi-cultural/racial neighborhood and they're bullied. Wonderful.

This is not something I want to deal with while we live here. Punks. I don't care what race. The next day the same kid came up to him on his bike and wanted to take it from him. Tried to get Austin to trade it for another bike he had just stolen. (The kid got caught though.) All of the teens hang out at the park where the skateboard and play roller hockey. They don't do anything to the toddlers who come with their parents to the park, but they harass the younger 'tween' kids who try to play there. Well, I'm not going to keep my kids in the basement all year playing PS2 and watching tv. Fuck that. My kids are going to go to that park and deal with the fact that in life there are assholes and you just learn to ignore them no matter who or what they are.

Since then, Austin and Sierra have both found friends to play with in the neighborhood and it turns out that even these friends were picked on when they first moved here or went up to the park as well, but, in time, the punks up there just ignored them and stopped picking on them. It's been a week now and Austin and Sierra have gone to the park every day. And I never had to go up there once!!

BUT...there's still a good month and a half of summer left and I'm sure that it'll be an interesting school year for them. I, personnally, can't wait for the Fall either. Not so the kids are in school, but the weather!! I'm not leaving my air until it's a regular 70 degrees out, thank you. I don't like the sunny, muggy weather. I hate sweating!! ;P

"King Of Wishful Thinking" Belated Flashback ;P

Too funny!!

Silent Bob's Not So Silent Moments

LMAO!! ;P

Since I've been sore this week, I have been watching a lot of my Jeff Anderson, Jason Lee and Kevin Smith movies.

And, honestly...I can't think of any good Flashback Friday songs this week and didn't have internet last week to post one either. I'm such a slacker, I know. Then again, my Blog views have been about half as many too, so no one else really cares if I slack a little!! LOL!!

Nooch

More reasons we love our children ;P

One of my friends sent this to me this morning and I thought a few of them were cute.

1) NUDITY

I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'

2) OPINIONS

On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'

3) KETCHUP

A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.'

4) MORE NUDITY

A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'

5) POLICE # 1

While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop?' 'Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'Would you please tie my shoe?'

6) POLICE # 2

It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked.'It sure is,' I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'

7) ELDERLY

While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'

8) DRESS-UP

A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, 'Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit.' 'And why not, darling?' 'You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.'

9) DEATH

While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he goooes.' (I want this line used at my funeral!)

10) SCHOOL

A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'

11) BIBLE

A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out.'What have you got there, dear?'With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'

40 Songs That Changed The World

From the 40th anniversary issue of Rolling Stone (May 2007).

They have an explanation for each pick, but you'll have to buy the magazine for that, McDougal.

Can a song change the world? And if it can, did these forty do so? Some, maybe, but not all.

1. Elvis Presley - "That's All Right"
2. Ray Charles - "I Got A Woman"
3. Chuck Berry - "Maybelline"
4. Bob Dylan - "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"
5. The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie"
6. The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"
7. The Beatles - "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
8. Martha and the Vandellas - "Dancing In The Street"
9. The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
10. Bob Dylan - "Like A Rolling Stone"
11. The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
12. The Velvet Underground - "Heroin"
13. Aretha Franklin - "Respect"
14. Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze"
15. Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
16. James Brown - "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"
17. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
18. John Lennon - "Imagine"
19. David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"
20. Bob Marley - "I Shot The Sheriff"
21. Joni Mitchell - "Help Me"
22. Bruce Springsteen - "Born To Run"
23. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
24. The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
25. The Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the UK"
26. Donna Summer - "I Feel Love"
27. The Sugarhill Gang - "Rappers Delight"
28. Black Flag - "TV Party"
29. Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
30. Prince - "When Doves Cry"
31. U2 - "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
32. Madonna - "Like A Virgin"
33. Run DMC and Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
34. The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
35. Guns N Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
36. Public Enemy - "Bring The Noise"
37. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But A G Thang"
38. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
39. Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"
40. The White Stripes - "Fell In Love With A Girl"

Say, does anyone have an extra copy of Dark Side of the Moon, The Doors or Who's Next that I could send to the poor fellas down at Rolling Stone? Looks like theirs got stolen, along with all their Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding, Elvis Costello, Credence, Beck, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Clash and Grateful Dead records. Poor bastards; they must be really missing those. (Thanks, Cary!!)

I don't quite know how to feel...I'm just tired lately

Well, it's been a long week for me.

1.) We finally found a place to live. It's a 4 bedroom home in Wyandotte and it's not what I wanted, but it'll work for a year. It's across/near the elementary school that Austin and Sierra will go to, it's close to Chase's school, it's in a great neighborhood, my friends Chris and Julie live exactly one minute away, there are actually kids on the block that my kids can play with (there weren't any on our block in Trenton), it's only 2-5min away from my lawyer's, my doctor's and it's close to the hospital.

Hmm...what else?? It has central air and a dishwasher...which is a make or break deal with me, I'm putting the boys in one room and the extra room will be a play room for them. It's a very small house...just over 1,000sq ft...and I don't like that a lot of my stuff won't be able to fit upstairs. Like my nice new dinette set?? Has to go in the basement because the kitchen is tiny. I think one of those 3pc table and chairs MIGHT fit in there, but I think I may only have room for a baker's rack or something for storage. I think there's maybe a total of 4 cabinets in the entire kitchen. Not happy about that at all but at least the kitchen and bathroom are brand new. The dishwasher and shower haven't even been used yet!!

The woman we're renting from is a retired teacher and, after finding out our nationality and religion, making us promise not to start a meth lab (I'm serious btw) and wanting to know just exactly what the hell was wrong with Chase, found out that our realtor didn't impress upon her the need for us to move in as soon as possible and get the old furniture that's still there out of the house. She lives in Dearborn Heights and the stuff that's still at the house was put there for show or something. No one's lived there for some time. Well, like most old ladies, she loved Ian at first sight and commented about how tall and strong he looked, so Ian promised to help her move the stuff out. Her brother and son live out of state and were supposed to help her but never did. So, we have to wait until the last minute to move out. Now we're just waiting...

2.) We went to court on Friday with our landlord and things went really well. The judge was surprised to see that we were all in agreement and that it wasn't a bad situation where we had done something wrong and needed to be out. It was just a business transaction and we were given a little more time to move. Which, as it turns out, we needed. ;P

3.) Chase was granted his SS/SSI. That will be a big help for us when this kid has been making us go to Urgent Care every month. I swear, because of his Autism, he has a low threshold for pain and it takes forever for him to shake a cold. You can grab his hand and he'll freak out...but a mosquito bite that he scratches until it's infected and swells to 4 times its' size does faze him in the least. He doesn't cry or tell you when he's hurting or sick, so you always have to be on the lookout with him for something unusual or wrong. Not fun. But we'll be closer to his school than we were before and that will help us get to him when he's sick at school and they call us to get him. SS will be a pain because I have to report every expense to them every month and make sure that we make a certain amount of income at the same time. It won't be too hard to make copies of receipts and send them out monthly...just time-consuming and annoying. LOL!!

4.) I mentioned the other day that Isis ran us $170 just to get her 'hot spot' checked out. We had to get a foul-tasting medicine to put on it so she won't bother it anymore and buy one of those satellite collars to put around her neck. It's funny!! To have Xanax go in next and get neutered (he's too old to declaw now) will run us another $170. I'm sooooo glad that the kids and I have such great health insurance. I'd hate to have to pay this much every time one of us had to go to a doctor for something. Chase is due to go tot he dentist and that's going to cost me because his two front bottom teeth have come in...but he never lost his baby teeth. It's pretty freaky-looking!! The dentist will have to gas and swaddle the poor kid just to do whatever needs to be done. I can't put it off...but it has to be done!!

5.) A lot of little things are bugging me lately and I have been running low on patience. I don't know why. I knew things would work out for us...but it didn't stop me from becoming stressed out, getting sick of doing all the work to make it all happen and wanting to throw an all out temper tantrum like a child a couple times in the last month or two. But, I've hung in there. It may be a long summer getting things in some semblance of order...but I have no doubt whatsoever that I will be on track again. And all the little things should fall into place. ;)

Enjoy your weekend!!
~xoxo~

Scariest movie EVER..."Don't Go to Sleep"

OMG...someone sadistic posted the scariest film in the world on YouTube!! This is the end clip of the movie. The daughter is dead throughout the movie but comes back to seek revenge on her family. Check it out and try and tell me that's not seriously messed up!! ;P

This film scared me when I watched it one afternoon in 2nd-3rd grade and I'm freaked out by it still to this day!!

"Fraggle" Friday Flashback!!

I sooo remember this show!! Madam Trashheap was awesome!!

FYI: The guy who had the dog and ran his little store?? Was the bartender from "Boondock Saints". Cool, eh??

Let's see...

Spending all night awake wondering how today would go wasn't enough stress. Nooo...I had to, before going to court and to the realtor's office to meet and sign paperwork on a place I don't want but need, take Chase to Urgent Care the minute it opened because he had been bitten by a mosquito or a spider and his ear went from this (normal right one)...



to this (superhuge left one)...



See the difference??



This cost me only $20 for the Urgent Care visit and $10 for the prescription (since Ian's going back to work I guess our insurance is in effect...woo hoo!!).

Madame Isis "Boo", the cat...



gave herself a "hot spot" on her hind leg, where she licks her fur off and rips it out effecting the skin and area around it. She ran us $170 for HER visit!!!! Yeah...kids are supposed to be the expensive ones, right?!?!

OMG... Are you kidding me?!?!

I'm not one of those global whiners out there...but if I were?? I'd be totally embarrassed for those of us who didn't thrive on the drama of 'plastic' like the people who wrote this article. SERIOUSLY?!?!
http://www.slate.com/id/2193693/?y=1

"Monkey" Flashback

1.) The band is called Infectious Grooves and the name of the song is "Feed the Monkey" from the movie "Encino Man".

2.) I was ALWAYS in love with Sean Astin and Pauly Shore.

3.) I got to meet Pauly Shore in a comedy club in Ann Arbor years ago and he borrowed my lighter!! SWEET!!

4.) This movie came out on May 22nd, 1992 and it was "Senior Skip Day". I wanted to see it really bad and no one would go, so I showed up at the school and walked into my 3rd hour class and took my sophmore friend out of class to go with me.

IT WAS AWESOME!! ;P

I feel stressed...but there's a sense of peace in it all

I don't know if it's from therapy or from reading and learning from people like Sylvia Browne and Rhonda Byrne, but I'm really trying to maintain a low stress level in spite of what's going on around me. And it's working so far!! ;)

Oprah, which I never really watch, had people on her show discussing "The Secret" and the "Law of Attraction" yesterday. People seemed to really rave about the subject matters presented. I was feeling better just by watching.

When I lost my home to foreclosure almost 3yrs ago, I couldn't take the stress and had finally been admitted to the hospital for the first time. I lost my car after that and just kept getting more and more depressed and sick. I didn't know what I was going to do. It was foreclosed on January 4th and I had 6mths to find a new place to live. I searched and searched for places. On July 1st, 3 days before we had to be out, I finally found the place we live at right now and I fell in love with the place. I then began to work on getting myself back to being healthy and after finally consenting to treatment last year...I've been doing great.

Well, now I have to move again because our landlord is losing the house but managed to find a buyer which will help him not to lose as much money on it. The buyer is from out of state and plans on occupying the residence, so we can't continue to rent this place and have to move. I have been looking for houses non-stop since May 19th and have yet to find a new home.

Our landlord gave us a little more time to move, after I told him that I couldn't move into my Papa's place, and had to finally file papers at the court today to evict us since the time frame on the Notice to Quit was up on June 3rd. We have to be at court next Friday and explain to the Judge what's going on. Our landlord has to cover his ass because of his agreement with the buyer and going to court is part of the process. I don't fault him for that and he's still willing to give us a wonderful reference when looking for a new home.

The part that's getting annoying is the waiting still. We saw 5 houses yesterday!! 2 weren't going to work for us, 1 had an 80yr old couple who wouldn't rent to us with our credit (the Chapter 7 isn't discharged yet, so it will continue to show bad credit until then) and the other 2 places won't be able to get back to us until Monday. I can't notify my lawyer about court until Monday...and once I do he'll be going with us to buy us some more time. (It might buy us maybe another week, I think, but we need it right now!!)

SO, I guess I have to chill until Monday morning. Then, and only then, can I start dealing with all of these legal and time constraint issues. I can continue to search for houses this weekend. I can leave messages and keep in touch with the Realtor I'm working with on renting possibilities I find online and in the paper. But all I can do is wait for things to work themselves out and come to me on their own.

No, I'm not complaining. I'm coming to the realization that you can only do so much to help yourself and God or fate will take care of the rest. Spending 6mths worrying about finding a place to live wasn't worth getting sick over when I lost my house because everything worked itself out in the end. Even with only 3 days before being homeless. This time, I'm sure things will work out for the best and I have help from outside sources like an attorney, a realtor, a judge and whomever I call that lists their house for rent. I'm still hanging in there and if I don't sweat it too much, I'll find another place.

If not, I'll be Blogging about it from a hotel somewhere while I continue to search for a place to live. Either way...I can't do any more than I'm already doing. ;)

In other news, Ian is getting ready to go back to his old job where he worked for almost 8yrs. That means all of the health/dental insurance stays the same and things go back to what the were like before the layoff. It worked out pretty well this way because we were given his 401K money when we needed it most and the only way to get that kind of money to catch up on things and buy the cars we needed was for him to be laid off. We've even managed to sell off our old cars and put the money away to save up for the move!! It's funny how that worked out. Maybe by August or October I'll be able to laugh at things that are going on now and be able to say it was all for the best. Who knows...

Cat humor...because the pics of Dogs just weren't funny enough to post

AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE...

Spoiler Alert!! Giving Away the 20 Best Movie Twists

Don't read if you don't like SPOILERS!!
I found this and thought it was worth posting.
ENJOY!!

The Sixth Sense
Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a child psychologist who tries to recover from a violent attack by treating a spooky kid who can see ghosts.
SPOILER ALERT: He’s actually dead.

The Others
A woman who lives in a remote estate with her afflicted children starts seeing weird creepy things around the house.
SPOILER ALERT: They’re actually dead.

Saw
Two guys, trapped in a warehouse bathroom with a corpse on the floor, are forced to choose between their lives or their legs by the fiendishly inventive Jigsaw Killer.
SPOILER ALERT: The corpse is NOT actually dead. He’s the killer.

Citizen Kane
As famed billionaire newspaperman Charles Foster Kane lies dying in his mammoth estate, he croaks out one word: “Rosebud.”
SPOILER ALERT: It’s his sled.

The Empire Strikes Back
Luke Skywalker trains with Jedi Master Yoda to take on the tyrannical Darth Vader, who he’s been told murdered his father, Anakin.
SPOILER ALERT: Vader is his dad.

Soylent Green
In response to food shortages caused by overpopulation, the government of the future has invented a revolutionary foodstuff called Soylent Green.
SPOILER ALERT: It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people.

Planet of the Apes
Astronaut George Taylor lands on a planet full of apes who enslave him and force him to wear a loincloth.
SPOILER ALERT: It was Earth all along.

Basic Instinct
Catherine Trammell is accused of a murder that was committed in the exact same manner as one detailed in her bestselling book.
SPOILER ALERT: She did it.

The Crying Game
Fergus is an IRA agent who, after accidentally killing a British solider, seeks out and then falls in love with the dead guy’s girlfriend.
SPOILER ALERT: She’s a he.

Fight Club
An ordinary Joe meets Tyler Durden on a plane. Together they start a fight club that turns into a militia out to destroy all credit card companies.
SPOILER ALERT: He has a split personality. He is Tyler Durden.

Primal Fear
Aaron is an abused alter boy accused of knocking off a priest. He convinces his lawyer and the court that his dissociative alter ego Roy did it.
SPOILER ALERT: He doesn’t have a split personality. He’s not Aaron.

No Way Out
When a Washington big shot’s mistress winds up dead, her other lover, a decorated Navy officer, is suspected of being a KGB agent.
SPOILER ALERT: He really is a KGB agent.

Psycho
Janet Leigh steals a bunch of money from a rich yokel, clears out of town and gets stabbed while taking a shower.
SPOILER ALERT: The killer is Norman Bates in a dress.

Dressed to Kill
A transvestite psychopath is running around New York City murdering lonely housewives. SPOILER ALERT: The killer is Michael Caine in a dress.

12 Monkeys
James Cole, a prisoner in a post-apocalyptic world, goes back in time to prevent a virus from wiping out the world population.
SPOILER ALERT: He fails.

Arlington Road
History professor Michael Faraday starts to believe his new neighbors are domestic terrorists planning to drive a car bomb into FBI headquarters.
SPOILER ALERT: He drives the bomb in himself.

The Sting
Two con men join up in an elaborate scam to extract some revenge from gangster Doyle Lonnegan, but the FBI forces them to turn on one another.
SPOILER ALERT: Everyone, including the Feds, is in on it.

Chinatown
P.I. Jake Giddes gets hired to catch a married guy with a mystery blonde. When the guy is found dead, Jake tries to find out who set him up and falls for the victim’s widow, Evelyn.
SPOILER ALERT: The blonde is Evelyn’s daughter. She’s her sister. She’s her daughter.

The Usual Suspects
Small time criminal Verbal Kint gets interrogated about a mysterious dockside massacre. He argues that the culprit is a shadowy figure of unspeakable evil named Keyser Soze.
SPOILER ALERT: Verbal is Soze.

Angel Heart
Detective Harry Angel is hired by the creepy Louis Cyphre to find the missing Johnny Favorite. Harry goes to New Orleans, where everyone he talks to ends up dead.
SPOILER ALERT: Louis Cyphre is the Devil. Harry Angel killed everyone while possessed. Harry is Johnny Favorite. Johnny is going to Hell.

Baba O'Riley- House, MD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUGH LAURIE!! YOU ROCK!!

I Don't Hate You

AWESOME!!

I love Ewan McGregor and Relient K. It's fun to find the songs I like set up in videos on YouTube!!

Nothing much has changed...

So, what's new...

Not much. Most of what I'm going through and dealing with, I've been finding out, is nothing that other people aren't dealing with also.

1.) Trying to find a place to live in relatively no time at all.

This is very popular right now since there are a lot of houses being sold and bought. People left and right are having to move and are searching their damnedest to find a new place that's where they want to be and what they want to pay.

(Once the bankruptcy's overwith, we may look into using Ian's VA loan to buy whatever place we rent. But that may or may not happen, so I'm not going to worry about it until it comes up).

2.) Finding a job and staying with it.

Ian has been on unemployment for a few months now and has found a couple jobs that were willing to hire him but not pay very much, give him enough hours or keep him on after a week or two because of one reason or another.

Tomorrow he's going to back to the place where he had worked for almost 8yrs and see if they'll hire him back. Even if they start him over again on their pay scale, it's still better than what all of these other places are offering.

3.) Social Security

Well...I don't know too many people who have this to deal with, but I know of at least one or two. The system is confusing and seriously flawed. I'm still fighting for Chase's SSI and just found out that I will receive word about when my hearing will be held sometime in the next month.

With Chase, I have to explain where every dollar and cent has been spent for the last 4 months and then update them with any change of employment or change of address. It's hard to do/get one thing done without the other, but I'm busting my ass trying nonetheless.

4.) Bankruptcy

I don't know when our court date will be but there are a ton of people out there filing Chapter 7 or 11 right now and the lawyers and courts are swamped!! I'm glad ours was started in April and it should be done in August. That will help us big time to have that over and done with.

The only kicker on this topic though, is how to explain to SSI, our future landlord(s), Ian's job (if necessary) and others when, why and how this happened and why our credit will still look like crap for the next couple months. Lucky for us, Ian's VA loan isn't credit-based. I like that they can work around that issue.

5.) Schools

So far, everywhere we've looked for a place to move to has good school systems and won't make Chase change to a different school. The school districts' buses will all drive him to where he goes right now. That helps in the long run because it took forever, it seems, to get him into the school he's at and I was hoping that wouldn't change.

6.) Blogs

I wasn't going to bother mentioning this, but people are still being asshats and leaving negative and nasty comments that I have to continue to moderate. Some are calling me names and others read what I write and either misquote me to others or feel the need to bitch about what I write. They'll probably even waste their time typing and writing me about mentioning this issue. How fucked up are they??

If people don't like Blogs or what someone writes about in them...why bother to continue reading them?? Why would they go out of their way to read someone's Blog, mock them and then write a half-ass comment insulting the person who wrote the Blog?? Get a fucking life, losers!!

A lot of people Blog for themselves, which is something I do, or Blog for those people out there who want to hear about what that person has to say and subscribe to the Blog. (I have at least 17-20 subscribers right now.) It just bothers me sometimes that I'm told to watch what I say or write...like what I Blog about is dependent on what other people think about it. Imagine my disappointment if I were put on this planet to make everybody but me happy!! ;P

Anyway...once I know something for sure about any of these things, I'll write about it or keep updating about it all until then. Hope everyone has a great week!!

~XOXO~

This is kinda cool...

"Safe" Friday Flashback

Men Without Hats video for "The Safety Dance"...because we don't we all love crazy renaissance faires, midget jesters and people with chicken masks?!?! ;P

Scary...

A couple weeks back, I went to take my car keys out of my purse to drive to my doctor's and my friends house for a visit. I noticed a little black plastic cap at the bottom of my small purse. I had no idea what it was or how the hell it got in my bag. So, I thought to ask Ian and the kids.

Ian thought it looked like a cap to something and told me to hang on a minute. He went out to my car and sure enough, it turned out to be the cap to my back right tire. I thought that it was strange that it would even be off since no one had touched the tires of my car lately. Ian put it back on and I went on my way, completely forgetting about it...until today.

On the way back with Ian and the kids from looking at a house, the car was making more of a grinding noise than usual (it did that a little after I bought it) and we had to pull off the road to figure out why I couldn't drive properly. I thought I was going to blow the tire or something. About a block or two from arriving home, I smelled smoke. The tire was smoking!!

Ian checked the tire again and I blew the brake line on my back right tire just as I pulled in front of the house. I never saw it coming. My car is in really good condition for 2002. I just wonder what kind of omen I was ignoring when I didn't think to get it checked out. I've been so busy with so many other things...I didn't think about taking in the car to get fixed.

I just thought it was a little scary and a tad ironic about the plastic cap, the smoking tire and the brake lines!!

Strange...

I have no idea why none of my links or Twitter updates are posting on my Blog...how messed up is that?!?!

Yes...I plan to bitch in this post...get over it

I have not vented or gotten angry in a long time...but I'm about to right now. (Fuck those people who read this and think it's wrong of me to feel this way!!)

Okay...

Today was the day we were supposed to have moved out. Well, we all know I got fucked on the first place I was going to move to. Then, I found a couple places on Grosse Ile. Both were leased and the new one in Trenton that I looked at yesterday made me want to cry. It was SOOO nasty!! The guy who's renting it out must be on crack, because it was adverted as a "3 Bedroom" and it ended up being a combined duplex (the renter above would come through the house of the renter below!!) and the upstairs was a studio apartment, whereas the bottom had one room with a 2ft wide closet and the other was a room off of the dining area. Not only did THAT room NOT have a closet...but it had a door that let out to the porch like a back door would!! INSANE!!

I found a place for rent in Trenton, but I'm waiting on the girl to get in touch with me again because she put it up for rent and then told us that she's buying a house with her fiancee, which they haven't even FOUND yet, and won't know when she can let me have it since she won't have a place to go until she finds a home and has a closing date. So she says she doesn't know when she can rent it to us. Umm...why would she post it for rent then?!?! Am I seriously supposed to wait on this place and run the risk of staying past July 1st?!?!

I mean, I've been talking to our landlord and he has granted us a little more time here, didn't charge us rent for June (said to save up for the move) and plans to write us a wonderful reference letter. I talked to my Attorney today too. We are still in the bankruptcy process so it would have bought us more time anyway. I'm also stressed out because I have no idea where to sent my older two kids next year and, because of a family member (what a fucking surprise that would be there...), I got into it on the phone today about my kids' final report card and school records. The accountant for the school and I went at it because the remainder of the tuition was included in the bankruptcy claim (it was an amount that my attorney advised me to list for the court anyway) and because I don't have to pay it...they want to refuse release of the kids' records to another school!! He tried to say I have no choice but to pay it. DUDE!! WTF?!?!

So, I am just at my wit's end. My lawyer told me that by August I'll have discharge papers and the school will have to let it go. It didn't help that the accountant sounded like a sarcastic fuck on the phone. Apparently, "a family member" had told the principal and him about Ian's 401K money that we've been getting by on since February/March and he wanted to be a dick on the phone about it. Those were his exact words. Other than getting ourselves vehicles that are in working order, catching up on bills and trying to stay ahead, getting the kids' furniture and paying our lawyer...we haven't got the money to pay to pay a lot of other bills. HENCE, THE BANKRUPTCY!! My attorney says not to worry...but I'm still pissed.

I'm pissed that I have people who fuck with my life like that. I've been doing so well this year in spite of Ian losing his job, our rental being sold off and being forced to move, the death of my grandfather, the kids changing schools, the court paperwork, social security bullshit, no health insurance, spending each waking day on the fucking internet looking for rentals and on the phone setting up meetings and finally...I came down sick this week and am coughing up stuff that's hard, green and disgusting!!

For the record, I'm NOT planning to crack under all of this pressure and if, God forbid, I overdose it's only because I'm living off bottled water, my meds and NyQuil. One would think with combination of Remeron, Xanax, Ambien and NyQuil my ass would be knocked out 18hrs out the day...not so. I'm so tripped out trying to find a place that I'm up most of the night and then having nightmares when I AM asleep!! *sigh*

BUT...I carry on. I found 3 more properties on Grosse Ile to look into, a place in Wyandotte (where Chase's school is) that I'm going to look at tomorrow morning and I'm waiting to walk through that house in Trenton this weekend whenever she calls me back (she works 7am-7pm so I don't know when she'll have the time but...). I'm still looking for places non-stop and my head is starting to ache. I hate waiting for other people to call back and having to explain the situation going on with the urgency of needing a place. Between my attorney and my landlord as references, it looks really good for us when we call about places so...we'll see what happens. I'm wondering if I should be putting stuff in storage just in case we receive court papers making us vacate quicker...hmm.

I don't know what I'm going to do...but I had to vent. I'm just soooo tired of it all right now. It's a lot to deal with at once and it seems like it all just built up to May and then shit-stormed big time on us. And, like I said, I've been dealing with things pretty well...but my patience is wearing VERY fucking thin. Once I finally find a place and get all of this shit under control and life has some sense of stability again...I'm SOOO going to get crunk!!!!

Why I haven't been able to IM lately...

I don't have to share the computer with just Ian anymore.
My children have taken over and delete IMs from Yahoo messenger because they think they're being SPAMMED!! LOL!! ;P





Thank God I have my laptop!!

~xoxo~

Busy week...

My week was pretty hectic and yet, uneventful.

I had the older two kids with their 3 field trips. The money for the Toledo Zoo, Greenfield Village and ice cream trips are nothing compared to having to pay for the gas charge for the bus to take them. Sheesh!! ;P

Uniforms aren't worn after Memorial Day, so I've been arguing with Austin and Sierra about what I will allow to wear each of them to wear to school each day. Can someone please tell me why kids feel the need to dress like they are beggars or children of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers?? It's weird. Parents go back-to-school shopping nowadays and we're forking out a lot of cash to make our children look homeless for fashion's sake!!

On Thursday, I spent the day making appointments to look at homes for rent. There were 2 that I found in my price range on Grosse Ile. Now, anyone who knows me, knows that I spent 5yrs on that island and despised it. (No matter how beautiful it is in the Summer and Fall.) It made my childhood quite miserable and I spent most of the time at my grandparents in Trenton to stay away from it.

But...the homes are in a good price range, the schools are good and we have family nearby. And just because it sucked for me to live there...doesn't mean Ian hated his 26yrs spent there or that my children would be miserable as well. So, I'm trying to be positive and am considering it as an option if I can't find anywhere to rent in Trenton. It's only temporary anyway. I will probably buy a house in the next year or two in Trenton so I'd be smart to remain close to the city I want to live/be in.

As of yet, I haven't found anywhere to move to and am still looking. I know nothing for sure about any of the places I've looked at, so I would rather not say too much about any of them.

I woke up on Friday excited to go see the movie "Sex and the City" and then get my haircut. I only have 3 more days before the kids are out of school so I'd like to at least enjoy my limited time alone until they are. Instead of jumping in the shower or just waiting for the salon to open, I received some texts on my cell phone and then a phone call from my mother telling me to meet the family at the lawyer's office for the reading of my Papa's will. I was hoping (and happy) to avoid going...but in the end, I went. I should have taken a shower first, but it was too late. Oh well, who cares?? No one has any right to judge me anyway. ;)

I didn't really need to be there. It was a waste of time. They could have just sent the letter telling me about it which they were going to send out anyway. The only good things to come of going to it were that...

1.) I got to see my nephew. That made it twice in one week that I was able to him since I had been over to my sister-in-law's for a Tupperware party a day or two earlier. (BTW, Tupperware has really cool stuff now, so if you're interested, let me know because she sells it. It's not like the old 70's kind of stuff either...it's pretty!!)

2.) I was able to see my father for the first time in 3yrs...which was unexpected. He lives in Florida, so I didn't even know he was up here for work. I spoke to him later in the day and told him how pleased I was to see him and thanked him for agreeing to possibly help with my kids' trusts.

3.) I realized at the lawyer's board room table that...for the first time in my entire life...my sister, my brother, my parents and myself were sitting together at the same time!! Now, I've said before that I love my family...but that just didn't happen growing up. Not even when we were really, really little kids.

My mother always ate separate from us and my dad usually did too. He either ate after us or ate while leaning up against the sink. On holidays there was always the typical "kids' table". So, it was definitely a sight to see and something to experience.

So, in a positive light, it was worth going to the lawyer's for those reasons alone. Oh!! It was also nice to eat lunch with everyone (except my dad, who had to work) afterwards. I was surprised at how wonderful all the food was. It made me hungry for once!! ;P

It's nobody's business what my grandfather left me and the kids but I am grateful for anything at all. I never stressed about any of it and no matter what anyone says or thinks...I never fought about or battled anyone for anything!! In my family...some people tend to carry on arguments with themselves and come up with drama of their own without anyone else even having to be a part of it. Crazy shit!! ;P

Just like I didn't want to go to the lawyer's...I didn't want to get involved with anything regarding the will. It's just sad that my Papa didn't have the time to update the will to what his most recent wishes were. But it turned out to be less complicated this way and I think everyone is, or will be, happy with things as they are. I know I am!! ;)

I ended up getting my hair cut after and never made it in time to see the movie. I did, however, come home sneezing and barely able to breathe. I don't know why. I don't have allergies (except to plastic tape used in hospitals...weird, I know) and it became a full fledged head cold by Friday night.

Yesterday, I tried to take it easy and sleep when I could most of the day. I tok a cold shower and it felt mind-numbingly fantastic. Like a freaking full body massage!! (No, I don't mean it in a sexual sense. I have yet to ever fathom how one would use a showerhead in that fashion, nor bother to take the time and/or effort to try and figure it out. LOL!!) It cleared my sinuses well enough that I was able to pop on a dress and go to see the movie last night.

IT WAS GOOD!! I didn't doubt that it would be. I'm not a die hard fan of the show either. I took Austin, because he asked over and over to go and he's sooo lonely on weekends now that he isn't going to my Papa's all the time.

There was only maybe 3 or 4 times I had him shut his eyes or covered them with my hand. Austin also loves Kristin Davis who plays "Charlotte". And, even when she took a shower in the movie and was naked, they never really showed anything bad.

The parts where "Samantha" was watching a neighbor have sex?? Those were bad. The two scenes where "Miranda" was having sex?? Kinda bad. But you knew beforehand to close your eyes when that was going to happen and there were all sorts of people in the audience watching it as well. In fact, maybe it was the air conditioning of the theatre...but a lot of people besides me were coughing, sneezing, blowing their nose and sniffling besides me. How odd...

Today I am just taking it easy and playing in bed on the laptop. I've found a few more places to check out and I'm waiting to hear from my landlord about the fact that it's already June 1st. I'm trying my damnedest to find somewhere to move...but I can only do so much.

It helps that we don't have to pay rent for June. That was a cool little bonus. So, we'll see what happens. ;)

~xoxo~

Mike + The Mechanics Friday Flashback

Early 1989 release from the album "The Living Years".

OMG...SOOOO FUNNY!!

Austin's Greenfield Village Trip!!

Kelly's Heroes Flashback...a day late

I remember this song from when I when I was little and watched the movie. I never understood why it was sad...

God, was I young and clueless!!

A challenge for TMI...

Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about me..... someone challenges me with yet another "more cool shit you didn't know about me" tag. So, I'm giving you an update of what's going on with me this week and stuff I thought I'd share.

Now, this one is actually pretty difficult for me considering that I have already posted a few of these... (DAMN, Sarah!! This WAS hard!!;P)

1.) By now you may or have have heard, my Papa passed away last Friday. What some of you might not know is that he wasn't just a Grandfather or 'special Grandparent' to me. He was everything to me.



My Papa was more of a parent to me than my mother and father put together. That's not to say that I don't love my parents...I do. It's just that I was closer to him than I was to my own Mom and Dad and learned more from him about right, wrong and life in general. In fact, I spent most of my childhood with him and moved in with him and my Yaya by the time I was a Freshman in high school.

I also thought I could never love anyone else as much as I did him...until I had children. My oldest child, Austin, grew to be very close to my Papa as well and I'm glad he got to have 11yrs with him before he passed last week.

2.) I always said I wanted to live in Trenton so I could be closer to my Papa, otherwise I would have moved away a long time ago. Maybe even out of state. Hell, maybe even out of the country!! ;P

Since I have been fucked over and won't be allowed to move into my Papa's house now, I have only a limited amount of time to find a new place to live. What bothers me about this more than my family sucking?? The fact that even if I wanted to move away...I have Chase's school keeping me hostage in the Downriver area. *sigh*



Don't get me wrong...I don't resent Chase OR his school. I'm not even bitter about this fact...it's just really, very frustrating!! It took me almost two whole years to get him evaluated and placed in a special education school that fits his needs and works with him on his Autism. We don't even know if he'll eventually be able to integrate in a normal classroom yet. I just don't want to go through all that shit all over again with another school district. Chase doesn't need the hassle of changing schools either.

So, I'm busy with finding a place to live but it has to also have a bus that can take Chase to school and also has a good school system for my older two kids since they won't be going back to their catholic school next year. (They will still have catechism there, serve mass and play on the school's sports team.)

3.) I have been Catholic most of my life and have even raised my kids to be while also sending them to a parochial school. But over the last decade, I have been more of what they call an "Eclectic Christian".



I believe in God and I believe in Mother Earth/Nature. (I am not, however, a global whiner!!) I have many books on Wicca and Buddisim that I study/have studied and I feel it's all a part of the 'big picture'. I do not claim to be a witch, nor do I feel like I'm anti-christian or a feme-nazi for my beliefs. (Some Wiccans who are Dianic or Alexandrian tend to be.) Even Jainism is interesting!!

There's nothing wrong with reading Sylvia Browne or feeling more in tune with God outside in a park than in a formal house of worship. How someone believes or worships doesn't make them any better or worse than someone else. This is not, in my opinion, the same as suicide bombers, nazi activists or devil worshipers, but I guess they have as much as right to their beliefs as I do. ;)

4.) I am a Professional Bridal Consultant and a certified Pastoral Counselor. At least two or three times a month, I get a phone call from someone offering me their services or wanting to hire me to plan their wedding.

I feel absolutely terrible when I have to turn them down. It's not just that I don't want to take the job or leave the house and face social/anxiety/panic disorder situations. It's really because, ever since I had my ECT last July, I can't remember how to do my job well enough that I feel okay about being paid by someone to do it.

I just can't do it. So, I deleted my website and say that I'm no longer booking events when someone calls for me.


5.) I was approached last night with an offer for a job this Fall.




While I am doing better and getting out of the house more...it's going to take the next 3 months to prepare myself for performing at a job outside of my own home. The position is one I have wanted for a while now and I'm thrilled that it was offered to me. I will be able to work out a schedule of my own that will, I hope, make it easier for me to adjust to.

I'm also hoping that it's sign that I'm ready to get out of the house and join the rest of the world!! ;)

6.) This is the first week that I have felt anything strong emotionally since I've been home too!!



I have felt fear, sadness, anger, frustration, surprise and more!! Normally, thanks to meds, I don't feel really happy or really sad about anything. I'm usually not fazed by things. The things I used to get worked up about before being shocked...seem so stupid now. Yet, I have to admit I felt relieved to have such strong feelings about something that happens around me and was okay with it. And that's a good thing!!

Gotta love mood stabilizers!! ;P

7.) The biggest fear I have, by far, is that I will have to have maintenance ECT and have to relearn everything I've learned or know again.



I don't want to forget another Christmas or birthday of mine or the kids. I don't want to forget spending time with my Papa at the hospital or holding his hand while he died. I just don't want to forget or have only vague memories!! And having Ian remind me to take my meds every damn night?? Just wears on my nerves a bit and isn't very fair to him either.

But it's a possibility that I have to live with for the rest of my life. I can accept what I've lost...but not what I may lose again. And I just haven't figured out how to accept it yet. So, I'm afraid.

8.) I put a lot of thought into what I Blog a lot of the time and wish I had the talent and ability to actually write something that someone else would enjoy or make me feel useful by helping someone else.



A lot of people I know that read my Blogs do it just to check up on me, see if there's any drama going on, put me down and bitch about what I write, judge me and make fun. Fuck those people. I may not be the best Blogger around and I may be outspoken sometimes, but those out there who do write to me, comment and show their support make it worthwhile.

I just wish I knew how to write well enough to accomplish something other than venting or sharing funny videos from time to time.

9.) One of the reasons I love "House", "Scrubs" and "Grey's Anatomy" so much is that I really loved Psychology and Medicine growing up and wanted to be a shrink except I just wasn't smart enough at Math.



I probably could've worked on being better at math, but I figured if it didn't come to me naturally, then I shouldn't even think about a profession where I really needed to know it. Since then, I have worked in a hospital as an operator and a psych ward secretary. I became a certified medical assistant. I loved working at the hospital. I wish I had the guts to go back.

I wish even more that I had the guts to go back to school and become whatever it is I want to become. And maybe work in the medical field again someday.

10.) Um...I guess the last one will be that I don't like to eat.



I drink all day and enjoy a refreshing bottle of water each morning. A jolt of sugar when I drink a diet or regular pop. I even love my hot chocolate from Tim Horton's when I'm not feeling well or it's cold outside. But I don't like eating.

I can go all day without eating because it never occurs to me to go and make something for myself to eat. I CAN...but I DON'T. You would never, ever be able to tell this by looking at me. (Especially with all the weight I've put on from meds and other issues with my body.) I will crave things from time to time as well, but I don't really care to go through the effort of feeding myself when I'm rarely ever hungry.

At least I remember to feed the kids!! And they LOVE to eat!! LOL!!

(Sarah, I have no idea how you could come up with 15. I'm stopping at 10. LOL!!)

I usually don't tag people back because nobody seems to want to do these things. So, what I am going to do, is challenge all of you to do it. I would love to know more about all of you.

Peace!!
~XOXO~

Survey...because I'm bored, that's why ;P

Can you say "I love you" in French?
Yes

Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
I don't care...could be anyone

Who do you blame for your mood today?
Umm...no one...I'm just tired

Have you ever seen a dead body?
Yes

What should we do w/ stupid people?
Pray for them or require an IQ level before they can spout their nonsense!!

How long do you think you will live?
Maybe about 20-30 more years...IDK

What was the first thing you did this morning?
Struggled to get out of bed

The color of carpet in your bedroom?
Off white

Last person you went out to dinner with?
Ian and the kids, I think

Are you spoiled?
In a harmless sense...not an enabling one

Do you drink lots of water?
Always

What toothpaste do you use?
Aquafresh whitening

How do you vent your anger?
Depends...I can talk it out, Blog about it or bust your ass if it warrants

The last compliment you received?
My Papa told me I "look real nice"

What are you doing this weekend?
Deciding whether or not to pack up some stuff

Is your best friend a virgin?
No...but I pretend he is ;P

What theme does your room have?
My bedroom?? Comfort and movies

Are you a mama's child or a daddy's child?
Papa's girl

Would you ever join the military?
Yes

The last website you visited?
Myspace

Who was the last person you took a picture with?
The kids

Last person you went to the movies with?
Ian and the kids

What did you do/will you do for your birthday this year?
Probably nothing

Number of layers on your bed?
3

Is anything alive in your room?
The cats are when they're in there

Today, would you rather go back a week or go forward a week?
Hmm...I'm fine where I am, but forward, I guess

What are you looking forward to right now?
Taking a shower after my meeting

Last person you shared a bed with?
Ian

Can you handle the truth?
Better than some

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
Somewhere fun and relaxing with the kids

Would you rather have loved and lost, or never have loved at all?
Loved and lost

Have you ever streaked across a football field?
God, no

Your most recent ex says he/she hates you, you say?
Maybe for good reason...who cares??

How often do you hold back from saying what you are thinking?
More often than not now

Who has hurt you the most?
My mother

Are there some songs you can’t listen to because they remind you of someone?
Always!!

Who was the last person you sent a message to on Myspace?
Sarah

Who is one person you met this year, and you're so glad that you did?
Our Advocate

How long ago did you hug someone?
Chase, this morning

Are you more of a coffee or alcohol drinker?
Neither

Something that has made you mad in the last 24 hours?
Not really mad...just stunned people believe such BS/lies

Do you find it easier to forgive or forget?
Easy to forgive...harder to forget

Have you ever talked to someone when they were high?
Are you kidding?? Hells yeah!!

Who was the last person you yelled at?
No one...possibly my mother

Do you know anyone who's addicted to any drugs?
Yes

What your favorite kind of POP?
Wild Cherry Pepsi

Are you taller than your mom?
Not in stature, but in superiority

Are you an emotional person?
I can be

What did you have for breakfast today?
Bottled water

If you could meet one celebrity, who would you want it to be?
A God

What are you listening to right now?
Something about a 'big world' ???

Who was the last person that made you laugh?
Chase

Who is the most important person in your life?
My kids now

Have you ever thought you were in love?
No...I KNEW when I was

Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
Don't care

Missing someone?
Always

~ 100 "Will & Grace" Quotes ~

1. Will: Did you eat salami today?
Grace: No. Did you wash your face with ugly soap?

2. Grace: You need to find a better hobby than outing robots.

3. Karen: Hey Homos.

4. Grace. I was at Bloomingdale's this morning waiting on line to buy wrinkle cream, and this Jennifer-Love-Michelle-Sarah-Felicity looking thing bumps into me and says, "Excuse me, MA'AM."!!

5. Jack. We have a new slogan "Watch Us........Please"

6. Karen: Oh Minnie Driver, who ever told you, you could pull off a leather jumpsuit?

7. Karen: We're here with Waylan and Madame.

8. Grace: You pile!!

9. Will: Oh, Miss Walker, of all the councellers here at camp Walker, you're my favourite!

10. There are no gay men. Only men that haven't met Jack.

11. Karen: Well, Honey, why don't you read them that book they love: 'Green Eggs and I'm Hammered'?

12. Will: HO! Karen: MO!

13. Karen: (to beverly leslie) Oh cut it out you teacup poodle

14: Karen: That dress is a little short, if it were any lower we'd see your english muffin Lorraine: I wouldnt talk. If that dress were any lower we'd see your yanky doodles

15. Karen: GIN! Will: Karen, we're playing poker Karen: I know, I was ordering

16. Karen (Talking about the ruffels on Grace's shirt): Hey honey am I drunk or did I just take a can of whipped cream and go like this sh shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Grace: Yes and no.

17. Jack (talking about Leo's ex girl): Will Diane's a girl she does'nt have a Kabob she has a kagina
Karen: Yeah and nice Ka-tits.

18. Leo: Will could'nt find a g spot with Yahoo maps
Karen and Jack: YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

19. Jack: This is Santa's ho ho HOE! Tell her Karen...
Karen: I've been on Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, on Vixen, on Comet on Cupid... but not on Blitzen...he likes to watch
Jack: So what do u think??
Dorlene: You've gotta be kidding me with this crap. This is not a window for Barneys New York in New York this is a window for the fairy whos gonna get his eyes scrached out. You better fix this fast or not only will I fire u I re-hire u pull your hair and fire u again!

20. [Jack swipes imaginary credit card in Karen's cleavage]
Karen: "Denied!" [Jack does it again]
Karen: "Denied!" [Karen turns around and Jack swipes it on her ass]
Karen: "Approved!"

22. Will (about Jack): "Cute as a button...not quite as smart."

23. Grace (to Will): "Are you wearing smarty pants?"

24. Karen: "I don't mean to sound negative, and I shouldn't 'cause I've taken like six different pills so I won't."

25. Karen: "I'm gonna be so mad when my mood elevators wear off."

26. Karen (in the bar where her mother worked): "Ah, the fetid, wreaking after-touch of the common man."

27. Karen: "Your face is pulled too tight."

28. Karen (to Will): "Are you working me, Wilma?"

29. Grace: "Which lever do I pull to be crushed by a safe?"

30. Will (to Jack): "You hurt your head? Like you keep anything in there?"

31. Karen (I think): "Did the Smooth-talking Gigolo Convention let out early?"

32. Grace (to Karen): "Does your jaw un-hinge when you capture prey?"

33. Leo (to Grace about Will): "I still need him for the 20% of you I can't handle."

34. Jack: "This is total serendipity-doo!"

35. Will (about Jack): "The man stares humiliation in the face and says, 'Don't I know you?'"

36. Karen: "I'm gonna take the high road...and not just because I'm high."

37. Karen (looking baffled in a laundromat): "What is this place?"
Jack: "This is a laundromat. This is where poor people come to wash their clothes so they can wear them again."
Karen: "Oooh. Poor people are clever; you'd think they could come up with ways to make more money."

38. Karen: The talking cookies- they're BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!! *runs off*

39. Beverly: This is a gay bar? Well! I've half a mind to storm out of here this very instant, but my business assosiate benjy and i want to finish our refreshing lemon drops

40. Jack: My ride is here. It looks like a huff. I think I'll leave in it.

41. Karen:I'm not going to Queens! There are people living in cabs down there!

42. Jack (to crowd): Please refrain from flash photography as the lesbians may attack you.

My all-time favorite quote from this show came from Karen when Jack asked to be in her commercial and he said he could totally play straight:..."Oh, Jack, no one would ever believe you're straight...your gayness can be seen from space. You're as gay as a clutch purse on Tony night. It's like you fell out of a gay tree and hit every gay branch on the way down...and you fell on a gay guy...and you did him."

43. Jack: "Though the eyes are the window to the soul, the zipper is the window to your underwear."

45. Karen - A woman, like a prostitute never reveals her tricks.

46. Karen making fun of grace- And who the hell says "boudoir"?! "Hey, hey. Look at me. I'm kinky, and I'm in the boudoir."

47. Grace- I just gave a quarter to a homeless guy, I think it was Johnny Depp.

48. Karen: Ah, Smitty, I'm having a little hubby trouble. How about cheering me up with one of your jokes?
Smitty: I'm afraid I'm not in much of a joking mood. You see, my wife died Christmas, and I just haven't been myself since.
Karen: [laughs hysterically] Ah, Smitty. You always know just what to say.

49: Karen, on Will & Grace's apartment 1: "Am I in student housing?"

50. Karen, on Will & Grace's apartment 2: "I'll hide here, they'll never think to look for me in government assisted housing"

51. Jack: Hi, I'm scarfy. I'm the gift that you give to your boyfriend before you dump him. I cost 12 dollars.

52. Karen: [to Beverly Leslie] Shouldn't you be in your tree making cookies?

53. KAREN: What?! I ain't changing my name. I like my name. Carol--
WILL AND JACK: Karen.
KAREN: Texas Ranger.
WILL AND JACK: Walker.

54. Cher: Dude you know it is a little weird that you're talking to my doll
Jack: I don't think I need a drag queen to define normal behaviour

55. Jack: Hey you're not that great Mr sister...I do a better Cher than you!
Cher: You think so?
Jack: Ok the hand is perfect but its more like 'you think so hooooow'
Cher: Get a life

56. Grace: Jacks mother doesn't know he's gay
Karen: How could she not know? What is she headless

57. Karen: I'll stop drinking coffee too. I'll just have to get use to driking my bailey's straight in the morning.

58. KAREN: Grace, the reason you're not in a relationship is on line one.

59. Karen to Rosario: Hey get to work Tamale!

60. Will: No, no. I don't want to have sex with you.
Jack: Oh, Will that wasn't sex. Okay, how do I explain this? Okay, when a man and a man love each other very much...
Will: No, no... Psychic Sue said I was going to spend the rest of my life with a guy named Jack Jack: Jack who?
Will: Jack you?
Jack: Jack me?
Will: No thanks

61. Jack (high on coffee): Hey, friends, lovers, mothers and other strangers, you are not going to believe what just happened to me... Oh, my God, did you just see that? I almost did a half nelson, I almost bruised my delicates, my delicates, my domo arigatos, Mr tomatoes. Huge News! I have met, are you ready for this, Mr Right, well, Mr Right Now. Good night, folks, I'm here all week, Jack 2000. He works at the Jumpin Java - you know, the coffee shop on seventy second and his name is Paul and he is cute with a capital Q! And the busier it gets, the hotter he gets, and the hotter he gets the sweatier he gets, and the sweatier he gets... I forgot where I'm goin with this, but the main point is me likey he and he likey me and the best part of schezam, he gives me free iced coffee every time I go in which is every hour on the hour, good nights, and occasionally on the half hour. Ba ba ba ba ba...

62. Grace (crying, can't remember why): I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone. And all the people are pigs. And I'm the pretty one, but everyone thinks I'm ugly because they're all pigs and they think pigs are pretty!

63. Will: What, is the whole city gay?
Jack: Not yet, but if all goes like planned, tomorrow morning...MUHAHAHAHAHA

64. Nathan: I'm Nathan, Grace's new boyfriend.
Jack: That's strange. I'm not getting a gay vibe from you...

65. Karen: How badly do you want to be my lawyer?
Will: Very badly.
Karen: Badly enough to suck that peanut off the table?
Will: Karen, There is no way I'm gonna...
Karen: SUCK IT! [Will bends over and sucks the peanut off the table]
Will: God, I hope that was a peanut.

66. Jack: Step one, identify the victim... Oh my god, Candice Bergen!

67. JACK: Listen, this is no way to decide who's going to stay in this apartment. Let's just be fair. Let's be reasonable. I'm thinking of a number between one and 10.
GRACE: Do you have no respect for me? I'm not gonna play that stupid game.
JACK: Just pick a number!
GRACE: Five!
JACK: Damn it!

68. Karen: Oh Honey, you're simple, you're shallow and you're a common whore, that's why we're soulmates.

69. Grace: Fag!
Will: Hag!
Grace: Screw you!
Will: You wish.
Grace: You couldn't.
Will: Not because I'm gay because you're HIDEOUS!

70. Karen: Good Lord. I can't believe I'm at a public pool. Why doesn't somebody just pee directly on me?

71. (Episode with Bebe Neuwirth who played Lilith on Frasier)
Karen: Talk like Lilith! We hate your real voice!
Bebe: I will if you will.

73. KAREN: "Ever since I was a little girl, I always dreamed... that at my fourth wedding, I would walk down the aisle to Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones."
JACK: "But Karen, weren't you saving that song for your 5th wedding?"
KAREN: "Oh no honey that would be in bad taste. The fifth wedding is traditionally Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy." (after hearing Here Comes the Bride)
JACK(to Lyle): "Here comes the bride...and she is PISSED!"

74.KAREN:(to Jack and his classmates)"Aww look at all of you-student nurses. The people you'll help, the comfort you'll bring, the patients you'll smother to end their suffering. (sighs) I envy you."

75.ROSARIO:"I'm sorry I'm late. Did I miss girl's night?"
KAREN: "Honey you missed 'girl's night' by about a hundred years."
ROSARIO: "Shut your hole you drunken donut!"

76. Will (impetrating Jack's date Fernando in a HILARIOUS voice): I'm bored Jack, let's go have a grape juice.

77. Grace (to will) I'm your wife? That is possibly the most vicious thing you have ever said to me. And I'm including the time I got a root perm and you called me pubic head.

78. Grace - I had the weirdest dream last night. I was on a beach dancing with Chow Yun-Fat. Then all of a sudden, he rips off his face, and it's Chow Yun-Fat in a different mood.

79. Will - And Karen told me that Christmas celebrates the birth of our Lord Cartier.

80. Karen - Got Skirt?

81. Cheryl: Mrs. Walker? Cheryl Bricker-Fossberg, Taylor and Hayden's mom.
Karen: I have no idea what you just said.

82. Karen:[ at the Gay and Lesbian Ball] "Ladies, Gentlemen and undecideds!"

83: Jack: "Because thats what we do in the community.....we gay it forward!"

84: Karen: "I feel so uncomfortable. All of these gay eyes judging me...and undressing me... and then dressing me up in a new outfit!"

85: Will: "Gay ferrets to the waiting area. Gay ferrets to the waiting area."

86: Jack: "Hello! Girl interupted here!"

87: Karen: [to grace] "What's this? What's happening here? What's going on?"

88: Grace: Karen, what are you doing?
Karen: She started it!
Grace: Karen, she's breast feeding!
Karen: Oh... well that would explain the little bald man....

89: Leo: What do you mean "Will was better"? He couldn't find a G-spot with Yahoo! Maps
Jack and Karen: [imitating the yahoo yodel] Yahoooooooooo-hoo!

90: Jack: "OH MY GOD. I've got it! Not 'Stake it'...'Stake it UK!' It's bold,it's cool, I'm back!"

91: Karen: Wow that may have been the greatest day of my life. I love errands. They're like mini-adventures for undesirables.

92: Jack: [trying to make will admit hes gay] You're Marvin Gay! And let me tell you, there ain't no closet big enough!

93: Karen: It's the oldest story in the book. Boy meets girl. Boy wants girl to do dominatrix film. Girls says, "Naked?" Boy says, "Yeah." Girl says, "No way." Boy says, "Okay how about you just wear this rubber dress and beat this old guy with a scrub brush?" Girl says, "How hard?"

94: Bill: Jack. You're hitting on me.
Jack: I'm shocked. And appalled. But are you interested?

95: Jack: You shouldn't be dancing with him. He's not your stalker, your stalker is still at large. Kevin Bacon: But you fingered this guy.
Jack: I did not! We were just holding hands!

96: Will: (playing scrabble) Spramp is not a word Jack.
Jack: Yes it is. "Every morning I spramp my face with water"

97: Jack: [about a Wills date whos a little on the short side] What we have here, is a pocket gay. Will: A pocket gay?
Grace and Karen: A pocket gay?
Jack: A pocket gay.

98. Karen:(to Beverly Leslie) "Your only complaint is that the American Kennel Club hasnt reconized you as a breed yet!"

99. Karen: I had my mother committed. Yeah shes crazy. Well not so much crazy as she just bugged.............Shes a bitch.

100. Grace: I've never had a peeping Tom. All I had was a guy in college yell "Pull down the blinds,boy!"

Because You Loved Me

Because I loved my Papa, who just passed away on Friday...and because I love "House".

There's nothing else for me to say...

Another Suitcase In Another Hall

Good movie. Average Flashback...
Loved Antonio Banderas for years though!!