It's Finally Friday!

Ahhhhh....Friday....I love Friday....me and Friday are likethis. George Jones says does a good Friday song....


**Warning: Do not click if you don't like twang...I personally love twang and this song is awesome**



This is a particularly cool Friday because I get to inform you all that I was given the 'Trendy Blogger' award by my bloggy buddy Punk Rock Momma... Thank you so so so very much!!

So now naturally I have to pass this award on to some other wonderful bloggers

The award goes to:

CA Girl

Brown Eyed Belle

Days on the creek

He who laughs last didn't get it

Mommy loves Stillettos

Stillettos and a Stroller Times Three

The MVP's of Mesa town

The Scoop on Poop

Earth Mother Just Means I'm Dusty

All of these bloggers are more than deserving of any award, I think as a bloggy friend with your best interests in mind, I'm going to strongly suggest you go read up and enjoy!!

Oh and smile! It's the weekend!

Fragments

Long week.  That's just about all I can really say to sum it all up. It's been 4 days since I've posted anything, I have busy spurts every week, normally I might have posted something, or tried to mid-week, yesterday would have been a perfect day to do that and I will explain what happened in one of my Fragments.... By the way you gotsta to stop my Mrs. 4444's place, for her Fragments post, she's the queen of FF you know!

****I'm going to have to re-evaluate my stance on how things are going with my father and I...I want to write about it so badly, but I feel like I might not have my thoughts together on the whole thing yet. It's been an emotionally exhausting past couple days, There were not one but TWO situations that forced me to face my demons, and they both involved my father directly...the out come was not good, especially with alcohol involved (not on my part). I'm just so not ok with this anymore...really it's gotten to the point where I almost can't deal. More to come Saturday or Sunday....whenever I grow the balls to post about it.

****Yesterday I slept. I got home from work and I took time for myself. I needed it. So badly. I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind being alone, in fact I like it. Sometimes I want to go pee with out a 3 year old bursting on on me, or roll around in bed without toddler arm in my face, time to take MY time, lollygag, not be in 20 different places at the same time, have have to talk, or think about anything. And like I said, I slept, got home from work, laid down around 6 and started nodding off watching old episodes of Grey's Anatomy, I knocked out somewhere around 7 pm, woke up briefly and went to back to bed with the same pounding headache I started my sleep with. When I sleep like that it's when I'm just done. Done with everything...I'm emotionally exhausted and I'm checking out. Come back later, thanks. It was much needed.

****So we've had quite the crazy week at work. Not only are things crazy because we've made some big changes lately but also we've had a wayward whale hanging out in the harbor about 1/8 of a mile down the canal from where I work. The poor lil BIG thing had been straggling behind the migrating pod due to being tangled up in fishing nets and ropes....Whales migrate right past Dana Point every year, and we don't see many past April,  when they get further into cooler waters. Long story short, it was a media circus, and there were literally crowds of people trying to catch a glimpse of her. Sadly to say she didn't make it and was found beached today.  

**** I'm excited to say my boy starts Pre School on Monday... Originally I had planned on enrolling him a little closer to 4, but I was faced with needing to work more and this came at just the right time for the both of us. I think he's ready, and he really needs something to focus his attention on, and have an environment where he can be the cute little sponge he is. I will no doubtedly cry, like ALOT, dropping him off for the first time...this is school, I mean Pre school granted, but it still has the word SCHOOL in it....ahhhhh!!! Make his growing up stop....please, for the love of all that is holy.

****I WON SOMETHING!!! Holy crap I won something!! I checked my emails from my phone at work, and I got an email I almost deleted because I thought it was another one of those "You've won!" emails, you know the ones....But this was  REAL one...I entered a give away over at Our Fine House, and I won. I was so excited it's ridiculous! Here's the official post saying I'm da weener :) Thanks Jen and Joe!

That's all folks, I hope you've all had a super fantastic week!

Late night Friday Fragments

I haven't fragmented in what seems like forever, this Friday seemed like a Fragment day...especially since I've practically neglected my blog for almost a week, I've been trying to keep up with the reading, but the writing part was lacking for me...brain flatuance, mostly....Yup. I said it...brain farts. I have 'em all the time, BF's are a pretty regular thing for me these days! You'll get used to it.  So with out any further rambling, I'm joining Mrs. 4444 over at Half Past Kissin' Time for Friday Fragments!


**** Went and saw 'The Losers' with my honey last night, it wasn't the greatest movie ever, but it wasn't horrible... The Rolling Stone have it 2 1/2 stars...and I gotta say I agree. But all and all the movie was pretty funny for the most part, a little cheesy in some parts, alot of bang bang shoot 'em up mixed with comedy type thing...and the company was awesome too!

Before the movie <3

****I've been working on my pa-pa-pa-poker face...my boyfriend taught me how to play Texas Hold 'em, and I love it. We definitely don't play for money, for obvious reasons. Just chips. I was pretty proud of myself the other night because I was the only girl playing and I cleaned them out... not the whole time but enough to make me happy.

This:Gave me-----> This:YAY!

****I now have an acute obsession with Yogurt Land...this place totally trumps Golden Spoon any day. Red Velvet Cake frozen yogurt with White Chocolate chips is just something that cannot be beat...I'm practically drooling right now thinking about it. Delicious.       

Where have you been all my life!?

****I'm so excited I get some time off and time to spend with my boy in the next couple days... I miss him so freakin' much when he's away, his cute little "I missed you Mommy!" makes my day life.

Just because its cute.

****Is it weird that I move my bead in a different direction and I sleep differently now because of it? According to Feng Shui you should never face your bed towards your door, which was the way I had it BEFORE, I rotated it the other diection....I like it better aesthetically, but from a functionality point of view its a bit of a pain, going to take some getting used to.

**** Can I please tell you how utterly thrilled I am there is a new Sookie Stackhouse novel coming out May 10th!!!!!!

I have been following this series for quite some time now, and have read the books all more than once. The HBO series 'True Blood' is based on this book series....and the books are WAYYY better than the shows, even if the shows are effin' fantastic.

They're like a drug

That's all folks, I hope we all had a awesome Friday, and have an awesome weekend ahead!

Friday Fragments

 It's that time of the week again, same bat time, same bat channel....remember old school Bat Man? The ridiculously campy, afternoon Bat Man, with Adam West...I LOVED THAT SHOW!

I seriously digress....Its the time of the week where I spew my most random thoughts, along with Ms.4444 over at Half Past Kisssin' Time, the home of Friday Fragments...Link up!

****Can we say crazy earth quake on EasterSunday?! The biggest in Mexico or California since 1992 when we had a 7.3.. Sunday's was a 7.2...and for someone who's lived in Cali my whole life, earthquakes are somewhat of a normal thing... an earthquake hits and well all just stand there and wait for it to end...but I won't lie, this one was a wee smidgen tricky... and lasted almost a whole minute...insead of standing there waiting for it to stop in 20 seconds, I was gripping the counter asking myself if it was GOING to end and it was Trev's 1st big one...now my boy is a true Californian!

****The Lilies STILL smell ridonkulous, I walk in the door and can't help but inhale...I could so just wear one around all day!

****My grandmother has a huge Tangerine tree in her back yard, and spring has sprung, the weather is warming up...the reason why this is signifigant is, citrus trees don't do so hot fruit wise during the spring and summer, but during the winter they they fill to the brim. This particular tree gives the most delicious, sweet, juicy Tangerines you could possibly even dream of. I have memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas, going out to the old Tangerine tree and just standing out there for an hour feeding my face. You DO NOT EVEN KNOW.  I learned how to pick the best and seedless ones, and that sometimes the BEST best ones are the ones that fell off the tree and ripened in the Escondio sun for a day. I am eating one of the last few good tangerines of the year.... but boy oh boy, are they worth the wait!

That's right. INSIDE the tree!

****Work was insanely busy this week...its spring break, unseasonably warm  for the time of year, and absolutely gorgeous. A killer combination for the Dana Point Harbor... The kind of comination that gives you a one-two punch and leaves your knocked on your ass with business. Which, is a GOOD thing, it's just exhausting. AND it's tourist time. The harbor is a trap, one big, beautiful tourist trap. Sometimes I like and sometimes I don't...depends on the day and the tourist. The upside is that I meet people from all over the world, and it's pretty awesome on a good day! As for it being busy, it's only going to keep getting busier, so I'm sure you'll be hearing about it!

****I haven't blogged since Tuesday, I feel like such a slacker...wed-fri are crazy busy for me and are the days my honey and I spend with eachother, my real work week Friday is tomorrow....and then I get to bask in the greatness of days off, time to actually read blogs with out days to catch up on,  gym time... where I make the stair climber say my name, time to maybe write a post or 2 or 5 (not really but I might try) and with out a doubt do morning cartoons, cuddles, turkey bacon and eggs, and Spongebob with my boy. Seriously the best.

I really hope every one of you had a SUPER week,  I was happy ALL week and I really hope you all were too!!!

Don't forget to SMILE. I don't know about you, but it helps me!!!

It's time for Friday Fragments!

If you're a regular reader of my blog, which I certainly hope you are, you know every Friday I jump on Mrs. 4444's Friday Fragments band wagon. Love Fridays because I have so much floating around in my head at any given time, a full blown post is just going to come out fragmented..... hence.... the name....yeah..... ANYWAYS.

****I am officially obsessed with the perfume I got from my hunny for my birthday. Givenchy 'Hot Couture'. It smells like nothing I've ever worn, or smelled on anyone else.  It really is fantastic. A little sweet smelling, with a hint of Jasmine and vanilla....*drooooool*

****After missing a week of work due to the whole MRSA incident, I was THRILLED...literally, to be back to work. I'm pretty sure my co workers might have thought I was still loopy off of pain meds, coming back all happy with a stoopid grin smeared on my face. But really, I was just so happy to have the social interaction that I love so much about that job, all of my friends are there, and I have awesome regulars and some pretty cool customers...that, and I can see the ocean from 50 feet away from the front door!!

****Trevor got the movie 'Bolt', actually my boyfriend bought it for him, which I thought was pretty sweet....but the point I was getting at was that I think my head might just explode if I watch it another time...my son LOVES it. It's the ONLY thing he wants to watch, he wants to hold the DVD box and look at it while he's watching the movie, and the second the credits roll he's coming back for more. I'm starting to think an intervention is due.

****I turned 26 this past Sunday.... for some reason this was an odd one for me..I'm closer to 30 than I am 20... I know, I know....I need to shut my trap. I was told that numerous times last week before *the day* crept up on me.... However, I did really have a great birthday in the end.... can't wait to turn 27 25 next year!

****I had posted a while back about the fact that I had accquired 2 cats from my sister, which was supposed to be temporary, and it began to seem more permenant...which was not something I was really freaking out about...untill one of them (both Females only one fixed) went into heat....I honestly wanted to scream half the time.... I could not handle the Howling, purring and meowing, sometimes all through the night and early morning.... 4 am is not an hour I want to be woken up by a cat meowing for some nookie. And yes, I know its my own fault for not making sure they were BOTH de-hornied before I took them, and its just her instinct... but damn, could you imagine if WE acted like that???  I digress....after being down with the sickness, and the in heat cat...and the food and the litter, and my son chasing them as though it was his job in life, I decided it was just too much.... my sister had to find somewhere else for them and they were picked up... I felt bad...especially when they're looking at me like "What did we do?" BUT it's a big load off my shoulders, and I know they're going somewhere safe.

**** I got a disease....and the only cure, is MORE COWBELL!  No really... I got a disease, or an addiction rather to Kandee Johnson...She's a celebrity makeup artist out of LA, and seriously this girl is just downright inspirational....she's got such a GREAT and happy, sunny attitude...not only that but she's uber talented. She does make up tutorials on You Tube, and her channel is just jam packed with fun videos, and makeup tips... I really love her alot. Just sayin. I can promise you that the videos are worth your time, and you will want to keep watching them, all of them....you might even stay up past midnight like I did watching them! Check out her You Tube channel and her Blog of course!

Lastly and not Neccessarily a fragment, Have a wonderful Easter! I'm not sure I'll be able to blog before then, so I wanted to make sure each and everyone of you made sure to enjoy it!!

Im sorry, I just totally almost fell out of my chair laughing at this...

You have GOT to check out Anne Nahm's 'Secret Life of Peeps' series...

I almost peed myself reading them. This picture totally reminded me of it!

Friday Fragments Folks!!!

Well here we are again people, its time for Friday Fragments...this has been a VERRRRRA VERRRRRA long week for me...  Friday Fragments is the perfect way for me to get back into my poor neglected blog, and bloggie buddies! Including Ms. 4444 who as you may already is the origin of FF, go show her some lovins!


****I am finally starting to recover from this nasty craptastic sickness...I was actually HUNGRY last night...which is big because I've lost close to 10 lbs. in the last week or so what with being weak and having NO appetite...I knew I'd thank my awesome boyfriend for force feeding me, it really helped me get better faster, and he was there for me every step of the way. This is still not over, and I have a good week if not longer until everything heals comtpletely, BUT thank god I'm on my way! I'll be back to my sassy self in no time!

****A day or so before I got knocked on my ass with this nastyness (which would actually be last week, but lets say for shits and giggles its this week) I saw 'Cop Out'...It was hilarious. However, Bruce Willis just doesn't do comedy as well as his bang bang shoot 'em up action movies...I would recommend waiting for DVD.

**** I got the most adorable beach clothes for Trev today at Target...god love that place! They have a Paul Frank line for the kiddies, and I've always loved PF....the CUUUUUTEST stuff!!! I very strongly suggest you check it out! Here's what I got him: 

****I've missed a whole week of work....which will in fact wreak havok on my finances...but I'll figure it out as I always do!

**** Can I just say how effin happy I was to see my boy today!? He lights up my life with that big smile of his! I helped create the most adorable, sweet, happy little monkey butt ever! And I am increasingly proud of him--its an honor to be his mommy!

****Oh crap. I turn 26 on Sunday. AHHHHH!


That is all for today, I hope you all had a wonderful week, and are having a FANTASTICAL Friday!!!

Holy wow....Friday?!

           Friday, oh friday.... This week started out horribly and ended quite well if I do say so myself... And I DO say. I haven't posted much, it's been one of those weeks that unfortunately blogging got pushed to the side. And it seems like friday fragments are all that's on my blog. But that's ok, because Friday Fragments are the bomb and so is Mrs. 4444!!!!!


**** I put my 2 weeks in at one of my two jobs... job # 1 just had to go.... I dreaded going to work there...it got to the point where I was literally forcing myself to just be motivated to go. I have been talking about it, and saying I wanted to quit for MONTHS. I've been all talk and no action. So as of the 25th of this month I will be simplifying. And man does it feel guuuuuuuuuud. Picking up more hours at #2 along with a .50 raise....booomshackalacka!


****I've gotten lightening fast at Trader Joe's trips....I was in and out of there in 36 minutes tonight.... and that included looking for the Lemur with the St. Patty's day hat on... If you don't go to Trader's you might not know that that have a little stuffed Lemur that they hide around the store, and they use it to keep all the little terrors  kiddies busy. I digress.... I take pride in my Trader's navigational skills....and I left unscathed....


****Each week when I pick my son up after not seeing him for the 3 days he's with his father, it seems like he's BIG. I mean where the hell is my little munchkin going?! He is just so smart, and you can just see that he is getting better at holding conversations and comprehending what you're telling him. And HE POOPED IN THE POTTY. If you're a mom you will understand my excitement. This is something I've been dreaming of for 3 years... truely a time to be celebrated.


**** I've been thinking about mentioning this for sometime now, but haven't found a place for it, but by George, I think the time is now. I was reminded this week by his use of the words I'll be mentioning.  I laugh so hard at my son sometimes... and alot of the time its at the way he talks... my favorite word so far is "Dingers" or maybe it's "horn dogs".
      Below are a couple examples of how the words would be used:


    "Mommy, my mashed my dingers!"= Mommy I smashed my fingers (I don't laugh when my son smashes my fingers...just sayin')


   Me: Trev what do you want for dinner?
   Trev: HORNDOGS!!!! (Corn dogs)


****This is a picture of my night stand the day I finally twitched after sleeping for almost 2 days straight with the dreaded Kidney infection.... I thought the things I had sitting there were pretty random...

From left to right.... Yes...i have a Disney Princess alarm clock...

you know you're jealous! Channel changer...cause I sure as hell wasn't getting

up from my bed... My "eyes" of course I wasn't

wearing them cause I was passed the f***

out!!  Water and lots of it...Baby wipes...cause I use them

for EVERYTHING. Drugs.....just the kind to make me better...TAPATIO?!?!?

Why the eff do I have hot sauce on my nightstand? I dunno....i put it on

everything..... A roll of TP...cause tissue boxes are for the birds.... A Jamba juice smoothie...

lord have mercy on the poor lady that had to witness my crusty ass walking in

to order that,  after a pain killer induced 17 hours of sleep. But damn that smoothie was

wonderfully refreshing!

              


                








 I hope from that you all had a good week, here's to a great weekend and don't forget to spring back this sunday!

TOODLES!!!!

Friday Fragments are Freakin' fantastic

 



  I won't lie... I am beyond happy this week is over, My days off start tomorrow and I'm looking forward to the "peace and quiet".  A wee Start over if you will...wiping the slate clean.

  *So, venting helped a bit yesterday, thank all of you for the kind words and the support! It's great to know you all care, I appreciate it more than you know! You rock my socks off!!!

* Its really frosts my cookies that I've been missing Grey's and Ugly Betty...I am so behind and that doesn't jive well! What if I miss something?! I mean this is close to a crisis folks...(am I dramatic enough for you?)
All I gotsta say is, if OnDemand doesn't have the past two weeks of both shows I've missed I am going to be one ticked off Tina. Speaking of shows.....

* I was given season one of 'Weeds' to watch...I've been meaning to watch it but I can't seem to find the time, hence the reason why I've missed the others in my previous Fragment. I digress..... the show is supposed to be really great, so I am excited....and when I finally find the time, I'll be excited then too!

*Crunchy Peanut Butter Cliff Bars are SO good....I ate one just now, as a matter of fact, yummy crunchy, filling, and just all around satisfying. These often get me through the week for breakfast, as they did this week...I work two jobs, so in between they're fast and easy, along with a Banana.

* I am so thankful for my second job...seriously that place is my therapy...I worked there for 5 years before my son, left for 3 years, and due to some job loss issues in June of last year, Im back again...I have an ocean veiw from the cash registers, and they people I work with are beyond wonderful. Everyday I see regulars that have practically watched me grow up. I'm surrounded by old friends and some new, and some pretty awesome regulars. I really could not ask for more.  (annnnnnd I get free coffee!)

*I'm learning how to play Texas Hold 'em...and I'm also learning I totally lack a poker face... I am a dead give away. I need to work on this....and once I do, I'll be a force to reckon with...tell you me.   I love things that require a little strategy....but while I'm learning I'll take it easy....seeing as how I can get a straight flush and not even know I won a huge pot untill someone told me..............But once I figure it out....you bettah watch yo back!

      Otay....as usual thank you thank you thank you. For reading, have a fantastic Friday, and of course do not forget to Visit the lovely Mrs. 4444, At Half past kissin' time , the home of Friday fragments!

Fabulous Friday Fragments

   This is it folks...my first Friday Fragments! I've been reading the Friday Fragments creater herself Mrs. 4444's fragments for some time now, and I've been telling myself, also for some time now, that I was going to do one....to no avail.  This will probably work quite well for me seeing as how I think in fragments 90% of the time... I am a fairly scatter brained person, and at any given point I have random subjects bouncing around in my head like a game of pong. This will be ideal.

***The weather is making me crazy. Don't get me wrong. I am a very lucky southern Californian....we have some of the best weather in the county. We spent the first few weeks of the "winter"in the 70's. So really, I shouldn't complain, I know people buried in feet of snow. I will admittedly say that we Californians are spoiled, and *I* would NEVER survive snow.... I wouldn't know what to do with myself.  Right....so anyways.... rained for 2 weeks, and then it's 80 for 3 days...and now it's raining again... what the hell man?

***Grey's Anatomy was awesome this week!! And as usual I cried..Grey's is one of those shows that you can count on making you cry, sometimes hard. In all the years I've been watching it, I've probably spent thousands in tissue, not really. But you get the point. Little Grey's hair looks wonderful, Dr. Shepard has a very cocky way about him right now, and I can't really give an example, I just know I don't like it, and the Chief... the speech at the end....wow.  I really hope he stays. (For those of you who don't watch Grey's sorry you had to read)

*** Is it bad that I haven't watched one second of the Olympics? I hear every body talking about it, and I have no clue.  I feel so very out of the loop, but I find myself un interested, where are they holding the Olympics again?

***I'm having a love affair with my new computer... sorry 1990 dinosaur HP but you and I have just grown appart...i just could not stand you freezing up on me every time I tried to use your web browser. HP Slim line and I are just more compatible, and he's got 3 Gigs....

***New Rolling Stone in the mail!! That honestly makes my day, and what makes it better, is that I practically got the subscription for free... a Jimi Hendrix Rolling Stone T-shirt for 6 bucks at Wal Mart, on clearance...I got it home and realize that the large tag on it was a free subscription. And I will be renwing it!

***And speaking of making my day...I picked my son up from his fathers house this evening, and he just really makes my soul smile! Each week when I pick him up it seems like he's grown, or his vocabulary has expanded...he's growing up and he's doing it too fast. The point of this fragment was to share how straight up amazing it is to hear him say "I missed you mommy, I love you!"

***I  went on a music kick and found some stuff that really just takes me back to my childhood, I've always had one song that my father introduced to me very young, and its stuck with me ever since, Stevie Ray Vaughn's 'Pride and Joy'....it's the poster child for nostalgia for me. I strongly recommend you click the link!

Yay for the weekend! Thank you for reading my blog, I appeciate each and every one of you! Have a wonderful and possibly wild week end!