Some Things

you must watch this video.

2009-09-02T17:15:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJtZGG4tUQ
Or search for colton templin

~Karen!

That's what she said...

2009-03-01T21:01:00.001-06:00

So I had the kids in the back seat of the car after we went for ice cream at McDonald's. The girl (age 7) had the hot fudge sundae that came with a little baggie of peanuts, and the boy (age 11) had a cone. The boy had his window down while we were driving. And she was mad because his window being down made for too much wind in the car while she was trying to enjoy her ice cream. She yells to the boy, "put your window back up! The wind is blowing my nut sack!!!"
Oh my goodness, that just cracked me up.

TV Opinions

2009-01-15T13:12:00.001-06:00

Have you seen American Idol this time around? I love the new judge, Kara, she has her own opinion. Unlike Paula that seems to agree with everyone else's opinion for the most part. And Paula is all smiles this time, so big to show off how white her teeth are? Her teeth are glowing white! They are blinding the contestants and that is what is making them sing off key! Maybe it's to see how they perform under bright lights?

The first night there was this cute little 16 year old girl with dark hair and she her voice was so beautiful! She is my favorite so far this year. She is my pick. She will make it to the top ten for sure.

Are you watching True Beauty? Produced by Ashton Kutcher. I love this show! I have only seen the first episode. Have I already missed the second episode? I wonder if they have them to watch online? I'll have to check this out. These people think they are so beautiful and that it is their right to be that way and everyone around them should appreciate it. One even said that she was so thankful to be beautiful. What? Does she sit around the Thanksgiving table when everyone says what they are thankful for? And Other people say things like for my health and my family, but she says for her beauty? How wrong!

Comments?

someone always has it worse

2008-12-27T19:52:00.001-06:00

If someone always has it worse than you do, then eventually someone must be dead or something. I imagine it would go something like this:
Someone has a headache, but someone else has a headache and is throwing up, so they have it worse than the first person. Well someone even worse off is homeless; okay someone else is homeless and has no legs; even someone else just lost someone close to them in a horrible accident and they also lost their legs and nearly died and they have no money to pay all the doctor and funeral bills so that makes them end up homeless. Who is worse off than that? Who is at the end of the list of "someone is always worse off than you?" It would suck to be that person.

thoughts about parenting

2008-12-16T11:07:00.001-06:00

So I understand that parenting isn't easy. Kids are getting bigger, they are testing their limits constantly, trying to take on more responsibilities. But we must encourage them to learn and grow without tearing them down by name calling or demeaning them in any way. We need to make sure that we support them in learning new things. They need to know to follow the rules, but if they mess up, they are not stupid for it.

football

2008-12-08T18:35:00.001-06:00

So, I was at my friend's house the other day and they were watching football on tv. And her son said, "That was a sack!" and I said, "No, I think that's a football."
haha!

Okay

2008-11-25T00:29:00.000-06:00

So I was just testing this again - I can type an email to my blog page without logging in and I couldn't remember if I had the email right or not, but I remembered it. So now maybe I will blog on here again soon.

Does anybody still come here? Leave me a comment if you visit me so I will know who you are, mkay?

~Karen!

only one stupid thing

2008-07-24T20:34:00.001-05:00

Do you know what irritates me? When people talk weird. Like when they say “ideals” when they mean “ideas”. Does anyone have a good ideal? NO. No one does. What the hell are you talking about?
What else. Idk. I have nothing interesting to say really. I thought I might come up with more things to type about, but I have not.

Poof!

2008-06-09T19:18:00.001-05:00

So the boy was talking about the tooth fairy.

How does the Tooth Fairy just get in your room without making noise? Does he just “poof” himself in there?

- Yeah.

Well then he would make a “poofing” sound, like “Poof!”

Hahahaha!!!!

a revelation

2008-04-24T08:00:00.000-05:00

I am an indecisive person. I think now (after reading part of Dr. Phil's book) that I can't make a decision on my own because I grew up with everyone telling me what to do all the time. I had my parents and older siblings all taking care of me and telling me what to do all the time. I never had to think for myself or make a decision.

So now in my adult years, I can't even decide where we should have lunch. I will go along with whatever the group says to do. I will comply. You tell me where to have lunch, and I will do what you say.

Sex is like Food

2008-02-24T21:34:00.000-06:00

You can get your “food” as a nice relaxing romantic dinner with candle light and music, and enjoy every bite slowly and savor the flavors with 3 courses and a nap afterward.

But sometimes you are really starving and all you have time for is “fast food”!!! A quickie! Quick yet satisfying. Haha!

SLUG-BUG!!

2008-01-11T22:25:00.000-06:00

So, me and the kids play “Slug Bug” when we are driving around in the car. But now-a-days there are bug cars (Volkswagen Beetles) all over the frigin’ place! So we changed it up a bit and now we also play “Slug PT-Cruiser”!! If you see it first, you yell the appropriate thing. SLUG BUG!!! Or PT-CRUISER!!!!

Well, my SIL and her daughter decided to also include mini-coopers, so now while driving, we could be in the middle of a conversation and someone will yell out MINI-COOPER or SLUG BUG or PT-CRUISER!!!!

Sometimes my girl gets upset if my boy sees one first. Boy, she would really be upset if we played it the real way! You remember it? You yell SLUG-BUG and at the same time you SLUG the person sitting next to you?! Yeah, she would know what upset was if we played it the real way! Yes indeed.

driving is a language

2007-12-14T16:46:00.000-06:00

Driving is a language.

And there are different dialects within the language.

All of America speaks one driving language mainly. Drive on the right side of the road, obey the traffic laws, etc. And everyone here speaks the language, some better than others.

But, the Dallas area has a dialect of running red lights and switching lanes crazy-like. If you are not from this area, you might not know to wait when your light turns green, to make sure the red light runners are through!

Other towns may have more people speeding, or more people not using signals as their main dialect. But we have the red light runners.

coldness

2007-12-11T11:25:00.001-06:00

So, I am so cold at night when I am trying to go to sleep. I bundle up in all kinds of covers. I put my warm fuzzy socks on my side table in case I wanted them last night. But I didn’t put them on because I was all cuddled up the other direction and I didn’t want to un-bundle myself to get them. BUT! When I woke up this morning, I had one sock on. So I thought I lost the other sock in the bed. I looked for the sock, and it wasn’t there. Then, I saw it. It was right there on my side table! So did I put one sock on in the night sometime? In my sleep? That was funny.

irritable today

2007-11-20T15:28:00.000-06:00

I am feeling irritable today. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because my sister was just visiting for a few days, or maybe it’s because she left town today (but she’ll be back when she moves in to town next week) or maybe it’s because my son is coughing and coughing and nothing can make him stop for long and I know it’s not his fault but it’s very annoying. He’s going to the doctor on Friday. But that’s so long from now! Yikes! Maybe it’s ‘cause my neck hurts from my pillow last night. I guess I slept funny. Maybe I have missed a few of my happy pills? That might be the case. Maybe it’s the pile of clothes on the couch that needs to be put away. It’s out of control!

I seriously need to de-clutter this place. I swear, I get bags of junk out to the garbage, but then it still multiplies in the house somehow! I think papers are regenerating themselves.

my myspace

2007-11-08T16:01:00.001-06:00

Be sure to check out my MySpace page!!

http://www.myspace.com/karendhr

stupid medical idiots

2007-10-31T08:30:00.001-05:00

Augh! My poor son was sick yesterday. Hubby stayed home from work to take him to the doc because he kept coughing and his nose was so stopped up that he couldn’t breathe out of it. I figured his asthma was acting up and he needed a new puffer or something. Well, this crazy doctor gave him Amoxclav (which always makes him throw up) and some type of prednisone (which is hard on the tummy) and Flonase for the allergies and a new puffer for the asthma. Well, just a few hours after taking all of his new meds, he starts violently throwing up, continuously for an hour! I call the doc office and I talk to a nurse and she will have the doctor get back with me. Almost the whole hour goes by and I call them back and they send me to the nurse’s voice mail! So I try to go back to the front desk and tell them that my son is still throwing up and they say I have to leave a message for the nurse if they don’t answer the phone, because they are with a patient. So I say FINE. And I leave a message that my son has been throwing up for an hour now and I need to know what to do about it!!!!!!!

So I call the pharmacy (Walgreens) and they are much more helpful. The pharmacist tells me to just let him throw up till he is done and that the prednisone thing is very hard on kid’s tummies, so don’t give him anymore of that, but that she would still give him the Amoxclav (anti biotic). But I chose to not give him either one, because he always throws up with them.

Idiots. But at least the pharmacist was able to make me feel better about it. Thank you to Walgreens Pharmacy. I am leaving that doctor’s office.

Ellen and Dog

2007-10-24T20:43:00.000-05:00

Please, Ellen, quit getting dogs if you are just going to give them away again! Oh, poor Ellen, gave her dog away and had to give it back because she “apparently” signed something that said she would give it back if she couldn’t keep it. Whatever lady!

A few years ago, some might remember, Ellen got this new dog and she didn’t know what to name it, so she did a contest on her show and had the audience name her new dog! A little while later, oh, she didn’t keep the dog after all. After all that naming Ellen’s new dog. Then oops, she doesn’t keep the dog.

So why, why does she try to get another dog? And then she doesn’t keep it again!!!! AGAIN!

REALLY?

QUIT GETTING DOGS AND THEN GETTING RID OF THEM!!!

I DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!

Now, I like Ellen and all. Her show is entertaining and I think she is really funny. Just quit trying to have a dog. Don’t ever get a new dog again! You are not a dog person!

Thanks! J

so busy lately

2007-10-21T16:15:00.000-05:00

I have been so busy lately. I barely have time for myself. I am able to write here now because they let me off early from work and no one is in the house right now so I have some peace and quiet for once. No kids are screaming at each other or wanting food. Darn those kids for always wanting to be fed. And no husband wondering what I am doing on the computer. There is no noise in the background like television or radio or again, the screaming kids.

Where was I going with this? Oh, who cares.

One of these days I will get back on here and read everyone’s blogs again. But for now, I barely have time to make this non-interesting post.

BTW, my therapy lady is great and I am seeing her again this Wednesday. I don’t really have any new information for her. But we’ll see.

Somebody needs to give me two kittens, so I will be happy. Kitties make me happy. Hmm, I wonder who has two little kitties to spare? (my in-laws found two little kitties)

Aren’t pets good for people with depression? I should have a pet. Darn it! Mail me yours. No, don’t. J

therapy

2007-10-18T08:07:00.001-05:00

Well, I have just started going to see a therapist. I have never done that before, but I have thought about it before. My first 6 visits are free through this thing at my hubby’s work. So that is a plus!

I think I already figured out one thing that bothers me. But I’m not telling you here. Forget about it!

Tropical Storm Karen

2007-09-27T21:53:00.001-05:00

Did you hear? I am a tropical storm! I’m so proud!

http://www.weatherstreet.com/hurricane/2007/Karen.htm

busy days

2007-09-27T17:20:00.001-05:00

I have practically no spare time. So, then what am I doing on here? Well, I do have just a moment.

Here’s my typical day, like today:

Got kids to school, went to work, picked up another kid to baby-sit then picked up my kids, took the boy to the chiropractor, came home, waiting for kid to get picked up from here, then going to soccer practice with the girl and coming home and figuring out dinner. Then my day is gone and all I want to do is watch the premiere episode of Grey’s Anatomy!

bad dream

2007-09-27T08:03:00.000-05:00

Is it all the Halloween stuff around that did this to me? Is it the Braum’s burger I had late last night? I had a very real feeling scary dream!

I was in my parent’s old house that I grew up in, but there were a few things different. My two sisters were around. There was a ghost that lived in my parent’s closet (which was where the bathroom really was in real life). And this ghost would only show itself to me, or let it be known. It would move things when I was around. So I tried to tell everyone that there was a ghost and of course they didn’t believe me.

Then I was sleeping on my parent’s bed, I guess because the ghost wanted me to. Taking a nap I think. Then a truck drove up to the window like a driveway and I said oh, Daddy’s here. (he didn’t drive a truck like that and that window is where the backyard and swimming pool really was, but here it is where the driveway was.)

So I was trying to leave the bedroom to go see my dad, but the ghost didn’t want to let me out and held the door shut at first, then I convinced it to let me out. Then my dad was trying to give me a puppy to get my mind off of this ghost thing but I was like, okay, that’s nice but there is a ghost!! Then my sister “L” came in the room with me and I was holding some newspaper and told the ghost to come out and then the paper was being wrapped around my hand and it hurt and I was like, see?? That is the ghost. So that sister started to believe me. Then I was back outside and my other sister “M” was there and the ghost wouldn’t let us back into the house, the door was stuck shut. Then I got the door open somehow and said, “Ghost! Where are you!” Then me and “M” saw my wind chime (that was dangling from the center of the room for some reason) start to move and the longest piece was a butterfly hanging off and it fell to the floor, and I yelled, “Hey! That was MINE!” then the whole wind chime floated around and went into pieces and the ghost put all the pieces inside itself like it’s bones and it was moving around, and that’s when I started to get really scared and I started to scream….

Then my hubby woke me up and said that I was about to scream! Then I was afraid to go back to sleep! Yikes!

Thursday Thirteen

2007-09-20T15:51:00.001-05:00

Thirteen things that make me smile. I know I complain a lot on here, but I am happy sometimes also.

my son
my daughter
Starbucks grande caramel mocha frappiccino
when my hubby rubs my back
Jack FM, they crack me up. If you have a Jack FM radio station where you live, listen to it for a while.
Kiss FM morning radio; I don’t listen to them that often, but I like it when I do. It’s like you are at a party and everyone is talking to you and it’s a fun time.
pedicures (rarely get them, but when I do, I am happy)
massages (same thing)
the fact that all my prime-time shows are premiering soon!
sleep
my job; I actually like my job.
when one of my request customers come in the shop to see me
and finally, the internet: blogging, surfing, myspace, emails, more surfing, watching tv shows online, etc.

Stressing

2007-09-20T08:54:00.001-05:00

Feeling a little bit depressed today. Maybe I’m just too tired. I have been working a lot lately and the kids are back in school and there is a lot going on and the house is a total disaster and I don’t have the time or the energy to clean it all up! And I am too broke because we went on vacation (which was fun) and now I am out of one week’s pay check, and I am waiting for the next check that I get and maybe I will be all caught back up on bills and stuff and have some extra cash! Right now it’s tight. L But it will be fine again in another week. But until then, I am kind of stressing.

Cheese Dingbat

2007-09-19T21:37:00.001-05:00

Here’s something funny.

I wrote: I was just watching the news and they talked about a kid that died of a cheese overdose and I seriously thought for a moment, "how can you die from eating too much cheese????"
I'm a dingbat.

Then a friend wrote: How in the heck can one die from eating too much cheese? no you are not a dingbat because I can't see how that happened either.

So then I wrote back to her: LOLOLOL!!! Now YOU'RE the dingbat!! CHEESE is a mixture of heroin and some other drugs. The street name is cheese.

:) hugs

She hasn’t writen me back again yet.

half-time show

2007-09-15T20:47:00.001-05:00

Well, so has anybody been to a high school football game lately? I haven’t been to one since I was in high school, I guess. I went to one Friday night. I always used to enjoy the halftime show the most! I took the two kids and met a friend there with her two kids.

I could not believe my eyes when I saw the marching bands of both teams! When I was in high school (in the 80’s) the band wore full band uniforms no matter what month it was, hot or cold. Long pants, boots, jackets, the whole bit! No, not now. Now they wear matching t-shirts and khaki shorts that can be short or knee length and any shade of darkness! OMGosh! How un-formal! Un-professional! They did not look as sharp and crisp as I remember.

The cheer leaders where cute and the dancer-ettes with the band were fine. My daughter was kind of in my way, so I wasn’t able to enjoy it like I wanted. Then when I noticed the band, I could focus on nothing else.

VMA's and Proactive

2007-09-11T14:02:00.000-05:00

Watching the VMA’s online right now. And Britney wasn’t so bad. She was a little out of it. But she wasn’t as bad as I heard she was. But Geez! That Sara Silverman, making her Britney jokes about her right after her performance and they were NOT cool! Britney knew about the jokes she was going to tell and she wanted her to NOT say them, but she knew they were coming up anyway. Who could’ve done well knowing that anyway?

If you wanted to know, I think Proactive works! I had wondered about it, but didn’t want to buy it online. Then my sister came to visit and she had some that she didn’t want and gave it to me. So when I tried it, I really liked it the first time! I have the weirdest skin, so I thought it wouldn’t work on me anyway. But it did.

My face is sensitive, dry, combination, with adult acne and Roseaca. The cleanser has exfoliating scrubbers, which worked good on my dryness! And it cleanses at the same time. Then there is the toner and lotion and a masque. I’ve only used the masque once, and not on my whole face; only where it was needed.

I’m rambling, because I’m still watching the VMA’s in another window.

But I recommend Proactive, because it doesn’t dry you out, but it works!

play with a snake and other stuff

2007-09-11T07:48:00.001-05:00

The kids found a grass snake on the way to school this morning. Well, actually it was right out in front of our house by the curb. So I checked to see what kind of snake it was, and I was so excited when I saw it, so I picked it up and let the kids handle it before we let it go into the grass! We got to play with a snake!

I’ve decided that my SIL and her fiancé’ are a good match. And what I think matters. Because… when my sister “M” was dating her first husband, I met him and instantly didn’t like him, but I didn’t know why. Then she told me that she was gonna MARRY him! And I said no! I did NOT want her to marry him. But I had no good reason. I didn’t even want to go to their wedding, but then I was in it, so I thought well, I’ve never been in a wedding before (I was about 11 years old) so I went. Everyone else was all misty-eyed at the wedding and I was still not amused. It wasn’t long after that that she found out that he was NOT the man for her. I won’t say why, but he was not nice.

So, see? What I think DOES matter. HA! So there. So SIL and soon BIL will be great!

Seems like there was something else I wanted to blog about but now I can’t think of it. I will think of it while I am at work today. Perhaps I will write it down? We’ll see.

Popcorn Lung??

2007-09-06T14:28:00.000-05:00

Who has heard of this??? Wow! Who knew that popping popcorn could be hazardous to your health?

mostly beach stuff

2007-08-30T21:56:00.000-05:00

I wonder if anyone can read this font or not? Would it drive you crazy if I did my whole post in this font? No? Why? Because you would simply quit reading? And probably click on something else? It is fun to type in this font because it is so crazy.

Oh, alright!!

So we went to the beach in Florida recently. I have new pics you can see on my RockYou slide show on this page. They are mixed in with the other pics, so you have to suffer through them all if you really want to make sure you don’t miss anything.

It was a fun vacation but it had several un-fun things too.

First off, I let my back get sunburned really bad on the first real day at the beach, because I thought I sprayed enough of that spray-on-no-rub sunscreen, but I missed most of my back. Yikes! My bad. I also got my hubby burned on his tummy because I didn’t spray him good either. He has a striped burn/tan now.

Then there were the roudy neighbors!! They were up to all hours of the night, which isn’t so bad except that they were loud on their balconies and by the pool and screaming and playing loud music till 3 or 4 am!! Come on! Do it inside or out at the beach where no one can be bothered! I had children and other people trying to sleep there! Then I was afraid that my FIL was going to go down there and try to kick some teenage butt!! I was ready to wake up the hubby and have him help, but he was away from the window and sleeping pretty good. Geez!

Oh, and poor hubby of mine, planned a deep sea fishing trip with the guys, but he got sickly on the boat and could not enjoy it, so that was a sad thing.

Other than all of that, it was a really nice trip. The water was beautiful, like a swimming pool with undertows! J Oh yeah, the waves were a red flag every day, which means 5 ft waves, and it is hard to stand up in one place for any length of time. But other than that, it was all good! (hee-hee)

Yeah, really sounds like I enjoyed myself doesn’t it?

No really, look at the pics I added to the slide show. It was good. And the girl of mine got her ears pierced while there!! Yay, brave girl!

Vacation

2007-08-15T17:04:00.000-05:00

So, I am still getting ready to leave on our trip to Florida! We will be driving there from Texas! My MIL and SIL and niece went there last year and they decided that we should all go this year, so my SIL and her kid and fiancé’ and my in-laws and me, my hubby and two kids are ALL going to Florida for vacation! It will be fun. I will have lots of pictures from the trip. I might even share a few of them on here. None of me, probably. I am not in model form lately. J

So I will have stories to tell you of my vacation later on. When we get back, it’s back to school and work for all of us!

I work tonight, but then that’s it for me!! Yay! Vacation!! Stress included!! J

Hey Ever-Body!

2007-08-11T23:05:00.000-05:00

Welcome my two new blog friends to the blogosphere! I know these two ladies in real life and they have both recently started their very own blog! Yay! Go see the Holder Family and go see Comerville at their new web locations and give them a nice salutation!
What fun!

What I'm doin'

2007-08-03T11:16:00.000-05:00

So, here is what I am doing this month. I am having a busy month!
First, I have to get ready for my daughter's birthday party. She is having a dog theme party at the rec center and they will do gymnastics there for fun. I have to get the party gifts for the kids and any other party supplies we want. I have to pick out and order a cake and balloons.
Then we are going on vacation. We are driving to Florida for just over a week! When we get back...
Then the kids go to school the very next monday! We should drive back home all day Saturday, rest on Sunday and go back to work/school on Monday!
So, very busy busy busy~!

KIDS ARE OPPOSITES TOO

2007-08-02T11:44:00.000-05:00

My hubby and I are opposites, but so are my kids. Here’s how:

THE BOY	THE GIRL
SLENDER	THICKER BUILT
BLONDE	BRUNETTE
PALE WHITE SKIN	DARKER OLIVE TONE SKIN
SUNBURNS EASILY	TANS EASILY
DRY, ECSEMA SKIN	GOOD, MOIST SKIN
SEASONAL ALLERGIES	NO OBVIOUS ALLERGIES
GAGS ON LIQUID MEDS	SUCKS DOWN MEDS AND ASKS FOR MORE!
PICKY EATER	WILL TRY ANYTHING
HATES SCHOOL	LOVES SCHOOL

idiot!- about yawning

2007-07-31T09:45:00.001-05:00

Somehow, I turned the TV to watch Good Morning America yesterday. I usually don’t watch that show, and now I know why! Did anyone see it?

This idiot thinks he found the reason for yawning! OMGosh! It’s so stupid, that I can’t even stand it! He says we yawn to cool off the temperature of our brains! Really!? You have to see the video of it for yourself to understand. This is NOT a joke. They expect people to believe this story!

Go here: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ look in the top right hand corner and scroll down to the story of why we Yawn! It is so completely stupid! See what you think! And then let me know!

a survey

2007-07-16T22:01:00.001-05:00

1. How's your heart lately?
fine

2. When was the last time you went out?
out? what's that?

3. What was the last movie you saw?
ratatouille

4. The last place you went?
in-law's house to pick up the kids

5. Miss someone?
definitely

6. What made you smile today?
kids, mine and others, and a puppy

7. Are you scared to fall in love?
done that, been there, or something like that.

8. When was the last time you were drunk?
can't remember

9. Ever thought you were in love?
duh, like 5 times in my life

10. What is your status right now?
marries

11. Did you dream last night?
probably

12. What were you doing this morning at 7 am?
waking up

13. What were you doing at 10 this morning?
working

14. What were you doing this afternoon at 12 p.m.?
still at work

15. Name a country you want to visit:
Norway

16. How many piercings do you have?
three in each ear

17. Do you have a tattoo?
yep, did you already know that?

18. What was the last thing you ate?
buffalo wing

19. What was the last thing you drank?
chocolate mile

20. Last text message received:
don't do that

21. Do you have a nick name?
neg

22. Things you need to do everyday?
sleep, pee, eat, drink water, look at my email

23. Are you a type of person who easily gets hurt?
used to be

24. The last thing you said to one of your friends?
okay

25. The last person who called you?
sister

26. The last person who sent you a text message?
don't do that

27. Rate your day 1-10:
4

28. anything exciting happen today?
took the kids to VBS today, was that exciting? not really.

29. what color is your bra?
i'm not wearing one

30. do you ever lie about your age?
I just omit information, then I fess up

31. type something that is on your mind?
who says "fess up" anymore anyway?

32. how many things in your past do you regret?
several

33. do you have a best friend?
yes

34. what do you want to be when you grow up?
rich

35. who was the last person you hugged?
both kids

36. have you ever had your heart broken?
sure

37. whos the last person you kissed?
duh, I'm married, so my boyfriend! (haha)

38. do you like your life?
mostly

39. do you shop at Hollister?
never

40. has one of your friends ever stabbed you in the back?
yeah

41. did you forgive them?
kind of

42. do you have more friends that are girls or boys?
whatever, who knows, prob girls

43. how long have you had myspace?
well, I had it for a year before i did anything with it, so maybe 2 years or so?

44. have you ever skipped school?
yes

46. have you ever slapped a girl in the face?
no, but wanted to.

47. what is your biggest fear?
that I will die and my kids will miss me

48. has anyone close to you ever passed away?
of course

49. have you ever cried yourself to sleep?
yep, not recently

50. have you ever not been able to get someone out of your head?
yeah, when I was like 16!

51. do you believe -once a cheater, always a cheater?
idk, don't have any experience with that, but probably.

52. what color is your underwear?
beige, i'm boring

53. do you ever wish you were a kid again?
no, because I would miss my kids!

By the way, I tag everyone that reads this to do the same survey! Then let me know you did it so I can go read yours!

Here's somethin'...

2007-07-16T20:31:00.001-05:00

If you are going to get a haircut, make sure that you don’t have HEAD LICE!!! We don’t like it when you have head lice! We have to sanitize everything that you touched, including but not limited to: scissors, clippers, cape, chair(s), shampoo bowls, combs, and your stylist!! Actually, if you have head lice, you will be kindly escorted to the “Delousing Chamber”! And you will not like it there!

Lotto ticket from HELL

2007-07-10T16:59:00.000-05:00

Okay, so, I had this dream the other night. I know, you are sick of hearing about my dreams and not real life stuff, but this is interesting.

So, it was a very real feeling dream. I was sitting at my computer and Hubby was sitting at his computer; they are side by side practically. And I was checking my lotto numbers online. I said, Hey, we got 3 numbers right! No wait, we got 4! Oh my god! We got 5 numbers! Then I started shaking and my vision was getting blurry so I told Hubby to slide over and come check the numbers to see if I was right. He said that we WON! We were jumping up and down, but trying not to wake up the kids! This all felt very real! There was nothing in this dream to make me think it was a dream! Except for maybe what the winning numbers were. They were 1, 7, S, some other stuff, then “Taz” (which was a small icon of the Looney Toons Taz). Okay, so that should have clued me in that it was just a dream!

I remember waking up and wondering if we really did win the lottery! I had to think for a minute, and decide.

Later on, I was talking to my sister about the dream. She decided that Taz was the Tasmanian Devil and that it stood for the Devil because money is the root of all evil! Hmm. Ponder that.

Even Later on, I remembered another part of that dream! It was that I knew it was a dream and I was telling Jessi from work about the dream and she said (in the dream) that the “S” stood for Satin! The Devil! How ironic was this?

Well, Okay, that didn’t stop me. I still went out and bought a lotto ticket, and I even picked 1 and 7 to go on one. Sadly enough, I did NOT win the lotto. I thought for sure I would win, with all of that. Even if it came from hell. I told Hubby that I bought a lottery ticket from Hell!

full of myself

2007-07-06T09:46:00.001-05:00

Sometimes I am so full of myself! I am a hairdresser, and I am usually very good at what I do. But I should not be so full of myself! I will try not to be. Last night, a new customer was in the waiting area, and he saw me cut someone’s hair and liked how I did it and wanted me to do the same thing to him! So I was feeling full of myself! Yes I know I am awesome! But I didn’t act all full of myself, just in my own head!

Did I tell you a while back, that the lady from the training center came to me to have me cut her hair, because she was so impressed with me in the class!? Well, I must have been full of myself that day. She should need a trim by now, but she hasn’t come back yet. But she did say before, that she goes around to all the shops to let different people cut her hair. But I thought I would be her new stylist! Maybe not. But I sure was full of myself that day! I called the owner and the manager and told them that the trainer lady came all the way to our shop to let ME cut her hair! The lady lives in a whole nother town!

Yeah, sometimes I feel like I am the best haircutter out there! I can do anything! And usually I can. But there are those people that will not be satisfied no matter what. Augh! I had one guy tell me to go short, very short, then oh, that is short! Well, duh! You said short! And he pointed to where he wanted his sideburns, and I put them there, and oh, that was too short! Pa-leese! Get out of my chair!

comparisons & rape appointment

2007-06-29T16:18:00.001-05:00

Okay, so I was thinking the other day, while I was trying to make myself fall asleep, about how opposites attract and about how opposite I and my husband are.

Him: Early Bird gets the worm (he wakes up before me)

Me: Night Owl (I could stay up all night long)

Me: Social Butterfly

Him: Hermit Crab! (haha) – I like to go out and see people and meet new people and do things and he would rather stay in the house and have no one bother him.

But he lets me go do things while he stays home, so that is very nice! Now, I don’t go partying or clubbing or anything crazy. I go to scrapbooking events or to a friend’s birthday party – a friend that he is not too familiar with and wouldn’t know anyone there, but that’s because he won’t go. Hmm. OH well, at least he lets me go.

Also I recently went for my yearly womanly visit. Don’t worry, I don’t think I will say anything too graphic here. But you never know what I will say.

So, I think going to these visits is like making an appointment to be raped! You go in there and they put something in you that you don’t welcome, and you have a few minutes that are not enjoyable, to say the least.

To all of my lady friends out there that might be sick to death of having their time of the month, go look at www.novasure.com . I am thinking about this procedure.

Here are some recent searches to my site...

2007-06-13T18:46:00.000-05:00

What makes toilets flush counter clockwise, disney’s desperate housewives, weird food combinations, Kathy karens, chocolate covered june bugs (what tha???), different words for boobs, strange food combinations, strange food blog, Karen new receptionist the loop show, the loop Karen receptionist episode, blog kooky, karen house.blogspot. And many of these repeated themselves. I find this amusing!

Did the dishes, now I'm tired!

2007-06-13T18:22:00.001-05:00

I have been sick these past few days. My temp has been up to 102 and 103! The doc says it's a viral infection and that I am contagious for a few more days. I guess until I quit getting a fever.

Well, my fever is down for now, so I feel better. So I did the dishes and now I am pooped! My head still feels funny, my eye muscles hurt! I can't explain it!

crazy lady? or no?

2007-06-10T09:41:00.001-05:00

If you hear a tree fall in the forest, then does anyone know you coasted through that stop sign? (just trying to make you go “heh?”)

Reminder- I am a hairdresser. And I recently switched salons that I work at. Well, I hadn’t seen one of my customers in a while, a lady and her two sons. Well, one day I left work then went shopping near my old work. After shopping, I decided to just drive by and be nosy. And who do I see walking into that place? My lady and her two boys!!! I was so upset! They had already come to see me at my new place once! What happened! Why did they go there?

Then the next day, the lady comes in to see me for a haircut. And she tells me about going to the other place. One of the boys got his hair cut. They like to go to Subway that is next door, so that is why they went there. Then the guy that cut his hair got it all wrong and the boy was so upset! So now they’ve learned their lesson and they will be coming back to me!

No, I did NOT tell her that I was spying and saw them go in there! That would make me look like a crazy person! Don’t cha think? “oh, crazy lady stalking me, I’m not coming back to her now!”

Oh yeah, and HAHAHA, Paris Hilton!! J

this kid cracks me UP

2007-06-07T16:44:00.001-05:00

My son’s friend, “Boo” came home with us from a lunch date this afternoon. I could hear the two of them in the back seat talking. Boo says that he gets his mom to buy him stuff (toys or whatever) while they are out and he says that he will pay her back (with his allowance). But he never pays her back. Now his mom won’t buy him stuff any more because she knows he won’t pay him back. But his DAD doesn’t know that yet, so he gets his dad to buy him stuff and says he will pay him back. Then he never pays him back. But the dad says to Boo, you need to pay me back like you said! And Boo says that he already paid him back and the dad doesn’t remember! Then Boo takes some of his mom’s money and puts it with his dad’s money and shows him and then the dad says, okay, you’re free to go then. Then Boo puts the mom’s money back so she won’t get mad at him!

Can you believe this kid? He’s 9 years old!

This is the same kid that buys toy rings from the gumball machines and gives them to the girls at his school because they are all his girlfriends! My son still does not like girls yet.

stupid brother

2007-05-31T11:45:00.001-05:00

So, my niece, Linz, was graduating in Louisiana this past weekend. She is one of my brother’s many daughters. I will try to explain the background of this story first. My brother, (let’s just call him Bro) had one daughter from his first marriage, we’ll call her Kristin. Later, he had 3 more daughters from another wife. We’ll call that wife Tina. Tina and Bro’s first kid was Linz. Okay, then Tina divorced Bro and Married “Mike”, so Mike was step dad to the girls for many years. Then Tina divorced Mike and Married “Joe”. So the girls are on step-dad #2.

With me so far? So, Linz is graduating. Kristin and her kids stay with Mike the night before. They are also like family. Mike is the step dad of Kristin’s sisters, after all!

But my brother is so self-involved! He has been a drug addict off and on over the years, so we never know if he is using again or not, because he gets good at hiding it, and we don’t hear from him very often anyway. Sometimes we think he has his life together and other times we think there is no hope for him. He is the only one that can control his life.

Anyway! Bro was upset that his oldest daughter, Kristen was staying with Mike and they were traveling together to go to the graduation. So I guess Bro felt left out of the loop.

Well, he never showed up at the graduation and Kristen couldn’t get him on his cell phone and my sister tried to call him also and couldn’t get him and she worries more than the normal person, so she is afraid that he is dead on the side of the road somewhere. But he was not! He just didn’t go. He told my sis that he was mad at all of them and that if he went there he felt like he would have to kill them. WHAT THE HELL???!!! I think he needs to stay away from all of us now. He might be one of those loonies that kill their whole family or something! I bet he is using again. I am so done with him. He is an idiot!

season finales

2007-05-29T07:12:00.000-05:00

Thank goodness for happy pills. That’s all I can say here.

Anyway…

Have you seen all the season finales? I have seen them all I think, well, just the one’s I watch anyway.

Desperate Housewives:

Did you see this? Bree pretends to be pregnant because her daughter is pregnant and they are going to pass the baby off as Bree’s while the daughter is in a far away school. Susan is finally with Mike, geez, that took forever! OH! And Edie hung herself? Will there be a new voice over coming? And Lynnette has to do cancer treatments.

Grey’s Anatomy:

Did you see this one? If you have these taped, then don’t read on. There is a NEW GREY on the set???!!!! I know that Meridith is all about herself. She makes absolutely everything about HER. She is very self centered. Her friends try to tell her their problems, and she compares it to her own problems. Everyone always has to bail her out. She blanks on the exam, so they let her take it again. Meanwhile, George fails it, probably because he was too worried about Meridith! Because he saw her just sitting there not taking the test! And Izzy loves George, but she shouldn’t put him in that position, to choose between her and his wife who wants to have kids. And wasn’t it kind of funny that Derik refused the head job so it went to Callie by default, probably because she was the only one the boss hadn’t talked to yet? Funny, and she is so proud that she got the job. But I do feel sorry for her about George. She can tell he likes her and something is going on. I think if my new husband looked like he loved someone else, I might call him on it and get out of that marriage before it gets too deep.

Ugly Betty:

I only watch this show online. I tried to watch it on the tv one day, but the kids were running around not letting me watch it, so I gave up. I have watched the whole season, all on the internet! I find that to be interesting. Don’t know about YOU! And the dad is stuck in Mexico (saw that coming). The sister’s baby-daddy and fiance’ got shot and killed! (did NOT see that coming), that actually made me cry. I cried at Ugly Betty!! Imagine that! And the guy Betty loves is on a plane with his preggo girlfriend who probably isn’t even prego with his kid! OH, and (I’m so bad with names) the receptionist girl and the tailor lady are stuck in the secret love dungeon and found evidence that the receptionist girl is not who she thinks she is! She is Faye Summer’s daughter! (that name, I remember, because they say it over and over in the show, but the character is dead so you never see the face) I love the gay guy on this show. Mark. I remember HIS name. He is so funny! The whole show reminds me of something from Dr. Seuss. It’s very animated (but not a cartoon).

Two and a Half Men:

Did this show even HAVE a finale? Last years finale was memorable, Charlie was supposed to get married, but didn’t. So Alan did get married instead to his bimbo girlfriend. That was funny. I watched every episode, but now I can’t remember how it ended!

Well, I hope this was a little bit entertaining for my readers. If you are still there?

mother's day gift ideas

2007-05-02T15:48:00.001-05:00

Mommy wants Dillard’s gift cards most of all!!!! That’s really what I want. Mommy wants to go shopping for a new expensive handbag!

american idol

2007-05-02T14:34:00.001-05:00

Did Melinda Doolittle loose some weight or what? Maybe the outfit just looked good on her. I am watching it right now, we recorded it last night.

Poor Jordan, I really like her but she didn’t do so well. So far, everyone else is really doing great! Oh, wait, that was the end! Haha!!

Bald guy Phil did great. Jordan might leave us. Lakisha did great and Simon really liked her so she will probably stay. I liked Blake and his beat-boxing! Hope he stays. Chris Richards, the one similar to Justin Timberlake was good, but didn’t stand out to me. Might be those two that go. What do you think? I wish we could keep them all! Ha!

Karen D. Redding :)

13

2007-04-25T13:58:00.000-05:00

Thirteen things I am afraid of:

Spiders. Yikes. Little ones, big ones, any spider.
Other general bugs, but not all bugs (good bugs include but are not limited to butterflies, lady bugs, rolly-polies, june bugs, those big floppy things that are harmless whatever they are called)
Car wrecks
Bad weather that includes high winds, big giant thunder and bright lightning with threats of tornados and flooding!
Something bad happening to either one of my kids.
Any one else that I love dying.
Big mean dogs (but not all other dogs)
Being homeless/ running out of money
My kids growing up (what will they become?)
Disease and illness
Public speaking
Heights
And my biggest fear is if something bad happened to me, if I died, my kids would not have me in their lives anymore. They would have to grow up without their mother.

this could be why

2007-04-20T14:49:00.000-05:00

This could be why his daughter did not answer the phone when he called! He just got done making fun of her on national television! That would be absolutely devistating to an eleven year old girl! Don't cha think? Here is what tmz.com had to say: (they also have a video of him on David Letterman)

Just a few hours before he blasted his daughter on her voice mail, Alec Baldwin had a few laughs at Ireland's expense on "Late Night with David Letterman."After telling Dave that his 11-year-old was "doing great," Baldwin regaled the live audience with a story about Ireland's new affinity for dancing in public, then playfully mocked a few of her favorite moves. When Dave asked if Ireland's new passion was embarrassing for him, Alec replied, "Hey, she could be out stealing cars." Funny he should mention that. Shortly after the taping, Baldwin tried to call his daughter. We all know what happened next.

Alec Baldwin's Ranting Message To Daughter Released - EntertainmentNews Story - KXAS | Dallas

2007-04-20T13:59:00.001-05:00

http://www.nbc5i.com/entertainment/12550216/detail.html?treets=dfw&tid=26530
19857813&tml=dfw_ent&tmi=dfw_ent_1_12300504202007&ts=H

Have you heard his ranting message to his little girl???? Alex Baldwin is a
shmuck! I don't care what you think she has done, that is NOT the way to
talk to a child! He doesn't even seem to know how old she is, eleven or
twelve! I would NOT want this man to ever see his child again if this is
how he acts. Not just the cursing - the whole tone of his rant was
inappropriate!

Weird Food Combinations

2007-04-19T16:52:00.000-05:00

So, What is the weirdest food combination that you or someone you know has ever eaten?

I used to eat weird stuff as a kid just to freak people out I think. I would put my green beans into my mashed potatoes to make them look like candles on a birthday cake! I would put ketchup on my eggs, my dad taught me that one. That one is not so weird. But in grade school, I would get barbeque potato chips and dip them into my soft serve vanilla ice cream! That was all mine. Then, last but not least…. I put ketchup on green grapes, or rather I would dip the grape into ketchup then eat it! It’s all kind of a sweet and salty combination.

My sister would go to the movies and get popcorn and a chocolate bar and put a little bit of both into her mouth at the same time and she called it “chocolate covered popcorn”.

on my mind

2007-04-11T11:12:00.000-05:00

Yay! The girl scored 4 (!!!!) goals this time at her soccer game last night! My son says it is because he talked to her and told her to do her best and she did! She was so proud, too. After each goal, she looked at me and held up her fingers for how many goals she made so far! She almost made 2 other goals, but they just barely missed. Good job! I love to see that! I was so happy for her! Proud mom here! Me and the boy are the only ones that came to that game. L But we called everyone and told them about what they had missed!

Just a funny story. A hair customer of mine was telling me about an aunt that gives the worst gifts at Christmas or birthdays or whatever. One time, she gave her(my customer) husband a fireman calendar, because he is a fireman! She was confused! She thought it was FOR firemen, not ABOUT firemen, dressed all hot and sweaty! Haha!!

Have you taken a look at my slideshow of my kids recently? I added some cute Easter pics there. Or you can view my flickr badge for more pics. You can leave comments there too.

I was wishing that I had a good video camera at the girl’s soccer game. That is the next big item that I want. I want a good video camera. I take some small video clips with my Kodak Easy Share digital camera, but you can’t take hours worth of footage, just little clips. You can see some of my little clips on my myspace page. ( www.myspace.com/karendhr )

In the news, have you seen this about the guy that made racial slurs about some girls team? I know, I’m not giving you any details, but if you have seen the news in the states lately, you know what I am talking about. And okay, I haven’t heard what the guy said, but really, who cares? He is entitled to his opinion, whatever it is! Sure, maybe he should keep it to himself, but don’t we have free speech here? I thought so. And I heard that there was a black man somewhere that said something about killing all white people. Who is rioting about that? NO black person I bet. No offense to any black people, or other people is intended by my opinion. I like all people, unless they do something to irritate me personally. Each person is an individual. If an individual chooses to act like the stereotype that they are, then that is their choice. If everyone would just be nice, then there would be less of all this crap. Don’t cha think? If that girl team would have just been like, “oh well, whatever” instead of like, “we need an apology, and that isn’t even enough!” then there wouldn’t be such an uproar. Don’t let these opinionated people get to you! Whatever. I don’t know if any of that made any sense anyway.

Alright. That’s all I have on my mind at the moment. Discuss. Or yell at me, whatever.

really

2007-04-05T17:00:00.001-05:00

So, which way is our toilets supposed to flush up here in the northern hemisphere? One of our toilets flush counter-clockwise and the other flushes clockwise. The CC one has jets that make it go that way. The C one has a jet that goes straight down, so it goes clockwise. My hubby put a lot of water in our sink, and it went clockwise. I thought we were supposed to go counter clockwise up here. I am confused and blonde. Please explain this to me. Why would our toilet’s jets go the opposite way that it is supposed to go? Wouldn’t that make it harder to flush sometimes? Going against gravity?

Kathy and Movies

2007-03-29T09:49:00.001-05:00

Maybe I should have been named Kathy? It’s a funny thing. Every time someone calls me by the wrong name, they always call me Kathy! Does Kathy sound like Karen? NO. I don’t think so. It just starts with the same sound. For instance, and girl that I work with, when I first started there, she called me Kathy one day and it reminded me of this. It’s funny. And all of these people don’t know each other, it has happened throughout my life!

You know how I do Netflix? Well, I went to Blockbuster around the corner from us and rented Eragon the other day and they talked me into doing the free trial they have, so I got Eragon for free and now they have sent me several more movies to watch! So now I am doing Netflix AND Blockbuster online!!

new pictures

2007-03-27T17:00:00.000-05:00

I have uploaded some new pics to my flickr account, so please go look at them!

I Had a Dream!

2007-03-22T10:49:00.000-05:00

And I remembered a lot of it!

Okay, so. It looked like I was getting married to my husband again, like renewing our vows. I was wearing a red dress and all my bridesmaids were also wearing red dresses, but mine was different, more spectacular I suppose. In this dream, I was fat like I am now. I usually dream that I am thin. Hmm. Anyway, the caterers were making us wait for the ceremony to begin because they prepared for 200 people and only about 100 had shown up so far, so they wanted to wait and see if anymore people showed up!

Then it seems that I was wearing overalls under my red dress and the straps were showing through and they needed to be cut off then one of my bridesmaids had some scissors and started jabbing at the sides of my dress to cut them off and then there were big holes in the dress. But we taped it closed and it looked good enough. That’s all I can remember right now. The ceremony never really started. Things kept happening to mess it up. I just didn’t get to that part, I assume it eventually went on. It didn’t get called off or anything.

Then the other night I had a dream that a little scary bat was trying to get to me and the kids! It was trying to come in the house and I kept shoving it back outside, then it crawled in through a hole in a screen and I finally caught it in a ziplock baggie and went outside and tossed it far away! That took care of that mean bat! I wonder what that dream represented? Is there someone that is annoying me and getting to me that I would like to toss away? Or maybe something? I don’t know.

Spring Break!

2007-03-19T21:38:00.000-05:00

I keep trying and trying but I can't figure out how to change my profile picture! Any ideas? I have several different pics of me on my mySpace page if anyone is interested in having a look-see over there.
The kids are over the in-law's house tonight! They have spring break this week! I already took them to the Dallas Arboretum and to visit my old Aunt that lives in an assisted living place. She will be 85 next month! She is really doing well! She can walk around with just a walking stick and she remembers stuff. Even though she told me a story that she had already told me. But lots of people do that sort of thing. I couldn't talk her into coming with us to the Arboretum. She doesn't like to get out much. Oh well.

I'm an Older Lady Now!!!!

2007-03-14T09:37:00.001-05:00

Augh!! Okay, so I’m 38 and I work with a girl that’s about 24 or so. And a mom came in and requested me to cut her son’s hair. I asked her if I had cut her hair the other day (because I had cut a ladies hair the other day and it could have been her) but she said no, so I asked her how she knew to ask for me and she said that her husband brought him in the last time and I cut his hair, but I wasn’t there the last time, because it is a new job for me and I have only been there about a week and a half, so anyway. Oh, and the computer said that another lady that is close to my age cut his hair the last time. So, I told this story to the 24 girl and she said that maybe she just asked for the “BLOND OLDER LADY”!!!!! AGH! So now I’m the “OLDER LADY”!!! When did THAT happen???? I don’t know if she could tell by the look on my face when she said that, but I was secretly freaking OUT!! I’m used to people telling me that I look younger than I am like I am still in my 20’s. Are they just lying to me? Or maybe since she IS in her 20’s, she knows that I am not? I don’t know, but I called my sister up to let her know that I am now an older lady! Because she is my OLDER sister, and that would make her REALLY old then! The thought that was horrible too! But funny! She said that I can’t be an older lady. So there! I am not! That girl is wrong!

Job #1

2007-03-05T08:01:00.000-06:00

Well, I stayed at the first job!

They changed their policy of making the stylists pay the drawer when it is short, and I didn’t even ask them to. I just said that I would leave because of it. And they wanted to keep me there. Then the second place was offering me more money, and I told place #1 that I was still leaving to make more money, and they matched it to keep me there! I couldn’t believe it! I didn’t expect it at all! But I am a good stylist and a good person and I deserve a good job and good pay.

I was sad to have to call place #2 and tell them that I was not coming on with them after all! They already had me on the schedule and everything. But in the end, that manager kept her door open to me too, so I guess if I ever do leave this first place, I could still go there again.

Wow, it’s nice to be wanted!

which job to keep?

2007-03-01T16:12:00.000-06:00

Yeah, so, now I am in a bit of a quandary! Okay, the one job that I just started, did the same thing where they make you pay the drawer if it is short. So I decided that I’m not putting up with it, so I kept looking and found a hair job that does NOT do that at all! Meanwhile, at the first place, I told a girl about the problem and that it is illegal and that I’m not gonna fight about it, I’m just gonna leave. And she was surprised to hear that it was illegal and said if we told the owner, she was sure that she wouldn’t do it anymore, and she asked me to bring a copy of the paper that says it’s illegal. So I bring it in to her, and she had talked with the owner, and they don’t want to lose me over this and they will not do it anymore, now they have a different system that works fine with me! So I could stay!

However!! The second place said they would hire me, well, they DID hire me and plan to put me on the schedule next week! They also pay a little bit more than the first place. So I guess I really want to go to the second place, but now I feel bad about the first place!

Do you understand what I am saying? Am I making any sense? I am already working at Place #1, but got hired on to Place #2. But I guess I have to do what is best for me in the end. But now what happens if I go to Place #2 and decide that I don’t really like it there and want to go back to Place #1? That would really suck!

And then there is this! A bank that I applied to wants to speak with me about a part-time teller position! I guess it wouldn’t hurt to at least talk to them, huh.

I have the FLU!!

2007-02-25T09:56:00.000-06:00

So, I have the flu! And my daughter does too! My hubby had it first and spread it to us.
I had an interview set up for yesterday at a different salon, but I had to call them and cance because I have the flu! She was very understanding and still wants to talk to me when I get better. I am very hopefull about this place. I am still on the schedule at the other place this week. But I had to tell them that I have the flu now, and I can't work on Monday but I could probably work on Tuesday. They were fine with that too. They are nice people there, they just have a stupid rule that I am not even going to deal with!
I hope the next place I interview with does hire me and that they don't do the same thing! I will have to let them know about what happened at the first place, because they are the same franchise, just a different owner. So if this owner doesn't have that stupid rule and they are okay with the fact that I fought it at the other place, then we have a go!
I do feel much better today. The doc gave us Tamiflu and some cough syrup (gross) and my fever broke finally. I took a nap yesterday after taking my first set of meds and sweat was dripping off of my entire body! I woke up because I could feel it dripping down my back! It was cooling me off and I felt like the toxins were leaving my body. Sure, the bed sheets were damp when I woke up, but oh well. I guess I will be washing them again real soon! I still have a nasty cough, but it is better than before. I thought I could fall asleep and die before, I felt so sick!

Stupid New Job!!

2007-02-23T10:10:00.000-06:00

WELL!!! GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?! They do it there too!!! I had my first day on the new salon job yesterday, so they were going over a lot of stuff. They went over the register procedures a little bit, and they said that if it is short, they all pay into it!!!! What Tha Hell!!!! What is going on here? Is this a Dallas area thing? Because I worked at several salons in the Houston area, and that was never an issue!!
I am at a loss. I emailed the government to see if they have anything to say about it. They should reply to me within 2 days, which could actually mean Tuesday since today is Friday. I might call some of my hair dresser friends and see if they have worked other places that do or don't do the same thing.
It's really quite irritating! I didn't think I would have to ask about this in my interview, but apparently I should have! I'll let you know what I do.

Anna Nicole Smith

2007-02-22T16:02:00.000-06:00

Poor dead girl! She shouldn't have killed herself! I believe that is what she did. She wasn't in her right mind and she was probably beyond help. I say let her be buried in the Bahamas, like she wanted. She obviously wanted that, since she buried her son there and bought herself a plot next to him! From what I hear, she wanted nothing to do with her mother.
Also, about Dannilynn, I think Howard K. Stern is NOT the biological father, but I believe that he loves that baby as his own and would care for her very well. I think the ex-boyfriend is the real baby-daddy! But I don't know if he would really love and care for the baby or if he is just out for the money and publicity.
I hope nothing bad happens to that baby. I mean, she is young enough that switching Daddys right now wouldn't hurt her too much.
Just my opinion. Had to get it out there.

New Job

2007-02-22T07:34:00.000-06:00

Well! I start my new job today! Sure, it's another hair cutting job, but I guess that's what I do. I was looking for a "regular" type job where you get weekends off and evenings off, but it's been 2 weeks and still no job. I realize it might take longer than that to find a job like that. But we needed money in a bad way! We barely have any groceries left and we have been scrounging for food around here, digging stuff out of the deep freezer, running out of milk and butter, feeding the kids meat sandwiches for breakfast.
So I went to a nice looking hair place on a busy intersection, and they hired me right there! They needed someone yesterday! It feels like a nice friendly place and I hope I am happy there. I emailed my clients that have emailed me looking for me. *I have been giving out my email address on the back of my business cards at the other place for some time now. So one of my favorite clients, okay, my FAVORITE client said that his prayers have been answered because he just got his hair cut yesterday and it sucked! haha!!! I'm the best!! I wonder who it was that cut his hair? I hope that person isn't reading this blog! That is not very likely anyway. One day they might stumble across it, but maybe not. Oh well.
Okay, wish me luck today! I gotta go finish getting ready!

Our Cat :(

2007-02-18T16:29:00.000-06:00

Well, we have to put our cat, Frosty to sleep this weekend! We are sad. He is about 8 years old and has diabetes. His insulin has been discontinued so he would have to switch to a more expensive brand and be checked every 2 weeks to see how he is doing with it, and he never seemed right anyway. We had to up his dosage every time when he was first on insulin. And he doesn’t act like he feels good. He limps around because I have been giving him shots for about a year now in his hips, morning and night. He cries in the night, he is afraid of people, he is afraid of the outdoors, he has special diet food for his diabetes, he throws up often. No one would want to adopt him like this. Poor cat. I tried calling the spca and the local shelter, but they said that under the circumstances, they would have to put him to sleep too. So it had to be done.
We are very sad about this.

Thirteen things about job hunting

2007-02-15T12:50:00.000-06:00

Thirteen Things about Karen's Job Hunting:

Seeking employment as a hairdresser somewhere?
Seeking employment as a receptionist at a Veternary place
Seeking employment as something clerical
Seeking employment through two different temp agencies right now, no good leads yet
Seeking employment as a receptionist at a dental place
Don't want to have to go back to Target, low pay, you know.
I'm looking online daily and applying to lots of different leads on there!
Was seeking employment from a pest control place nearby, but have a feeling that they won't call me again. I had two interviews with nice men, then a third interview with a grumpy man. I didn't get a good feeling from him, but who knows? It could still happen.
I have been unemployed for about a whole week now, and I am getting anxious!
I went ahead and applied at a different hair cut place online.
I wanted to find a "real" job first, but I guess I can cut hair while I am still looking?
I just don't want to get stuck in a job that I don't really like or want.
I would most love to be receptionist at a vet place, if the pay is good. They are closed on Sundays and open short hours on Saturdays! That would be perfect!

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Grease part 1

2007-02-14T15:08:00.001-06:00

Is anyone watching Grease- The one that I want!? I meant to watch it from the beginning, but it must conflict with something else I’m doing when it comes on. I found where I can watch the full episode online at nbc.com!! I watched the most recent episode and loved it! Now I must watch every next episode. I have favorites already.

The opening dance number was so great! I loved how they played like they were fighting for the spotlight and bumping each other out of the way and stuff.

My least favorites are:

Allie, Matt (the returning guy), Jason (he was so-so), Kathleen (spiritual girl, not so much Sandy), Kevin (boring), and Julianna (not so much)

My favorites are:

Derek (hot guy, reminds me of John Stamos), Austin (hot guy, blond from Alvin Texas, reminds me of “what’s that guy’s name”? he was on Will and Grace as her husband and he was in a horror flick one time, what’s that guy?), Kate (she was good), Ashley A (returning Sandy, still needs work, but so cute!), Max (slacker Danny, but fun and entertaining), Laura (brunette shoulder length, plays Sandy in her home town), Chad (maybe, has pretty face), and Ashley S. (she was so great and so cute).

So there you have it. That’s my pick so far. If you’re interested.

Job Update

2007-02-11T15:00:00.001-06:00

Well, just a quick update…….

I no longer work at that hair salon! Yay!! However, now I am unemployed!! HA!

Well, I have had a few interviews, two with different temp agencies, one at a veterinary hospital for receptionist, and I have another interview at a pest control business as a customer service rep on Monday! So wish me luck with that one, it is closest to my house and seems like a nice office.

I also have a few jobs circled in the local papers to check on Monday! So there are job possibilities here for me. Hopefully I can find a job soon, otherwise, I might go to Target and see if I can work as a cashier temporarily until I do find a real job. I bet they would let me; I worked there before and did a good job.

But I still want the old job to realize that they are in the wrong. Right now, they still think they are right. Oh well.

This and That

2007-02-05T12:03:00.000-06:00

This is whack!! Ugh! Some natural dissaster should be able to take out all the people like that!
And then there's this!! Have you heard about this yet? They even mentioned it in the SNL news with Amy Pohler and Seth Meyers!
Okay, discuss.

Friday 10 things

2007-02-02T10:32:00.000-06:00

I haven't done a Thursday Thirteen lately because I'm lazy and I have other things to do with my time, but I saw an interesting one on another blog that I will steal here. I don't know if I can come up with thirteen, so here is my "Friday Some Amount" list:
Some Amount of things that we collect at this house besides dust:

Coca-Cola items: shower curtain, dishes, glasses, bears, Christmas items, cans from other countries, ooh- I need a shot glass!
Shot glasses: started with places we've been, and expanded to places my FIL has been on his travels with work, including France and Italy!! Cool! Also, we have Busch Gardens in Florida that we went to.
Wolves: hubby collects because he is part American Indian and his Indian name is White Wolf
Kid toys: Bionacles, Dora the Explorer, and much much more!
Movies on DVD: not a huge collection, but have a few
Kid's books: recently bought a new shelf to put them all on!
Music cd's: haven't bought any recently, but have loads of them. Maybe we could sell them on eBay?
Norwegian stuff: I am part Norwegian so I have little things like a Viking figurine, Viking toy helmet, girl doll, silver spoon (that was my grandma's), troll figures, coffee mug, and sometime soon I will go buy some clogs!
Scrapbooks: I was going to say photos, but they are all in scrapbooks, so it's a two in one deal here! I take lots and lots of pictures of the kids mostly! They are my life!
plastic cups from restaraunts: whenever the kids get a cup there, they get to take them to-go, so we have a cabinet full of these miss-matched cups. It's cool, when they get old, we just throw them away with no guilt!

Okay, that's all I can think of. How'd ya like that?

key words & new job?

2007-02-01T08:36:00.001-06:00

This is so funny:

Recent keyword activity, which is recent Google searches done that brought readers to my site. Here is what people are searching for: different words for boobs, Karen kay boobs, Brittany Texas boobs, Karen’s blog, Karen tunes, hairstyles kooky, see your pee pee spank!!!! That is so funny!

Well, I went to a temp agency near me that I have used before. I filled out the application and left my resume and took some computer tests. Today I go back for an interview. I want a job that lets me have weekends off with my family. That means I would be on here less. L That is a down side, but is it really? I’m not doing anything very constructive on here, am I? Well, I’ve made a few friends that I would still come talk to anyway. I would find the time to do that.

But I could possibly make more $$$$ and maybe temp to hire and get real benefits from a real job and not go home with little tiny bits of hair all over me every day, and not have to stand on my feet all day long! Sure, I wouldn’t have cash every day from tips, but oh well.

Okay, I’m sleepy. Maybe I’ll take a nap?

more on that...

2007-01-27T20:13:00.000-06:00

Well, my DH found something interesting online about my previous post. It basically says that it is illegal to make your employees pay the drawer when it is short. You can go here and here(scroll all the way down) to see for yourself.
Well, I printed these pages out and I plan to show them to my manager, and she can bring them to the owner also if needed.

Salon Disagreements

2007-01-21T22:07:00.000-06:00

Okay, I am irritated with my job. As some of you may know, I work in a hair salon. On a particular Sunday that I worked, the cash register was short about $60. Well, Sunday night, they thought the register was just fine. Monday morning, the opening person counted the cash and it was short that amount. That is crazy! How could someone mis-count that badly? Anyway, that is not the point. The point is, they could not find the reason for a shortage in any of the paperwork from Sunday. So they decided that everyone that worked that day needs to pitch in and pay the drawer so that it is back to the right amount.

Well, I refuse to pay any amount because I think that is ridiculous! I have worked for many a different hair salon in my days and not a single one of them asked their employees to do this!!

If the register was over $60 instead of short, would they split it up and pass it out to everyone that worked that day???? I think not!!!! And anyway, isn’t that illegal somehow? Forcing employees to pay the register and fix the books? No one asked ME to check the paperwork to see if I could find the problem. I don’t think anyone tried to find the problem until a few days later anyway.

Many different things could explain the shortage.

someone stole the money
someone who used to work there and still has a key broke in and stole the money overnight because they know where the money is kept
there was some kind of paperwork mistake that they haven’t found yet

Also, Monday night when they closed, was the register short then? This should be handled a different way.

Come on, team! Tell me what you have to say about this!!!

rain gauge, time machine, key words

2007-01-20T11:14:00.001-06:00

How much rain would a rain gauge gauge

If a rain gauge could gauge rain?

I thought up a new tongue twister! Does everyone know what original tongue twister I copied that from? Do ya? Do ya? Huh?

Okay, for those who might not know, I will tell ya.

How much wood would a Wood Chuck chuck

If a Wood Chuck could chuck wood???

I know, I am sooooo amusing!

I had a dream where I turned back time by using my email! I just went back to the email that was at the time I wanted to return to, and it worked! Cool time machine, huh? No? Really?

I need some more readers, so I need to attract some new ones. I might be able to do this by typing words that might be searched a lot in search engines. But what kind of readers do I really want? Do I want readers that search for words like boobs or boob or boobies? Or fat lady dancing to milkshake song? I have a link to that somewhere on this blog, but you will have to find it yourself, because I am lazy.

How about bananas? Ooh, or Britney Spears, or for those who don’t know how to spell it, Brittany Spears. Okay, leave me a comment if you came here because of one of those key words, kay? Kay.

Heeey Yoooou Guuuuyyyysss!!!!

2007-01-18T14:28:00.000-06:00

Where are you, Random Girl and Nihilistic??? When I click on my links to the right, they don't bring me to you any more!! What the Hey!
Just a Bunch of Nothingness brings me to some crazy site and Nihilistic just says he needs to INVITE me to view his page, so hey, invite me already! I thought we were Buds! Or is someone stalking one of you online again? Lemme know!

skating, snowing, sneezing

2007-01-17T07:46:00.000-06:00

This pic was sent to me in an email about growning up in the 70's. I don't remember roller skating in THIS position!! Didn't anyone think this pose was inappropriate at the time? Look how nerdy the girls look! What's up with that? The guys have hairstyles that are also current!

Here in the Dallas, TX area, we have light snow and sleet and most of the schools are closed for the day! I wish I had known that BEFORE I woke the kids up!! I could have slept in with them!

I have a cold! My nose is all stuffy and runny and my throat is all scratchy and making me cough and my eyes are all watery! But I have still been going in to work! I have to; this cold could last for weeks!

I tried to post a blog on my mySpace yesterday, and I wrote a whole long post, and then it didn't save! Stupid mySpace! That is so irritating! I did not try to repost. I just gave up. Who needs it anyway. But if you want to check out my mySpace it is this: www.myspace.com/karendhr

research

2007-01-10T11:30:00.001-06:00

Yeah, so I went to my research appointment this morning, and they say I lost an inch in the waist, but I think she may have been holding the tape tighter this time. I have a lot of room to squish and inch! But who knows, maybe I DID loose an inch? It looked like I may have lost a pound or two also. Yay me, if it is right! I guess after several months, you would be able to tell for sure if there is a difference, because we can all fluctuate and inch or a pound or so, right? Right.

pics and stuff

2007-01-09T09:39:00.000-06:00

Okay, the old pic of the Dodgers has a naked man in the background! Whoo-Hoo!! I see your pee-pee!!

This other pic of the shoe is the clog that I want to go buy soon. Except the sole is really colored black, not natural. ANd the leather is black cherry. Very nice! These shoes are so comfortable! It has just the right amount of heel and arch support and it will never squish flat because it is WOOD!!! YAY!

My sister is going to pay for it for my late Christmas present! I have wanted this shoe since I tried them on about a year and a half ago, and I still want them, so I think it is time to finally get a pair!

I'm watching the Megan Mullally show right now. Anyone else ever seen that show? This is my first time. It's not so bad. I've only heard bad things about it.

Hey, I applied for a new job that would pay double what I am making now, and it is regular hours, Monday thru Friday, so I would have weekends off with my family!!! Everybody pray and wish me good luck and hope that I get this job! Please, please, let them call me for an interview!

A Simple Love Story

2007-01-05T14:13:00.000-06:00

A Simple Love Story

Woman: When oh when will I find a man who will love me?

Man: Hey, you’re a hot chic! Let’s hook up!

Woman: Oh, he really loves me and I love him and we will live happily ever after just like the fairy tales!

Later on……

Woman: What happened to you? You’re a pig! You don’t love me, you just love yourself!

Man: I’m bored with you, after all these years. You’re not hot anymore. I’ve seen you naked enough now.

(Man and Woman agree to split up)

Gal: When oh when will I find a man who will love me?

Man: Hey, you’re a hot chic! Let’s hook up!

Gal: Oh, he really loves me, blah blah blah!

Woman: Stupid Gal, one day she will realize that he is a pig and doesn’t love anyone but himself!

That’s just a little story that I made up. I bet it’s a true story sometimes. I bet this story happens all the time. This isn’t MY story, of course. My man still likes ME naked!! Hahahaha!!! Bet ya didn’t need to hear THAT?!!!

2007-01-03T10:06:00.000-06:00

So, the holidays went by so fast that there was not much time for the holiday blues! No time to feel depressed because things aren’t the same as when you were a child and some of the people in your life are no longer around, they are watching you from above. You are making new memories with your own kids that they will one day look back on and remember how things used to be.

Right now my kids are being mean to each other and I just heard one of the yell, “Dummy!” and I yelled, “Be nice!” Do you think it worked? Maybe.

Did you all have your new year’s day meal? We went to my in-law’s house and had the cabbage and black-eyed peas and all the stuff. It was pretty good. We took all of the leftovers home with us. I don’t know if we can really eat it all, but it will feed us for a few more days anyway. That was a lot of food!

I’m sure there is something I need to do other than this, but I haven’t posted in a while so I just wanted to post something. Maybe I should go spank some children right now. They are being bad!

Gotta go!

Weird Dream - end of days

2006-12-26T21:40:00.000-06:00

I had another strange dream again! This time it was the end of the world! The other side of the earth had already been destroyed and our side was next! There was a big poof of smoke in the sky. It was like one of those disaster movies!
I wanted to hug my kids until the end. But they were in school that day. :(
People were running around like crazy.
Isn't that weird?

testing

2006-12-26T21:37:00.000-06:00

I am sending this post as an email.

happy x-mas

2006-12-24T16:20:00.001-06:00

Just some other stuff

2006-12-16T20:51:00.000-06:00

If there was a movie titled, "Now Showing" then the movie sign would say, "Now Showing, Now Showing"! Ever think of that?
I had a strange dream the other night. It isn't strange for me to have a strange dream, because I have them all the time. I could easily make a blog of only my strange dreams. Maybe I will do that someday. Not today.
Anyhow, I could keep this dream to myself and make a novel out of it instead. Maybe I will do that anyway. But in this dream it was like I was watching a movie, that I was NOT in. It was other people that I don't know.
There was a young adult girl, of dating age. She was dating a guy twice her age. He lived near a daycare, or a playground or something like that. She went to his house for the first time, and started having flashbacks. And it turns out that this guy molested her when she was a kid! Now, that would make an interesting story, don't cha think?

just bitchin'

2006-12-15T09:50:00.000-06:00

How come Beta Blogger doesn't keep me signed in like the old Blogger used to do? Hmm?
I prefer summer in Texas, because at least then you know how to dress every day: for hot weather! Winter in Texas means you might need a heavy jacket, or a light jacket, or long sleeve shirt and pants, or short sleeve shirt and capri pants, or a bathing suit! Ya just never know! And the weather people are often wrong about things. So the best bet is to dress in layers: bring along a heavy coat or a light jacket, wear a short sleeve shirt under a long sleeve shirt, wear jeans that can zip off into shorts if needed. Man, I sure could have used THOSE pants when I was a kid! I remember wearing jeans and cutting them off into shorts as I wore them because the day was too hot! I hope they were jeans that were already getting too short for me at the time, because that would have been a big waste!
I'm taking the kids into the doctor's office today instead of taking them to school. They have had a cough that just will not go away, and they have had it forever it seems. I wonder if they have whooping cough? Maybe we all have it? I don't know?
Of course, someone points out to me that we might all be sick because the house is dirty and needs dusting and vacuuming and our sheets need to be washed. Well, that may be so, but quit scolding me!

T13, edition number somethin'?

2006-12-14T09:16:00.000-06:00

Thirteen Random Things about karen!

Well, I still don't know why I requsted to have today off from work. Maybe it's because I thought this was the day of a Christmas show at the church that was really last week? I don't know. I'm just gonna say that's what it was. Just so I try to stop going crazy
My 5 year old girl has been going through speech therapy for a couple of years now, and she almost talks perfectly now. She has made many improvements. However, she still says the word "bay" and that word means "give or gave". Like, "Will you bay me that?" or "I bay that to him."
I need to sew some things, so I got out the sewing machine that was all tucked away nicely in my closet with a cloth over it to keep it from getting all dusty, and I try to set it up to use, but then I notice it. I don't have the cord that plugs it in and gives you that foot pedal thingie! Where oh where could it be? Any ideas?
I don't know if I can really think of 13 things. Let's see how it goes.
I bought a little 3 foot tall tree for us to put up this year. Hubby was having those kidney stone problems so we didn't get all the stuff down from the attic, and we decided to go lighter this year. Time is flying by this year. We still don't have the tree up! Maybe we can get it up tonight, while I am off, on my day off, you know!
Maybe I took the day off so that I could post a Thursday Thirteen?!
I have sooooo much laundry to catch up on! It's never-ending.
My morning radio show is cracking me up! They always do! It's like being part of a party every day. We sit around and chat and drink coffee and laugh! You can visit their website at www.kiddlive.com .
I was either very pre-menstral or I have missed some of my happey pills lately. The kids were on my nerves the other day and I wasn't taking any crap from the hubby. I was snapping back at him. I don't even know if he noticed or not.
My sister is still trying to figure out if her marriage can work or not. Good luck. I don't know what to tell her. She has to make up her own mind.
I need to organize myself, Christmas-ly speaking. I need to figure out what we have already bought and see what or who we still need to buy for.
Speaking of that, there is something in particular that I am looking for for someone in particular. Maybe I can search the internet for it? I am sure it exists. It is for future BIL! And he sometimes reads this, so I can't tell any more information.
Number thirteen, last thing, nothing to share; the end!

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What Tha?

2006-12-11T15:25:00.000-06:00

So, I have this Thursday, December the 14th off from work. I requested to have this day off. I checked the calendar at work to see if I really did, and it's MY handwriting on the calendar saying "Karen off".
However.... I have NO FREAKING IDEA WHY I asked for the day off!!!! I checked my purse calendar and there is nothing on that day. I checked my home wall calenday, and nothing. I talked to my MIL and she says we don't have anything planned for that day. I asked my hubby, and he doesn't know anything about it. I called up my friend, and she says that we have nothing planned, but maybe we could have lunch all day that day? I asked my SIL and I had not made plans with her either. So I was thinking that there must have been something with the school that day, but I checked their website calendar, and nothing special is on that day either.
Hmm. No program, or PTA meeting, nothing.
So, if I have something planned with YOU on that day, please let me know. Kay? Kay.

cards sent

2006-12-07T10:08:00.000-06:00

Okay, so, I just switched this blog over to the new beta blogger. Hope it works okay. I haven't done the tutorial. Don't wanna. Maybe later. I thought there might be some cooler fonts included, but no, there is not.

I have my Christmas cards ready to go out finally! I took pictures of the kids one day and picked a good shot out of those and made my own photo cards at Walgreens.com and they look fabulous! I will save a copy for the scrapbook, you know. I also did one of those family newsletters this time. It's a great way to keep a history of your family, and if you keep the one's that other family units send you, it might be really interesting in later years to look back at those things!

Speaking of scrapbooks, I really need to update my scrapbooking! I do this every year! By Christmas time, I still am working on the past summer pages! I just haven't taken much time to actually sit down and do it. That's all I have to do, because once I get started, it's like a drug addiction, I want to keep scrapbooking until I am up to date!

Do you want to read my family newsletter online here? Okay, if you are someone on my mailing list, then don't read this one, wait for your card to come, (future BIL, I'm talking to you). I will change the names so that no crazies try to stalk me or something like that.

Our Family Summary
~ 2006 ~

WINTER
· Karen was recovering from gall-bladder removal surgery
· Boy continued chiropractor visits & was diagnosed with non-specific autism by the school which is similar to ADD, but not as severe
· Frosty the cat was diagnosed as diabetic and Karen had to start giving him insulin shots twice a day (she was not pleased with this)
· Hubby took great care of Karen while she was recovering

SPRING
· Girl graduated pre-school and began playing soccer for a blue Sparx team and loved it
· Karen took the kids to many fun local places during spring break
· Boy had a skin rash that was diagnosed as Scarlet Fever and the Dermatologist prescribed several creams to heal his eczema, and now his skin is so much better; Boy completed second grade

SUMMER
Karen had her first mammogram and everything was fine
Boy & Girl went with their grandparents to a beach house at the beach for a week and Hubby & Karen joined them for the weekend

FALL
Boy joined the Lazers soccer team and had a fun time; He also made A/B Honor Roll for the 1st & 2nd 6 weeks of school!! We were very proud of him!
Girl switched soccer teams and joined the Pink Panthers; She also started Kindergarten at the same school that Boy goes to and she is doing very well
Karen did continuing education classes to renew her cosmetology license; She also began participation in a Pre-Diabetes medical research study where she takes medicine that may or may not be a placebo
Hubby began having trouble with Kidney Stones again recently

RennyBA's Terella

2006-12-06T16:12:00.000-06:00

RennyBA's Terella
He has information about a Norwegian tradition that I don't think I have heard of before! I am half-blood Norwegian because my grandfather and grandmother both came from Norway, and they had kids in America but they were still full blood Norwegian, and so I am half.
Don't guess I could get any government help with anything for that, huh?

short flavor story

2006-12-05T15:47:00.000-06:00

Okay, so, I was listening to my morning radio show one morning. These guys crack me up daily. So anyhow, they were talking about a new invention idea, hunting and shooting your turkey with flavors! Like, instant marinade. For example, shoot a turkey with bar-b-que flavor, or teriakki (however ya spell that), or lemon pepper. Then the new blonde girl yells out "or Fried!"
Like you can flavor your turkey with "fried"!
Okay, I guess you had to be there. I can never retell a good funny story.

Boring News

2006-11-29T21:20:00.000-06:00

So, I went to another research study appointment this morning and maybe it is the real drug that I am taking after all! Becaaaaaaause, I lost about 3 pounds and a couple of inches in my waist! I thought that I felt less fat lately. I don't know why I thought that. My clothes aren't looser, I don't think. Hmm.
Hubby has kidney stone problems lately. Not fun.
I guess that is all I have for now.

Thanksgiving Thursday Thirteen 2006

2006-11-22T09:47:00.000-06:00

Thirteen Things that Karen! is thankful for...

I am thankful for my family, and I will go into detail... my kids! I love my kids more than I ever knew possible! When I was a kid and I would think about what I wanted to be when I grew up, it didn't matter to me what my job was, I just wanted to be a mother and have kids. Okay, back then I wanted 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls and for some of them to be a set of twins. But now I am perfectly happy with one boy and one girl.
I am thankful for my husband. He puts up with me and my messy self, though I try to clean up and be neat. It just doesn't come naturally to me. I love him.
Believe it or not, I am thankful for my in-laws! They help us out with so much! They helped us buy our house. They help by buying the kids clothes. They help by free baby-sitting! I am so thankful that my kids have a great set of grandparents, especially since both my parents are gone. I am glad to have this family. And that includes my S-I-L too! And her kid, my kid's little cousin. It's great to have family that lives close.
I am thankful to have my sister in my life. She is my older sister, so she has taken care of me a lot throughout my life. I may have died from the flu one time if she didn't take me to the doctor herself. That is just one example. There are many more.
I am thankful for my friend Julianne. We go to lunch about once a week. We are a sounding board for each other. We can tell each other stuff without judging. We met because our boys were in pre-school together (of which the in-laws paid for, thankfully) and our boys became best buds, and so did we!
I am thankful for the house we live in. I know it is not as fabulous as other people's houses, but it is more fabulous than some houses. It is definitely better than living in an appartment with two kids! It is roomy and Hubby keeps everything working nicely. It has a yard for the kids to play in safely.
I am thankful for my health. I know I complain a lot on here, but for the most part I am healthy. I have low (not too low) blood pressure, every time it is checked. I had my blood checked recently for things like (I can't think right now, some hormone or something) anyway, my levels were good. I have back pain, but I can walk around.
I am thankful for my job. I work with a good group of people. Most of the time there is no real problems with that. A raise would be nice though. Oh well.
I am thankful for the internet. I just love being online! I would have to resort to regular phone books, and phone calls only, or writing letters, and using my vcr more. I love that you can watch shows online now. That's the best! And banking online. I need to check my balances.
I am thankful for my happy pills. They keep me sane. I just get too sad and mopy and cry-for-no-reason without them. My brain does not produce enough saratin or something like that.
I am thankful for my bed, because right now, I am so tired and I just want to crawl into it! (right now is Wednesday night)
I am thankful for my digital camera. It's the best. I love technology! Eventhough it is advancing faster than I am. What the heck is blue tooth anyway?
I am thankful that my list is done, because as you can tell, I was running out of ideas here. I sure hope I didn't forget anything really important!

Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
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Monsters, Nails and kid-free

2006-11-22T09:39:00.000-06:00

Hey, when you were a kid, did you have a monster under your bed or in your closet?
Mine was under my bed. It was cartoonish and had spider-like arms that would try to reach me, but if I slept in the very center of my bed, the arms were just short of reaching me!
As far as I know, my kids don’t have this problem. Maybe it’s due to the movie “Monster’s Inc.”?

I recently put on some fake nails myself. I got them from the beauty supply store, so they should be of good quality. My left hand looks better than my right hand, because I am right-handed. My right thumb already popped off, but I didn’t have it on very well.

Hey! The kids are sleeping over the grandparents house tonight so me and the man are gonna watch “Click” that I have rented from NetFlix! I got the cheapest version of NetFlix, $5.95/month. That’s not too bad. Perhaps I will give you a movie review later on.

Okay, I had sent the above previously by email and apparently the email thing isn't working right again. I was also on 25peeps.com again, but now I am already off. I was on there for one day. Oh well, whatever. It's not worth it.

So, we already watched the movie Click. I loved it, I thought it was great! A little predictable. My hubby thought it was funny but too long. I cried at the sad parts. I cry at everything! I try to watch a funny movie and it has sad parts, and I get all puffy-eyed and stuffy-runny-nosed and cry! But I thought it was a great movie, not for kids. Unless they know about child-birth.

cake and placebo

2006-11-20T09:08:00.000-06:00

I gave myself some fake fingernails the other day. I am still getting used to them. As you can imagine, it is difficult to type. I am making many mistakes and having to backspace a lot!
The kids are out of school this whole week. But I have to work a lot. They will be spending some time at Grandma's house this week, and they love that!
We had the boy's birthday party this weekend. I will be posting pictures from that soon in my slideshow thing. We also went to little cousin's birthday party this weekend too! She had a fun bounce house!
I started doing this research study for pre-diabetes recently. I have to take what I am assuming is the placebo, because I feel NOTHING from these pills. They are supposed to break up the sugar in your body so that you don't keep the sugars in your body, and some people have been getting nauseous from taking the pills. But I have not. I feel nothing! And you should be loosing weight slowly with this pill, but I think I might have gained a few pounds! Yuck! But then again, I have had a lot of birthday cake and ice cream lately too. Hmm. Well, that will all be gone soon enough.
Well, I gotta go get ready for work now. Poo. Don't wanna go. But could use some extra cash, that's for sure! So, off to work I go. Hi- ho.

t13

2006-11-16T07:27:00.000-06:00

Thirteen Illnesses or Conditions that Karen thinks she might have but hasn't been diagnosed for yet

Hypochondria- you will believe this one when you are done with my list.
Sleep Apnea- my mother had this. This is where you stop breathing at different points in the night so that you have interrupted sleep. Which brings me to this next one...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome- I am always sleepy, during the day, when I first wake up, at all times.
Cushings Disease- I just read about this one in the Reader's Digest. It is when a gland produces too much cortisol and that makes you fat! There's more to it, but that is basically it.
Future Cancer of some kind- that is just a constant fear.
Ecsema- my son has this and I think I might have some form of this also. My upper arms have always been extra dry and I have dry skin in general.
Adult ADD- not ADHD, because I am not hyper-active; I just can't concentrate on anything and I forget stuff and I forget what I am doing a lot.
IBS- Irritabe Bowel Syndrome- self explanatory, I am sure you don't want me to elaborate on this one.
Tooth Rot- I have this one tooth, in the very back that I have a cap on, and I think it is rotting underneath the cap and at the root; but we can't know for sure unless I want to take the cap off, and that will be a whole ordeal.
Insomnia- I have trouble falling asleep sometimes and I have trouble staying asleep too, which may be connected to the Sleep Apnea.
Arthritus- sometimes my joints ache, mostly the fingers, and sometimes the knees.
Short-Term Memory Loss- This goes back to me forgetting what I am doing or what I need to do.
Shopaholic or Chocoholic- couldn't decide on which one to put here. I love chocolate every day, and I would be shopping constantly if I had the money or the charge cards. This is why I cannot be trusted with my own credit cards. It's free money to me.

misc.

2006-11-13T16:17:00.000-06:00

We are trying to organize our son’s 9^th birthday party. His actual birthday is this Saturday. I happen to be working this Saturday. I was an idiot and did not ask to be off that day. (banging frying pan to my head repeatedly) But I might be able to get off early enough to still have it on that day. My niece’s birthday and party is Sunday, so that day is already taken also. We thought it was pretty neat when she was born close to his birthday, but now we have to cooridinate their birthday parties every year. Just an inconvenience, not really complaining about it, you understand.

more testing

2006-11-11T23:06:00.000-06:00

So, I posted a long rant the other day and sent it by email, and then I resent it, but it still hasn’t shown up. So maybe I am not supposed to send such a rant because some people that I know will know who I am ranting about and it could get back. Well, it still may show up eventually. You never really know with this thing.

Let’s see if this one shows up. I am sending this by email also.

testing

2006-11-10T01:43:00.000-06:00

Testing. Testing. Sometimes this email version of blogger doesn’t always post right.