Hi ladies,

I had a great weekend, Saturday I won money at the racetrack. (I actually didn't go , but my parents bet on a horse for me.) I bet seven dollars on the seventh horse, in the seventh race. To win. And win it did. 20:1 odds so I ended up with around 147.00. Saturday night we stayed in and rented a video and had take out. I had a grilled chicken sandwich and greek salad (YUM) and we watched RAY. A phenomenol movie. Jamie Foxx was absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend it.

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at my parents and had a great time. My mother bought me a new CD. Martina McBride. Specifically for the song "In my daughters eyes" If you haven't heard this song, make sure that you are wearing waterproof mascara. I couldn't have received a nicer gift.

Today, I even managed to get a workout in before work. So all in all things are just fine.

PAM HOW HORRIBLE. I sincerly hope this guy rots. How absolutey terrible for you and that poor family whose pet was murdered. I'm so sorry you were witness to something so cruel and diabolical.

Must run. Really busy here at work.

Will try to post Wednesday. I am out of the office tomorrow.

Anita

How terrible Pam. I am sorry you had to witness such a thing but thank God someone saw him do such a cowardly, gutless, cruel act. I am glad he was arrested too, what a jerk.


The baby shower was nice, I took Rach & Beck and left Gaby to rest. It was at an Izzy's down south and Beck held us up with her prepping.The girls fought the whole way down I-5 over who had control over the radio.
Once we arrived they calmed down and we had fun. My mother & younger sister were there, otherwise that was all from my family. Met my sister in laws family and co workers from a bank she works at. Played 3 games, 2 of which I won! Can you believe my luck??

Not as good as Anita's though!!

The girls and I had the salad bar and that was good - looked for chili but they didn't have any ate some yummy cake with a strawberry frosting middle.

My SIL looked beautiful! She has 2 weeks til her due date. My little nephew helped her open presents , saying "is this for my new baby brother??" He is a cute boy, a little older than Gaby.

The babies name is going to be Christian Cruze. My mother kind of was startled at that........"what happened to the days when kids were named after family?" lol

So, anyway.................

Gaby rested and seems back to her old self. We went to McDonalds this morning and she played for awhile.

Best get!!

ooooooo, my lawyer just emailed me. He said no parenting time for Mike until he gives me his new address and contact number.

yay - maybe a rock will hit his head and he will forget to inform me?? lol


ahhhhh - pmsing.......I was even ticked at Rocky last night. I finally apologized and said "sheeesh, I am such a grouch!" He goes "it's ok my love, you are a beautiful grouch." lol


k- was excited - had to tell someone!!

Pam, how horrible,,,I hope he ends up in jail...hate cruelty to animals.

Cristi, I love my front load and ya I had to read the booklet twice to realize I didn't have any small med large load button,,its all in the weight of the clothes. Ah it thinks for me.

Jane, I felt kinda lost after I finished the book,,,lol I brought it to work today and the lady who I lent it too reads fast so after she is done I will mail it back to you.

Anita, sweet pictures...

Not much happening here,,,went to rehearsal then out to dinner with some of the crew...had a wonderful salad which Ive had many times. When a the end I felt something crunchy which shouldn't of been...thought,,,whats that? My tooth...nope a piece of glass. Told the manager and got our meal for free...everyone stopped eating after that ...worried that they could end up with glass too...

only have to make a newspaper...and a few other small stuff for the play...yay

well better get going...finish laundry

Ok guys I will try this again!

Pam: Ohhhh myyyy Goshhhhh! I can;t believe that!! I would still be crying! I am glad you called the police and they came and arrested him... That is so cruel there are other ways to deal with that.. I can;t stand when people are mean to animals and kids.. they don't know any better! I hope he gets what he deserves.. i am a big believer in Karma.

Susan: well that is good that he won;t get to see her for a while. Speaking of jerks lol. Rocky sounds like a very understanding man... seems like a better choice then the other!

Anita: Wow good bet.. I don;t bet on anything because even my mom says, if it wasnt for bad luck i would have no luck at all. It is true. So i just try not to put myself in situations where you count on luck lol.

RosieKate: I was just talking about the front loading washer and dryer and i said the next ones i buy will be those. You even use less laundry soap with them. Yes the post is maddening!

Cristi: Hello yes the post was sooo good too. Oh well, some day i will get over it lol!

Marti: Hope you got a little sleep. It is not nice to be tired all the time. In my beautiful post that i lost, i was telling you that i saw the exact same car as mine with a young goodlooking firl driving it,, so i am afraid the carload of guys thought that i was her.. Oh well lol i felt good for a while.

Jane: Glad you had a good time at Spring Mill. I looked at teh pictures.. they look really nice.

Suetalks: I am the one with the bluejay here.. I dont mind him... but i wish the blackbirds would buzz off!

Anita: Great pics! You are very pretty! The baby is adorable! I love the pics in her cake lol.

Hello to everyone else.. hope you had a good day and I will post more tomorrow! Bye xxoo

Angie you snuck in.. hello! Glass? that is scary! Hope you had a good night other then that!

Hello!

It's 4:00 am and I got home a little bit ago and I'm ready to go to bed, but I thought I would stop by and chat for a minute.

Cristi--Our schedule is tough. I miss him a lot. But we do call each other everyday. We figured we would tough it out until most of our expenses are paid off. We would like to buy a house soon....maybe next year. (was hoping for this year but need to pay some things first) Sunday he took the day off and it was nice to spend the whole day with him. I don't think I'll ever tire of being around James!! The sweet thing was he told the guys at work that he planned on taking the day off saying "We've been together for 8yrs (I had to break it him it hasn't even been 7 yet! ) and we still enjoy being together, and I want to keep it that way so I'm going to spend a day w/my wife!" now....how sweet is that?

Pam--I was shocked to read your post! How awful!! That poor family!! I am so proud of you for calling the police. The man deserves to be arrested. Hopefully they'll charge him for animal cruelty and he'll pay!! I'm sending hugs to that family of the dog. (((((HUGS))))))

Katy--The museum looks like a lot of fun!! I may have to take Jhanai there sometime this summer! Want to do lots of fun activities this summer to keep us both active. Don't want her to be bored!

Anita--I LOVE that song!! It brings tears to my eyes. I first heard it on Oprah during her huge baby shower show. It's a beautiful song. She sings a lot of good songs. I should get her CD for myself.

Susan--How cute that the little one helped open gifts! I had a little cousin who helped me open my gifts when I was pregnant w/Jhanai. After awhile....I was getting a little upset that she was opening them w/out me and her mother didn't say a word!!

Angie--If Jane doesn't want the book back right away, I would love to read it. And then I could pass it on to who ever else wants to read it. It sounds like a good one! I'm SO sorry to hear about the glass!! OMG! I can't believe it! You're lucky that it didn't chip one of your teeth! And I'm also glad they didn't make you all pay for lunch!

Terri--Don't sell yourself short girl! You are a beautiful girl too! Those guys probably WERE following you! And as for losing your post...I just did that myself here. I'm not sure what key I tried pushing but it sent me back to the main page!! ARGGHH!!! See what happens when I'm tired!

Well, the nerve in my leg had gone away.....only to switch sides! It's SO irratating! I'm just going to have to figure out a way to stretch my body more so it doesn't occur so often! Maybe I need to see a chiropractor...don't know. I do know that I started feeling pressure yesterday and by the time I got off work, I was hobbling down the halls to get to my car! Sheesh!! I think my body is aging faster than I am!

ok gals...I need to get some shut eye!

Hugs to you all!

Good morning, ladies!!

To those who asked - the book is called Ain't She Sweet, and for the life of me, I can't remember the author's whole name, but the last name is Phillips. I sent it to Angie, because the heroine in the book has a spunky personality just like Angie. She also did some bad things in high school to her friends, unlike Angie!! The story also has a pretty cool dog in it, lol. Gotta love that dog!!

Angie - no, no, you don't need to send it back! I went right out and bought another so Katie could read it. Mary had told her how good it was, and I wanted a copy to pass around. Glad you enjoyed it. Maybe she'll write a sequel! Btw, glad you weren't hurt by the glass in your salad!!

Marti - I see you're up and posting this morning! Seeing somebody about your leg would probably be a good idea. Sounds like a pinched nerve, or something. Glad you got to spend some quality time with your sweetie. Even if you can't buy a house in Eugene right now, maybe you could rent something there to be closer to Jhanai and work?

Katy - thanks for sharing the museum link. Owls are intimidating creatures, aren't they? I especially like the one in Bambi, lol.

Cristi - wow, the new washer and dryer sound great! If we HAVE to do laundry, it's nice to have state-of-the-art equipment for it, right? Did the cement guy get the job done? Does this mean you're almost done with the patio?

Pam - aww, poor doggie!! Good for you, going for justice!!

Anita - YAY for winning $$$ at the track! Btw, I love Martina McBride's Christmas CD best of all of my Christmas music. If you don't have it, try to get one before next Christmas. The way she does "What Child is This" brings tears to my eyes!!

Susan - glad you enjoyed the shower and that Gaby is better.

Terri - have a good day!!

Katiecat - I lost track of when you're getting back from Disneyland. Let us know, and post pics if you can, ok?

Ellen - are you all bogged down in paint and wallpaper? Hope you're doing fine and will check in with us today!

Thanks for the comments on my Spring Mill photos. We did have loads of fun!! Today is my first meeting with the ladies' group at church - the Mary Marthas. They are a busy, busy group, and I was asked to join. I mentioned that I wouldn't be able to help with every project. They were fine with that, so now I feel ok about going.

Ciao, bellas!!

Hi Ladies~

Anita~WTG at the races! I've been to the horse races here, about an hour from here. Never really won much but it is fun to go. But then I never really bet much either so...they also have dog races here but I've never been. I've been meaning to rent Ray...heard it is good from several people. I second what Jane said about Martina McBride...we went to see her Christmas Show and it was awesome! That little woman has such a big, beautiful voice. She's a good person also, just spent time in her hometown here in KS building a playground for the kids there. She always gives back to the community. I also love that song-they play it on the radio a lot, which is fine with me. I've got some more of her CD's but my favorite is her Greatest Hits one-has all my favorite songs especially Blessed. The video is nice-she has her DH and kids in it.

Pam~OMG! That is horrible! I would have died if I had seen that. I would have also done the same thing you did and I hope he gets a stiff penalty.

Katy~thanks for the heads up. Didn't even think about not needing as much detergent or the right detergent. I am going to do a load today to try it out, of course after I read the books. Looks intimidating.

Marti~that was sweet of James!

Angie~that was horrible finding glass in the salad! Thank goodness everyone was fine. I too would have been afraid to eat anymore, scary stuff.

Jane~the patio... beginning to think that thing will never be done! The guys helper couldn't make it yesterday so for sure it will be today. Better be because the cement truck will be here! No, it still won't be done. V didn't feel like messing with the cement part-didn't know how we were going to get that much cement here so...got someone to do that and then he will finish it off with the brick trim-the easy part! Then it will be done. But once the cement is dry we can use it.

Susan~see...told ya. Mike is just digging hisself in a hole. Glad you and the girls enjoyed the baby shower, sounded like it was fun. You know...my little rule in the car used to be whoever is driving gets to listen to the music they want to. That went out the window a few years ago. I only get to hear what I want to hear when no one is in the car with me! Of course most the time I don't mind because we all listen to the same music. What drives me crazy is when they can't put it on one station and leave it! DD won't even listen to a full song for fear of missing a better song on another station!

Anyway...Hi to everyone else

Have some errands to run as soon as I jump in the shower. Decided to go buy some groceries today at Target. Don't mind going there when I don't need much but when I have to get a lot I go to Wal-Mart for the wide selection. Target doesn't have a lot of the brands that I buy which is odd. But it is a lot quieter there and nicer.

Take care ladies and have a wonderful day! Chat with ya later

Thanks everyone for your incouragement and support. Can you believe the jerk came over in front of my house the next morning and started sh--. bragging about killing the dog and how he was going to sue the family. I called him a bully and a thug and said I'd be their witness. He keep yelling and Dee, my neighbor and recent member of 3FC told him to shut the F up. Later the police came and told him to stay up at his end of the street. My son said to tell him if he shows his face here again and he'll take care of him but of course I won't. Don't want him to get into trouble. They said he'd bailed out and that he has other legal problems including this one, warrents for other things I guess. I'm tempted to get a police report and find out. It might be usefull in the furture.

]Good Morning Everyone
Sorry I haven't checked in, I have been busy, but my son was also doing work for his business ,and making cd's for his upcoming show,which kept me off the computer.He has an install today so I popped on .He has another computer which he is going to set up for me when he unloads all his files off it, so I will have my own computer upstairs , because since he moved downstairs I have to come down to use his computer. I hope you don't mind if I do individuals later,but I wanted to come on and say Hi to Everyone, didn't want you to think I dissappeared again.I hope you are all having a lovely day.

Hi ladies, I'm back again!

Karey & Mochahontas~ a big WELCOME to you ladies! Hope you find us here at the Chit Chat! Looking forward to getting to know you.

Ellen~it's okay to not do individuals. Sometimes we just don't have time. It's nice to see you checking in and knowing things are fine with you. Love the lady ironing clip art. I need to go find some new stuff. It's about time to change the old avatar!

Pam~I was afraid that might happen. It seems that anytime you say something to a neighbor about anything they take offense. But this was HORRIBLE and that guy should rot in jail. I hope he settles down-maybe all the neighbors can gang up on him and he will go back in his hole and stay there.

Did the shopping and ran the other errands. Can't believe how fast I got in and out of Target, lovin' that. Now to straighten up the house. Cleaned yesterday so not really much to do. Anywhoooo...just checking in to see if anyone had posted and to say Hi again. See ya later ladies!

Hi Ladies,

Just a quick hello. Got another workout in this morning. That's two days in a row! I am on a roll. Anyway, will post more tomorrow. I've been out of the office all day and have some stuff to catch up on.

Anita

This is about our morning.

We woke up at 8 am. Gaby puttered to the window and waved her hand
like a wand and said "day.....up."

I always like to tease her and say....."no, Gaby...... dark,
night......go back to sleep." lol

Anyway, we got up and she had breakfast while I got ready for the
day. Showered,blowed dryed my hair, ironed clothes and put on make
up. Got Gaby dressed and realized none of her socks were cleaned so
put a load of laundry in real fast.

We walked 2 blocks to Starbucks, which is in a Fred Myers store. I
let her ride her trike up there, she loves that.

Got my coffee and we bought some string cheese, a meatball dinner,
nylons,and Sponge Bob cheez it crackers.

Walked/ triked home ( I triked this time.....haha, jk )checked on
laundry, put in dryer.

Went up stairs and she watched Barney and ate her meatball dinner
while I changed into a skirt.

I haven't had nylons in weeeeeeeeeks......been wearing capri's
forever.....so changed clothes, which took awhile because when I
finally got done it was time to head to the sitters.

Ran down to the laundry , ran back up.....and put socks on Gaby.

Of course we didn't run because taking Gaby meant taking the trike.
I let her ride to the stairs , pick it up and walk it down......she
rides to the landry room and back to the stairs and I walk it back
up. Put it down and she rides to the apt.......course she always goes
down to the end of the hall and back.

Getting a lot of exercise!!

Finally get her in the car and we head to the sitters.

Who is her father's ex wife. It is a 15 miles trip one way. We get
there and she isn't there so we drive around the city for a few
minutes looking at homes and landscape - lol

Gaby is so cute because I say "omg....that home is sooooooo pretty"
and Gaby goes......"pretty."
Me: "omg- I love what they did with that wheelbarrow......it is so
pretty."
Gaby "pretty"

Anyway, we had that conversation until we got back to the sitters
house.


She lets me listen to the phone message that Mike left last Thursday.
It was on her cell so the kids couldn't hear.

It said something like "My what a nice message that was "A" too bad they
don't know what a c*&^%s(*&^ b*&^% you are........things are going
to radically change (ugh.....must be his favorite word he says that
with me too. Ain't........ummmm, pretty. lol)


Anyway, he went on to say his mesage phone and his new address. It is going to be very hard to let her go this Friday without knowing where he lives,I mean actually seeing inside of it. I had been to the place before,,,,,,,just want to know she will be safe.

Of course he needs to provide the same infornmation to me before I have to let her have visitation. *sigh*.......court trial date in July 27th. IF we get that far.......


better get!!