TGIF!!!!

It's Friday! I never appreciated Friday's until I got a job when I worked an office... granted I felt more free working those littler jobs in high school and right out of college, but I didn't appreciate Fridays. Mostly because I had to work Saturdays. So now I have a weekend, and the only thing that I have planned is to donate blood Sat morning! Hopefully they don't butcher my arm like they did last time! A little reminder of last time to my poor arm!


Also for those that have kept up with my little brother and his recovery of heart surgery....
He is doing great! He has been home for a week now. He went to see the surgeon Wed, and everything looks GOOD! He was allowed to remove his bandages, which means he is allowed to shower...2 weeks worth of sponge baths and baby wipes! Wow that has got to be horrible! He had a little issue about his pain meds, where he was running out and I think they pretty much said.."Enjoy the Tylenol" which after Heart Surgery and having your chest broken, wouldn't really help. But he was able to get a refill, which helps him to breath without pain! So yes, Jake is doing good. Thanks to all for your prayers and ongoing support!


I wish all of you the best of weekends! May you find time to relax and enjoy it. Lets all pray for sunshine this weekend, it's almost June for Heavens sakes...we need sunshine & 80 degree weather!

Cooking Lessons Learned!

So I have learned a major lesson in cooking, and I think this information is vital to all.... Scene: Last night, I was making my very first "from scratch" Spaghetti Sauce!! I mean, I am stewing my own tomatoes, the only can involved was a can of tomato paste...and when reading about pureeing the tomatoes, the advice given was that you should only do 1 Cup at a time.

I thought that I'd speed up the process and do two cups at a time...of steaming hot tomatoes...in the blender they go, and I hit puree...and out the tomatoes go...hot steaming tomatoes all over the place. Poor Brenton didn't know what hit him. Okay so we stop, did a quick clean up...let them cool for just a second, hit the puree button and out the tomatoes fly again. By now my counter is covered, and my hand is burning with tomato.

So when reading from people who have done this before...only puree 1 Cup at a time...LISTEN! I did one cup, put the blender in the sink and a towel to hold on for dear life and everything stayed in the blender! So there is my wisdom passed onto you, and you can pass onto those that don't want to get burned!

Random Question

I am starting a new thing...random questions because I want to hear random stories...so here is my very first

Random Question..

Have you ever thought that someone was lying about being pregnant???

Why Usher Why??

Scene:
The man and I are in the car driving home tonight. The new Mariah Carey Song comes on..you know the one that goes..."touch my body" AMAZING song Mariah, oh yes it's a keeper!

Once I realize what song it was I change it and climbed on my soap box to why that song is ridiculous. I then bring up the Usher song that has been out for a few months now.



As I changed the station..(thank you movin' 100.7) they start playing the Usher song. So I purposely leave it to the song, I turn it up so that I can embrace the wonderful Lyrics of this song.



I now understand why our youth is so messed up..they are listening to songs like this, now it is way too long, and painful to put all of the wonderful words of the song here, but I would just like to share a few lines for you all to Ushers fantastic song

Let's Make Love in the Club

Ladies DO NOT DO THAT...do not tell your friends to go with his hommies....No no no...do not make love in the club, yea, in the club, yea, in the club.

And then my favorite part...

And I don't care who is watchin', watchin', watchin'....I don't care who is watchin'

Usher...honestly!!!!

My Hero!!

I have many heroes in my life, and my little brother Jacob is on that list! Last Thursday, May 15th, at 6:30am Jake checked himself into the Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento California to undergo heart surgery.

The surgery was a little over 7 hrs long. He went through a heart valve repair due to Marfan Syndrome. His Medical staff was OUTSTANDING, with a special thanks to Lily his nurse. She kept on him and made sure that he was comfortable My family gives a big thanks to Sutter Memorial staff.

Jake is recovering very well, he just left ICU yesterday and is in a regular room now. He is up and walking on his own, and is off the IV. He does still have some chest tubes in, but we are hoping those get taken out soon. For all of you who know Jake, don't you worry he never lost his wit, he just needed to take some breaks in between to regain his strength for the next zinger.

I am so proud of you Jake! Keep up the healing!!