With a meme! LOL

1.       CHEESE or CHOCOLATE?

2.       BLUEBERRIES or STRAWBERRIES?

3.       COFFEE or TEA?

4.       CORN MUFFIN or ENGLISH MUFFIN?

5.       PANCAKES or FRENCH TOAST?

6.       YOGURT or CREAM CHEESE?

7.       RICE or PASTA?

8.       CAKE or PIE?

9.       GROUND BEEF or GROUND TURKEY?

10.   HOT DOGS or HAMBURGERS?

11.   JELLY or PEANUT BUTTER?

12.   AMERICAN CHEESE or SWISS CHEESE?

13.   DIET SODA or REGULAR SODA?

14.   LEMONADE or ICED TEA?

15.   CHERRIES or GRAPES?

16.   CHOCOLATE MILK or STRAWBERRY MILK?

17.   WAFFLES or PANCAKES?

18.   WHITE BREAD or WHEAT BREAD?

19.   PEAS or CARROTS?

20.   PUDDING or JELLO?

21.   COLD CEREAL or HOT CEREAL?

22.   KETCHUP or MUSTARD?

23.   MUSTARD or MAYONNAISE?

24.   MAYONNAISE or KETCHUP? (can't choose)

25.   BLACK OLIVES or GREEN OLIVES? (uh.. neither!)

26.   ONION or GARLIC?

27.   SCRAMBLED EGGS or OVER-EASY EGGS?

28.   MEAT or VEGETABLES?

29.   CHINESE TAKE-OUT or PIZZA?

30.   SUSHI or DELI SANDWICH?

31.   PIE & ICE CREAM or CAKE & ICE CREAM?

            32. HONEY or MAPLE SYRUP?

 

I promise.. a more serious entry soon.

We got out of bed and made our way down the hall.  I was off that day, and my husband was on second shift; we had taken advantage of our time by sleeping in until almost 9am with our almost 2 year old daughter.  I shuffled to the kitchen to get the coffee started and went into the living room to turn on the tv to get my morning fill of the shows I usually watched. That's where the "usual" ends.

....

579 miles away, Angela Susan Scheinberg had started her day in her usual way.  She left her Todt Hill home, riding the bus to Manhattan with her daugher, Janine, a student at Pace University.  They had planned to stop for breakfast, but around 8:40am, they parted ways, Janine telling her mother she'd see her around 6 that evening so they could ride the bus home together.  Angela made her way to the 31st floor of 1 World Trade Center, where she worked as a manager for Blue Cross/Blue Shield.  The first plane hit Mrs. Scheinberg's tower, and after that, no one was able to get in touch with her.

Her husband, Elliot, says the last words they had spoken to each other were "see you later" and "I love you". He has described her as the consummate lady, moral and ethical, never satisfied to just take the high road.  She seems to have been an inspiration to her entire family.

Mrs. Scheinberg leaves  behind her mother, Lena, her husband, Elliot, and two daughters, Janine and Linda. 

What we witnessed that day runs the full spectrum of emotions.  Fear, anger, hope, love, and heroicism.  I can only hope that all of those who lost loved ones that day can find some kind of peace in their hearts.  And I hope we all remember to make sure that we follow the Scheinberg's lead and remember to tell those dear to them "I love you", as we never know what fate has in store for us.

Rest in Peace
Angela Susan Scheinberg

 

Thank you to the friends who signed up to do this project with me. I love you all.

On Sunday, I had to go to a house to take interior photos for an out-of-state buyer.  When I pull up to the house, there are 3 people out on the sidewalk, look at something. As I get closer, I realize it's an animal... a very small, newborn animal.  I said to them "what is that?" and the answers I got back varied from "it's a puppy" to "where could it have come from??" and "oh the poor thing".  Right away, sap that I am, I go into Mommy Mode as the small creature's mother was no where around and the puppy was obviously struggling.

So, I call the B-ster and tell him "Look, I don't have time to explain right, now, just call the pet store and and ask them if they have bottles and food for a very-stress very- newborn pup that is out on the sidewalk and call me back immediately".  This poor little thing.. eyes still closed, pink skin, no fur.  The family has been after me for a while to get a dog, and this was a helluva way to get one, but I just couldn't let that puppy suffer.  So, while the small crowd, all 3 of them, keep watch on the pup.  I go in and take my pics.. then the owner of the house comes back in. "Um, you need to come take a look at the puppy." I'm thinking, oh no, poor thing died already :(.  Then I go out and they show  me that this puppy has finger-like digits on it's paws; this makes me think "What the hell??" but what comes out is "What IS that thing??"

A RACCOON, PEOPLE.  I almost took a baby freaking raccoon home to my family to raise as its very own puppy. Imagine raising a pup that grows up to be a raccoon. Imagine my poor kids walking their pet, only to be heckled "Hey, why are you guys walking a raccoon??" and them responding "That's no raccoon! That's our dog!"

The homeowner told me that they'd take care of the poor baby, and I truly feely badly for it, but damn am I glad I didn't take it home!

Such are the adventures of my life...

 

Less than a thousand left to go.. please join Michelle and me in this project:

http://www.dcroe.com/2996/

Thank you.

C~

Yesterday, E comes to me with a hand full of change. She pushes out her hand and offers the money to me. I tell her I don't want her money, it's hers, put it back in her wallet or bank or where ever it came from. Then she totally floored me.

"It's for you, Mommy. To pay you." I asked for what, and I got "For taking care of me and for all the surprises you give me. Take it!"

Well, how could I turn that down? She had the most sincere grin on her face, and it was a whole handful of coins!

As she watched, I counted.  One quarter, three dimes, two nickels, twenty-eight pennies.   Ninety-three cents. As I announced the total, she immediately offered to make it a hundred cents, but I declined.  Her fistful had brought me ninety-three, and she had been very proud of those coins as she handed them to me.  To her, it was a small fortune, and she was giving it to me. To her, I deserved all of those shiny coins. 

Suddenly, I feel very rich.

She linked me to this DIY Jerry Springer, where you have to type in answers to questions, and this is the end result:

The Jerry Springer Show : Episode 627 : "Marriage Meltdown!"

[The crowd starts chanting "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"]

Jerry: Tonight on "The Jerry Springer Show" we have a particularly interesting episode! Carie is here to finally confess something to a long-time friend, tiffini. So everyone, please put your hands together for Carie!

[The crowd whoops and hollers]

Jerry: Okay, now Carie you're here to talk about someone aren't you?

You: Yes.

Jerry: And what is this other person's name?

You: darren.

[The crowd squeals with delight]

Jerry: Okay, okay, well darren, is actually here tonight ...

[The crowd squeals]

Jerry: But first we have a surprise for you Carie, because as it happens there is someone else here to see you! So let's bring out ... jessica!

You: What the HELL!!!

[Out of nowhere you pull out a sword. jessica reaches for the couch. Out of the shadows steve appears]

steve: Wait everybody, wait!

Jerry: Yes, everybody let's just calm down for a moment here. First, tell us why you're here jessica.

jessica: Because I saw Carie and steve making out at kohl's!

[The crowd goes absolutely insane]

steve: That's a lie! I was home watching starting over!

Jerry: [raising his hands] Hold on, hold on, I'm missing the problem here ... what exactly is the problem jessica?

jessica: Because I've recently been taking part in a sexual relationship with tiffini who has recently become engaged to steve.

[The crowd hollers, screams and whoops in an orchestra of orgasmic excitement]

Jerry: Okay, okay. Well why don't we bring tiffini out here because Carie had something that they needed to tell them anyway about ... darren that's right!

tiffini: [enters onto stage and saunters over towards you] What's the deal? I saw you outside getting it on with darren! You know how I feel about darren!

steve: [screams] What? Why the hell did you ask me to marry you if you're in love with darren!

tiffini: Because I knew that I could never have darren. But Carie promised me that they'd never hook up out of respect for my feelings!

steve: What about respect for my feelings!

[jessica walks suddenly across the stage, embracing tiffini]

jessica: Don't worry baby, you don't need any of them now that you have me.

[Again the crowd squeals]

steve: Oh my God! Are you sick!?

[steve runs across the room and wraps their arms around you tightly]

steve: Carie take me away from all of this!

You: You see? That's the thing ... I'm ... well, I'm married ...

[The crowd does its bit]

steve: Married?

[You nod]

steve: Who the hell are you married to? When ... when did this happen? I don't understand!

You: The other day. In Vegas. I'm married to darren.

tiffini: [screaming] WHAT!!!

Jerry: [grinning widely, makes an enquiry] So ... did you have a nice wedding night?

darren: [stepping back out onto center stage] Well we had sex 23 times if that's what you mean.

[The crowd squeals]

Jerry: Okay, okay. So let me get this all straight ... Carie is married to darren who tiffini has secretly been in love with for years and years. Now tiffini has recently become engaged to steve who was recently spotted kissing Carie in kohl's. Now on top of this, jessica has just admitted to being in a sexual relationship with tiffini.

darren: That's right Jerry.

Jerry: [looking sternly into the camera] It's times like these that one has to wonder whether or not these people are aware that they are quite clinically insane. Perhaps we should be spending more on psychiatric health funds in this country, perhaps we should just ban Vegas to cut down on impulse marriages. Perhaps I should get a new job. Thanks for watching folks - it's been great - but for now, take care of yourselves ... and each other.

[Cue cheesy background music and fade to black]

 

Yesterday I was on the phone chatting with a dear friend about, you know how it is, this, that and everything. I was on my way to take clothes to E so she could spend the night at her friend's house, Dear Friend was on her way to, well I'm not sure even she knew.  Witnesseth:

Me: *Babbling*
Her: *Babbling*

SUDDENLY:

Her: CRAP! I'm on the wrong road!?!?
Me:  Well! There's a big surprise!

Kids are good, we are good. C can ride his 2 wheel bike without training wheels now and Big Sister was feeling the pressure, so now she can ride HIS bike pretty well, and is improving on her bike.  E has been getting to spend time playing with her school friends this summer and that has made her very happy.  C has the neighborhood boy over to play today due to a scheduling snafu.  B was oh-so-very thrilled when I informed him he was babysitting today, but I am looking at it as a Pay Ìt Forward kind of moment, kwim?

As we are down right now to a basically 2.5 person office, I have been working more than usual, with Wednesdays being my only day off. B is working more than usual, they have tons (literally, TONS, because that's how paper is ordered) of orders in and he is working 17 days in between days off. After his next weekend off, we are thinking that Labòr Day weekend might very well be his next weekend off.  It stinks in a way, yes, but we are trying to be positive and look at it as job stability.  A lot of people say "why don't they hire more people?" but realistically, they could hire 1000 more people and they still only have 2 machines that they run 24 hours a day, so you can't do much more than that ;).

Hosting some families in my home in a couple of weeks, thank goodness it's in more livable condition finally! It will be nice to see our friends again, I always have a blast when we get together!

That's it for now!
C~

I've been hit.............

Just to let you all know I will most likely be MIA every evening this week... we are working on laying down as much floor as we can while the kids are gone... so i will be tied up (or glued down, depending on how you look at it) for the better part of next few days. 

stevenbrycesmomm: I think my child has lost his mind
Carie: runs in the family,eh?
stevenbrycesmomm: huh?
Carie: see what i mean
Carie: you say something, like Jessica: I think my child has lost his mind
Carie: then i say something like: runs in the family,eh?
Carie: then you say: Jessica: huh?
Carie: as if you are just dying to prove my point LOL
stevenbrycesmomm: LMAO hahahaha

I told Jessica that after yesterdays cnp on her blog, she deserved this.  And Susan authorized it so here you go.

And then there was the one that Kristin suggested was "blogworthy". Yes, we teach proper body part names.

Carie: i've got a funny for you
jakelily: ok
Carie: Carie: i just logged on to tell you conor was just in the kitchen singing kelly clarkson
stevenbrycesmomm: awwwww
Carie: "just walk away... get your finger off my wababa (conorism for labia)"
Carie:
stevenbrycesmomm: OMG LMAO
jakelily: OMG
Carie: i had to walk away from him... i couldn't look at him
jakelily: so what song is that from?
Carie: walk away
Carie: obviously, he does not have the correct lyrics but has apparently inherited his dad's dirty mind
Carie: <<
jakelily: lmao
jakelily: what is the word that belongs there in place of labia
Carie: trigger
jakelily:
jakelily: that is blogworthy LOL
Carie: lol

I know this doesn't count as a "real" entry but I had to get this posted from this computer, will try to do a better update later. With the emphasis on TRY. Oh, and go a head and throw some emphasis on LATER too, while you're at it. As in "way later" aka "don't wait up, 'kay?"