Mariah

24 and in love...

trying to add pics

did it work?

If it did, this is Scoutshire woods,where i have had so much fun with my Girl Scouts. if it didn't ,well, use your imagination while I try again!

concert

We took a little family trip to Pensacola, FL (3hours the last time tom & I made it, 45 minutes with Terry driving) (tom & I are famous for getting lost) to see Sarah McLoughlin. If any of you get the chance,that is a show well worth seeing.she is great! the stage setting is very elaborate & she relates things to the audience with little stories about her songs, very high tech & intimate at the same time.Terry is my hero "cause he bought Caitlin & I tshirts (what good is going to a concert with out a tshirt?)

the part of the whole trip I will remember is stopping at a convenience store & noticing they had cowboy hats to match Caitlin & Mariah's  new tshirts. They tried them on & started doing their version of a Virginia Reel, in perfect step with each other (all those dance lessons do pay off, folks) The cash register dude took pictures! "I love this job!", he said.

Mariah's birthday is this weekend. (in our family we dont' celebrate birthday, we have birthseasons) She is 24 & the partner in my journey through this life.I am closer to her than I have ever been to anyone . It is so wonderful to have another adult in the house! ( I adore my husband, but in so many ways,he is another one of the kids)

Just another day at the circus!

 

X marks the spot.

This could be fun! Copy & paste to your journal. Adjust the x's so there is an X by all the things you have done.If you dont' mind, send me a link, so I can read your list,except if you've done the last one  , then I dont'  wanna know!

 

The object is simple:  Put an x next to the things you've done:

( x) smoked a cigarette
( x) smoked a cigar   just a puff
( ) made out with a member of the same sex
(x) been in love
( x) been dumped
(x) stolen Just things from hotel rooms & paper form school
( x) been fired    hated the job,anyway
( ) been in a fight
(x) snuck out of my parent's house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
(x ) made out with a stranger  that was long ago, and FUN to remember
(x ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
) had a crush on a teacher
(x) skipped school
( x) slept with a coworker now that was real fun,but I wouldnt advise it
( ) seen someone die
( ) had a crush on one of your blogging friends
() been to Canada
(x ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
( x) thrown up in a bar
( ) purposely set a part of myself on fire  are there people who answer yes to that ?!?!
( x) eaten Sushi
( ) been snowboarding
( ) met someone in person from the blogosphere
( ) been hxc dancing at a show  (hxc?  I have no idea what that means!)

( ) been in an abusive relationship
(x) taken painkillers
(x) love someone or miss someone right now
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel
(x ) had a tea party
(x) flown a kite
(x ) built a sand castle
(x ) gone puddle jumping
( x) played dress up
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x ) gone sledding
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at work/school
( x) used a fake id
(x) watched the sun set
() felt an earthquake
(x) touched a snake
(x) slept beneath the stars
(x) been tickled
( ) been robbed
(x) been misunderstood
(x) pet a reindeer/goat
() won a contest
(x) runa red light
(x ) been suspended from school for skipping?
(x) been in a car accident
( x) had braces
(x) felt like an outcast
(x) eaten a wholepint of ice cream in one night
(x) had deja vu
( x) danced in the moonlight
() hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime only if you count substance abuse
( ) pole danced
() questioned your heart  never

( ) been obsessed with post-it notes
( x) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the country
(x ) swam in the ocean
() felt like dying
(x) cried yourself to sleep long ago,I was so much older then, Im younger than that now
(x) played cops and robbers
( x) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers I'm a teacher!
( ) sung karaoke proud I've never been that drunk
(x) paid for something with only coins too many times
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x ) made prank phone calls
( x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) caught a snowflake on your tongue
( x) danced in the rain
(x) written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x ) watched the sun set with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x ) made a bonfire
( x) crashed a party
(x ) gone roller-skating
(x) had a wish come true
( ) humped a monkey
( ) worn pearls
(x ) jumped off a bridge
( ) screamed penis in class
( ) ate dog/cat food
(x ) told a complete stranger you loved them
(x) kissed a mirror
(x) sang in the shower
( x) have a little black dress
(x) had a dream that you married someone
( ) glued your hand to something
( ) got your tongue stuck to a flag pole
( ) kissed a fish
(x ) worn the opposite sexes clothes (for a play)love my daughter's boyffriend's pj's,I can yell , I' got nto your boyfirend's pants
( ) been a cheerleader
(x) sat on a roof top
( x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done a one-handed cartwheel
() talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
(x) stayed up all night
( ) didn't take a shower for a week
( ) pick and ate an apple right off the tree
(x) climbeda tree
(x) had a tree house
(x ) are too scared to watch scary movies alone
(x) believe in ghosts
( ) have more then 30 pairs of shoes
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say
( x) gone streaking
( ) played ding-dong-ditch  

( ) played chicken [in the pool]
(x) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
( x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
( ) broken a bone
(x) been easily amused
(x ) caught a fish then ate it
( ) made porn
(x ) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
( x) cried so hard you laughed
(x ) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
(x) cheated on a test
( ) have a Britney Spears CD
(x) forgotten someone's name
(x) slept naked
( ) French braided someone's hair
(x) gone skinny dippin in a pool
( ) been kicked out of your house
( ) ridden a horse bareback
( ) eaten a lobster you caught yourself
( ) killed another human being

This story requires a little background information.
Granny & Papa are my husband's parents.They raised 9 children who are all close and greatly loved. They best thing of the many loving things they did for these children was to show them what a life long love affair was like.
They are spiritual and innocent of many of the way sof this world. Until Papa's recent death, they walked everywhere had in hand.
This is the story of Granny & the Vibrator
We were all noisily assembled in Papa & Granny's dining room for Thanksgiving dinner. The get-togethers here are casual. You come in, pile what you brought on the table or stove, grab a plate, a chair if one is availiabel & start eating & talking.
The topic of whispered conversation today is a long cylinrical shaped device lying on the counter.Everyone is arguing over its purpose and position there.
No one wants to be the one to ask.
By general consensus, I am going to ask
okay, here I go....
"So , Granny, what's this?"
"It's a vibrator," she replied, kneading her famous biscuit dough.We got in Mobile. Do you want to try it?"
I have lost the power of speech by this time,so when I dont' answer,she picks the phallic thing up & proceeds to rub it around my neck. "Papa and I love it," she says."I had a stiff neck & the package said it was good for relieving tension."
All the relatives who had goaded me into asking were choking quietly by this time.

girl scout Banquet

 Saturday I spent a lovely rainy day trying to put pictures in this journal,but I was not able to master this feat.

So,picture this in your mind.

It's the annual Girl scout Banquet. The little girls are all flushed & excited. My Cadettes are trying to alternate between blase and frantic over their preparations.They are in charge of door prizes. What they are actually doing is trying to talk people who have won door prizes into donate their prize to them. Little criminals!

In bounds Tony with his mom & little sis. I taught Tony from 1st grade until 5th. He is in 7th grade now.Tony was adopted from Paraguay when he ws 2 years old. He weighed 16 pounds. He is about 4 feet tall & skinny as a rail. He has and IQ of about 70.He is so hyperactive, I promise I have literally seen him climb a cinder block wall (not real high,but still)He is also the kindest person I have ever known. If any of my kids had to go to time-out,Tony would sit with them. His parents are more well-off financially than most of my kids' parents and Tony brought lemonade for everybody. If anyone didn't have ice cream money, Tony wouldn't eat his in front of them.

He ran into my arms and got in my lap. "I wish I was still in your class," he said. He took all the papers out of my purse to show me how well he could read.then he went to his table,got his plate & moved Caitlin's stuff over,saying"I used to always sit by you at lunch, remember?"Caitlin took it in stride,she  went to school with Tony.They are the same chronological age.It was so good to see him again

I was in charge of announcements. At the end,the head of the Service Unit said,"you forgot one" and gave me The Outstanding Leader Award. This is such a hoot because we are the rebel troop, always pushing our limits.

As my girls get older,it is difficult for us to get together.They have so many hobbies & school keeps them busy.

But they all came up on stage & we put our arms around each other. I laughed, "It's just like when we were little - I mean when you were little"

 

You had it right the first time", Ava said.

I'm glad I'm still growing up.

 

interview

good morning all of my dear friends!

I am looking for someone to read about to take my mind off my toothache.

I will be fine as soon as the drugs kick in!

Please go to see Jude at http://journals.aol.com/jmorancoyle/MyWay  to see her answers to my interview questions.

I love the interview game!

I hope all of you have a day filled with blue skies & green lights.

Peace,

Marti