Bob has decided to take up bike riding. I'm not into it but I can't seem to get him home from his bike tours so I decided to follow him and LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
911 yet again
About two weeks ago we had a guy in the office who was disoriented. His lip was quivering, his color was off and he just didn't look good. The First Bitch and I were both thinking he was stroking out and so I called 911. He came to before they got there and scolded us for calling. It appears that he has narcolepsy and he knew he was having an episode and he had just taken a pill. So, he comes to, chastises us, isn't fully capable of walking yet, blacks out again and wakes up again and gets the hell out of Dodge before the paramedics get here. We were totally speechless. Neither of us had seen that before. We just knew he was dying. He's come back to the office since then and he's not mad or dead. Big relief if you ask me. LOL
Today, another 911 emergency happened. I'm on the phone and a guy walks up to me and tells me he's bleeding. I'm on the phone so I hand him a Kleenex. I got off the phone and looked over at him again and looked down at his leg and HE WAS BLEEDING. He raised his pant leg and he was GUSHING blood. I mean like horror story, artery pumping blood.
I immediately went into First Responder mode. Ran to the copy room for the first aid kit and to dial 911. I grabbed a massive maxi-pad type bandage from the kit, made the man lie down on the tile floor (I didn't want blood on the carpet) and I held the pad on his gushing wound while I held his elevated leg. No gloves, no nothing. The poor guy was shaking and I thought he would pass out, his shoes were full of blood, his socks soaked, there was blood all over the tile floor near my desk..... Finally the paramedics came and took over and I went and washed my hands, told his friends he was out there with the paramedics and I made him a sandwich and got him a bottle of water. By the time I got back out to the lobby he was gone. I know he was embarassed about the situation but I was so worried about him. I sat here for a good hour in shock of it all.
Nothing is ever dull around here, that's for sure!
Now I'm waiting for number 3, things always come in 3's. Who will I call 911 for next?
Today, another 911 emergency happened. I'm on the phone and a guy walks up to me and tells me he's bleeding. I'm on the phone so I hand him a Kleenex. I got off the phone and looked over at him again and looked down at his leg and HE WAS BLEEDING. He raised his pant leg and he was GUSHING blood. I mean like horror story, artery pumping blood.
I immediately went into First Responder mode. Ran to the copy room for the first aid kit and to dial 911. I grabbed a massive maxi-pad type bandage from the kit, made the man lie down on the tile floor (I didn't want blood on the carpet) and I held the pad on his gushing wound while I held his elevated leg. No gloves, no nothing. The poor guy was shaking and I thought he would pass out, his shoes were full of blood, his socks soaked, there was blood all over the tile floor near my desk..... Finally the paramedics came and took over and I went and washed my hands, told his friends he was out there with the paramedics and I made him a sandwich and got him a bottle of water. By the time I got back out to the lobby he was gone. I know he was embarassed about the situation but I was so worried about him. I sat here for a good hour in shock of it all.
Nothing is ever dull around here, that's for sure!
Now I'm waiting for number 3, things always come in 3's. Who will I call 911 for next?
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Blurry Girls on the Go
Here's a pic I took with my phone yesterday. I took Lola, Lily and Sally to Cheddar's for a little birthday lunch.
Sorry it's blurry, I'm looking at getting a new cell but I can't decide which one I want. I like Bob's Sony Erikson and I love Cruella's Palm Treo but I also like the Razrs too. Hmmmmm, what to do, what to do?
Corruption is among us
Miss Whineyhiney's best friends, Sally and Lily (their self given nicknames, MWH's is Lola), have been here many, many times. They like the mall, Kohl's and Target, musicals and ballet, one is borderline goth the other is pure white-feather angel, but they all like the same movies like Phantom of the Opera, Pirates of the Caribban, Harry Potter and Monty Python flicks. I love these girls. They get along so well.
Tonight though, Sally an Lily have been exposed to something new, something deep and dark and slightly bordering on deranged.
I asked Lily if she had ever seen Once More With Feeling, the Buffy musical episode. Here's how the conversation went after that:
HER: Um, no, there's a Buffy musical?
ME: Yeah, Once More With Feeling, it's great, you should watch it sometime!
HER: Can we rent it?
ME: Why? I OWN it. Would you want to watch it on VCD or DVD?
So, I bust open season 6 and pull out the appropriate disk, pop that bad boy in the DVD player and they're all hooked. MWH/Lola had seen this many times but she had a newfound respect for the melodies and dance numbers. I turned on closed captionioning so they could sing along too and it was great. They loved it. I have now officially corrupted them with my Buffy obsession.
After OMWF, they wanted more. I hooked them further with two halloween themed episodes, Halloween and Fear, Itself. By this time I figure they were exhausted and ready for bed but no, I was so wrong, they looked at me and said they wanted to start from the beginning and so I put in Welcome to the Hellmouth.
After that I had to pop on here and blog about it, I'm just so proud I've got another generation hooked.
Tonight though, Sally an Lily have been exposed to something new, something deep and dark and slightly bordering on deranged.
I asked Lily if she had ever seen Once More With Feeling, the Buffy musical episode. Here's how the conversation went after that:
HER: Um, no, there's a Buffy musical?
ME: Yeah, Once More With Feeling, it's great, you should watch it sometime!
HER: Can we rent it?
ME: Why? I OWN it. Would you want to watch it on VCD or DVD?
So, I bust open season 6 and pull out the appropriate disk, pop that bad boy in the DVD player and they're all hooked. MWH/Lola had seen this many times but she had a newfound respect for the melodies and dance numbers. I turned on closed captionioning so they could sing along too and it was great. They loved it. I have now officially corrupted them with my Buffy obsession.
After OMWF, they wanted more. I hooked them further with two halloween themed episodes, Halloween and Fear, Itself. By this time I figure they were exhausted and ready for bed but no, I was so wrong, they looked at me and said they wanted to start from the beginning and so I put in Welcome to the Hellmouth.
After that I had to pop on here and blog about it, I'm just so proud I've got another generation hooked.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Weekend Update
As usual life has been crazy. I did the Monday Ladies Night thing as usual and Tuesday just tried to veg. Wednesday evening we ran to Joplin to catch a sale that was ending and Thursday I worked a football game for PTSO. Friday night MWH had another sleepover (God, I love that) and I had yet another football game to work so I did that. One of MWH's friends was sick so they couldn't go but I did. Total waste of my time, I didn't sell hardly any tickets, it was cold and I didn't have a chair, but oh well, it's for a good cause.
Work was crazy this week, we were one person short 3 of the 5 days. One day is manageable but three is hard, especially when you tell clients that they'll be in tomorrow and they aren't and you get yelled at for lying. Oh well, it all pays the same.
Do you realize that Christmas is less than 2 months away? I am desperately lacking ideas for what to get MWH. She'll be 13 in a few days and I haven't even got her anything for her birthday yet! I soooooooo suck at this. She gets everything she wants throughout the year, I really should stop doing that. LOL
Today we're doing yet another mall crawl and I'm taking them to Cheddar's for a late lunch. I hope we can get in anyway, it's always so busy when we drive by, but I heard it's worth it. We've never been there yet so I think it'll be fun for her, something new and different.
Last night I was looking for Bob's denim coat. I've lost so much weight I don't have a coat that fits me so I've been wearing his. I've been wearing a light jacket of his but I knew that I'd be out in the cold at the game so I wanted a heavier coat. I dug through the closet but couldn't find it. I found one courduroy and fur coat but thought it was MWH's and put it back, I dug further in the closet (it's 8 feet deep I think) and found a denim and fur coat that I knew was MWH's but then I thought I'd already seen it so I went back to the first one and looked at the size and realized it was one a friend had given me a month or so ago and it was now my size. Sweeeeeeeeeet. I have my own coat to wear!! YIPPEE! Granted I don't like courduroy but who cares, it was free and it's warm and it's a hell of a lot smaller than the one I had last year and it's in my closet now. I'll take it!
It's time to get the girls up and start the day, see you on the flip side!
Work was crazy this week, we were one person short 3 of the 5 days. One day is manageable but three is hard, especially when you tell clients that they'll be in tomorrow and they aren't and you get yelled at for lying. Oh well, it all pays the same.
Do you realize that Christmas is less than 2 months away? I am desperately lacking ideas for what to get MWH. She'll be 13 in a few days and I haven't even got her anything for her birthday yet! I soooooooo suck at this. She gets everything she wants throughout the year, I really should stop doing that. LOL
Today we're doing yet another mall crawl and I'm taking them to Cheddar's for a late lunch. I hope we can get in anyway, it's always so busy when we drive by, but I heard it's worth it. We've never been there yet so I think it'll be fun for her, something new and different.
Last night I was looking for Bob's denim coat. I've lost so much weight I don't have a coat that fits me so I've been wearing his. I've been wearing a light jacket of his but I knew that I'd be out in the cold at the game so I wanted a heavier coat. I dug through the closet but couldn't find it. I found one courduroy and fur coat but thought it was MWH's and put it back, I dug further in the closet (it's 8 feet deep I think) and found a denim and fur coat that I knew was MWH's but then I thought I'd already seen it so I went back to the first one and looked at the size and realized it was one a friend had given me a month or so ago and it was now my size. Sweeeeeeeeeet. I have my own coat to wear!! YIPPEE! Granted I don't like courduroy but who cares, it was free and it's warm and it's a hell of a lot smaller than the one I had last year and it's in my closet now. I'll take it!
It's time to get the girls up and start the day, see you on the flip side!
At the carwash
Sorry I haven't been online much this week. I've just been busy. My Jeep needed to be washed and I heard about these guys needing donations and well, you know what a sucker I am for those in need. They really didn't do too good of a job so I had to keep going back again and again...... 
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Tagged by Bexxie
Ten Weird Things About Me
1. Like Bexxie, I secretly love these tag things (but shhh .. don't tell anyone)
2. One side of my body is noticably smaller (or larger) than the other, even my boobs.
3. I can't sleep uncovered, even in summer, and I mean with a blanket or comforter, not just a sheet.
4. I haven't worn makeup in over 6 months.
5. It annoys me to no end to read a newspaper that someone else has already read.
6. I like routines and often always drive the exact same route all the time.
7. I am probably going to spontaneously combust at any moment, I am soooooo gassy.
8. I have a weird knack with telephone numbers, they stick in my head, I can't not remember them. Even when I no longer want or need to! I wake up at night and have a number stuck in my head, I'll google it and find that it was a friend's telephone number from 15 years ago!
9. I am afraid of clowns and birds.
10. I believe in witchcraft, the supernatural and other "insane" things like that.
I'm tagging ... Mrs. Coach, Irish Divinity, Cruella, Scrapper and The Real Kid!
1. Like Bexxie, I secretly love these tag things (but shhh .. don't tell anyone)
2. One side of my body is noticably smaller (or larger) than the other, even my boobs.
3. I can't sleep uncovered, even in summer, and I mean with a blanket or comforter, not just a sheet.
4. I haven't worn makeup in over 6 months.
5. It annoys me to no end to read a newspaper that someone else has already read.
6. I like routines and often always drive the exact same route all the time.
7. I am probably going to spontaneously combust at any moment, I am soooooo gassy.
8. I have a weird knack with telephone numbers, they stick in my head, I can't not remember them. Even when I no longer want or need to! I wake up at night and have a number stuck in my head, I'll google it and find that it was a friend's telephone number from 15 years ago!
9. I am afraid of clowns and birds.
10. I believe in witchcraft, the supernatural and other "insane" things like that.
I'm tagging ... Mrs. Coach, Irish Divinity, Cruella, Scrapper and The Real Kid!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Meme because Mrs. Coach is bored
[1] What is your middle name? Christine
[2] What color is your mailbox? goldish ick
[3] Are you available? depends on what you want me to do
[4] Have you ever hit a deer? yes, with my MOTHER'S car! LOL
[5] Do you have to drive over a bridge to get home? depends on where I'm driving from...
[6] Do you get the paper delivered to your house in the morning? nope
[7] Who checks the mail in your house? usually me
[8] Do you have a small driveway? 1 car wide, 1 car deep, yep, small
[9] Do you know anyone with the same ringtone as you? not personally but I hear it a lot when I'm out and about
[10] What do you do first in the morning? peeeeeeeee
[11] What brand is your printer? Brother
[12] Do you enjoy fighting with people? That depends on who I'm fighting with, sometimes I do.
[13] Is your hair naturally straight or curly? Naturally fucking curly
[14] Who was your kindergarten teacher? I don't remember, I think Mrs. Beard
[16] Are you taller than your mother? Yes
[17] Do you have a favorite word? When I say it? No, but I do like to hear the First Bitch say "fucker"
[18] Are you God? I might be a Goddess......
[19] What do you do to get over a broken heart? Nothing, just give it time
[20] Do you have a deep dark secret? YES
[22] Do you enjoy writing in colored pens? Yep, I like fancy pens
[23] Does anything hurt on your body right now? No
[24] Do you often cry during a movie? Yes, it sucks, everyone laughs at me
[25] Do you hate your life? Hate is such a strong word
[26] Do you get mad easily? Mad, no, annoyed, yes
[27] Where's 27? after 26 before 28
[28] What is your biggest pet peeve? wishy washy fuckers who flip flop on their word
[29] What is your away message? I use different ones, usuall telling what I'm actually doing
[30] Do any of your friends have kids? Yep
[32] Who should pay on the first date? whoever asked the other one out
[33] How many years older than you are you willing to date? 6 years older, not much younger, actually, I never dated anyone younger
[34] Do you have any friends? I hope so
[35] Do you have any mean friends? Yep, one who reads me faithfully is very mean, oh, wait, she's not my friend anymore because she's a bitch . Mean I can handle, bitch, not so much.
[36] What is the ugliest color in your opinion? Yellow
[37] Have you ever liked someone who all your friends couldn't stand? yes, and I still do
[38] Have you ever felt like driving off a cliff, seriously? No, why ruin a perfectly good car?
[40] Do you itch your ears? Yep, I itch a lot.
[42] What brand are the pant/jeans you're wearing right now? I don't have any on......
[43] How tall are you? 5'4"
[44] What is the closest green object? The kleenex I just blew my nose in
[45] What is on your feet? the blanket I'm covering up with
[46] Do you like watermelon? Yes, very much so!!
[48] Do you want to have kids? More? No!!!!! The one I have now, yes.
[49] What is the brightest color you're wearing? Blue
[50] Who is the friend you have that you would never have expected to have gotten to know? Hmmmmm, I'm not sure.
[52] What's your mothers middle name? Marie
[53] Stupidest movie you ever saw? Night at the Roxbury or Super Troopers, these are the only 2 movies I couldn't finish, ever.
[55] Do you like your dad? I'd like to see him dead.
[56] Do you have any TV shows on DVD? Yep, a lot
[57] Are you wearing makeup? nope
[58] Do you have a tattoo? yes
[61] Do you know how to draw? I can draw a rabbit, that's it.
[63] Who is your hero? Right now no one
[64] Who did you last IM? Cyndi
[65] Do you work a lot of hours? Not a lot, just normal
[66] What do you do when you are stressed out? I don't know, I usually just bottle it all up
[67] Who was the last person to call you? Bob
[68] Is there anything you regret? Not anything that comes to mind but I'm sure I regret something...
[69] Do you know where your family name originated from? Don't know, don't care
[70] Is there an animal that creeps you out? Birds, I don't like birds
[71] What was the last thing you did for fun? Shopping
[72] Last time you cried? I don't remember
[2] What color is your mailbox? goldish ick
[3] Are you available? depends on what you want me to do
[4] Have you ever hit a deer? yes, with my MOTHER'S car! LOL
[5] Do you have to drive over a bridge to get home? depends on where I'm driving from...
[6] Do you get the paper delivered to your house in the morning? nope
[7] Who checks the mail in your house? usually me
[8] Do you have a small driveway? 1 car wide, 1 car deep, yep, small
[9] Do you know anyone with the same ringtone as you? not personally but I hear it a lot when I'm out and about
[10] What do you do first in the morning? peeeeeeeee
[11] What brand is your printer? Brother
[12] Do you enjoy fighting with people? That depends on who I'm fighting with, sometimes I do.
[13] Is your hair naturally straight or curly? Naturally fucking curly
[14] Who was your kindergarten teacher? I don't remember, I think Mrs. Beard
[16] Are you taller than your mother? Yes
[17] Do you have a favorite word? When I say it? No, but I do like to hear the First Bitch say "fucker"
[18] Are you God? I might be a Goddess......
[19] What do you do to get over a broken heart? Nothing, just give it time
[20] Do you have a deep dark secret? YES
[22] Do you enjoy writing in colored pens? Yep, I like fancy pens
[23] Does anything hurt on your body right now? No
[24] Do you often cry during a movie? Yes, it sucks, everyone laughs at me
[25] Do you hate your life? Hate is such a strong word
[26] Do you get mad easily? Mad, no, annoyed, yes
[27] Where's 27? after 26 before 28
[28] What is your biggest pet peeve? wishy washy fuckers who flip flop on their word
[29] What is your away message? I use different ones, usuall telling what I'm actually doing
[30] Do any of your friends have kids? Yep
[32] Who should pay on the first date? whoever asked the other one out
[33] How many years older than you are you willing to date? 6 years older, not much younger, actually, I never dated anyone younger
[34] Do you have any friends? I hope so
[35] Do you have any mean friends? Yep, one who reads me faithfully is very mean, oh, wait, she's not my friend anymore because she's a bitch . Mean I can handle, bitch, not so much.
[36] What is the ugliest color in your opinion? Yellow
[37] Have you ever liked someone who all your friends couldn't stand? yes, and I still do
[38] Have you ever felt like driving off a cliff, seriously? No, why ruin a perfectly good car?
[40] Do you itch your ears? Yep, I itch a lot.
[42] What brand are the pant/jeans you're wearing right now? I don't have any on......
[43] How tall are you? 5'4"
[44] What is the closest green object? The kleenex I just blew my nose in
[45] What is on your feet? the blanket I'm covering up with
[46] Do you like watermelon? Yes, very much so!!
[48] Do you want to have kids? More? No!!!!! The one I have now, yes.
[49] What is the brightest color you're wearing? Blue
[50] Who is the friend you have that you would never have expected to have gotten to know? Hmmmmm, I'm not sure.
[52] What's your mothers middle name? Marie
[53] Stupidest movie you ever saw? Night at the Roxbury or Super Troopers, these are the only 2 movies I couldn't finish, ever.
[55] Do you like your dad? I'd like to see him dead.
[56] Do you have any TV shows on DVD? Yep, a lot
[57] Are you wearing makeup? nope
[58] Do you have a tattoo? yes
[61] Do you know how to draw? I can draw a rabbit, that's it.
[63] Who is your hero? Right now no one
[64] Who did you last IM? Cyndi
[65] Do you work a lot of hours? Not a lot, just normal
[66] What do you do when you are stressed out? I don't know, I usually just bottle it all up
[67] Who was the last person to call you? Bob
[68] Is there anything you regret? Not anything that comes to mind but I'm sure I regret something...
[69] Do you know where your family name originated from? Don't know, don't care
[70] Is there an animal that creeps you out? Birds, I don't like birds
[71] What was the last thing you did for fun? Shopping
[72] Last time you cried? I don't remember
Milestone
Sunday I stepped on the scale and nearly fell over. I had officially lost 100 pound of stubborn fat. YEA ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I desperately need a winter coat, I think I'll celebrate this weekend with a shopping trip!!
I desperately need a winter coat, I think I'll celebrate this weekend with a shopping trip!!
So corny....
MWH is in 4-H again this year and Sunday they went to the Right Choices Corn Maze in Southwest City, MO.
We have been to a few other corn mazes but this one beat them all hands down! It's in a family run farm and they have so many different things to do, hay rides, cow train (sooooooo adorable), hay slide, corn cannon (shoots walnuts too), duck races, corn box (like a sand box), picnic area with tables, tire swings, a cave, hay jump... I thought it was really neat! The corn maze and the hay ride both had long and short trails, we took the long way for both. There were lots of photo ops and I forgot my camera! UGH!
All of us, Bob, MWH and I shot the corn cannon and MWH and I HIT THE BULLSEYE! Sadly, Bob did not. Now, that was sweeeeeeeeeeeet!! LOL I loved tormenting him about that. Actually it was pretty hard, not many people hit it and a lot of the hits were from bounces, both mine and MWH's though were direct hits. So cool!!
So, if you don't have plans take the drive and have some fun, it really was worth it!!
We have been to a few other corn mazes but this one beat them all hands down! It's in a family run farm and they have so many different things to do, hay rides, cow train (sooooooo adorable), hay slide, corn cannon (shoots walnuts too), duck races, corn box (like a sand box), picnic area with tables, tire swings, a cave, hay jump... I thought it was really neat! The corn maze and the hay ride both had long and short trails, we took the long way for both. There were lots of photo ops and I forgot my camera! UGH!
All of us, Bob, MWH and I shot the corn cannon and MWH and I HIT THE BULLSEYE! Sadly, Bob did not. Now, that was sweeeeeeeeeeeet!! LOL I loved tormenting him about that. Actually it was pretty hard, not many people hit it and a lot of the hits were from bounces, both mine and MWH's though were direct hits. So cool!!
So, if you don't have plans take the drive and have some fun, it really was worth it!!
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Things that go bump in the night...
Tonight I took MWH and some of her friends to the beautiful Coleman Theater for the Mystery Tour. The Tour is something that MWH has wanted to go on for years but you had to be 13 and since she will be in 2 weeks I decided now was a good time to go.
I know that the Coleman Theater is old and I knew it was a big thing here in NE Oklahoma, but I had no idea of the absolute grandeur that it truly is. We didn't even get to see half of it and it was truly amazing!
We started out in the concession area, which is not original and will be destroyed at some point to restore it to it's original glory. I hate to see the concession area go, but they do plan on opening a little diner type concession area south of the entrance, where the sewing machine shop used to be if you remember that. There, our first tour guide, Sally, told us about the history of the theater and to keep an eye on the web site for more Mystery Tour dates. It was then that she reminded us to spell theatre with an RE on the end rather than an ER because the ER one is a porn site. Lovely........ Is nothing sacred? LOL
We then moved into the main hall lobby. It was so beautiful, there are mirrors and velvet seats and new replicated carpet. The original mahogony woodwork still shines and is just amazing when you think how old the theater is. Some of the details work they have done recently is the gold gilding (is that spelled right?) on the woodwork. It's simply classic.
After Sally told us about the Coleman Brothers and their mining millions, she pointed out the pictures that are hung in the main lobby. These pictures are black and white and when you walk by the eyes follow you, the neck seems to turn, the face seems to shift...... Very creepy. There's more but I don't want to ruin it for you should you get to go.
Our next stop was through the auditorium and to the stage where our second tour guide was on the Mighty Wurlitzer organ. He had on a black and red cape and was playing like a mad man and I do mean that literally. LOL He had a mask on and definitely looked the part. He started his speil with a stereotypical vampirish accent and I really thought the whole thing was going to be corny, that I'd regret blowing my $10 there rather than at one of the local casinos. How wrong I was!!
We all sat center stage and heard his stories, he told us about Stuart and Abie and Mr. Roberts and Mr. Coleman and the dreaded Stage Phantom. He told us so many stories and I don't want to ruin it for you so you'll just have to go yourself. And, yes, we did hear and see some unexplainable things. Paper rustling in the balcony, keys jingling, balls bouncing, footsteps.... Then on stage we had a bit of a scare and one of the other tour-mates was lucky enough to catch a piece of the "disturbance".
From there we headed down into the green room and to the old orchestra warming up area. That was sooooooo cool! In the green room is a mirror that has a lot of history to it and the warm up room was so scarey! Larry turned off all the lights and we had some major activity going on, I swear the woman sitting next to me left a fingernail in my thigh!
After scaring everyone to the point where we all had to pee, we headed back to the lobby for a potty break. Next we went upstairs into the balcony where we had even MORE strange, unexplainable things happen! Stuart was sooooo active, or was it Abie?
In every different area we heard and smelled things and the temperature dropped like crazy and sometimes "it" was so close I didn't know whether or not to trust my gut instincts!
From the balcony we went down to the "sewer" area where the crematorium is and heard all the fantastic stories of bones and secret tunnels and saw something that was completely new to our tour guide. Very interesting!
Our last stop was back up in the lobby for a question and answer period and then we were done. It's nearly 1:00am and I'm so glad I got to go! So ready to do it again! If you are ever here in our neck of the woods, please, stop and do a Coleman Mystery Tour, they are definitely a lot of fun!!
I know that the Coleman Theater is old and I knew it was a big thing here in NE Oklahoma, but I had no idea of the absolute grandeur that it truly is. We didn't even get to see half of it and it was truly amazing!
We started out in the concession area, which is not original and will be destroyed at some point to restore it to it's original glory. I hate to see the concession area go, but they do plan on opening a little diner type concession area south of the entrance, where the sewing machine shop used to be if you remember that. There, our first tour guide, Sally, told us about the history of the theater and to keep an eye on the web site for more Mystery Tour dates. It was then that she reminded us to spell theatre with an RE on the end rather than an ER because the ER one is a porn site. Lovely........ Is nothing sacred? LOL
We then moved into the main hall lobby. It was so beautiful, there are mirrors and velvet seats and new replicated carpet. The original mahogony woodwork still shines and is just amazing when you think how old the theater is. Some of the details work they have done recently is the gold gilding (is that spelled right?) on the woodwork. It's simply classic.
After Sally told us about the Coleman Brothers and their mining millions, she pointed out the pictures that are hung in the main lobby. These pictures are black and white and when you walk by the eyes follow you, the neck seems to turn, the face seems to shift...... Very creepy. There's more but I don't want to ruin it for you should you get to go.
Our next stop was through the auditorium and to the stage where our second tour guide was on the Mighty Wurlitzer organ. He had on a black and red cape and was playing like a mad man and I do mean that literally. LOL He had a mask on and definitely looked the part. He started his speil with a stereotypical vampirish accent and I really thought the whole thing was going to be corny, that I'd regret blowing my $10 there rather than at one of the local casinos. How wrong I was!!
We all sat center stage and heard his stories, he told us about Stuart and Abie and Mr. Roberts and Mr. Coleman and the dreaded Stage Phantom. He told us so many stories and I don't want to ruin it for you so you'll just have to go yourself. And, yes, we did hear and see some unexplainable things. Paper rustling in the balcony, keys jingling, balls bouncing, footsteps.... Then on stage we had a bit of a scare and one of the other tour-mates was lucky enough to catch a piece of the "disturbance".
From there we headed down into the green room and to the old orchestra warming up area. That was sooooooo cool! In the green room is a mirror that has a lot of history to it and the warm up room was so scarey! Larry turned off all the lights and we had some major activity going on, I swear the woman sitting next to me left a fingernail in my thigh!
After scaring everyone to the point where we all had to pee, we headed back to the lobby for a potty break. Next we went upstairs into the balcony where we had even MORE strange, unexplainable things happen! Stuart was sooooo active, or was it Abie?
In every different area we heard and smelled things and the temperature dropped like crazy and sometimes "it" was so close I didn't know whether or not to trust my gut instincts!
From the balcony we went down to the "sewer" area where the crematorium is and heard all the fantastic stories of bones and secret tunnels and saw something that was completely new to our tour guide. Very interesting!
Our last stop was back up in the lobby for a question and answer period and then we were done. It's nearly 1:00am and I'm so glad I got to go! So ready to do it again! If you are ever here in our neck of the woods, please, stop and do a Coleman Mystery Tour, they are definitely a lot of fun!!
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Got snot?
I had dental work done Friday and I've just not been the same since.
I haven't slept well.
I have had a headache since Saturday.
Tylenol isn't helping.
Liquid loratab isn't helping.
I got snot dripping freely from my left nostril.
My right nostril is tighter than Fort Knox.
Even with all this, I'm still in a good mood.
School is out today and tomorrow, fall break, what the fuck is that? Um, didn't they just finish SUMMER BREAK? Don't they have CHRISTMAS BREAK coming in 2 short months?
MWH is having friends over again this weekend. I can't wait, we've got so much planned!! More later!
I haven't slept well.
I have had a headache since Saturday.
Tylenol isn't helping.
Liquid loratab isn't helping.
I got snot dripping freely from my left nostril.
My right nostril is tighter than Fort Knox.
Even with all this, I'm still in a good mood.
School is out today and tomorrow, fall break, what the fuck is that? Um, didn't they just finish SUMMER BREAK? Don't they have CHRISTMAS BREAK coming in 2 short months?
MWH is having friends over again this weekend. I can't wait, we've got so much planned!! More later!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Copied
I stole this from Mrs. Coach who stole it from TheRealKid who stole it from someone else. Mrs. Coach thinks she looks like Herman Munster, I think she looks like Rachel Griffiths.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Plateau begone... finally!
Last month when I went to Wyoming for vacation, I don't think I really weighed myself before we left. While we were out there, I never over ate but I did eat out. A lot. I didn't weigh myself until I got back and I hadn't gained or lost any weight, which is ok considering how much eating out we did. However, after getting back home I got back on my routine and hadn't lost any more weight for a few weeks either. I was starting to panic. Granted, I was told that I'd have plateaus and periodic weight gain, each would follow with weight loss until I got to a comfortable weight. Yes, I've lost 90+ pounds and I'm tickled shitless over that amazing feat and I fully accept that if this is where my journey ends I'm ok with that but I had hoped to loose a little more. I'm still in some plus sizes, I wanna be in the normal, non plus sizes. Although I can now wear a normal XL t-shirt and let me tell you that fucking rawks.
So, a few weeks pass and I'm fluctuating at "5" (5 being the last number on the scale). I can't get below "5" and as I keep weighing in daily my scale tells me "6" or "8" or "7" or even "5" again, but I never can get below that damned "5". Hence, plateau.
Yesterday, I had some dental work done, major stuff I guess because they completely knocked me out. I really like this new dentist and trust him completely so I didn't mind being unconscious. I was concerned however with the amount of water that they let run down my throat. I mean my tummy is the size of an egg!! I'm not supposed to have more than 20cc of liquid. All the "what if" questions hit me. My bariatric nurse Nancy assured me it was all ok as long as my dentist knew my restrictions, which he did. I was still worried. Ok, I didn't worry after I took the two pills they gave me, maybe Tramadol I think but I could be wrong. So, to make a long story short, I woke up this morning, pissed like a race horse and weighed........
*drumroll, please*
and I did not see a "5" or a "7" or an "8". Not even a "6" or a "9" or the dreaded "0". I saw a "1". WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So, today I'm again tickled shitless at my amazingly wonderful shrinking body. Yes, the body with the stretchmarks and the sagging boobies with nipples that point in different directions and the fat left ankle (compared to the right) and the fat apron "pannus" in the front. I like my body.
My hair is another story, but we'll discuss that later.
So, a few weeks pass and I'm fluctuating at "5" (5 being the last number on the scale). I can't get below "5" and as I keep weighing in daily my scale tells me "6" or "8" or "7" or even "5" again, but I never can get below that damned "5". Hence, plateau.
Yesterday, I had some dental work done, major stuff I guess because they completely knocked me out. I really like this new dentist and trust him completely so I didn't mind being unconscious. I was concerned however with the amount of water that they let run down my throat. I mean my tummy is the size of an egg!! I'm not supposed to have more than 20cc of liquid. All the "what if" questions hit me. My bariatric nurse Nancy assured me it was all ok as long as my dentist knew my restrictions, which he did. I was still worried. Ok, I didn't worry after I took the two pills they gave me, maybe Tramadol I think but I could be wrong. So, to make a long story short, I woke up this morning, pissed like a race horse and weighed........
*drumroll, please*
and I did not see a "5" or a "7" or an "8". Not even a "6" or a "9" or the dreaded "0". I saw a "1". WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So, today I'm again tickled shitless at my amazingly wonderful shrinking body. Yes, the body with the stretchmarks and the sagging boobies with nipples that point in different directions and the fat left ankle (compared to the right) and the fat apron "pannus" in the front. I like my body.
My hair is another story, but we'll discuss that later.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
shhhhh, it's late, everyone's tired... but me
Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. It's been 4 days since my last confession.
Ok, 4 days since my last blog post. Forget about it Father, I'm not Catholic anyway! LOL
My week has FLOWWWWWWWN by! I can't think of much blogworthy activity but I'll hit the highlights. Mrs. Coach and I had lunch one day, I can't remember which, but when she got back to work all hell broke loose for her, poor woman. Then, one morning I saw the eldest Divinity child after dropping off MWH at school. I've known this girl for several years and she's so quiet and shy, reserved really. I haven't seen much of her this past year but wow has she grown! She's becoming a lovely young lady. Anyway, back to my point. I saw the eldest divine one amid a group of her peers, she was smiling and engaging and just plain girly. She was happy, giggling and her friends really seemed to hang on her every word. I sat there alone in my Jeep waiting for the car ahead of me to move watching this pre-teen child and thinking to myself how much she's grown over the past few years, smiling inside at how happy she looks, and I realize I'm holding up traffic, I hadn't realized that the cars ahead of me had driven off. I was so embarassed, the eldest divine child never saw me "mom stalking" her so at least I didn't embarass her, but it was still pretty funny. A few weeks ago, MHS cheerleaders were selling Wardog wear so I bought MWH and myself some Wardog stuff. MWH wanted a short sleeved t-shirt, that's a given for her, and I got a long sleeved t-shirt and a pair of sweats. In the month or so since I ordered them, the pants fit me but the shirt is too big! WOO HOO! I freakin' love that!
I took off work early Friday so I could pick up MWH and her friends, Sally and Lily, after school for Sally's 13th birthday party. Her birthday was a week ago but her mom had promised her a sleepover party and due to her mom's work schedule and a broken pipe (meaning no water) she couldn't do it so I offered to let the girls have their soire here. Yes, I do crack. (Ok, no, I don't but I'm sure someone thinks I am for volunteering to take 3 seventh grade girls for a night of mall crawling and bliss.)
We hit the mall at 4:00 and Chuck E. Cheese beckoned with it's game room and cheap, crappy prizes. Actually, it was the $0.25 picture machine that drew me in but the girls just wanted to do it because they could and dammit, it was fun! We blew $15 in there on tokens and I never saved back enough to do the pictures so I just paid for the pics. I got 4 different poses so each girl could choose their favorite and then I'd have one left over for me. They all rock. Lily takes great pics, she's a classic, romanesque beauty, one pic has a come hither look and she was a bit embarassed by it. MWH, always the clown, has her tongue out or is doing something goofy. Sally, well, sally is just sweet in all of them.
After Chuck E. Cheese, we hit Old Navy and separated. I decided that the girls needed to be able to roam alone and after doing a quick speech on stranger danger and "private" body parts, I left the girls to their own devices. There I am again, me with the crack. LOL
Actually, I spent the time wisely, looking in all the jewelry shops in search of a pair of diamond solitaire stud earrings. Do I want certified or non-certified? What color, karat or clarity do I want? What cuts are out there other than round or princess cut? Do I want the insurance? I made it through all the jewelry stores and I was in Macy's when MWH calls me to tell me they're leaving Deb and heading to the food court. We've been in the mall for an hour and a half now and they've hit two stores. Old Navy and Deb. I nearly fell over. They were going to hit Icing and meet me in the food court. On my way back though I ran into a friend of Bob's with his wife and new 2 month old daughter, Avery. Oh. My. God. She is sooooooooooo adorable. She smells like baby!!! I miss that smell. That old, icky formula mixed in with diaper plastic and baby wash. It smells like heaven, simply heaven. So after much ooooooohing and aweing of the beautiful baby, I headed out again in search of the girls and I ran into a guy I went to high school with and he couldn't stop talking about how good I looked. His wife was getting a little pissed, she has always hated me, but it was so nice to hear him say he was proud of me and that I looked great. He always gave the best bear hugs in high school and he still does! He even picked me up off the ground a little!! That rocks! Off again to search for roaming girls and amazingly enough I found the girls still entranced at Icing. I went to Garfield's to reserve our table and to tell our server that one of my girls was having a birthday and I desperately wanted to emabarass her. We ordered and chatted and colored on our table, we giggled and talked about boys and boobs and the annoying children at the other table, we ate and drank and just when the time was right out came the entire Garfield's crew with our deserts and sang to lil miss Sally and I'm telling you the girl nearly climbed the wall she wanted out of that booth so bad! It was classic. Her mother would have loved it.
Our next stop was at Hot Topic where we hit the mother load! MWH got a goth outfit fit for a halloween princess and Sally got some awesome accessories. Lola is not a goth, Hot Topic kinda girl but I think she enjoyed looking at it all.
We went to Vanity and Rave and Journey's and soooooooooo many other stores. The girls found bargains and I was so proud of them with their purchases!! We weren't done when 9:00 came and the mall closed and we had to leave. We loaded our loot in the Jeep and headed next door to Kohl's and had 2 more hours of shopping, they didn't close until 11:00!! I went my way and they went theirs, after an hour or so I ran into them and Lola was dragging, she was tired.... We rounded up our last selections and headed out. Then they decided Braum's sounded good so we headed there!! It was nearly 1:00am before we got home! We had soooooooooo much fun! The girls crashed from exhaustion and here I sit. I'm not at all tired. I have successfully outshopped 3 teenaged girls. Wow! Now that is exciting!!
Ok, 4 days since my last blog post. Forget about it Father, I'm not Catholic anyway! LOL
My week has FLOWWWWWWWN by! I can't think of much blogworthy activity but I'll hit the highlights. Mrs. Coach and I had lunch one day, I can't remember which, but when she got back to work all hell broke loose for her, poor woman. Then, one morning I saw the eldest Divinity child after dropping off MWH at school. I've known this girl for several years and she's so quiet and shy, reserved really. I haven't seen much of her this past year but wow has she grown! She's becoming a lovely young lady. Anyway, back to my point. I saw the eldest divine one amid a group of her peers, she was smiling and engaging and just plain girly. She was happy, giggling and her friends really seemed to hang on her every word. I sat there alone in my Jeep waiting for the car ahead of me to move watching this pre-teen child and thinking to myself how much she's grown over the past few years, smiling inside at how happy she looks, and I realize I'm holding up traffic, I hadn't realized that the cars ahead of me had driven off. I was so embarassed, the eldest divine child never saw me "mom stalking" her so at least I didn't embarass her, but it was still pretty funny. A few weeks ago, MHS cheerleaders were selling Wardog wear so I bought MWH and myself some Wardog stuff. MWH wanted a short sleeved t-shirt, that's a given for her, and I got a long sleeved t-shirt and a pair of sweats. In the month or so since I ordered them, the pants fit me but the shirt is too big! WOO HOO! I freakin' love that!
I took off work early Friday so I could pick up MWH and her friends, Sally and Lily, after school for Sally's 13th birthday party. Her birthday was a week ago but her mom had promised her a sleepover party and due to her mom's work schedule and a broken pipe (meaning no water) she couldn't do it so I offered to let the girls have their soire here. Yes, I do crack. (Ok, no, I don't but I'm sure someone thinks I am for volunteering to take 3 seventh grade girls for a night of mall crawling and bliss.)
We hit the mall at 4:00 and Chuck E. Cheese beckoned with it's game room and cheap, crappy prizes. Actually, it was the $0.25 picture machine that drew me in but the girls just wanted to do it because they could and dammit, it was fun! We blew $15 in there on tokens and I never saved back enough to do the pictures so I just paid for the pics. I got 4 different poses so each girl could choose their favorite and then I'd have one left over for me. They all rock. Lily takes great pics, she's a classic, romanesque beauty, one pic has a come hither look and she was a bit embarassed by it. MWH, always the clown, has her tongue out or is doing something goofy. Sally, well, sally is just sweet in all of them.
After Chuck E. Cheese, we hit Old Navy and separated. I decided that the girls needed to be able to roam alone and after doing a quick speech on stranger danger and "private" body parts, I left the girls to their own devices. There I am again, me with the crack. LOL
Actually, I spent the time wisely, looking in all the jewelry shops in search of a pair of diamond solitaire stud earrings. Do I want certified or non-certified? What color, karat or clarity do I want? What cuts are out there other than round or princess cut? Do I want the insurance? I made it through all the jewelry stores and I was in Macy's when MWH calls me to tell me they're leaving Deb and heading to the food court. We've been in the mall for an hour and a half now and they've hit two stores. Old Navy and Deb. I nearly fell over. They were going to hit Icing and meet me in the food court. On my way back though I ran into a friend of Bob's with his wife and new 2 month old daughter, Avery. Oh. My. God. She is sooooooooooo adorable. She smells like baby!!! I miss that smell. That old, icky formula mixed in with diaper plastic and baby wash. It smells like heaven, simply heaven. So after much ooooooohing and aweing of the beautiful baby, I headed out again in search of the girls and I ran into a guy I went to high school with and he couldn't stop talking about how good I looked. His wife was getting a little pissed, she has always hated me, but it was so nice to hear him say he was proud of me and that I looked great. He always gave the best bear hugs in high school and he still does! He even picked me up off the ground a little!! That rocks! Off again to search for roaming girls and amazingly enough I found the girls still entranced at Icing. I went to Garfield's to reserve our table and to tell our server that one of my girls was having a birthday and I desperately wanted to emabarass her. We ordered and chatted and colored on our table, we giggled and talked about boys and boobs and the annoying children at the other table, we ate and drank and just when the time was right out came the entire Garfield's crew with our deserts and sang to lil miss Sally and I'm telling you the girl nearly climbed the wall she wanted out of that booth so bad! It was classic. Her mother would have loved it.
Our next stop was at Hot Topic where we hit the mother load! MWH got a goth outfit fit for a halloween princess and Sally got some awesome accessories. Lola is not a goth, Hot Topic kinda girl but I think she enjoyed looking at it all.
We went to Vanity and Rave and Journey's and soooooooooo many other stores. The girls found bargains and I was so proud of them with their purchases!! We weren't done when 9:00 came and the mall closed and we had to leave. We loaded our loot in the Jeep and headed next door to Kohl's and had 2 more hours of shopping, they didn't close until 11:00!! I went my way and they went theirs, after an hour or so I ran into them and Lola was dragging, she was tired.... We rounded up our last selections and headed out. Then they decided Braum's sounded good so we headed there!! It was nearly 1:00am before we got home! We had soooooooooo much fun! The girls crashed from exhaustion and here I sit. I'm not at all tired. I have successfully outshopped 3 teenaged girls. Wow! Now that is exciting!!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
TMI Tuesday (Rated RRRRRRR)
TMI Tuesday #51
1. Have you used put anything edible on your partner's body and then eaten it?
Gawd yes! Granted, all these acts were before my surgery. My favorite was chocolate. The other edibles were pretty much ice cream toppings like caramel and whipped cream!
2. Have you ever had an AIDS test due to reasonable suspicion or hyperactive imagination?
I can safely say no, I've been married for 16 years and I've never had to worry about that. Knock wood (pun intended).
3. Have you ever fantasized about someone else other than your partner while you were engaged in sex, oral sex, or mutual masturbation?
Ever? I'm pretty sure I have before but it's been a while! I find it terribly hard to believe that anyone hasn't at some point in time!
4. Have you ever engaged in sex, oral sex, or mutual masturbation while in a moving car?
Yes...... You ask that like it's not the norm.....
5. Have you ever had sex so many times or for so long that one or both people involved runs dry?
Oh, my, yes, guilty here too.
Bonus (as in optional): Fill in the blank: Eyes is/are sexy; Lips is/are sexier.
1. Have you used put anything edible on your partner's body and then eaten it?
Gawd yes! Granted, all these acts were before my surgery. My favorite was chocolate. The other edibles were pretty much ice cream toppings like caramel and whipped cream!
2. Have you ever had an AIDS test due to reasonable suspicion or hyperactive imagination?
I can safely say no, I've been married for 16 years and I've never had to worry about that. Knock wood (pun intended).
3. Have you ever fantasized about someone else other than your partner while you were engaged in sex, oral sex, or mutual masturbation?
Ever? I'm pretty sure I have before but it's been a while! I find it terribly hard to believe that anyone hasn't at some point in time!
4. Have you ever engaged in sex, oral sex, or mutual masturbation while in a moving car?
Yes...... You ask that like it's not the norm.....
5. Have you ever had sex so many times or for so long that one or both people involved runs dry?
Oh, my, yes, guilty here too.
Bonus (as in optional): Fill in the blank: Eyes is/are sexy; Lips is/are sexier.
Your friendly ATM machine and it's many uses
What do YOU use an ATM for? Do you just use it to pull money out of or do you ever actually deposit money into it?
For years, I've seen the prompt where it asks if you're making a deposit or making a withdrawal and I've wondered why would anyone ever deposit money into an ATM. It's just not normal. Normal people use them to GET money, they don't use ATM's to GIVE money. Well, let me tell you I am normal and I'm now using the ATM to make deposits too. Why you ask? Why is because the people at Arvest are fucking idiots and I prefer a cold, mechanical ATM machine over a pasted-on, cheap smile any day. LOL
MrsCoach posted today that MamaKBear posted yesterday that her mother-in-law will be going in for brain surgery. She has some tumors and the doctors are tackling the biggest one first. She's asked us to all keep her and her family in your prayers and thoughts! Go by and leave her a comment, let her know your thinking of her!
For years, I've seen the prompt where it asks if you're making a deposit or making a withdrawal and I've wondered why would anyone ever deposit money into an ATM. It's just not normal. Normal people use them to GET money, they don't use ATM's to GIVE money. Well, let me tell you I am normal and I'm now using the ATM to make deposits too. Why you ask? Why is because the people at Arvest are fucking idiots and I prefer a cold, mechanical ATM machine over a pasted-on, cheap smile any day. LOL
MrsCoach posted today that MamaKBear posted yesterday that her mother-in-law will be going in for brain surgery. She has some tumors and the doctors are tackling the biggest one first. She's asked us to all keep her and her family in your prayers and thoughts! Go by and leave her a comment, let her know your thinking of her!
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