it's a SAD day in muddville

does anyone remember that story?????????? or am i just soooo damn old that i do remember it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway..........it's been storming here since 7'ish this am......comet woke me with his incessant barking at the thunder..............and it's extremely muddy...........so the pool boys come......(fyi......hire your own pool boys.........the ones they send from the pool company are VERY hard of the eyes.............!!!!!!!! way too much beer...............too much recreational drugs......etc) anyway........they blew the pipes clear and put on the winter cover...............it's very, very sad................

does anyone feel sad for me??????????? by the way.......that would be comet in the upper left of the photo.............apollo was ducking for cover........he doesn't like to be wet!! he's very delicate......just like me!!!!!!!!! we are both like jasmine's...........very, very delicate!!!!!!

okay..........gotta shower before i'm off for the haircut............hope tom leaves some blonde on!!!!!!

i love my life!!!

waiting for my dt stuff...............loving the cooler weather

i can't actually believe i posted that.............i LOVE summer and the heat........however the pool water is sooooo damn cold i am just ready for cooler weather and fun new clothes!!!!!!!!

i found myself a new jEAN jacKet yesterday....(remember.......i lost mine while wasting time at Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix, Arizona!!)) ........went shopping with miss stinky mcgee......perhaps that would be mrs. stinky fluchel.........anyway......bought a jacket at express......then found another at gap..........bought them both.......rex and erin liked the one from gap best............so guess i'll be returning the other one!!!! no worries............perhaps i can find myself a pair a jeans instead!!!!!!!!! now......don't anyone tell mr. butt........he thinks 5 pairs of jeans are plenty for anyone!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!!!

waiting until the box of goodies arrives from Clear Scraps............kinda excited to get started playing with it..............making stuff.............i just wish i had someone to come and clean up all the other crap in this studio.............what a flippin mess!!!!!!!!!! i have had the last 3 days off........haven't gotten a thing done...........and still have tomorrow off!!!!!!!! damn.........in the olden days i would have worked from sun-up to sun-down trying to get things done........that's what age does to you..................if it gets done......GREAT............if not...........GREAT............i will not kill myself anymore for a clean/scoured home................it just doesn't make sense!!


mr. butt & i went to at&t yesterday to switch up our phones...........we have the lamest phones ever..........you can be sitting right next to them and still not hear them ring!!!!!!! well......after looking at jilly's and DOCTOR mikes' (and i say that with the utmost respect.............YEAH!!( anyway.........i have decided i would really like an iPhone...............soooooo after 1 hour of rex deciding which phone he would like....(not the iPhone) we decide to run home for the current phone contract....(att needed the info) and we find out that the contract isn't up until NOV. 29...................aaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk...........can you say CRAP!!!!!!!!! everyone who knows me knows i don't like to wait............however i will!!!!!!!!! who knows.........i may even change my mind!!!

trying to convince some other girls to join us at ScrapSt. Louis...........yes, CRICKET.......i'm speaking directly to you!!!!!!!!!!!! i think it will be a great time.............fun will be had by all............soooooo if anyone is thinking about it......come on down!!!!!!!

okay.......mr.butt should be home from the barn soon...............mozzarella caprese' for supper!!!!!!!!! can you say YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

i love my life................................still would love someone to come help with organizing!!!!!!!!!

guess what............i got selected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeppers.........you read that correctly!!!!!!!!!! i was selected to be on the ClearScraps design team!!!!!!!!!!!! how cool is that!!!!!!!!! i love their products.............love to play with their word books....and also all the cool embellishments...........and i am learning some really cool things that can be done with their products!!!!!!! stay tuned for more information!!!!!!!!

same bat time
same bat channel!!!!!!!

i was even able to figure out how to add all their blogs to my blog...........check them out for some really cool inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...thanks cathy and the other dt girls that helped me!! kiss,kiss
wowsers...................i LOVE my life!!!!!!

oh......course now they want me to shop............send them a cute photo and send them information about myself! guess there goes the federal protection program!!!!!!!!!! perhaps i can find a photo of someone really cute........think anyone will notice??? of course someone will notice!!!!!!!!!

okay.........i have totally slacked all day......(i know....what's new......smart ass!!!) anyway......qvc hasn't had anything to offer..........so no money going off for crap i really don't need............

ohhhhhhhh........one redeeming thing........i did do some laundry!!!!!!!!!! yeppers.......washed.......tossed into the dryer...........well............i STARTED some laundry..........there is still time to fold and put in it's proper place before mr. butt arrives home from work!

love my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

exciting news.............that i CAN'T SHARE!

oh..........i have some very exciting news........anyway it's exciting for me.......and i can't share it!!!! what a pooper!!!!!!!

life around here is pretty routine.........off to work............then home again......feeling much better..........not quite sure what the heck was up............still have insomnia and i don't think that was it...........however something kicked butt!!!!!!!!!

stopped over at the newlyweds home yesterday........miss lucy is just one big ball of spitfire.......she wore me out just watching...............while i waited for her to use the entire backyard as her toilet, i got eaten by at least 6000 mosquitoes...........they dined on my tender ankles and arms.............then i had to drench myself in benadryl cream......followed shortly thereafter with cortisone 10 spray.............i hate ITCHING!!!!!!!!!!! thank heavens these must have been toddler mosquitoes since the welps weren't large and the itching subsided quickly!!!!!!

i think i may send the book i did of lucy .....her royal highness off to a magazine...........even perhaps an online one...........just to see what would happen!

well.............super early day tomorrow at the center..........OOOHHHH>>>>>>tonight we shot a commercial for the next lt governor of missouri.........sam page, md!!!!!!!!!! i used to work with sam at st. john's...........he is an anesthesiologist......and now is into politics....soooooo we will see!!!!!

anyway..........still love my life................going cropping tomorrow at the store.........hope to get something accomplished!!!!!!!!

oh..........if anyone knows where i stuck my flash drive.........give me a call on my cell!!!!!!!

being ill sucks

yep.....still sick........not quite sure what's up...........no fever.....just chills and aches. went to work today.........just can't stay home and use up holiday pay!

still holding out hope of finding my lost jean jacket! lost it in phoenix.....between the car rental place and the hugh sky harbor airport..........i really loved that jacket.......and the fun buttons on it! especially the one from mary mitchell....."queen of the whole damn world!"........if anyone spots it................send it home to me!!!

hope everyone is well...............erin seems to be doing well with her second year at parkway west............has good students.............
lucy is doing well..............still having a few accidents...........however she is just a bitty girl.......and i still love her!!!!!!!!!!! michael is also doing well.........working hard as usual!

rex is still playing at the barn............usually just one evening or a sunday afternoon per week.........seems they are pretty slow............hopefully things will pick up for the holidays........otherwise the store may close! would hate that.............i think rex enjoys going in there..........it's not hard work........sometimes a little dusty.............however he seems to like it!

i like my other job..............only working here and there..........the money is good......and it pays for all of my little trips.........can't beat that..............love that i can earn the money to pay for these things without dipping into the money for housing and other things!!

well.............starting to fade...........was hoping to stay awake longer than 8pm tonight...........looks like 915pm is it!!!!!!!!!!!

i still love my wonderful life!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

even more photos!

more photos!!!

ce update.........and odd stuff!

hello to all..........life is just as busy as always.......and i just love it! i would love to have some time to catch up on everything.......however i really do love my life!!!

ce was wonderful!!!!!!!!! the classes were outstanding.....they were absolutely better than the first two years....can you imagine that??? however the atmosphere while there was definitely different.....and not for the better! really kind of sad, too! i missed all the girls that have been there in the past........even the yahoo party lacked some of the flavor of years past!

catherine and i took laurie montague to CE......at least in spirit....and she had a grand time.....she was seen getting a little kiss from doug jones.....her paper boy.....and another man from "across the pond" was also seen giving laurie a little peck on the cheek...........how the heck did she get some kisses.....when the rest of us hardly saw a man around???? well...............................................i did get to see some of the friends i've made over years ....my very special secret sister, lyn meeker!! she was there with bree ross......love those women!!! just beautiful...inside and out!

also got to see miss joey otlo......and she is just the most bubbly person evah!!!!!!! and she shared the shirt off her back with me!!! just love that! (will have that puppy on this weekend!)

and carol from bazzill......gotta love her, too.....she also shared the shirt (inside scoop!!)

shared a room with catherine f-e....what fun! she decorated the room with streamers, fresh flowers and banners!!!!!!! she also had wine, chips and cheese.......our own party in the room! and laurie had a large fruit bouquet waiting for us..........it was delicious...gotta love watermelon and cantaloupe..........mmmmmm good! shared some of it with the girls at the yahoo party......way too much fruit for just two girls..........!!!!

let's see......heidi looks fabulous.....doug jones looks wonderful......especially in a pink boa and black/pink apron! frani, joey otlo, carol and all the wonderful folks from bazzill looked so great!

amy totty's new hair style is soooo damn cute.......and lara cousins hair is sooo damn long....i almost didn't recognize her!!!!!!!! now i want to let mine grow out.....and use the flat iron even more!

mary mitchell was there......and doing well.....until she received sad news from her son.......a family friend had been killed while overseas in the service. we tried to support her the best we could........she held up.....just really needed her family.....that was half way across the country!

amanda and ann looked great......love that girl.........she is just soooo beautiful......and tiny, too!!!

kyoko gave me one of her charms......looks like a little white hershey's kiss.....will always think of her when i look at it! jeanne kelly gave me two of her charms....love them! since i didn't know i was going to ce until the last minute i didn't join in any swaps........i did receive some pages......from mary mitchell....and a few from some other girls.....they will be a great start to a book for me! saw jeanne kelley, cathy, shannon, jill b from texas, karin from here in missouri, saw meredith (who lives less than 1 mile from me......and i've only seen her once while here at home!) i'm sure that there are many names that i have forgotten.......sorry....i'm old and tired!

i had most of my stuff shipped home....and it arrived yesterday.......can't wait to get into it and start to play!

i have been working on some stuff for a design team try-out......wish me luck...........and i still need to do a few more things for it.....and email those!

i will attach a few photos from ce...........

i love my life!!!!!!!!

packed........and leaving at O-dark-thirty!!!

off to ce in the am.......way early am.........mr. butt and i will rise at 3:45am.......shower......shine up a bit.........then he's packing my sorry ass to the airport..........only to drive to work and sleep in the dustbuster on wheels for an hour or so.............he sees no reason to return home to snooze.....only to have to get up and drive to work!!!    go figure .......BOYS!!!!!!!

can't wait to get to arizona............yesterday the temp was 90 degrees.......today the high was 78 and rainy............hurricane or TS gustav has been soaking our lawns..........and making it miserable to drive..............also all the folks here for the  BMW PGA tour at bellerive country club!!!!!    these folks drive like they are out on the greens..........and can't make a quick move to save their lives..............and they are doing that on the interstate!!!!!!   

catherine gave me a call and said the weather is fab in az.........so looking forward to seeing some of the girls from ce............and playing with all the stuff.........paper, glue......and ink.........and seeing friends.......shopping..........just hanging out...........what fun!!!!!!!   of course i will miss rex soooo very much.........the pups.............stinky mcgee and the new boy!!!!!   and also her royal highness , princess lucy!!!!!     it's only for 4 days then back to the same ol' stuff...........however sometimes 4 days is all you need to regenerate.......renew ..........relax............and well........re-something!!!!!!!

love my life................will see everyone soon!!!!!