valentines 2008

.....................................this year for valentines rodney and i agreed on some guidelines. the rules were a $10 gift and a card. later i had to add some fine print to the card rule. there had to be something hand-written in addition to the pre-typed text from Hallmark. (minor technicality that could have been catostrophic.) come valentines day though rodney pulled through with more than i had ever expected. first, since i also kind of suck at showing love, i was running to the card store on my lunch break on thursday. when i got into my car to go, there in the passenger's seat, was my card from rod along with a beautiful box of candy. i got all teary. then i continued to cry when i read the card, which was perfectly selected. sobbed some more when i read what rodney had writen. (also perfectly selected). i couldn't have been happier with my valentine. but then when i got home from work . . . . . the house was clean, the table was set with candles and flowers and dinner was cooking. suddenly, i realized that my valentine to him now kindov sucked. i got him a monster candied apple and the man version of the exact same card he had gotten me. at the card store with the other 50 last-minute loosers, the idea of the same card seemed funny, even a little cute. i had really liked his card. but once it was time to giiiive my gift. . . . it was too late to run out to wal-greens to re-think this.

Josiah Leming Performs Grace Kelly American Idol

if your a "normal" person, you're like "who is josiah leming?" but if you watch american idol devotely like me then you know that he was on american idol and just got the boot on tonight's episode. i wanted to hate him so bad becuase he is a GIANT cryin' whin' boobie sucker. but he grow on me and he became my fav. so. . . to see him get rejected from the top 24 was terribly disappointing. however, i just did a yahoo! search on this boy to see what's out there. and just like alwasys, the internet never disappoints me. there are TONS of stuff on him and tons of other fans out there. i am happy to say, i am not the only freak. but i am still hoping that i am not the only full-grown woman fan. the rest may very well be 13-year old girls. (see video below)

toby's growing

diney turned 15!!!

nothing makes you feel older then when someone you've known since they were born turns 15! my nieces is not only taller than me, she's younger than me (but only by 13 years). she has her whole life ahead of her. can you imaging the possibilities? i cannot wait to see what she does because whatever it is, i know for fact that it will be AMAZING! everybody love's you diney. . . . . er. . elizabeth. also, your dad told me that next year you're getting an audi for your birthday!

date night, shmate night

i start and i start over then i start again. . . . i have soooo o much to write about and at the same time i have absolutly nothing to write about. it just all everyday same ol'-same ol'. however the everyday is our EVERYTHING. rushing thomas out the door to go to school makes me happy. seeing tobias wake up first thing in the morning brings me joy. falling asleep next to rodney is the perfect end to all my days. but is it ok to have everyday same ol' same ol' with the ol' husband? i've read magazine articles in redbook, woman's day and readers digest about "how to spice up your marriage". i always thought this was stupid. why would a marriage need spicing up and why on earth do we call it 'spice'. that's gay. rodney and i had "date night" a couple weeks back in an effort to throw something different into our everyday everything. however, we had an evening that started and 7 and was over by 10. we would have been on the "don't" list in any of these magazine articles. nevertheless, we hung out again last night and have plans to go out to celebrate valentines day. so we will forever continue to go out, we just need more patience and practice. i tell you what though. . . .i'd rather have a million failed date nights with rodney then one single "everyday" day without rodney.