We have decided on the dog we want! Isn't that PRECIOUS? And I have a friend who has a few, and they are TOO sweet!Andrea is bugging me for a Yorkie, but I need to think about it, because not only are we in an Apartmen (and condo hunting for the moment) but I also have to purchase a new car before Spring.AHHH!

What to do, what to do. I like this little guy--> just the way he is........all furry and fluffy, but I know Andrea wants a girl. Not just so she can say it is a GIRL, but also becuase she wants to "gasp" dress her up with "lots of bows". How many bows does a 3 pound dog need. When does it go from cute, to overboard,and embarrasing? Like I said, either way is fine with me, and I am proud that Andrea is veryyyyy loving with animals, but poor Nick sure is gonna look ridiculous when he takes the dog for outings (he is just as exited as we are) wearing a dress. LOL!

Question of the Day! Please Answer too!

Q:How did you come up with the name of your blog?
A:Jason Mraz is one of my favorite musicians (very underrated) and he has a song called "Too Much Food On My Plate" it describes a man with JUST THAT..who has way too many thoughts going through his head, and very different outlooks on things. He feels like he is very different from the rest of the world and people keep trying to put limits on the things he can do. I liked that song A LOT. I hope Jason Mraz doesnt get upset w/ me for using this...lol.

"You can say that I'm one curly fry in the box of the regularMessing with the flavor oh the flavor that you savorSaving me for last but you better not eat me at allLiving in a fast food bag making friends with the ketchup and saltPeople say that I'm crazy for not moving on to better thingsInstead I'm sitting around trash talking with the onion ringsBut it's much too soon to leave this easy lifePass me the spoon. Pass the analytical knife" JM

Now, go post a question and answer, that you would like everyone else to answer as well. When you are through, post your name and url to http://islandlife808.com/. Cool way to meet new people!

It's THAT time of YEAR! Showing how weird I am

This, to me is the worst time of year! Not only because funds are lower because of Christmas shopping, and the icy cold, and my dry winter skin, and pasty winter face, and chapped lips, and static cling hair, and having to WARM your car up before you can drive (so you have to wake up earlier) but MOST OF ALL....because of the sickness.
Now I can handle a cold. I do not get scared of getting colds. If you have a cold, I might even drink out of your cup! No biggie to me. It is an excuse to get out of doing things you do not want to and gives you an excuse to lay in bed and sleep. AHH!
There is something going around, every February that I am SCARED TO DEATH of.I am not a crazy scared person about ANYTHING. I dont care about spiders, or snakes. I love ghost stories, and blood doesnt make me lose it.I am terrified of VOMIT! It has stopped me from nursing,a nd actually made me develop social anxiety...I'm so scared of that VIRUS! I have a phobia of this,actually...and this virus spreads like wildfire.Go figure! I would rather have both legs broken then have the stomach flu, and one leg broken than be around ANYONE who has it. If I hear someone has it, not only do I have to ask lots of questions to make sure that maybe it was not the virus, yet something they ate (to clear my anxious mind) but I also want them to be quarantined.
Some people act as though it is no big deal!!!!!!!!!! OMG! If you plan a wedding, spend thousands of dollars on it, and you get the rotavirus on the BIG DAY, guess what! The bride is going to be M.I.A unless you want to see her projectile vomit and have a bad case of swamp pants along the isle. No medicine can put it to ease, not even for a little bit. YOU ARE OUT OF COMMISSION! No control! Look, it happened to Bush Sr when he was having dinner at the TABLE with some peeps in JAPAN! It can happen to anyone,at any time.
I have read up on ways to avoid getting it, and KNOCK ON WOOD, I havent in a few years.KNOCK ON WOOD KNOCK ON WOOD KNOCK ON WOOD!!!! But Andrea has, and remember, I have a hard time being around anyone who does have it. Of coarse I take care of her, but I do cry a little. I try not to! OMG, that is the scariest thing EVER for me! She doesnt know I cry, because she is crying, but I cry!
This phobia of mine makes me not want to take any vacation, have visitors, or leave my house from Dec-March...but especially February! I do anyways,but when I hear it is going around our town (which I heard yesterday) I go into panic mode, and have the "dont put your fingers in your nose,ears or eyes, talk a few times a day, and wont kiss or share drinks with ANYONE" . I dont ACT like a lunatic, but I secretly think like it,and try my best not to let the world see me as I use my sleeve to open doors,use forks for french fries, and wash my hands excessively! UGH, I know I sound like a weirdo, but I had to tell SOMEONE, because no one really knows..........and I am freaking out inside.
Lord,
I know that fear is not a gift from you, and is not of you. I am sorry that I hang onto this fear, and everyday I will make a conscious effort to trust and have faith in you, and not this fear from the enemy.
In Jesus Name I prey,Amen


Hey!!! People are scared of a lot worse. I saw a women who was scared of pickles on tv, so LOCK IT UP! :)

So Far,Not so Good

Okay, I have only been to two sights but they are both exactly alike. Both sites ask you to download the "coupon printer" to your computer. WHY?(I don't like that) and then most of the cupons are for things you do not buy a large amount of, and arent even on your list. AND...the other half is for beauty products, or flowers or Victoria's Secret. SO, is it really helping to save us money when you flaunt 15% off of any purchase of $100 or more, in our "just going to get bread and milk" faces? I don't think so.
So Far.... For Groceries
http://www.shopathome.com/ is not the way to go. (But you CAN find okay coupons for Seven Jeans ,Bebe,American Eagle,Apple, Victoria's Secret, or even Benefit, Bare Minerals, and Neutrogena,etc.) And THEY DO give away free things with purchase at some stores.

Let's see what else I come up with. I have 7 hours Remember,the goal is GROGERIES (telling myself this) :)

8:46am
I just realized that EverSave or http://coupons.smartsource.com/WEB/index.aspx?Link=BVVLEN2ZW4LXY <---- that is the page you get to once you filled out all of the crap)
has some good coupons (I am not sure if they work or not yet) but you do have to go through a lot of promotion pages. But you still have to install crap!UGHHHH, I don't trust that.


It's 12:59...and still no luck. But I got a coupon for FREE Chocolate Chex MIX! YAY!!!!!!1
I feel like I am giving up...but I'll try not to....whomp,whomp!

JUST AN IDEA! SAVE SOME $$$$

I have to go Grocery Shopping this weekend (UGH!) and Nick has given me an assignment. He wants me to see what I can get for $50! He said that I need to learn how to budget, because I can not do it in a grocery store. I CANT! It's true!....But thanks to my new friend at http://afrugalfriend.blogspot.com/ maybe I can! I am going to be clipping as many coupons (the 20 year old me from my past is embarrased of the 26 year old me in the present) HAY! THESE ARE HARD TIMES!!!! and I am going to let you all know what I got, what I spent, and what happened! I will even take pics (I saw a woman on Oprah spend like $.97 and get a TON). Wish me LUCK! I'll take a pic of my reciept and post it Monday!
If y'all know of any coupons that can be printed, post it as a comment, and if you know of any friends who do this type of thing, please refer them here, and to http://afrugalfriend.blogspot.com/. As usual, if you post a comment, I will do the same,and when I find something really cool, and useful,I'll start giving credit for it, here!!!! Also, if you want to do the same and compare, that would be GREAT!!!
I never liked the old ladies with the coupons in the grocery stores very much.....but now I wish I would have made my words a little sweeter, cause here I am soppin' up with gravy!!!
...let some lil devil give me the ol' stink eye in line! Peggy will jump out of me and lay it down! (Peggy is my Gma..tell ya more about her later, that's a post you WONT believe...kinda saving it for The Mothers)
oh, and please check out http://jackie-ohhhh.blogspot.com/2009/01/recession-tips-for-divas.html and tell me what you think :)

Relevant Poem that I was just reminded of!!!

It is so nice to see something like a poem, that you had on the tip of your tongue for years, written out ,word for word,exactly as you wish you would have remembered it all those times you wanted to.

Mr.Brace had us memorize this poem in the 6th grade. I couldn't remember ALL of it. Just the line in BOLD. I think that one proved to be important later on in life. For it's own personal reasons.

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will

When the road you're trudging seems all up hill

When the funds are low and the debts are high <-----How many of us know how that feels?

And you want to smile

but you have to sigh

When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest! if you must; but don't you quit!!!!
Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out

Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;

You might succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than it seems

to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup.

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out;

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;

It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Andrea and I are going to start memorizing this tonight!

The most annoying girl on EARTH!

I post quite a few random blogs per day, about whatever I am thinking at the time. Seeing Sia's haircut below, made me think of my boyfriends, brothers, kinda ex! Why do I judge her so harshly? I have tried and tried to like her, and she has not REALLy done anything to me. I know how Jesus feels about feeling this way, and I am ashamed that I do it, but this girl DRIVES me CRAZY! Everytime I try to love her, and ignore her bad qualities, someone HAS to call me up to tell me, or she rubs one in my face. I almost gave up going to my boyfriends family functions, because I felt so bad that when she is there, all we do is gossip about her. Even when I don't join in, I hear it, and I make judgements.But she drives me NUTS! I dont understand.
Nicks brother and her break up, and then whenever he moves on to meet someone new, she comes running back for him Then once she sees that he has latched on to her again, she breaks it off. They are both kind of pathetic.
I believe everyone has good and bad qualities and that we are not all flat characters. I will say that her bad qualities, outweigh her good ones WITH ME, and my boyfriends family, but then again, she could be saying the same about me. SO I can't really talk. What I can tell you is that I just can't stand the girl! She was raised middle class, by a Father who has drove the same car for 20 years to give his daughters everything they needed,wanted,etc. He sent them off to great colleges, and paid for their weddings. He was the All American Father, raising All American Girls. Accept one of the girls (you guessed it) cheated on her boyfriend, and was even having an affair while the Wedding was in planning. She complained about her "controlling husband" yet talked to my boyfriends brother (who is not a saint either) on the phone all during her honeymoon, about how much she missed him. She later left her husband, and moved Nicks brother in.She drinks wayyyy too much (gets violent with random people when she drinks), is way too loud when she isn't drinking, knows everyone, and something about Everything, brags about her sorority and job as a Pharmaceutical Rep.(nothing isnt related to these two things in conversation-NOTHING), and the Dr.s She knows, and the Junior Women League she leads(its a very very small town, no bragging rights for a bunch of rich gossipers there), and the $$$ her sister's husband has. Her house is cute, she dresses cute, neither is extraordinary. She scrapbooks,and loves Lily Pulitzer (gag) and Vera Bradley (those things never bothered me before. I have never purchased either, but my BF did buy me some Vera Luggage, that I am now ashamed to carry)! All of these things wouldnt bother me (a few of my best friends were in sororities) if it werent HER saying them, and she didnt fit into this MOLD!I like to Scrapbook (I just found out, thanks to you gals)... I have friends who more money than I do, and well paying jobs. My boyfriends brothers NEW girlfriend has a much better job than me or his ex, and I love her to pieces, but his EX DRIVES ME NUTZ! What bothers me even more is that he can not make up his mind who he wants to date. The sweet, humble, much prettier, much more down to earth Julie, that his family and I LOVE, (who has the opportunity to stay in town if she chooses, with her company *she is a traveling Physical Therapist* or move away this summer for a new assignment) or this crazy, violent, alcoholic,self-proclaimed "socialite",stereotypical southern bitch, KNOW IT ALL, Allie!!! AND SHE IS NOT PRETTY, at all! I have nothing against people with mental illness. Actually I worked in a group home when I was younger and loved the people I worked with deeply, so please excuse this remark...but she looks like she has Down Syndrome, and doesn't!!!! The girls that I worked with THAT HAD DOWN SYNDROME were beautiful, but you get my point!
Its none of my business, but it sure does make holidays a lot more enjoyable when you like the company you keep, and I am supposed to go up there when the weather warms up. I will probably have to sit down for dinner on Friday night with DUMB ALLIE and listen to her CRAZY ass talk about her RED HAT CLUB (jk-im sorry,"Jr.Womens Leaugue, ha ha) and insist that we go to Mexican so she can get drunk and show off her sloppy spanish, and then feel so bad about it when I see Julie the next night. She is just sooooo mellow,easy going and nice...not to mention, both Nick and I agree she is a beauty, with a good head on her shoulders.
I usually refuse to attend anything that Allie is going to be at,but that causes problems. I just can't do that to myself (she is obnoxious...DID I TELL YOU THAT she talks to the waitors at the Spanish resteraunt in Spanish???? UGH!) or Julie. What should I DO?

Sia-SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS

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SITS Bedroom Bliss (I want this so bad, that I do not want to share)

SITS is giving away a Bedroom Bliss Package, and HOW BAD DO I WANT THIS????!!!!!!!!
You don't understand! I would be even more exited to SPRING into SPRING with ALL of THIS for the bedroom! You get
* 500 thread count sheet set (You choose the size). Yep, 5oo-not too shabby!

*A set of 2 Memory Foam Pillows. Have you ever used these? They are the best! Just like laying your head on a cloud, or better yet a soft MARSHMELLOW....kinda.
PLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* little extras like:
Sheet spray, decadent lotion and candles.Ohhh La LA!
A set of soft and uber comfy luxurious spa towels.
ALSO.......... a $30 gift Card for Target~! In case they forgot anything (doesnt sound like it to me, but a relaxing c.d would put the icing on the cake. Does Target sell Wine???)
Also, the winner's blog will be featured as their Friday Favorite, the first Friday of March!
Go check it out! Or dont...so my chance of winning is better ;)

Why you need to be told "He is Just Not That Into You!"

Okay, for those of you who LOVED this book....go here! http://a-nut-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2009/02/hes-just-not-that-into-you-cd.html for an AWESOME GIVEAWAY!
I hated the book, but I still want the Giveaway!
How many times have you heard someone quote this book? I know I have. If you have never heard of the book, let me clue you in.
It's a scam. This big "reformed" jerk, Greg Berherdt, tells us "idiotic" women, in a very blunt way, what -IF WE WERE TO USE OUR BRAINS, we would already know. I could write this book. AND I'D PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB!
Not only is this ridiculous book (that I learned NOTHING from, but did quote to an ex an expert from, just to validate my point. WHY didn't he tell me NOT to do that?huh?) a no brainer and a way to rip off clueless women (I bought it, hoping to find something I had never heard, instead I was just PISSED at my sex for being such dumb dumbs) but NOW it is going to be a FANTASTIC movie!!! WITH a GREAT CAST, that I am probably going to see, which will put more $$$ in this asshat's pockets (I hear the soundtrack is awesome too!).
I can't be mad at Greg, he did sell common sense to a group of people who just weren't using their own, but I just don't like him. I think it is the frosted hair.HE is tooo into himself. Just look http://www.gregbehrendt.com/ Almost anyone who got their "name to fame" from the Oprah show, except Dr.Oz, makes my skin crawl.( Who hasn't been helped by the fact that Poo is supposed to be shaped like an S?) Sorry Dr.Phil, You too! You freakin' jackass.
Anyways, this Mr. Behrendt gives advice to women on love, from a man's point of view. Most of it is negative, and makes us look like petty little cry babies. He almost ALWAYS says that" he is just not that into you". Wow. No wonder so many women are untrusting these days.
I will admit in a heartbeat that most of the men you meet are not going to have your best interest at heart. Are they all Scumbags like this Greg character, claims that HE used to be (way of tooting your own horn and bragging about your"old ways" to me) NO! I think for a more in depth, honest approach into relationships and the opposite sex, you'd be better off reading " Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships" than this crap.
Not ALL men are dogs. Many of them, but many women are bitches too! I have known many women to cheat, and leave the good men at home waiting. I have known many women not to call the man back, and I have known many women to use a man. Not for sex, but for money or whatever else. By accepting that NOT all MEN are jerks, and that WE too make mistakes, we are accepting responsibility for half of the problem, and by doing so, we are putting aside the "victim" mentality.
A few of my friends ALWAYS date the biggest jerks! ALWAYS! They just "find" them. After years and years of listening to "Jennifer" ( I'll call her that) complain about how "HORRIBLE" this guy made her life, and how "MISERABLE" this guy made her. I finally said something to her.I had her over a few weekends ago. I made dinner and we rented a movie. Every other sentence out of her mouth was about how big of a dick this guy who she WAS dating was, and how GREAT this guy she just met is. How this reminded her of him, that did, he did this, is he gonna call, blah blah blah. I finally said "enough!" "Jennifer, YOU are going to chase this guy away, if all you think about is HIM! Not because he wont like YOU, but he will sense that you just need SOMEONE, ANYONE...and that will be a turn off, you have to like YOU, have SOME independence,and sense of self with out HIM". She thinks that she does, but by the end of the night, she understood and was like "OMG, am I THAT girl?" I nodded and said "yes". I have another friend named Abigail who is the SAME exact way. She goes from boyfriend to boyfriend, and smothers them. All of her friends are HIS friends, and you don't hear from her unless they are in a fight. She does what EVER they like, whether it is hunting, or snowboarding, etc.etc. She also becomes the jealous girlfriend, and if they break up, wants to end her life.
ALL OF THE GUYS that my friends here are dating are NOT jerks! As a matter of fact, I wouldn't tell them this, but If I were a dude, I'd steer clear of them, because when it ends, YOU ARE going to be labeled the biggest SCUMBAG!
There are more girls out there like this, who have no sense of self without a man, than you think, and those are THE ONLY girls who could benefit from this book, but because it is like a sickness or addiction for them, they wont!
Are there OverDater Anonymous Groups, just wondering....there should be.
It may sound cliche, but YOU DO have to LOVE yourself before anyone else can love you! Maybe not always, but IT is much healthier to.