I'm sorry your life turned out so hard, Eugene.

Well, MT got installed today thanks to my best good cousin. Alot of things have changed since I last used it. I still don't know wtf a 'widget' is. I found a decent looking template and decided to put some personal touches on the CSS. It's alot harder to do that in notepad instead of Dreamweaver. Hopefully soon I'll have the picture-a-day page up. It's there.. but not working how I want it to. I wish that girl at Quixotic Pixels still had her templates up. It had some nice, simple ones that were very pretty. I'll dig around and play with it tomorrow. It's supposed to rain so I'm sure I'll have time.

Way past the bedtime. I watched too much tv tonight!

To make sure I've got this part fixed:

*mental notes:
planet earth
bigger text
cat food
fish food
milk

I hear that every night and sometimes, since I'm a filthy-minded person, I'll answer,"Pussy!" Well, yesterday it looked like we really WERE going to have pussy for supper! Oh those crazy critters.

Thanks to Rod *waves* Still-Frame Theater is finally running how I want. Well, sort of. The pictures are awfully small and I think I can change that but right now, I'm far to lazy to attempt it. But as a fair warning, it's not very Internet Explorer friendly. It looked screwed up when I checked it with IE. But, if you're still using IE, God damn you outta date, boy! Foxfire's the way to go!

I finally finished weeding the asparagus bed. In one of those pictures you can see me sitting on it before it got cleaned out. Now it's nothing but a big pile of dirt. The cats love to shit in it.

For the second time this week, I've failed to win the Powerball. I had a dream Tuesday night that I was telling someone that we didn't have to worry about money no more.. Wow that was almost straight out of Forrest Gump. Anyway, I bought a ticket for the Wednesday drawing. Lost. Then we bought 5 more for lastnight's drawing. Lost. If I ever did win the Powerball, there's be a lot of people that wouldn't have to worry about money no more. I just want my car, house and computer paid off! And the hospital bills. Ohh ohh and I'd build a garage. and fence the yard in. and maybe take a trip.

Mental note:

Planet Earth
tripod
fish water

Went riding on the backroads to day. Had a blast. Then stopped off at McD's for a Happy Meal, came home and had a picnic on the deck. Got all of my morning glory, sunflower and moonflower seeds planted today. I hope they live. Morning glories are so pretty. Too bad I won't get up early enough to enjoy them.

Everyday, Kara does things to amuse me. Today she woke up from her nap (she didn't know I was in the room) and looked all around on my table for something to get in to. She picked up my discman and started talking to "Harry Pottah". She just sat there and had a whole conversation with a discman! "Uhhhhh Harry Pottah. Uhhhhh Harry Pottah. Nite nite nicken." Atleast now I know I'm not the only one that wakes up talking to Harry Pottah.

Today was Casey's birthday. He's 32! I'm such a horrible wife.. All I got him was a card and some strawberries to plant.

I also changed SFT to show new pics at 600px wide instead of 480. I could barely see the 480w pics and the 600 isn't much better on my eyes but atleast I can see a little more. Maybe I should go a smooth 800x600 and upload full quality pics. Screw the dialupers! I think I was the last person on dialup anyway.

Going to bed early! And remember kids, sit up straight and eat your beans.

At first I thought this was good, but the more I looked at it, I think I'm dumb!

We had a lot of fun today. Kara had a blast at the zoo. We also went to Toys 'r Us. That can be a tiring place when you're chasing after an excited kid.

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So to celebrate the we took a nice family trip to Walmart. I had to get a few things anyway. Needful things. But we ended up blowing way too much. They had a sale on car DVD players so we finally got one. I told Kara that Santa would get her one for Christmas last year but he was a little broke at the time. It's got a nice little 7 inch display screen, a place to hook up the playstation, car and home power adapters. Nice little package. She saw it in the buggy and started talking about Harry Potter. She LOVES him. And then her grandma got her scared to death of Mad-eye Moody. Now everytime he comes on screen, she'll start yelling 'NO' and jump in my lap. Poor little girl. Since Mom pointed out his weird eye to her, if she ever sees anyone in public with a screwed up eye, I'm sure she'll be screaming, hollering and peeing herself.. Speaking of Kara, she's now off the bottle!

What a nice weekend! I got a few more flowers planted and got another flowerbed cleared out. Now to find something to put there... Nothing exciting happened though. Went riding Friday. Planted stuff Saturday. Cleaned house Sunday. and bought groceries.

Kara picked me some weeds! When she finally gave them to me they were limp with most (all) of the petals gone. Was a sweet gesture though. Even though they were in a pathetic state, I put them in a vase anyway.

On a sadder note, I found Black Betty's dead babies the other day. It was really depressing. That cat pisses me off. She's back out trying to get screwed by that cat that fell out of the tree. He's a stray cat that shows up during cat-hump season. Fucker.

1am already!? Time for me to hit the bed.

This week has been both great and shitty at the same time. Great because we got a lot of things done but shitty because of the damn pollen. I can't breathe. My ears are stopped up. I hear a constant roar. It sounds like I have my head stuck in a waterfall. I can't sleep. Not because I can't breathe, but somehow, and I'm not really sure how it happened, Kara has moved into our bed... And she doesn't sleep like a normal human. She has to have some part of her body touching me and it's usually her fuzzy head. Or her bony knees.

Did I say we got a lot done this past week? Well, that was a lie now that I think of it. We didn't really get anything done except get Kara her own bed. And it's a nice bed! She's got a cute little Spongebob comforter on it and it's so comfy. Does she like it? No. She's freakin' scared of it. She's also scared of ELMO. If she sees ELMO, she starts screaming and crying. Is she the only child in the world that's afraid of a talking puppet? Soooo being the terrible parent that I am, I put ELMO under the kitchen cabinet to keep her out of it. I can always tell when she tries to get under there because I'll hear a little scream. As long as it keeps her safe and out of the plastic bags' way, I guess he can live there for a while.

Oh a brighter note, she's almost potty trained! And it has been so easy. She tee-tee's for cat treats! "Mommy! Tee-tee Bippy Teets!" Translation = "Mother, I just urinated in/around the plastic potty and I want a Flippy treat for my efforts." No, she does not eat them. She just wants to feed my overweight cats. However, she does still occasionally hunker up and shit the floor.

Well, I was going to put up a picture of her cute new bed but the Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. Ah well. Maybe later then.

Oh yay. It's working again.

Who wouldn't want to sleep there!?

I finally did it. My house dog, Fatty, died several months ago. More like a year ago. Yesterday, I got a brand new house dog! Her name is Molly and she's a very friendly girl. We went to the animal shelter in Monroe yesterday to look for a small dog that would do well in the house. There were so many dogs there. Lots of huge ones and many, many puppies. Puppies that were smaller than my hand! How could something that tiny and cute be homeless? Even though it was raining, the dogs would come out of their houses just to have their noses patted. When we first walked in the place, I knew Molly was the one. She came out wagging her tail and hopping around in her cage. So we got her. And she's such a good dog. She's a wire fox terrier and about a year old. Even though we helped her out by adopting her from a shelter, I still feel a little guilty for not getting an ugly un-adoptable dog.. But on a brighter side, there were 3 dogs and a kitten adopted (including ours) in the hour we were there. Good luck to the Brady Bunch. They really were cuties.

This is Molly's third day at her new house. Wow. Talk about active. I'm used to old lazy dogs that just lay around and gnaw at their butt all day. This dog gnaws her butt half the day and spends the other half running and playing. She has several bad habits that she needs to break. Shitting the floor after coming back inside after an hour in the sunshine is a big one. Jumping, chasing the cats and being in a crappy mood if she gets woke up is the other bad habits. I don't like to be woke up either.. Speaking of waking up, this dog wakes up at DAYLIGHT! 7 in the morning I start hearing a whimper and I know it's not because she needs to go out side to shit (because she likes to do this in the house.) She gets up a couple of hours before Kara so this gives us time to go outside and play for a while before breakfast time. She really is a fun little dog. I have to take her to the vet sometime today for a checkup and get an appointment to have her spayed. I hope she does ok with that.. She wants everything that Kara has and Kara wants everything Molly has. It's a bit comical watching them. "No puppy! My bunkie!" Then they play chase around the house. I really do hope things work out with this dog. Maybe after we all get used to each other everything will go great.

Not too long ago I came home to find a note on my door. It was very funny. I know that most people won't appreciate the humor in this because they will just read it as a note placed on the wrong door because everyone knows that no one named Robbie lives here. You'll just have to click on it to see the whole thing because I made it this tiny on purpose. *point and laugh*

Molly has been here for a solid week now. She's been a good dog. I need to have her groomed so she'll get rid of all that shedding hair and maybe be a little cooler in this hot spring weather. Although it WAS snowing a little this morning.

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This morning we had another trip to Walmart. They come so often. Kara refused to go unless she could wear 3 (three) pairs of panties. Barbie panties, Bumble Bee panties and the panties that matched her dress. That's fine. You can wear as many panties as you want. I can't remember when I've worn more than one pair but *shrug* maybe I'll try it out. This was actually a good trip. Kara wasn't screaming to get down and walk, she didn't say any cuss words and she didn't call anyone Harry Potter. But please, anyone that works at a store that sells balloons, do not let them float at the checkout register. Especially if they look like penguins. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. In some children this will cause them scream really loud: "PEEEEENNNNN------GGGGGUUUUNNNNNNNZZZZZZZZZ!" It can be frightening to other children who didn't see it floating there! And another thing that's happened to me a few different times in various stores..
If I say I need a pack of Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, I do not need to hear you say "Oh darn I can't find them. I don't know anything about them because I don't smoke." I don't give two shits if you smoke or not. If you work in a store that sells cigarettes, then you should KNOW where they are. I am not paid to point you in the general direction of the green pack on the end.

If I say I need a pack of Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, I do not need to hear you say "Now, do you NEED them or just WANT them?" If I say I need them, then I fucking need them. It's that simple. Just keep your mouth shut and hand them over.

If I say I need a pack of Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, I do not need to hear you say "You're ID looks nothing like you." I already fucking know that! It's called hair-dye and FAT. Big fucking deal.

I think maybe another reason she was so good and quiet in Walmart was because when we were walking to the car, we saw one of Mom's dead baby kitties in the driveway. If I had to guess, the little guy was hitching a ride under the truck, jumped out scared and got run over by the tire. Quite tragic. Anyway, she wanted to touch it and I wouldn't let her because it was dead. So I got a trash bag and scooped the poor little guy up in it and moved him to the shade. She kept telling me to go back and get it. We left it there while we went to town. We ended up in the trash bag section in the store and she pointed at the bags and said "Dead baby kitty." and pouted. Poor kid. I thought she'd learn what death was when I let her touch that dead fish a few months back. I'd rather her learn about death early so she won't be so disappointed when she's 5 and wondering what the fuck happened to her puppy that died of parvo. Yes, I expect her to be saying "what the fuck" when she's 5.

30 minutes later...
I just got back inside. Mom came knocking on the door and telling me that the other baby kitty was hung in her truck and needed help getting it out. We walked all the way down the driveway to her truck and there was the little yellow kitty cowering in the front of her truck between the fan guard and the fender well. He was hung under a little metal bar. I tugged the kitty out while she held up the bar pinning him down. He was fine. Poor little guy rode all the way to Jonesboro, sat pinned in the blazing heat for over 4 hours, then rode all the way home. We have named him "Lucky" and he now has 8 lives left.

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And she looks so damn proud of him.

"Thank you for calling Dell! What can we charge you with today?"

I decided to get an extended warranty on my nice computer. I thought it deserved it. I've been getting letters and emails about the warranty expiring at the end of the month. So When Kara took a nap Friday, I called Dell.

"Hi Dell! I'd like to get an extended warranty!" I say.

He looks up my account and asked me if I want 3 or 4 year. I chose the 3 year and he said that was good because they were having a deal going on with that and I could get it for the low price of $299.00. WTF? I asked him if there was a 1 or 2 year deal going on too. Of course there wasn't.

He says, "Would you like to put this on a credit or debit card?" Gee, you mean pinestraw isn't an optional means for payment?

Anyway, long story short - if you ever need to get an extended warranty on computer, you're going to have to pay for it. And I mean REALLY pay for it. It's not like the extended warranty on an iPod that's only 30 bucks either. If I didn't have a little terror running around this house that couldn't break it, I wouldn't have got it. Lesson learned.

Hey! You know what I've been wanting to do lately!? I've been wanting to get all kinds of goodies like chips with M&M's mixed in with them, JrMints, popcorn and Milk Duds and watch a movie. And Dr.Pepper. Just sit there, watch an entire movie and eat. A scary movie with the lights off! AND! Have the air set on 'cold' instead the energy saving 80' that it's usually on. Wouldn't that be nice? and, did you notice, I didn't mention anything illegal there! Anyone can do this and maybe one day I'll get to do it.

Another little thing everyone with a Tivo should know: A Belkin Wireless-G Network Adapter is NOT compatible with a Tivo Series 2. Also, Tivo Desktop is not compatible with Vista. I'm sure it can be forced to work but I haven't tried it yet.

As every kid knows, Deathly Hallows is being released tomorrow. Well, tonight at 12:01am. 12:01am.. That rings a bell.. Oh yeah. I was in line getting Burning Crusade at 12:01am one night! But this book I ordered with the guarantee of getting it on the day of release. Amazingly, it's already in Ruston just waiting in a box until they decide to drop it by my house tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be one of those things you have to sign for. I'll probably be taking Fatass to the vet tomorrow sometime between 8-12. I noticed lastnight he was peeing outside of his litterbox and there was blood in it. He's acting fine. I remember when Simba was peeing blood, he was acting all pathetic and screaming. After I had his genitals removed so the stones would pass easier, he's only had that problem twice since. and he had that surgery, urethrectomy, about hmmm 5 or 6 years ago. Both times it was 3am and he was screaming in pain trying to pee. So, being the freak I am, I sterilized a homemade catheter, catheterized him, emptied his bladder completely and got him comfy enough to wait to see the vet later that morning. Anyway, did I just go off topic? I was talking about Hawwy Pottah. Yeah, it comes out tomorrow and everyone has their little thoeries about it. So! Here's a couple of mine!
1) Either Harry or Ron, but not both, will die because of something said at Christmas dinner in PoA.
2) Scrimgeour is indeed a vampire. because Luna says so!
3) Severus = A-otay! Just cause Harry thinks he is evil, doesn't make it law.
4) Is Albus Dumbledore really dead? He does have a twin brother, Aberforth. Yeah, A Dumbledore is dead, but which?
5) Someone comes into powers late in life. I think it's Dudley.
6) Regulus Black got the Slytherin locket (horcrux) and took it back to 12 Grimmauld Place. After Regulus was killed, Kreecher got the locket and still has it.
7) I think I'll just stop here because OMG now people know I read Harry Potter.

I better not get any emails, whether it be text or something drawn in MS Paint, telling me when/how Harry died! and I won't be looking at anything on the internet that could possibly lead to a Hawwy Pottah spoiler.

And look! It's a comic thing I made in 2004!

wait wait wait. I take it back! Harry and Ron will both die!

This weekend was amazingly short. On Saturday, Deathly Hallows came in. Sunday afternoon I went with Casey to see the Order of the Phoenix and on Sunday night I finished the book. Which was a great book. So now I'm going to into the juicy details of it. Not really. I know if I do, Rod will cut me. So I'll just say that I was right about a few things, close to right about others and completely wrong about several. The end did leave a few questions though; what happened to ______, what happened to _______ and what happened to ______? and what about _______? I'd like to read parts of it again to see if maybe I skipped something but with limited weekday time to read I may not be able to. Is there someone nice enough to get me an audiobook? If you don't, I may cut you.

Now that books and movies are over, I think it's time I cleaned house.

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Before I even went to bed lastnight, I could tell that today was not going to be a good day. I was even getting aggravated in my dreamworld. They were weird dreams anyway. I was asking someone questions but instead of them answering me vocally, they were checking boxes like you would do in an online poll. Now if I wanted to sit down and try to interpret my dream, I'd say there was a lack of communication somewhere between me and the online-poll-checker. The dream ended with Kara banging on the door and hollering "GO BACK THERE". Why? I have no idea. It was quite nice laying in bed even if I was having weirdo dreams. I get up to GO BACK THERE then she starts in whining about milk and breakfast, Molly is bouncing everywhere trying to tell me it's past time for her morning poo and two cats are gathered around my ankles trying to lead me to the treat bag. or trip me to death so they can fulfill dream of dining on their masters flesh. I always imagined that to be on top of the 'Things to do before I die' list made by cats. I told everything around me that I needed to pee first. They all answered at the same time. It was a mixture of 'meoooooowwww nite nite miiiiiilk woof'. So I make some quick milk for Kara, Feed the cats, get an extra potful of cat food for the outside cats, hook Molly to the leash and finally head for the door. I told Kara to watch me out the window while I put Molly on the chain. I turned to open the door and at the same time, excited Molly jumped high into the air, hit my pot of cat food and knocked it everywhere. I looked at it, got another pot of food and finished taking Molly out. I decided to smoke my usual half of a Marlboro while I was out there. After I got the cat food cleaned up, I thought I had better sit down before anything else happened. And that's where I'm at now. Maybe I should get up now and start cleaning the house.

Here's a few random pictures I've been playing with. I've been using paintdotnet to do things with. It's a lot different from what I'm used to but I'm starting to catch on.

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Lighter Footstep - Blast bathroom grime with cheap, natural cleaners

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I've always thought glass was an extremely thick liquid.

It's oh so hot outside and oh so boring inside. Me and Kara loaded up and headed for the big town so we could find something to do in Walmart. We (she) decided we'd make some shirts. We got the stuff to make a few tie-dyed shirts and some fabric paint for her old white shirts. After she wakes up from her nap, we'll get to dyeing! I did make her a shirt as a surprise though... She wanted a Spongebob shirt but all they have around here are the shirts for big husky boys. And after looking at it, I just might make me one to match! and for 10 bucks you can have one too!

While I'm thinking about it, I read somewhere (atleast I think I read it) that sometimes the best deeds that people do are the deeds they don't boast about but keep them quietly tucked inside and covered with a smile. To the anonymous person that paid to have my Mom's truck fixed, thanks! There is indeed some good left in this world.

I woke up this early morning smiling and thinking 'Now that was a dream the whole family could enjoy'. I have no idea what it was about. Wish I could remember though. Kara woke up when I did. We took the dog outside and sat around the sad looking flowerbed for a while talking about ants and poopoo. We didn't stay out there long. There was breakfast to be made. We came back inside then went to dig in the kitchen. There were ants making trails up the wall. Big long trails. I sprayed them with poison, made biscuits with apple juice and sat down to enjoy a half decent breakfast. I couldn't even eat! I was looking around the house and it was WRECKED. Unfolded clothes on the couch, stickers in the carpet, cat vomit in the corner, the list goes on. I started cleaning. So far I've got the bathroom, living room and almost the whole kitchen cleaned. I even took all of the cushions off the couch and vacuumed it out. Most people find loose change in their couch. Not me. I find Moon Pies and Barbie legs under my cushions. That's not too bad though. I remember this one time when my Mom found her dog under hers. Yep. Her dog. Some of the staples had come loose from the fabric and he was able to slip down inside the couch. True story.

Anyway. Looks like my break time is up.

This is the funniest thing I heard today:

"Sometimes I do my gum like this *makes a gesture* and I let it hang down like this so I can see what I'd look like if I had teeth."

Apparently this also works by using toothpaste foam.

And give frequent customers better deals than a free 8x10. I know they don't HAVE to give me anything but sheesh. Last night after hours (and I mean HOURS) of uploading 50MB of pictures to Shutterfly, I was finally able to order. Strange thing was Firefox kept timing out and have 10 kinds of problems uploading so I had to use IE and it had no problems at all. Here was my oder:

40 - 4x6 Print (glossy) -$0.19 =$7.60
2 - 5x7 Print (glossy) -$0.99 =$1.98
1 - 8x10 Print (glossy) - Free $3.99 =$ 0.00
1 - Set of 4 Wallet Prints (glossy) $1.79 =$1.79
2 - 20x30 Print (matte) -$22.99 =$45.98
Shipping and handling: $9.98
Discount: $0.00
Tax: $6.06
Total for this Recipient: $73.39

$73.39

I got 20x30's of #10 and #12. I doubt I get any of the 4x6's but the 20x30's, 5x7's and free 8x10 are mine.

Here's the ones I ordered.

I was digging around earlier and found these. Then forgot about them. Then I talked to Nate and remembered about them again! I think I was 6 months pregnant in the first one and 7 in the next. One of the most miserable times of my life!

There comes a time in every satellite users life that they are forced to use dial-up. So now I'm stealing my Mom's. Here are my results.

Maybe I'll post the satellite results after this fucking cloud floats over.

Well, in the past few days, all the things I ordered with my Dell Dollar$ has come in. The thing I like most is the wall charger for the iPod. It's really nice! I haven't even opened my memory card yet but I'm sure it's nice too. The keyboard I got is HUGE. Each key on here is about the size of a brick. Ok maybe not that big but still pretty close. It's pretty with the red back light on it. I'm sure the blue lighted one would have been prettier but who wants to pay an extra 10 bucks for a blue bulb? Also, Casey's Tomtom came in. It's nice. (And by the way, they're on sale this week if yer looking to get a Tomtom One.)I think it's just another way for the government to keep tabs on you though. He thought we needed one for all the traveling we do. We navigated ourselves all the way to Walmart and didn't get lost not once! Can you believe that? I mean, Walmart's about as far as we go anyway but shit... Do we really need to use a freakin' gps to get there? Men and their gadgets. I swear.

So we went bed shopping the other day. We haven't had a new bed in 11 years and felt we deserved it. At least I felt that way. There were several nice ones there. I was really fond of a lighter colored poster bed. So I gave Casey the choice between the lighter colored bed and this darker one. He liked the darker. Fine with me so long as we get something new. They had to order the bed because they don't keep king-size things in stock. We were able to pick up the bed on Monday and had it set up by Monday night. That included taking back the first set of box springs that they sent us. Maybe it really was an accident that they gave us some cheap box springs and not the good ones that I ordered or maybe they thought that I just wouldn't notice. Anyway, I now have what i paid for. After all was set up and we were able to flop onto the bed and look around, I asked Casey "Why did you like this bed?" Of course, he didn't know why. Maybe it was the dark wood? After I got to really looking at the ornate details of the bed, I could tell why he liked it, even if he didn't notice. It looked like a bunch of little vaginas sat on some wood and left an imprint on it. While the bed really is pretty, when I think about it, I don't just call it our 'new bed' but instead I think of it like "vagina bed", "monkey bed", "so this is what it feels like to wake up inside a clit", "God, I slept in a vagina last night" and the list goes on.

That is a sad coffee pot. It's sad because it's old and broken. It can no longer hold it's liquid. A broken coffee pot makes a lot of things sad. Look at that cup.. It's getting leaked all over. And the hand! It gets dripped on by semi-scalding hot coffee. The kitchen countertops get stained with brown rings. Before it's all over, the coffee pot gets moved to a new home in the sink where it sits in a tiny square all day leaking on itself and thinking of the glory days it used to have. Someone should just put it out of it's misery.

And that's why I am now accepting donations for a new coffee pot! Sure, they're pretty cheap but I just bought that Bamboo Fun tablet and I'm still paying for it.. (If you know what I mean.) Without that tablet, I would not have been able to skillfully edit out the nice feature of the coffee pot above. My pot doesn't have all that fancy stuff. It just has an on/off button. Simple, eh? Look over there.. To the right. See that tiny button that says 'Donate'? Buy me a coffee pot! Without a new pot, my productivity level will drastically decrease. Well, if I produced anything it would.

So I made a new Blood Elf character to play around with a bit and I've been trying to get Kara to like it. I was telling her things like "Ohh Look at his big ears!" "Look! He's so cute!" and she retorts "Mommy.. Bud Effs are NOT cute. Kitty cats are cute. My bess fwien IS a kitty cat!"

(407) 207-0820 - Credit card interest lowering.

I have like $400 on the ONE credit card I have. 

(866) 716-2588 - Medcore,Inc. Medical collections agency.

I PAY my medical bills IF I get them. I may not pay how much they want me to pay but I atleast pay SOME on it. The whole month of December I KNOW I didn't get a bill. I thought maybe they were giving me a holiday month off. Maybe they forgot to send me a bill or maybe something else happened to the bill before/after it got to my mailbox?

(813) 366-9800 - Tampa Florida Neilsen Ratings

Why in the Hell do they want to know what we watch? From 8am-8pm we watch Dora, Diego and Max and Ruby. 8pm-10pm Cops or whatever cop shows are on that has people destroying things, resisting arrest or getting chewed up by dogs. 10pm-8am  Softcore on HBO/Max.

Everyday we get calls from these three numbers. Well, the Neilsen number called today for the first time. But the first 2, all day long. When I do finally answer, they either hang up or well, that's usually what they do but sometimes a robot will tell me about my car warranty or how I can consolidate my one credit card into one low monthly payment. Fucking robots are going to take over everything. I bet they're watching everything I do. Oh God. Now I have to hide from robots. Anyway. They let the phone ring for like 10 minutes 20 times. So today I looked them up and found out more about them. I'm not the only one who gets these calls. So I went right on over to Do Not Call and registered 3 phone numbers there. Again. Apparently you have to do this every 5 years or they automagically assume that you changed your mind or got lonely and want to talk to robots again.

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Splenda causes bloating, stomach cramps and the shits. I have proved this by experimenting on myself. But you thought I was going to say that I proved it by shitting on myself didn't you? Sick freak. OOOooooh brb!

I'm trying to kill some time now. Waiting for the road construction to end at 5pm so I can drive to town and buy groceries. I've never been a fan of grocery buying. I can never walk out of that place without spending 200 bucks. and what do I get? A few groceries, varmit food and today, I'll be getting SQUISH if I can find it. Everyday for about 2 weeks that's all I've heard about. Squish squish squish. Yesterday I finally found out what it was. Squish is a octopus. With a hat. Don't forget the hat. and I made a list.  Ok. By the time I get Kara ready, it'll be 5pm and we can go blow more money that we don't need to be blowing. But at least something around here is getting blown.

So walmart didn't have squish... But they did have that neat stuff you see on TV called Moonsand. We got that. Was it a mistake? Well, kinda. It provided about an hour of messy, grainy fun and also survived the night without drying out. It was the most begged for thing this morning when Kara got up. After a half hour of more fun, moonsand met it death. Apparently moonsand + a bottle of vinegar = muddy moon mess.I have it in a little bowl now. Maybe it will have a drying miracle happen. After all, it IS Moonsand.

EDIT: I forgot to add this earlier. I haven't been able to say this in 4 years so I'm gonna say it now because if I wait until tomorrow it'll be a lie. I'm sure it won't be the same tomorrow... But I weight 127! Yep. That's what I had to say. So I've lost 11 pounds in a little over a month. Hungry? Yes. The most I've ever weighed? You nosey little fuck! 158. I was pregnant so that really does not count. But it counts to me because I can say "Well, I USED to weigh 158 but now I weigh 127." That sounds better than "Yeah, I lost a couple of pounds." Low fat FTW. or is it FTL? Anyway. I'm just excited now because I know in another month, I'll be saying "Wtf? I weigh 138 again?"

As most of you adults don't know, there's a fairly new program on Nick Jr called Ni Hao Kai Lan. It's like Dora the Explorer in Chinese instead of Spanish. The characters in it are really cute but Kara's not too fond of it. Today, she decided to watch it because it was about snow. Well, Kai Lan was sledding around in the snow when she her talking animal friends came upon a patch of dirt that needed snow so they could sled over it. She called in another talking animal friend to put snow there for her. Pretty lazy, eh? I thought so too. It would have been easy to sled around it. She called in a baby rhino that had a balloon tied to her nose allowing her to fly. Her name was Lulu. Kia Lan said Lulu had a bucket of <insert characters here>. Which translates to the word 'snow' in Engrish. I dunno how they spell it but while I was in the kitchen, I heard "bucket of sheeit".  I asked Kara what Lulu had and Kara said (while grinning) "Bucket of shit."  We got the giggles. Kara finally told me she didn't like this one. She liked Dora because 'Dora don't have shit'. We giggled some more.

Nope, it's not Folgers in my cup. Usually the first thing I see in the morning is Kara playing with clothes or making a mess out of something. This morning was a first. I had no idea she was even awake. She can be very sneaky. Then I heard "Mamma look! Turn your head around!" and I did. I got hit with another case of the giggles. Then she said "Mommy I'm pretty!" and I answered with "Prettiest kitty cat in the world." Now that I'm awake, I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to get waterproof mascara off her face. Olive oil maybe?

I never knew just how interesting it could be to have a few caterpillars in a small fish tank until Kara decided they could not possibly live outside. I think we started out with 3 but it soon got populated with 8! I've been feeding them small branches from our wild cherry tree. They love them! There were a few days when I thought they were going to die. They would just be dangling off a branch looking all limp & pathetic.Then they'd wake up to eat, drink then go dangle some more. I think we've had them for about a week now. They were tiny when we first found them. Now some are longer than my finger. That's not saying much though... Last night I got out a bigger fish tank for our growing family. This morning, they were building cocoons. There are two full cocoons now and another in the making. I find myself wondering if they're making their little wormy houses because they are comfortable and well-fed in their man-made environment or if they're making them out of sheer desperation to find any way to remove themselves from this Hell I have created for them.

The little possums are growing and doing well. They've been having formula about every 2 hours and they're starting to put on the ounces. This morning, they finally started eating canned cat food. They still hiss at me when I reach in to grab them. It doesn't bother me though, I'm pretty used to it. My own kid growls and hisses at me when I try to pick her up.

I was going to start talking about fishing and the big one I caught today but the more I thought about it, the more I don't want to. and there was something else I was going to talk about but that slips me.

My refrigerator went out today and what should have been a quick trip to the town to get a new one ended up taking a little over 5 hours. FIVE hours and trips to FIVE different stores to find a decent icebox with a price UNDER $1000. Maybe it wouldn't have taken that long if I had just settled for the low price of $2,200 but, in my opinion, is way too much for something that doesn't come with speakers and a controller. I do have just a few tips that may help improve the sales of appliances..

1) Do NOT put sale tags on everything hours before the store closes then tell your customers they have to come back the next day (after 1pm) to get them at the sale price.

2) Don't be a stalker! Let the people look around. If they're going to buy it, they will! If you start creeping them out, they are going to run far, far away from your store.

3) Have them in stock! I know fridges are big,bulky items and I'm sure they take up a lot of storage room but if someone comes in to buy a refrigerator, it's probably because they need it now and not in 'a few business days'. Poor people don't come in to buy a refrigerator just because they have a feeling theirs might bite the dust within the new few business days.

4) Know what you do have in stock! Please keep in mind that the 20 minutes you spend fucking a co-worker in the storeroom,the poor people out there waiting have a broken refrigerator full of pickles that are spoiling as you fuck.

5) Put the right tags on the right items! Those fantastic price tags you put on the stainless appliances should be for the stainless appliance and not for that same appliance in white. The stainless appliances need their stainless price tags. Sure, you can put the prices of that appliance in other colors in small print under the main price but don't put the low white appliance price on a stainless item making the it look very cheap when you will be adding an extra $70-$90 to the stainless ticket.

After reading these tips, you should be able to sell a refrigerator like a real chain store worker! Now get out there and be somebody!

On a happier note, we did end up getting a nice Maytag fridge from Lowe's. The salesman there was very nice, not stalky and knew what he was doing. Maybe I'll put up pictures of it tomorrow. I was able to capture the magic of the first few ice cubes it produced. Here's to 3 wonderful years with my new icebox! Yes, 3 years. We have had few things that have lasted longer than that.

Caterpillars hatch into raccoons. (I giggled.)

Barbie doesn't have a vagina, only a butt. (This one is sorta true though.)

Cats have babies through the hair on their backs. (No idea where that idea came from.)

A back can be killed then you wiggle around on the ground. (Kinda true.)

Cookie Monster's eyes were eaten off by dogs. (Yep.)

Cages are fun. (For who?)

You can hug a worm until it dies. (Then you put the remains in a 'snake hole'.)

I'll have to think of some more stuff later. These are just things she told me today. Who knows wtf tomorrow holds.

Well it wasn't really cheap, but I think it will do the job.

Ok, not really. It's a new place for the possums to hang out. They've been sleeping in a 30 gallon fish tank but that's way too heavy for my aching back to be picking up on everyday. I haven't gotten it fixed up all the way yet but I'll be working on that when the sun goes away a little. I'm still scared of sunlight. They're growing so fast. I just started them on hard kitten food and ferret berry-things. They go nuts if you put chopped grapes or bananas in their food bowl. For some reason, they've started pooping in the water dish so I put a water bottle in there for their drink and an old bowl in there for the poo.

And yes, I've been messing with my layouts a bit too much these past few days. If you come back one day and can't see a damn thing on here, then it means I messed up Eugene's life again. I'll fix it when I get a chance. Maybe after the dishes. Why won't someone just come clean my house for me? It's ALL I ever do and I want a fucking break. I get no off day. The things I don't get done will get more recognition than the things that I actually accomplish in a day. Hey someone put the curtains back up that got jerked off the wall earlier. wow.

I've never been able to walk out of a store without spending $100 bucks. At Walmart today, I got a bag of cat food, a bag of dog food, a toy on clearance for 9 bucks, a boat battery and 2 things of oil, a birthday card and a bag of Rasinettes. $144.00. Did you know a small boat battery holds a price of $78? Plus a core charge of $9? I didn't until recently. Casey had a gift card that helped out little. After that, we had to go to Lowe's for some air conditioner duct work. 25ft of thin, shiny, insulated tubes was about $65. I love that store. While we were there I picked up a nice size rug to go on my living room floor. This rug matches NOTHING I have. It's pink with little roads and houses on it. Really cute. There's a bakery store on there that looks like a big cake with a cherry on top. Kara said it was "Cupcake Mountain". I love her imagination. The rug was only 20 bucks and if it helps protect the carpet underneath, then it will be well spent. We added a roll of duct tape to our cart. At the check out, I wrote a check for UNDER $100. I couldn't believe it. It wasn't much under 100, like 96 or something. It was time to go home. On the road behind the Ruston Walmart. they have all kinds of new shops open. One was a pet store. We had to stop. They had the cutest little English Bulldog pup in there. His price was $2,110. Guess what I got! Nothing! Not a thing. I managed to walk out of a store without spending a penny. I'm still amazed at the price of dogs in there. The Yorkie was over grand and now that I think of it, none of the dogs there were under 500. They even had kittens that looked just like mine for $25. Kitten, anyone? And I won't charge you a thing. But they come in pairs. We made it home finally. It was late and we were hungry. I sent Casey back to town for Chinese. It about $15 for 2 take outs. After we were full and bloated, we crawled under the house to put the tube on. It was good fun. I feel a lot poorer today. I need a j0b.

Just seeing what this map thingy looked like.

Kara was playing with a Hotwheels tank. I think today was the first day they she ever really wondered what it was. When she asked, I told her it was a tank. "A what?" I tell her again "A tank. An Army tank." and then she asked, "Can I put my arms in it?" 

Thursday I ordered:
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600XT and 2 GB (2 x 1 GB) Memory Module Kit for XPS 400.
My current cards is a GeForce 7300 LE. And I have 2g memory installed.
Now let me try to make a table for my own amusement.

Later on when I get time, I'll post  screenies of w0w with my graphics sets to full and minimum along with the FPS I get at at those settings. I know you two won't mind a bit. :)

Oh and Happy Birthday Rod!! I didn't forget yesterday.. I just never know what the dates are until I write a check.

Here's my performance information for today:

So things didn't work out so well with the Radeon. Every 5 minutes (usually less) the screen would go black and I'd see "display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has successfully recovered". I spent hours updating to the latest catalyst drivers then I spent hours downgrading to older drivers. SO. After careful consideration and hours of reading forums, I chose the eVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT SUPERCLOCKED 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0.

I think this is the card that Rodney has and he says it's pretty good. It may not be the same card, but it's the one I ordered. The only thing I was worried about was my stock 375watt PSU. After reading the Dell forums until my eyes bled, I found that several people can run this card and higher cards by using the stock PSU. Apparently the 375watt can handle it because it pulls more from the wall and has one of those little thingies you can connect to your card directly to your power supply. A P-4 cable (6-pin connector). I also looked at the 8800GT and the.. well I looked at just about all of them. I wanted to keep my price UNDER 200 and I did. My next dealie to buy for my 'upgrading' will (maybe) be a X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional. I may decide to upgrade my something else instead.

I need a f00kin job so I can pay for this shit now. I feel like a bad person making my husband unknowingly buy me things while he is hard at work.

Yesterday:

May 7, 2008
07:44:00 PM
DALLAS/FT. WORTH A/P TX US
Shipment picked up from seller's facility

Today:

May 8, 2008
07:37:00 AM
SHREVEPORT LA US
Departure Scan

I know it's only like a 6 hour drive, maybe 8, from Houston to here. But still, I'm still amazed at how fast these guy work when compared to Walmart's Site2Store shipping which took my camera case 28 days (if I'm remembering right. It was a hella long time) to get here. Twenty eight fukin days. But even that's not too bad when you compare Site2Store to CSDShipping. (Casey Shane Dickerson Shipping) I ordered shit 12 years ago and I'm STILL waiting for that delivery!

Before: 3.1	After: 5.0

Before on full: 19fps After on full: 33fps

In Shatt  I was getting around 60-70fps with just a few things turned down.

I am still occasionally that sound stutter/snap/crackle/pop but I noticed the 2 times I had that problem I had paint.net running at the same time as w0w. Maybe that's the problem? Another thing is an occasional freeze after installing the ram yesterday. It's froze up both with and without a new card installed. I checked and changed a few things in BIOS so maybe that will cure it.

Do you ever suddenly realize that you're slightly miserable? Not miserable with life, but miserable physically? And being physically miserable is making you a little mentally miserable? I have! And on top of that, my effing teeth are starting to rot and that's making my entire mouth hurt. I think I found out my problem. N-e-u-r-o-n-t-i-n  I stay on the edge of aggravation all the time. Sometimes if I'm just touched I want to punch someone's nose. I go shopping and want to pick up my cart and slam it down on the cashier's head for checking out my groceries too slow. And it makes me feel stupid. Stupid enough to not be able to think straight at times. I like to think! (usually) But the most miserably worstest thing about it is the weight gain. I'm not talking about a pound or 2.. Two months ago at my appointment, they weighed me. I was a happy 129. Sure, I wished it was 109 but I'll take that 129. Today? 139. I gained 10 pounds in 2 months and I haven't been eating anything more than I used to. And my stomach will swell out so big that I'll actually look like I'm pregnant at times. I can't even keep it sucked it. I have to wear my pants unzipped around the house and that makes me feel like a cow. I cannot stand it. I don't care what they say, I still think it's what caused my 2 NEW cavities and made my teeth so damn sensitive. In a little over a month, I'll be able to go to the dentist. Fucking yay. And then earlier today, I started feeling all shitty. Sweating, shaking, panic-y. Took my blood pressure - 120/75. (if you can believe that.) So I then took my blood sugar. 54. Fifty-four. And all that did was give my fatass an excuse to eat some more sugar. Will this shit never end?