My First SPF!

Alright, courtesy of Kristine over at Random and Odd here is my first installment of Stuff Portrait Friday! The items this week:

1. your washer and dryer; 2. your robe & 3. a flower (since it is supposed to be spring after all)





Here's my washer & dryer....notice the overflowing trash can in the center? Dear Hubs FINALLY emptied it this morning.....after only about 3 days of me screaming about it needing to be emptied....which I won't do, because I.HATE.TRASH!










This is my robe, I had to locate it because I generally put on a t-shirt and my lounge pants after a shower.....I just don't like robes. This one is flannel, which doesn't work in Alabama. My MIL gave it to me, I guess she thinks I need to cover up more, since it goes all the way to my ankles!







And here is the only flower left blooming in my yard after our late season freeze last weekend. It's a white azalea, and this is a crappy picture of it, but the camera wasn't working right. I can't believe the freeze came so late and killed all my daffodils!

This was fun! Let me know if you played!

Today is the day I head to the beach! I got most of my stuff packed last night, but I am only working 1/2 a day today so I can finish up when I get out of here....I am so excited! I'll post some pictures when we get back.

Happy Friday!

My Big 3-0 (also known as Drunk Fest)

This is me & my sister....way late in the evening!














Me and the Hubs......what is on his head?














Me, the hubs, the sister's bf and the sister














These lovely photos were taken the night we celebrated my big 3-0! We went with my sister and her b/f to the only bar in this small town I live in....The Blue Iguana to see my favorite 80s cover band, The Velcro Pygmies! I've been going to see them since I was in college and they still totally rock. A lot of alcohol was consumed this night.....I mean ALOT! We had a blast and there are a million more pictures that I could post. I do have one that is pretty scary of the hubs and the B/f.....I'm not sure what in the hell they are doing. I may post it at a later time, just to see what kind of comments you people can come up with.

Anyway, this was about 3 weeks ago and for my official birthday present I got the grand weekend at the beach that is coming up, I might have to title it Drunk Fest 2. If I can make it through work today and 1/2 a day tomorrow then I'll be on my way........

And Then There Were Nine.....

I can't say that any of the performances on American Idol this week really blew my gown down, but I do know that Bucky deserved to be in the bottom 3 way more than McPheebee. I can't believe he's still in this competition, though he'll probably get booted off when they go to country music next week, even if it is supposed to be his genre. Anyway, I also can't say that I am terribly upset that Lisa was given the boot. America is not stupid, and they knew she wasn't the next American Idol.

I'm not going to go into some big rant about AI, you can read all about that on here, this girl is hilarious! I must say I am so glad that Taylor and Chris (you hottie, I have such a thing for bald guys) are still hanging around. They both totally rock!

Manic Mommie Out........(I am so glad that Ryan Seacrest quit saying "Seacrest Out", how lame)

My Overweight Wondermutt

This is my dog, Mollie....isn't she just precious?
And this is the dog food she has to eat....yes you read that right...it says Overweight Management......apparently, dachsunds should not actually look like hot dogs, they should actually have some sort of a shape......anyway....I just wanted to congratulate the Mollie Monster...she has officially lost her 2.5 pounds that she was required to lose! It doesn't mean we get to ditch the diet dog food, but it does mean she gets to eat more and that treats can come back into her life (see those eyes...isn't she deprived?) though everything has to be within reason because we don't want her to blow back up again. Anyway, has anyone else had to put their pet on a diet?

Flip Flops

Ok, I have a flip flop addiction. I love them. See these babies? They are the newest addition to my collection. Because i am going to the beach this weekend, I thought I needed a new pair (ok ok, I wanted a new pair). I also want a new pair everytime we go to the beach (which as of right now will be at least 6 times over the summer) so that's 6 new pairs of flip flops for me to choose between. I picked these up yesterday at Walmart. They aren't really fancy, but I thought the beading on them was cute, and since I haven't bought a pair of flip flops in oh, maybe 2 weeks or so (I had already bought a pair for this beach trip) I HAD to have them. It's ok, I know I have an addiction......does anyone know the number to flip flops anonymous?

oh, and thanks dashababy and Kami for the comments.......I really appreciate them!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Just so you'll all know a little bit about me, here is a list of a few of my favorite things:

1. I love the water....beach, river, lake or pool I am a water baby. I love to be out on it (preferably on the sand, in a boat, in a boat or on a float) all day soaking up the sun. I love to tan (I know...skin cancer, but eh...I'm not concerned about that at this time)

2. I start my morning each and every day with a coke, a smoke (I know, another risk factor, and I NEVER EVER do it anywhere near my child) and these guys......the two sexiest fat men alive....RICK AND BUBBA! These guys so totally rock. If you are fortunate enough to live in the south, then you've got to find out if they are on a station near you. You can also check them out on Turner South for right now. They are hilarious! My 3 year old loves them!

3. I am a tee total Bitch. It's just one of those great things about me. You either love me for it or you hate me for it. I really could give a rat's ass either way! Just thought I'd let you all in on the fact that I am completely aware that I am a bitch (which may make more on this blog make some sense to ya!)

4. I am in love with my child. She is the sweetest most adorable thing on the planet and I simply cannot imagine my life without her. I know that I'll never have another one, so I cherish every moment with her because there isn't another child to relive it through.

5. I've discovered that this blogging crap is addicting, fun and an amazing way to get my feelings out, an all this after 3 posts! I have also enjoyed roaming around and finding some great blogs out there. Pissy Britches you rock! You're thoughts on stuff sound like they could be coming from my freaking head!

6. My cousin owns this great store, and I am addicted to going in there and painting pottery with my little one. I have so much stuff with her handprints on it, but it is so fun and so addicting. If there is one in your area you should go check it out, you can make some priceless treasures!

Ok, there is 6 interesting facts about this Manic Mommy, and today I am manic. I am trying to finish a project at work (guess I should be doing that instead huh?); I belong to this wonderful women's organization where we live and I have some stuff I need to do for them, I've got to go tan (hey..I'm going to the beach this weekend, I REFUSE to be the color of the white sands of Alabama) and I've got laundry to do.....so today I am manic or maybe a maniac....or maybe a little of both!

Anyway...I guess maybe that is it for the day, I am so freaking ready to go home it is insane! I am tired of working on this project and basically just ready to put on my pj's and put my feet up...oh and I have to go to freaking Walmart today (I hate Walmart, but they are fixing to build a wonderful Target here and I am so excited! God watch over my debit card once it opens), but I've got to go because we are out of freaking everything! I hate it when that shit happens! Plus I got to get some beach essentials......God, I cannot wait to be at the beach!

oh and in case you haven't noticed, I love to put links on things!

Melting My Heart

Last night, while we were bowling (yes, we bowl....cheesy I know, we bowl on a League with my mom and dad, and we aren't the greatest in the world, but by gosh we have fun!....We're the Silver Bullets, maybe that's because some of these are consumed while we are bowling.....) anyway, not the point of my story, the point is that this wonderful precious thing told me that I was in her heart.....just out of the blue....just from left field. I cried, I teared up and cried in the dadgum bowling alley! It was just the sweetest thing, and given the attitude her 3 year old self has been giving me lately, a wonderful thing!

I love you baby girl.....you are in my heart too!

Makes a momma's day......her whole week......hell, her whole year! It's when they say things like that that you forget everything in the world but them....

First Blog.....

Ok, I absolutely LOVE this show. I have discovered that I YELL at the top of my lungs at the contestants on the show.......like they can totally here me when I tell them there is no way in hell their suitcase contains the 1 million and that they should take their deal of $220,000 and WALK AWAY! The idiot the other night sure as heck didn't listen to me, and you know what? She walked away with only $5000.00 in her pocket. Granted, it was five grand more than she came there with, but at one point her offer from the bank was $220,000.00! Now that's some serious jack! Anyway, this show is definitely becoming one of my favorites.

Anyway, this is my first post on my new blog. I've been reading some great blogs lately (dadgonemad (this guy is HILARIOUS!; Kami in Dallas (girl, you crack me up!; William (too funny man, you're child is just PRECIOUS! and finally Kristine over at Random and Odd, hope you don't mind that I've decided to play along on SPF....that just looks like too much fun! )

Anyway, I decided that not only could I completely do this, I decided that I NEED to do this. I realized that you all do this as a way to vent and express your feelings, and I need an outlet! There is only so much that a Xanax can do for you! Anyway, I hope that none of you are offended that I find your blogs so interesting and that I posted links to them on mine (in fact, I'd love it if you'd return the favor). I plan on using this as an outlet, a way to unleash my feelings (good and bad) about whatever happens to be going on in my life at that given time. I work a full time job, am a mother to a wonderful 3 year old daughter (and whoever it was that said the Terrible Twos? Man you were crazy! 3 is so much worse!) and a wonderful wondermut (mollie the miniature dachsund. I am happily married to my wonderful husband of just over 7 years. So there is a little information about me. Sometimes I feel like a harried crazy woman that does nothing but laundry....and sometimes I feel like a pretty competent functioning member of society......anyway this blog is going to let me get some feelings out in the air. I love to be around water (the river, ocean, lake, pool) you name it, in fact I'm headed here (lovely Orange Beach, Alabama) without my wonderful daughter. Wonderful Husband (WH) and I are headed down with our best friends (J&C"S Mom & Dad)for the weekend to enjoy an adults only weekend of fun in the sun (and golf for the WH). I am so excited! I need to feel the sand in my toes!

Ok, so my first post is a bit long, but I felt like there was a lot to get out there today. Some days I might blog more than once, some days not at all. I'm more likely to blog from work than at home because we live in the sticks and we only have crappy internet right now. It happens to be all that is available!

Oh, and I had my cell phone STOLEN right out of my car along with my debit card and credit cards. This wonderful company told me yesterday that it would cost me $160.00 to get my phone back...huh? I have to buy a whole new phone because as a current this company customer that I don't qualify to get a phone for free, I have to buy a new one! WTF? But this company the great insurance company tells me that my car insurance will cover the whole thing! woo-hoo! So I am finally going to get back into the cell world....I swear I feel like my life has been cut out from under me, without the cell phone! On the bright side, I get to upgrade with my phone.....any suggestions on what to get?

I guess that's all for today........(or at least for right now..)

Manic Mommy