September 7, 2006

  • Well ya'll, it has been so long that I am tired just thinking of detailing out the last week for you, so I won't.  Sorry.

    Work is crazy and exhausting - we inventory in 20 days and are starting
    to feel the pressure of preparing 6 million dollars worth of crap to be
    counted in an eight hour period...I will be grateful when it is over.

    Have been consistently walking/running every night for the last
    week...have a specific goal [mileage wise] to reach by my birthday in
    seven weeks [thanks Wendy for the chart idea]...I am hoping to build my
    endurance enough to run the 'Jingle Bell Run' 5K here in St Louis in
    November.  Why?  Because you get to wear bells on your shoes
    and I think that is totally fun!

    Yesterday was my brother Sam's birthday - if I could upload pictures
    without my computer crashing, I would - but I can't, so I'll stop
    talking about it now as it totally hacks me off to even think
    about.  When the issue is resolved I will try to post them then...

    Ummmmm....what else?  My friend Laura is home from Turkey for a
    while...I got a voice mail from her the other day - she and her husband
    came 'home' to the States to have baby Nathan - who incidentally is due
    on my birthday.  I would love to share a birthday with him...that
    would be special.

    I am really missing my 'girls' these days [and you know who you
    are]...sometimes it sucks [pardon my french for those of you offended -
    the most applicable word right now] being so far away..

    Tonight my two youngest brothers are going to boy scouts for the first
    time - I am interested to see what they think about it when they come
    home...should be fun to listen to. 

    Do you all remember the diversity meeting that I went to in AR two
    weeks ago?  Well - apparently while there I not only picked up
    some useless information, but also an admirerer/stalker to boot! 
    There is much more to the story, but I will save that for a later
    time...or maybe [as a friend who shall remain nameless has said]
    perhaps you will see my story on a Lifetime movie.  gulp. 
    Okay - maybe we shouldn't joke about it...but it helps sometimes, you
    know?  At any rate, I upped my life insurance at work today and
    made sure I had the correct beneficiary information saved. 

    And lest you freak out over that last statement - I should clarify that
    at present I do not feel threatened at all - just cautious - I am just
    fine - really...the talk of stalkers however, along with some other
    things made me think that I should just make sure that all the
    insurance things were covered, 'cause you just never know what will
    happen, and I like to have my ducks all in a row.

    So apparently I had more to say than I thought.  Hope you enjoyed the rabbit trails with me...

Comments (26)

  • I need to start running, I need to start running, I need to start running!!!  Inspire me.

  • loved the gift it's forever ya know.

  • Rabbit trails = Stream of consciousness. It's a beautiful thing! I'm glad you went with it. BY the way, I'm on Xanga less & less [email too] due to lack of focus/stamina from exhaustion at the moment. It will get better. At least, that's what I'm telling myself. Dear girl, any time you wanna talk and the computer isn't cutting it, do call. "I'd love to be your beck and call girl." [LOVE that movie...I was sooo not hitting on you just now, btw.] ;) SMOOCH. I miss you big.

  • It's because you're so hot...if I was a man, I would stalk you.

  • re: my daughters comment- a. he is stinkin' funny and  b. - in the words of the cowardly lion, "ain't it the truth?"

    [you are hot- especially when you drive a stick-shift...at least that's what I hear]

  • My pool boy thinks you're hot. ;) lol

  • i don't know....all the talk of death and now upping the insurance stuff...i don't like it one bit.

  • I so wish I could force myself to run... but I hate it more than anything in life. I find it to be just HORRIBLE. I need to be hypnotized or something, so that I'll learn to like it.

    I love Colin Hay! I can't lie, my boyfriend really introduced me to him - but heck if I don't love him. If you enjoy Colin Hay, you'd probably also enjoy Nick Drake - check him out.

    Eyes are peeled for a cute and inconspicuous knitting bag... I can say, I did see some cute reversible totes at Target yesterday - half cordouroy, half a tiny floral. One was pink, one was tan and blue, I believe. The search is on...

  • I'll go down rabbit trails with you anytime.  Do you want us to track your stalker down and let him know he's freaking you out?  That would give him a taste of his own medicine.  "Hi, you don't know me..."

  • I always feel famous when I get the mention in the blog. HA!! yes we are back and doing well. I hope your not disappointed but the due date has been moved up to October 18th. He still could come late and be on your birthday but he will decide. We will see. Love you friend.

  • Ah, the "death talk" continues...I totally know that you are not trying to be morbid, but are at a place in life where you feel the need for order and preparedness lest the unexpected (and unthinkable...shudder) should occur.  I've had "create will or living trust" on Jacob's and my To-Do list for awhile now.  This stalker thing has me bothered, though.  "Admirer/stalker?"  Two very different things, I'm afraid.  I'll be praying for you, dear one!  I LOVE YOU!!! 

  • Okay,...uping the life insurance and all is fine. But how about locking the doors, getting a dog and changing your phone number?

  • I loved the rabbit trails! It's right up my ally since that's pretty much how I think!

    Love you girl. Call me anytime you have a free minute. I love hearing your voice!

  • Frightening!!! I will redouble my prayers for you!! How on earth did this happen?? I'm so proud of you and the exercising!! I need to join you for sure! My birthday is a little too soon to make much progress... but my goal is for the outdoor wedding in October.

  • i think we will be the only runners staring at the pretty bells on our feet while we run...i'm still thinking meg ryan to play you for the movie--I prefer it to be a romantic comedy, however and not a lifetime stalker movie...

  • You may call me any time you want to! Tomorrow is all about being lazy for me, so I'm game.

  • I hope inventory goes well. I have memories of my days working (outside the home)and inventory was always a hairy ordeal. I can't believe you can do it in 8 hours, it always took us a least a week, eeek!
    Ok, stalkers are scary, I hope you can ditch yours. You are such a cute girl I am not surpised that you have one, but beee careful!!!
    I would love to do a run with bells on. I used to do the 5k races last year, but have never heard of one where you put bells on your shoes, so cool!
    RYC: You asked about my blessing gown. I guess it's kind of like if you were Catholic and have a Christening ceremony for the new baby. In our church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint) we have a blessing for the new baby. It's a ceremony where the dad other men of the dad's choice gather around the baby and give a blessing (prayer) and the name to the new baby (Anna Jewell Taylor is her name!). The family and friends are invited to watch and you can perform the ceremony at church or at home. We are going to have ours at church. I am also having a open house at our home afterwards which includs a dinner so everyone can come, eat, and meet our new baby. We will probably do this when she is 2 months old. I Hope that little run down helped! I was really excited to find those dresses because I was going to have to buy or make one.

  • My friend is Ruth. She was in my wedding. Like a little sister [I was a camp counselor her jr. year @ church camp, and she never left me!], really. She turned 23 today. No need to be jealous, I see her way less than I talk to you.

  • I can hear the uterine flips, but it's so loud, it totally drowned out the ticking! ;) Love you, honey.

  • Totally gonna find out the baby's sex. Heck yeah. Only crazy people aren't anally prepared by the time the kid's born. ;)

  • ^^^i guess i'm one of those crazy people, deborah!!  haha^^^ [i never wanted to know before baby was born what she/he was....]

    i loved this post... i love rabbit trails.  i'm TOTALLY subbing every day from here until sept 27th!!!  i couldn't believe it.  between the elementary and the high schools, they ran down a bunch of dates and asked me if i could take any or all of them, that i'm "much requested."  LOL  so, i took a bunch of the elementary ones, then the high school called and i took theirs, then the elem school called back and filled in the gaps.  ugh, i hope i can manage it all [life] with working every day too.  i've just been trying to get "caught up" on all that has been suffering since, well.... like... my wedding day!  lol  i don't know if it'll ever happen, i'm sooo far behind!  man, there are so many reasons i wish we lived closer.  not only to see you, but i would TOTALLY hire you [or beg you] to come and help me get my house organized.  i don't know if you're even into that, but it would motivate me just having you here..... i need you.  :O)

    okay, i've not been able to leave you "that voice mail" b/c david has been home since the weekend.  still here, as a matter of fact.  and wouldn't you know it -- the only two days he's been home midweek, i've had to work [yesterday and today].  poor guy!  and i've got the van [our only vehicle], so he's stuck at home alone.  poor poor guy!  [i told him where the vacuum, the dishwashing soap, the windex, etc, was.... he wasn't listening.  LOL]  seriously, he did do some little fix-up things today, like replace the flapper in the toilet [b/c our water bill was nearly double this month b/c the water in the toilet constantly ran!].  he also installed a new toilet lid, while he was at it.  i'm only certain that the extreme intensity of those tasks-at-hand called for a couple-hour nap...  haha 

    soooo, i wanna hear more about this stalker guy.  you KNOW i could take care of him for ya.  if you remember right, MY stalker woke me in the middle of the night with his hand in my bedroom window, patting the pillow next to my head, as if feeling around for something.  and what did i do?  did i scream and call 9-1-1???  ohhhhh, heck NO.  i went outside [at 4:30AM] and confronted the man!  [ok, so i thought he was a 16-yr-old perv looking for my daughter]... but still, i was made to look like a real hero [aka: IDIOT] by the police for going outside in the wee hours of the morning to confront the guy. 
    yeah.... he's still around.  he jsut looks at me and smiles and waves.  it hacks me off soooooo bad!  i want him behind bars!!!!

    we do need to talk.  not just about your stalker, tho... i wanna hear your smile!  :o )

  • I miss you.  Any new stalker news?  Did I tell you I'm proud of you for running and doing the jingle bell run?

  • Thinking of you today. Hope you having a wonderful day.

  • Hey - just stopping by to say hi! Hope you're having a good week - praying for you.

  • I'm sure you could substitute chicken for the pork.  How are you?

  • yes...dear Havah, how are you??

    love you back!!

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