the trailer park queen

Awesome suprise

2008-08-09T01:38:00.003-05:00

Okay, so I'm the first to admit that I hateeee surprises. Well, I like them if they're presents, but people popping out of corners and doing crazy stuff gets me down.

So tonight I'm lounging around... bummed because I'd had a bad day and was pretty tired. I'd already changed into my PJs and was just gonna watch some TV before bed. Stew had been sending me text messages and I'd planned on talking to him when he done "playing pool". So he calls around 11:14pm and we're just chattin' like normal and he said, "So what are you doing?" And I told him I'm just sitting here... watching TV, gettin' ready for bed and being bored. Then he asked where I was... and duh... "I'm at home." And he said "Where are you at home... What room are you in?" Ummm... About that time I started looking around my house. That sorta shit freaks me out!! And...

Me: "Where are you?"
Stew: "I'm in your driveway."
Me: "No, you're not."
Stew: "Yes, I am."
Me: "No, you're not." (Being repetitive because I'm too damn scared to go look out the window.)
Stew: "YES... I... AM"
Me: "Then flash the lights."
*Lights flash from the driveway.*
Me: OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Phone disconnects*

Oh my God! I was so excited! And shocked!!! That butt head lied to me!!! I thought he was in Pennsylvania laid up in a motel and getting ready to go on some stupid coal mine tour thingie. Ugh! And he'd called me earlier in the day to get directions to this place from another place... both in Pennsylvania. Oh my God. He's such a sneaky snake!!!

He really surprised me!!!! And for sure made this day go from a zero to a perfect 10 in seconds!!!! Thank you Stew!!! It really meant a lot!!! And quit being a damn sneaky snake!!!! Love ya hun!

TGIF!

2008-08-08T19:06:00.002-05:00

I'm so glad it's the weekend!! I'm exhausted and at my wits end... I just need a break. Mostly from everything.

Maybe later on I'll think of something more to post... but its been a long, long week.

Finally home...

2008-08-07T20:52:00.002-05:00

Long day... No sooner got home, changed clothes and ate some dinner and I got called back into the office. I reckon its not too bad, but I'm just tired. I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday. I need a break!!

My friend came back to work today... and he's doing okay. But he's here and he knows he's got us. That's all that matters.

I need to get my ass on the ball... My Avon orders are due in tonight and I have yet to finish entering everything. I best get on it!

Happy Thursday everyone.

It'll only make you stronger...

2008-08-05T13:53:00.001-05:00

The past two days haven't been the greatest for a very good friend of mine. He's laid up in some trashy, hourly rate motel and instead of getting himself together and trying to hold his chin up, he's burying his big, oaf head in the sand.

I've tried to call him... We all did yesterday. Finally he called someone today to let them know what was going on and he didn't want to talk to anyone else. It just breaks my heart that he doesn't know how much all these people care about him. We went out of our way to find him a place to stay until he's back on his feet and he's sitting there givin' himself a pity party.

I'm not mad at him in any way... I'm just worried. Naturally, I want to take care of him and just tell him it's going to be okay. He's had a rough year and he needs to know that people care about him. He needs to know that we'll help him any way we can and that that one person may be done with him but we're not. We can move on and so can he.

So listen to me. We've all been there... but YOU have to strong enough to let us help you. We want too. We don't feel sorry for you and we won't. I want to help you. I know you'd do it for me and I want my friend back. She's not worth it and you know it. You know this is for the best and you knew deep down it was coming.

You need to be strong enough to hold your head up, walk through these doors and let us help you. Until then, I'll pray for you.

"The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace."
-Psalm 29:11

Today is my 150th...

2008-08-04T11:00:00.001-05:00

That's right folks! Today is the 150th day since I've had a cigarette. I never, ever thought I'd make it this far. Seriously, I know myself pretty damn well and I know how easily I'm tempted. My co-workers have been super supportive and when I'm having a bad day they won't even let me go outside with them... because they know I'll just beg them for one.

I'm really not that proud of myself... and everyone seems to think I should be. But I know how badly I want to smoke and how badly the cravings are that I have to constantly fight off. I don't feel any better since I quit and I've gained about fifty pounds. Yea, fifty pounds fatter. Just what I need.

My goal before the new year is to lose a little bit of weight. Maybe not much, but a little... I need a starting point. I need to stop replacing a cigarette (which might I remind you is CALORIE FREEEE) with junk food like twizzlers, suckers, chips, chocolate cake, etc. and finding something else to do... like running a mile. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Yea, that was funny.

Anyways, so today's the day... 150 days of not smoking. Yay me.

Love you all and your support in this means the world to me.

Bloggity, blog, blog...

2008-08-03T20:26:00.002-05:00

Look at me! Look at me! Posting again! Yay me!

John figured out what kinda frogs I was seeing... read his comment on the previous post.

I'm really hungry... but nothing sounds good. I've been munching on Parmesan and Garlic Cheez-Its but they're really not doing the trick tonight. I think I need a Big Mac or something... Maybe Taco Bell. Oo! Oo! Sonic... yummmy! Alright I'm a little more hungry now.

So when I was on the phone earlier I told Stew that I was gonna post and he told me to write about him. And I really can't think of much besides I love ya, I miss ya and you need Cingular. :-p

Anyways, I'm off to play on Pogo.... gotta work on my badge. Sorry this is so short... don't really know what else to write.

Froggies, hotness and other randomness...

2008-08-02T13:23:00.003-05:00

So I thought about what to write and couldn't decide on something... So I'll just do it all. :-)

Does anyone else have an over abundance of tiny, wittle froggies? They're must be breedin' or something. Those suckers are everywhere...and they're tiny. Like the size of a dime. I just walked out to the mailbox and I swear I saw like fifty. And they're just hop, hop, hoppin' away. I don't know what the deal is but there's a ton of them in my yard. Maybe there's a wittle momma and pa frog gettin' busy somewhere close.

And it's like 88 degrees outside... Heat index is like 100+, gotta be. It's miserable out there. That would be why I'm indoors and lounging.

I need to get my ass to work around this house... Laundry needs done, dishes need put away, floors need vacuuming, etc. Any volunteers?

I'm off to play on Pogo... I'm super addicted. For reals. AND I host in a league again. I love it. Come play with me!!!!

Does anyone still care?

2008-08-02T13:18:00.001-05:00

So it's been forever... And I know I always do this. I do sooo good with posting and then it goes to shit. I just forget to post. Plus, since I can't post at work anymore it really blows. That really helped me get through the boredom of Monday and Friday afternoons.

So is anyone still out there? Or has everyone given up hope that I'll ever post again...

I'm gonna run outside and get the mail and try to come up with something to blog about. :-)

I live a very, very boring life.

My Yard Sale Booth

2008-05-17T18:04:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone! I’m so happy, I’ve had such a great Avon day! I just thought I’d share what happened…

Today was my first real Avon “outing”. I set up a booth at our town wide yard sale. I live in a very small town and I honestly has set my expectations very low. The morning started off slowly, but picked up a bit. I had a few things for sale… Shower Gels, Body Lotions, Body Sprays, Nail Polish, a Pedicure Set and a Foot Works Set. Those all sold except one bottle of nail polish, one shower gel and the Foot Works Watermelon set. So that was good.

I also had set up three gift baskets. I know three is a lot to giveaway, but I had accumulated a few things here and there and made a liiv botanicals basket, a shower gel/lotion/spray basket and a Foot Works Watermelon basket. Those really enticed folks and they kept saying, “I really want that liiv stuff“… or “that Watermelon foot set smells soooo good”! I got a bag full of contacts from folks registering and the great thing was they were all local! (Savin’ gas money baby!!!) Plus, about 1/3 of the folks had email addresses so that’s even better. Saves me a few calls on reminder day.

I also offered 15% any orders that are placed any time today or Sunday only. This was a one time special offer. I also explained to folks if they couldn’t decide by then, new customers still saved 10%.

I got three orders while I was at my booth and I just received a phone call from another lady with my fourth order. I’m so happy. Even though it’s only four orders, that’s great. I’m happy. I would go do it again tomorrow if I could… LOL

If I had it to do all over again… I would have had bug spray. I know, I know. I was kicking myself all day. Folks kept asking about it and said they need to order some but I KNOW if I had put it out front with a for sale sticker on it, it’d be sold. Stupid me. Now I know!!!

I had a lot of fun, talked to a TONNNN of people and got a bunch of contacts. Now I need to do my drawing and make some ladies very happy! LOL. Take care everyone.

News, news, news!

2008-05-02T23:26:00.005-05:00

So don't shoot the author... but yea, I know. It's been a month since I wrote. I get busy, damnit. So here's our update!

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My best friend of over ten years, A.J. is a proud daddy now!!!! Wyatt was born last Friday and everyone is happy and healthy. Even big brother, Christian. A.J. has a beautiful family now and I'm sure they'll keep making "additions". LOL.

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Today is my 56th day of not smoking!!!! YAY! ME!!! It's been super hard and I still want one about every other minute. But I really need to do this for me, so I've been surprisingly strong. Normally I'd be soooo easy to given in... I guess that whole, living or dying thing kinda got to me. :-)

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Work is good. Nothing more to say I reckon... Same 'ole, same 'ole. LOL.

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My AVON business is doing freaking great!!!!! I'm so happy that its thriving.... slowly but surely I'm building my customer base. Even if you don't live near me, you can still order!!! Go to my website and place your order! Be sure to use REPFS as coupon code for Free Shipping!!!

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My best friend and lovebug Stewart's birthday is today!! He's the big 2-4! LOL. Tomorrow we're celebrating with a late lunch in Amish country. You know us... we'll lead you to the buffet! Hehe... But it's gonna be Me, Stewart, Steven, Becky and Robin. Should be a good time!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVEBUG!!!

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My nephew is getting so big... and cuter by the minute. Watch out ladies. He'll be available in about 16 1/2 years. LOL.

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So I really don't have much to post on... I'm tired. But I know I needed to post something. And I'll try to get my ass on here more. :-)

Love you all,
Maggs

Since I've been gone...

2008-04-02T18:00:00.003-05:00

Hey… look at me!! I’m blogging! Woohoo! Yay me!!

Okay, So it hasn’t been the best month or so… I’ve had quite the traumatic time.

The one-year anniversary of Emily’s death was in the beginning of March. I really did better than what I thought I would… Mostly, I thought about the good memories we had as friends all those years instead of dwelling on her untimely death. A.J. and I finally went to the cemetery… only took us a year to finally go. But we went… in the few days between her birthday and her date of death.

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In the middle of March I started getting sick… mostly flu symptoms, but a little cold-like. Guess that should have been my first clue to go to the doctor. But me, thinkin’ that I was fine and would feel better after the virus ran its course, didn’t want to waste the $30 co-pay at the doctor’s office… plus the antibiotics she would have put me on. I finally got sick enough to stay home from work on that Thursday and Friday… and was sick all weekend. Sunday morning I woke up in a coughing fit… I couldn’t catch my breath… it was so hard to breathe. Randy came home from work and actually acted slightly concerned. I told him I was done, I was gonna go to the doctor. And my ass was not waiting until Monday. I seriously felt soooo bad. Since Randy had just got home from work and had to work that night, I said I would get Dad to take me. I figured they’d give me some fluids, because I couldn’t keep anything down and probably a breathing treatment since my lungs were so full of crap.

So Dad took me to the Emergency Room at the local crap-shoot hospital. They got me right in a room for examination… the nurse recognized me from my past visits to the ER with my Dad. And she said she “knew I was really sick…” Anyways, long story short, they pushed two bags of fluids through me before I left the ER and gave me a breathing treatment. The ER doc said my chest x-rays were not great and neither was my blood work. So that prompted an overnight stay for “observation”. I was upset, but I felt so bad that I really didn’t care what they did to me. Mom and Dad stayed at the hospital for a little bit after they moved me up to my room for the night, but they left and went home. I’d never spent the night in the hospital alone before and frankly it wasn’t that much fun. It’s boring as hell… and the nurses are so busy they don’t have time to entertain you. Which sucked… so it was me and the TV.

My lungs were in such bad shape, they were giving me breathing treatments every 2-4 hours… depending on how bad I was. The doctor said I was to the point of developing C.O.P.D. (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and that in order to get my lungs back on track they were pumping antibiotics and steroids into my system as well. And then the kicker… I needed to quit smoking. Yeaaa. I talked to her a bit and she said she’d do anything I needed her to do to help me. Patches, gum, medicine. Anything. As long as I quit. She said she didn’t want to see me continuing to smoke a pack a day and a year later being a 26-year old woman on oxygen.

They finally let me come home on Wednesday afternoon. I never thought I was that sick… the entire time I was in the hospital, I kept telling the doctor I wanted to go home. (And thankfully my doctor knows me fairly well! And she’s super nice and very very good) She looked me straight in the face and said, “Maggie… you really don’t realize how sick you really are. I can’t let you go home yet.” But I came home on Wednesday and she wouldn’t let me go back to work until Monday. Which was probably good. I still felt weak and pretty crummy. But I was never so glad to go back to work on that Monday! I missed my peoples!

My smoking and letting this virus destruct my lungs has brought back my childhood asthma in full fucking force. It’s awful. I’m taking two inhalers… One I take once in the morning and once in the evening. The other I take in between, usually twice a day, but it is also my “rescue” inhaler. It’s unbelievable. I hate it, but I’m dealing.

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This is where everyone gets to praise me… because I deserve it damnit!

I haven’t had a cigarette since March 7, 2008… That’s the Friday before I was admitted into the hospital. I was so sick the days after that and before I was admitted that I couldn’t even smoke. So today… April 2, 2008, is my 26th day of being smoke-free!!!! I'm so proud of myself.

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Moving on to other news... My family had a good Easter. I filled and hid Easter eggs for my nephew. He's getting bigger and cuter on a daily basis. I think we all had a good time.

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My AVON Business is going pretty good. I have about five really good customers. But I really need a lot more. I'd love to be your AVON lady... so please visit my website.

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Anyways, I figured I should post some sort of something... I've just been sickly, tired, busy and cranky. Otherwise I would have posted sooner. Hehe...

Please let me be your new AVON lady!

2008-02-08T21:54:00.000-06:00

So I'm super excited! Today I launched my new AVON business. I am now an Independent Sales Representative and I'm so stoked. I've set up my new website that anyone from anywhere can order fragrances, makeup, cleanser, lotions, mark products and lots of jewelry and gifts. So seriously, please go visit my website and register. I'd love for you to buy something too! I promise I'll be your best AVON lady ever!

(By the way, there's a permanent link to the right over here ----------> so you easily find your way back to my AVON site anytime!)

I'm such a slacker...

2008-02-03T00:04:00.000-06:00

So it's been forever since I've updated. And I'm just a slacker. Things have been good here at the Trailer Park. Nothing too eventful.

I celebrated my 25th birthday on Friday and it was a good day. The only down side was hubby sent me some flowers to work that evidently I was allergic too. I was so glad to get rid of them! The ride home from work was brutal. I didn't much care for being locked up in the car with them. They live at Momma's house now... or atleast until they die. And I'm sure that won't be long because she kills every plant she touches.

My Nintendo DS kicks ass. I love it. Mostly been playin' some Mario and Nintendogs. The Nintendogs was Jondi's that she was letting me borrow but she gave it to me for my birthday! Yay! Mario is difficult. I mean, I don't think it'd be hard for anyone thats played a video game in the last decade, but for me, it's supa hard. I hadn't played Mario in YEARS!!! Years!! I think the last time I would've played was when me and my brother had a Nintendo... the first one back in the day. So I love it... but its taking me forever to make any progress. I keep dying.

Last Monday I was playing in the living room, laying on the couch and Randy had just laid down to go to sleep. I was battlin' my way through a level on Mario and keep getting my ass kicked by these stupid fishies. When I finally died and didn't have any more lives, I screamed "Goddammit" as loud as possible and scared the crap outta the hubby. He yelled, "WHAT?!?!?!" and I just replied... "Nothing, I'm fine. I just died." :-D

So nothing new is going on... I'm trying to be more stress-free. Trying not to worry about things I can't change and accepting them. I'm doing really good... I've only kept myself up one night this week because I couldn't stop thinking about everything. And that's good... my poor mind just doesn't want to shut off sometimes. It'd rather just spin out of control and make me worry about stupid things.

Well, I'm off to play KenoPop with Stewie... he's at work, slavin' away and I must entertain him. Off to Pogo!

Weeeeeeeeeee

2008-01-18T15:36:00.000-06:00

So I'm pretty psyched up... My new Nintendo DS is coming tomorrow according to FedEx! Yay! I know, I'm such a nerd but I lead a boring very life outside of work and my few friends. Plus, I loveeeee playing games. And since Randy hates them, I can never get that big dork fish to play anything with me... not even cards. I

It's supa boring at work today... Well I was busy this morning but things have really died down and everyone is just ready to leave. I'm ready to get home, get Randy off to work and then relax. That's my goal. Just leave me alone and let me relax. It's been such a horrid week.

Oh and get this. Kyla will love this. Our newspaper puts out a monthly real estate magazine that we call the "homes book". And once a month, there's "Homes Book Week" and we're all over worked, stressed and super bitchy. Wellll.... guess what other monthly treasure comes along at the exact same time? Yea, buddy.... that's right. Aunt Flow. Stupid bitch has been coming right on schedule every month... the exact same week. Yes, God hates me. Anyways, now you know my monthly bleedin' troubles, my stressful week and how I'm gonna kick back tonight. Aren't you special?!

My birthday...

2008-01-17T13:45:00.000-06:00

Oh and I almost forgot. Randy is getting me a Nintendo DS Lite for my birthday...Well, we're almost not paying for it. I've accumulated so many "Best Buy Bonus Points" that's is practically free. Yea! And I've really been wanting one. But yea, after the bonus points and putting it on the credit card, it's almost free... About $25 out of pocket. :-) Me so happy! Now me need games.Buy me games!

I know, I know...

2008-01-17T13:30:00.000-06:00

It's been way to long, but damnit, a girl's got work to do! We've been so swamped at work and Randy's still sick. That's my excuse. :-)

I finally did get Randy to go to the doctor on Monday...they gave him some antibiotics and told him to "take it easy". Yeaaa.... to Randy, "take it easy" means don't raise a finger for a week. Ya know, I was just as sick as he was, and my ass hauled it into work every day and came home and still did my wifely duties. He's been laid up on the couch in the same damn position all week. It's seriously driving me batty. Now yesterday him and Pa did split some firewood but good Lord. You can only "rest" so long. Get up off your ass... I'm tired. Somedays you just want a little help.

But work is good... We've been super busy and that just means good money. And Maggie needs money. We're on such a tight budget lately and I'm trying to keep my head above water. What doesn't help is that gas, groceries and everything has increased in price, but no one has increased my pay!! Or Randy's for that matter. Actually Randy's went DOWN... because they raised the insurance. So now he's gets almost seven dollars less per pay check. It's not much, but still.

Someone needs to call a congressman and tell him we're poor.

It's been a sickly week...

2008-01-06T14:23:00.000-06:00

My husband started getting sick right after Christmas... and trust me, if you think men are babies, you ain't seen nothing yet!! He's the ultimate baby... seriously, the world stops and we all cater to him. Well... not everyone, but I have to. Luckily, he started getting better last Saturday night but I guess he wanted to share the wealth.

I started getting sick on Monday... I had to work and made it through the day but was really starting to feel bad. As usual, we didnt' have any New Year's plans, so I went to bed at 9:30pm. Pretty sad, but I wasn't feelin' good. I slept through pretty much all of New Year's Day and went to work Wednesday morning. I felt awful... sneezing, coughing, blowing my head full of snot and had an awful headache. So I got my stuff done at work and left at 3pm. Same thing on Thursday except I had a bad case of nausea and left work again at 3pm. When I came home, I tried to lay down and sleep some of the ickies off but that sure as hell didn't work. Every time I laid down, I would have awful coughing fits and had to sit back up. And I'm not one of those people who can sleep sitting in a chair or sitting up in bed. I've just never been able to do it. So I rolled out of bed and either sat here at the computer or on the couch watching TV. I convinced my dad and husband that I had to have something for the nausea and they ran to CVS. Well, the only thing they have over-the-counter to help is Pepto-Bismol. Yeaaaaa buddy. It's been probably 15 years since I've taken that crap. Eww. But it worked... I had to take it every hour and I still felt awful, but it helped enough to keep me from heaving and wanting to rip out my stomach.

After an awful night of trying to sleep, coughing, vomiting and not sleeping, I called into work on Friday. I slept most of the day, except for being woke up twice with calls from work and went right back to sleep. Yesterday was so-so... I'd feel okay, then I'd feel awful. I finally fell asleep on the couch this morning around 1am-ish and woke up and went to the bedroom around 4am.

This morning/afternoon I woke up at Noon... and I just kinda laid there for a few minutes. Randy was snoring like a banshee which meant he was home safely from work, fed and showered. But I kinda felt good... Not a perfect ten, but much better. Much, much better. It's after 2:30pm now and I still haven't ate... kinda scared to but I think I might go eat some toast.

Anyways, those are my sickly adventures... It's been a shitty ass week but hopefully I'm out of the slump and I'm going to start feeling better.

Happy 2008!

2008-01-01T10:15:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year to my family, friends and bloggin' friends. It's gonna be a great year.

I'm so glad I have the day off from work. I've been sitting here in front of this lovely screen for the past two hours... mostly because I don't want to move. I'm so congested and I feel like poo. So I'm off to play some sort of game on Pogo...

Like a virgin... for the very first timeeee...

2007-12-31T18:39:00.000-06:00

Here's a picture of the bracelet I just made. It's my co-worker Ann's fault. Alllll her fault. She's the one that gave me one and got me pysched up about it. And it was really fun to make... I got to be creative and what not. It's a tid bit too big, but thats okay! It's my first one. Just like sex... the first time is...well...awkward.

And don't laugh at my fat, man-like hand.

2007 In Review...

2007-12-30T09:14:00.000-06:00

I’ve tried to start this blog three times now and I can’t decide on how to start it… so I’m giving up. This is my lead. It’s as good as it gets.

2007 has been the hardest year of my life. I’m sure there’s worse things to come, but I pray they all don’t come in the same year. I need time to adjust… to heal.

In January, 2007 my parents were told they’d have to move from their home. Sure wasn’t the way I wanted to start the new year, but I knew we’d get through it. I guess I didn’t figure it would take so long to be on the other side looking back. Things just don’t happen as fast as you want them too and they’re are always harder than they seem.

February didn’t bring too much drama… well none that I can remember anyways! I celebrated my 24th birthday and one of my best friends, Emily, celebrated her 25th. Another one of my best friends, A.J. started dating his now fiancée, Melissa.

March was by far, the most awful month. On March 4th, my long time best friend Emily passed away. It was unexpected and the most awful hurt I’ve ever felt. I didn’t really know what to do… A.J. and I talked for a few hours one night and reminisced about the crazy crap the three of us used to do. I still haven’t figured out how we never got arrested. My childhood is full of the best memories anyone could ask for… and I’m thankful to Emily and A.J. for giving those to me.

A few weeks later in March, my Dad was admitted to the hospital. His back was giving him fits again which prompted a trip to the ER and a long stay in the hospital and the rehabilitation center. Finally after a long wait, the surgery was performed to, once again, remove the osteomyelitis that had infested the bones and structures in his back. New hardware was installed and thank God he’s doing well now. He might be the bionic man, but he’s alive and he’s still his evil self.

April, May, June, July… Yea, they’re all pretty much a blur. Honestly, I know we got the Trailer House moved in and started painting, cleaning and moving small things over. My daddy’s birthday was in late May and my brother’s birthday was in June… and we won’t mention how old they are since… well they’re both getting’ up there in years! Just kidding. Then my brother and sister-in-law celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in mid-July.

August was a good month. Momma and daddy finally got moved into their Trailer House and we beginning to settle in. We still had lots of little things to do but they were moved and here to stay.

September… my family celebrated it’s youngest member’s birthday. My handsome nephew turned one and he’s getting bigger, smarter and cuter everyday. A.J. announced he was going to be a daddy… and I know he’ll be great.

October is always such a busy month… and usually a curse for my family. Octobers have always been bad in the past but this time we got without any major incidents… thankfully. My husband, Momma and A.J. all celebrated their birthdays.

November held the first annual “MySpace Party”. And don’t worry… we’re not a bunch of freakos. We already knew each other before the party… we wouldn’t all get together with people we didn’t know. We had a great time and by some act of God, my two friends Stewie and Krys whipped everyone’s asses in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Yea… weird, huh!? Hehe. In the middle of the month, me and the hubby celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary. Thanksgiving was held at our home here at the Trailer Park and went off without a hitch. I also started this here blog in November… yay!

December… well December isn’t quite over yet but we can recap anyways. Our family had a great Christmas, even though the little one was sick. Everyone got nice presents and got stuffed on good food.

There’s a few other things that really don’t fit into any of those months, because I’m not sure where they fit in… But that’s okay. I am so thankful for my friends. I know I wouldn’t have made it through this year without them. A.J., Becky and Stewie picked me up and brought me back to being myself. And poor Steven… Steven got me on one of my worst days and when he asked me what was wrong, he got an earful… which lead to me crying for over an hour and him just listening to me vent. Poor guy… I’m sure he thought I was having a nervous breakdown! And Peggy. God bless her and all of her advice she gives me daily… whether I want it or not. All of my friends are so precious to me. I love them all so much and because of them and my family, I’m happier than I’ve ever been.

Things at work are sooo much better too. I have the best team that I’ve ever had. I’ve had great, great employees here and there throughout the years, but I’ve never had all of them get along the way this team does. They don’t argue, they work together and they get the job done. Granted, they still get on my nerves occasionally… but who doesn’t!

So that’s my review of 2007. I hope you weren’t completely bored. I know I put a lot of thought into this and I tried to remember everything major that happened. It’s been a long, hard year but I have high hopes for 2008. High, good hopes.

The First Annual Trailer Park Christmas

2007-12-25T19:11:00.000-06:00

Christmas with the family went off without a hitch. I don't have any pictures, mostly because my nephew felt awful. Poor thing slept and laid almost all of the time. Hopefully he'll feel better soon and can play with his new toys... That little people farm will wait!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T08:55:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas everyone! The camera is charged up and ready to roll so hopefully I'll have pictures to post this evening.

I'm just sitting down for a bit to check my email and try to wake up... I've gotta make that damn Cheeseball and Deviled Eggs before Momma comes over to start the yeast rolls.

Merry Christmas and God Bless!

My Momma... the pack rat.

2007-12-23T21:31:00.000-06:00

My mom is probably the one of the worst pack rats I know. My husband is the world's WORST, without a doubt. But Mom keeps silly stuff.

When they moved, she gave me her cedar chest. Over the years, she had thrown stuff in there... whether it was something she wanted to keep or just to get it out of the way. I don't know which, but it was in that chest. When she moved, she cleaned out all the "junk" and it now lives at my house. I love that cedar chest, it will be one of the treasured things my parents have given to me. And I don't know why I like it so much, but I do. (Please excuse the fat cat perched on top of the chest... my lovely cat has claimed it to be his bed for the moment and was rather pissed off when I asked him to "git".)

Anyways, Randy had put all the wrapping paper in there, along with my scissors, tape and name tags. When I went to grab my stuff to start wrapping presents, I found two small shoes. One is clearly a little boys and one a little girls. Only one of each. I'm not sure what happened to their "matches" but I have inherited two mis-matched shoes.

When I was working up the two pictures in this post, I noticed for the first time the initials "DW" on the sandal. I'm guessing these were hand-me-downs from my older cousins, probably Deanna to be more specific. She's a few years older than me, but it's the only thing that makes sense. I guess Momma could've snatched these at a yard sale. Either way, I have two mis-matched shoes.

The hole point of this blog was to talk about my Momma and the Trailer Park Grocery Store but you know how I get off in my own world. Anyways, I was completely bored this afternoon... My friends were having Christmas with their families so I couldn't bother them and my husband was sleeping. Momma and Daddy were at home doing God only knows what. Out of boredom, I decided I'd make a big batch of cookies... my cookie recipe (mentioned in a previous blog) says it makes six dozen. So I doubled it. I wanted to have enough to take to send some with Randy to work for him and his buddies, to take to work with me in the morning and plenty left over for our Trailer Park Christmas on Christmas day.

I started out fine... doubling my sugar.

Doubling.... well... I need more brown sugar. Off across the driveway I went to Mommas to fetch a bag of brown sugar.

Okay... back in business. Doubling my brown sugar.

Doubling... well. SHIT. I need six sticks instead of five!! Off to Momma's again to steal a stick of margarine.

Okay... Doubling my margarine. Mix well.

Okee... Doubling my eggs...

Doubling my vanilla.

Doubling my flour... Man... that's alot of freakin' flour. Damnit! I need more flour. Off to Momma's again, cussin' the whole way.

Okee... Still cussing... Doubling my baking soda... Doubling my salt... Doubling my chocolate chips.

Holy Shit! I don't need anything else! See... me and cooking and baking just don't mix well. Thank God for Momma and her completely backed "pantry". (And just so you know, Momma has like 10 bags of flour, five bags of brown sugar and five boxes of sticks of margarine.) She buys in bulk when things are on sale. You'd think I learn something.... but I haven't. That's why we have the Trailer Park Grocery Store!!

*Editor's Note: Momma did say to me on each trip to the Trailer House, "Are you sure you don't need anything else?" And every time I said, "Nope, I got everything else." See... Mommas are always right.

Christmas is almost here!

2007-12-22T10:48:00.000-06:00

I apologize for my lack of blogging. My main problem is the pain in my right hand/wrist/arm. I'm not sure what it is yet, but it hurts something awful and by the time I get home from work, I don't feel like doing much typing.

All of our snow from last week is gone! Guess we need another round Weatherman! I'd be happy with a good foot of snow. That's more then plenty to keep the stupid people off the road for the most part and still make it plenty of fun...

Christmas is almost here and I have all of my shopping done! Yay! Well... except that one friend of mine. I still don't know what to get him, so he's getting $20 and we're gonna be done. I'm tired of searching the stores and online because I still have no idea what to get him.

I guess our family is having Christmas on Christmas Day around 2pm-ish. So I reckon if Santa brings me a bike or something that I'll have to wait allllll daayyyyy to open it. God I hope Santa doesn't bring me a bike!!!! We'd all be in a world of hurt. Can you really see my fat ass on that thing?

Anyways, I'm not going to post much now... Going to rest my hand.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

We've got snow!!!!

2007-12-16T19:44:00.000-06:00

Finally!!! Yay! My long awaited snow as finally arrived. By Saturday morning, we had around 4 inches of fluffy, beautiful snow but it didn't last long since the rain started in and turned most of it to mush. What was left was a good base for what came late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. We got another 2-3 inches in that period of time and this time, it stuck around! :-) I took a few pictures of Momma's dogs playing in the snow and the road so I could show off our beautiful scenery.

On another note, I'm really not ready for this weekend to end. I'm exhausted. I really haven't done much, but I'm still tired. Yesterday I visited with my brother and nephew over at the Trailer House with Mom and Dad and then I came back home and baked some chocolate chip cookies. And of course, nothing can be simple with me. I wanted to make cookies but it had to be a certain recipe. It's the only recipe that I've ever made that turns out perfect. All the other chocolate chip cookie recipes just don't taste as good. But of course, I couldn't find damn book it's in, so I tore my house apart trying to find it. I was about to give up after looking almost everywhere, searching online and chain-smoking the whole time. I finally discovered it in the back of one of my desk drawers. Why it was there... who freakin' knows. But now I've put it in a safe place, saved in on my computer and emailed it to my friend and my mom. Now I know I can't lose it. Pathetic huh?!

It was overall a good weekend. I got to see my nephew and brother. I baked. I cleaned. I wrapped presents. I spent some time with my friends... only online though... weather prohibitted anything else! And I relaxed. I just don't want it to end yet.

My nemesis…the Weatherman

2007-12-13T18:56:00.000-06:00

I’ve been waiting on snow since the middle of November. Is it just me or does anyone else remember snow in November? I want snow damnit. I’ve waited patiently, and as we all know, I don’t DO patient. Not that my fat ass is actually going to get out and roll around on the ground making snow angels but you bet your ass I’ll enjoy it.

What really sucks is that I won’t be able to go sledding at Mom and Dad’s old place. We had some awesome hills there… the best one being down the middle of the road. I’ll never forget one year, and I think it was like Christmas Eve or really close to Christmas, John and I sled down the hill on the road. It was fairly steep and you had to truck it back up to the top once you finally made it to the bottom, but it was worth it. The challenging part was steering your sled so you stayed on the road and didn’t end up in the huge ravines on either side of the road. Needless to say, our dumbasses were in the ravine. It was cold and wet but did it over and over. I guess that’s what we get for being bored and living in the country.

So now Weatherman… I’m callin’ ya out. Bring it on! You’re promising snow this weekend and I’m expecting it. It’s too early to post a radar image but by God, everyone has heard your snow rants. Let’s see it. I want snow. And I’m not talkin’ a pussy ass snow. I want at least two inches, good slick roads and good sleddin’ weather.

Oh, and I need a new place to sled. Anyone want to take this big ‘ol girl sledding?

Random stuff...

2007-12-12T17:43:00.000-06:00

I know, lame title, but I can't really think of anything else that's fitting.

I've spent most of the past couple days figuring out Christmas. What I'm getting everyone that I haven't already bought for and buying it. And everything so far has been bought online. And honestly I like doing it online. No lines, no crap and no annoying people. The only thing that sucks is the shipping costs but most of the time there's free shipping coupons. :-) So yay! But I've spent $130 at Cafepress.com. Hehe... Now if I can't just figure out how to open a store on there and make myself some money, we'd be good!

Finally at work today I got the account I've been waiting for! I've been annoying the hell out of this woman and trying to get her employment advertising and she finally sent me two ads today. Thank God! I hate pestering people and according to my boss, I'm not pestering, I'm being persistant. But it sure the hell feels like pestering. It's not a huge account but its big. Big enough to make my day.

Well I don't have much else to report on.... Just that things have been slow and quiet so far this week. :-)

Christmas Galore

2007-12-08T13:39:00.000-06:00

I've been sitting at my desk addressing, signing and licking Christmas cards for the past hour. But they're all done. Thank God. And after I was done, I was like... what the hell. Why did I just lick over 70 Christmas card envelopes? I'm such a dork. I was just doing it and not paying a bit of attention. Guess my brain isn't fully working. Oh well... I reckon I'll have the sweet taste of adhesive in my mouth for the rest of the day.

I still haven't finished all my shopping... I have no idea what to get Dad, Mom and my one friend. Oh, and I still have to buy for my Secret Santa exchange at work. And I don't know what to get him either. Guess I'll have to get on that.

Yesterday one of Randy's presents came... a Boot and Glove dryer. Yea, I know. Real romantic! Anyways, I ordered it online from Cabelas.com and they shipped it via UPS. I never thought they wouldn't put it in a damn box!! It came in the product box. Like they just yanked it off the shelf and slapped an address label on it. Plus, Randy was home yesterday when they delivered it and I was at work so he knows what it is because theres a damn picture of it on the box and says "BOOT & GLOVE DRYER". Bastards. Now I have to find something else for him that will be a surprise. They could have atleast said, we're lazy and we're not going to package it. You have to pay $2 more" and I would've done it. Ugh. Stupid asses.

So I'm off to put return addresses on these stupid envelopes. Merry Freakin' Christmas!

My weather man is evil...

2007-12-08T00:54:00.000-06:00

Yea, so I got up at 5:30 a.m. this morning because we were SUPPOSED to have 1-4, 2-4 or 2 inches of snow. Nope. Those bastards just lied to me. They get my poor little hopes up and CRUSH THEM! Ugh. So I've been up an extra hour because of them... well not anymore. I just woke up from a nap. I wanted to take a real short little nap but ended up sleeping for almost five hours. Hehe... guess I was tired.

It's probably good though, I have to be up late tomorrow night. I have to go to the hubby's work Christmas party... that I'm not excited about. I've never met any of those people and I'm not the greatest around people I barely know. And I know they "know of me" because of the hubby. But Lord only knows what he's said. Besides that he robbed the cradle.

Snows a comin'...

2007-12-06T18:11:00.000-06:00

The Tri-State Weather forecast is showing SNOW! I'm so excited!! I love snow. I love driving in snow, I love playing in snow and I love eatig snow. And it's gorgous on the first day! After that, it gets kinda mucky and dirty. But the first day is fun.

We were talking about it today at work and decided that snow is payment for it being cold. Basically, if it's cold outside, we DESERVE snow. Seriously, we DESERVE IT. It's so worth freezing to death outside as long as we get some snow!!

*Crosses fingers in hopes of snow!*

Pregnancy...

2007-12-05T20:25:00.000-06:00

Last night I was laying in bed trying to figure out the world. Well, maybe not the world, but my little piece of it.

For those of you who don’t know, the hubby and I have been trying to get pregnant since August, 2006. We haven’t had any luck yet, but I’m trying my best to be patient. And most of you know, patience is not something I have a lot of. During this entire time, I’ve told very few people about us trying, just because I don’t really like everyone knowing my business. But I don’t care anymore. Maybe if I write this all out I’ll feel a little better. You never know… Sometimes talking about it helps.

I’m not questioning God or why these things happen, I guess I’m just confused. I don’t understand why God gives these precious, beautiful babies to drug addicted, abusive or destructive parents. I just don’t get it. Maybe He’s trying to help them. Maybe He’s trying to save them. Sometimes it works… I’ve witnessed it with my own eyes. A young woman with no job, no ambition and no real life besides drugs and alcohol gets pregnant and her life changes. Seriously, I’ve seen it. Sometimes miracles happens and their lives change for good but a lot of those pregnant moms never change. Not while their pregnant, not when they have a beautiful baby in their arms and not when they send their kid off to school to learn NOT to do drugs while they sit home and smoke crack. Their lives never change. I just don’t understand.

My doctor says I’m perfectly healthy, even with my weight, to get pregnant and have a healthy baby. My “lady parts” are all functioning normally and have no problems. We decided not to do any further testing, because of the cost of the tests, medicines, etc. We could never afford fertility treatments or en vitro, let alone the chance of having four, five or six babies. Granted, if God gave us five babies, we’d manage. We always have. I just think that babies are a gift from God. Even though so many of them are conceived as accidents, they happen for a reason. Each person is meant to do something with their lives.

We’re good people. We have good jobs. We love God. We love our families and friends. I’m not saying I’d be a perfect parent, because I know I’d have a lot to learn. I want to have what my friends have, what my parents have and what my brother has. They have a bond that will last a lifetime. And I know I have my family and my friends, but sometimes you just want more. And maybe that’s selfish.

I know God will give us a baby when He knows its right and maybe now isn’t the right time. This past year has been very stressful on my entire family. Most of the time, I bottle things up and don’t vent what I’m really feeling. The doctor has said that my stress levels can have a lot to do with us conceiving… and I believe that. Maybe I need to do like my mom says and go “Hhhhuuuuummmmmmmm….” and meditate. (If you’ve ever seen my mom do that, you’d be cracking up because she looks like a total goober!) But I’m trying. I’m trying to be more open with my friends and let them talk me through things when I need help clearing my head. I’m trying not to worry about the little things in life and let a lot of stuff go. I really am trying.

The hubby and I aren’t giving up. We’ve decided to quit counting days, quit peeing on stupid sticks and in impossibly small cups and we’ll just do it the old-fashioned way. If God gives us a baby, it will be the happiest day of our lives. If not, I’ll deal with it. It’s not up to me and I understand that.

I know some couples have tried a lot longer than we have to get pregnant, but if you’ve every tried, you probably know what I’m feeling. There’s got to be something I’m doing wrong. I don’t know.

Maybe I need to sleep with my legs over my head or something… Gravity?

Redesign...

2007-12-05T00:18:00.000-06:00

I've redesigned the blog... still have some work to do. I'll work on it again tomorrow! I have to get some sleep... It's Midnight:19. Hehe... that's 12:19am for those of you who don't speak stupid. :)

I have fans...

2007-12-04T23:28:00.000-06:00

Well, I don't really know if they're fans or if they just wanted to let me know they care! Either, way I'm excited. I sent an email out to my closest friends and family so they could read my rants, stories and more. And some of them are actually reading now!! Yay! Atleast I know someone is reading my crap! Jondi, Kyla, Peggy and Becky have all been so nice and left me comments... mostly because I'm cute. Anyways, I actually do have a "hit counter" on this site and the hits have more than doubled since I sent out my email.

Honestly, I don't have much to say today... It was a LONG day at work and had the most awful headache. Ended up coming home, working on Mom's computer again and taking a two and a half hour nap. I lost most of my headache and was able to sweet talk Randy into heating up some leftover KFC fried chicken for me. Now it's 11:36pm and I can't sleep... Guess that's what I get.

I hate Christmas shopping

2007-12-03T21:36:00.000-06:00

And I hate it so much that I haven't even been in a store! I've done all of my Christmas shopping online so far. Thankfully, I already have my brother, sister-in-law, nephew and husband all done. All I have left is my dad, my mom and my friend. And I really don't know what I'm getting any of them. Oh, and I almost forgot, I need to buy my co-worker a present for our Secret Santa exchange... and I don't know what to get him either.

Fa-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la.

Just a video...

2007-12-03T19:03:00.000-06:00

My friend sent this video to me awhile back and I thought I'd lost it forever when my computer died last week. Thank God for YouTube. Anyways, you need to watch this, it's hilarious!

Why I've been M.I.A.

2007-12-02T15:36:00.000-06:00

The past few days have been a freakin' blur... Most of my trauma started on Thursday at work. To make things short on that, my computer at work is a piece of shit. Honestly, it's old, out of date and a huge piece of MAC crap. I love Macs. Don't get my wrong. I just freaking hate my computer there. Anyways, it was down for about three hours and my co-worker and I were busy working on it. Well I say busy... it was really do something, twidle our thumbs and wait, and then do something else. It's just stupid. Anyways, I ended up working two hours later than normal, which pissed me off in general because I'm salaried.

And after my long day, all I wanted to do was come home and relax. That's all. Just get me some supper, a cold Diet Mountain Dew and some smokes and relax on the computer talkin' to my friends. But noooooo. That would be too fucking easy.

When I walked in the door at home, I heard a high pitched, long beeping noise and I didn't figure it was anything. Hubby was home and Lord only knows what he's been doing, so I thought it was him. Nope. It was coming from the hard drive of my computer. After screwin' around with it and hooking up my laptop, updating, and searching, all signs pointed to a dead motherboard. Great, huh? ALL IN ONE DAY! Work computer attempts to commit suicide and my home computer attempted and succeeded.

Seriously, I could've broke down and cried. Not because I can't handle not having my internet fix, but just because of everything was going wrong all day. I was convinced everything I touched was gonna break... however, that did get Randy to stay away from me. Hehe.

Then Friday was a great day! MUCH BETTER! I got a brand new spankin' computer from Best Buy and it's freakin' awesome!!! It's an HP Pavilion a6244n with an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 3,072 MB of system memory and 500 GB of hard drive and a DVD/CD writer. It's so sweet. Oh and the best part is my new monitor!! It's a 19" LCD Flat Screen, Wide Screen. It's soooo sweet!

Thankfully, everything has went great this weekend. The computer, monitor and printer all work great. I'm loving the new Windows Vista and it's working great. *Knock On Wood* And I'm happy again... Lord knows you should all be happy too.

When Maggie ain't happy, nobody's happy.

The First Trailer Park Thanksgiving....

2007-11-27T19:48:00.000-06:00

Well I made it through Thanksgiving on Saturday... it was an absolute bitch and I swear I barely survived. My feet were killing me, I was tired of cooking and I was tired of smelling all that freakin' delicious food all day. Helloooo... fat girl on a diet and you're making her attempt to prepare an entire Thanksgiving meal?!! Okeeeee... well to be honest, I didn't cook the ENTIRE dinner, but damnit I did a lot. More than I ever have and honestly... I'm not a fan. I'd be just as happy if all we had were noodles, yeast rolls and cherry delight. Those were the highlights for me.

Been kinda of a blahhh day... Got off work, went to visit a friend for about an hour, went to the local CVS to get my dad's medicine and another carton of smokes. Ended up bumping into my ex-boyfriend and his brother. AWKWARD. Ugh... I have no idea what the fuck I was thinking when I dated him. Guess I was young and stupid, as they say. Definitely stupid. Definitely. Woof.

Anywhos, I'm off to watch House.

Black Friday...

2007-11-23T13:25:00.000-06:00

I hate working on Black Friday. Not because I'm missin' all those HOT sales, but because it's absolutely, totally boring at the office. Everyone assumes we're closed. Mostly that means our phone doesn't ring but ten times all day, the sales reps are all here and driving us nuts and we're all so bored we'd rather kill each other than sit in the silence.

Thankfully, my lovely computer has internet access where I can browse around, update this dandy blog and play on MySpace. Speaking of MySpace, I think I'm about half way caught up on my commenting.

Speaking of commenting... I'm a comment whore and no one has been fulfilling my needs! Damnit, I need comments. I need bloggin' friends. I need that lovin' feelin'. So get on it! Whore it up.

NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH!

2007-11-20T18:32:00.000-06:00

The hubby has finally bagged his first deer of the year. A young doe. Finally! Now maybe he'll quit his bitchin' because he hadn't got anything yet. MEN!

As turkey day approaches..

2007-11-20T18:15:00.000-06:00

Yesterday was grocery day at the trailer park. I got off work on time for once and came home to pick up Momma and head back to town to the grocery store. We successfully bought a truck bed full of groceries between both households and headed home. Thank God we're finally ready for Thanksgiving... minus all the cooking crap. Ugh... To to make things easier on everyone, we're having Thanksgiving on Saturday this year. It's easier for my brother and his family because they normally go to three meals in one day. Now, they only have two on Thursday and then one at the trailer park on Saturday. Plus, it's tons easier on me because my ass has to work Wednesday and Friday. At least this way I'll have Sunday to recuperate.

Our Thanksgiving menu is as follows:
Turkey
Dressing
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Chicken 'n Noodles
Homemade Yeast Rolls (to die for!!!)
Cranberry Sauce
Giblet Gravy
Corn
Green Beans
Deviled Eggs
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
Apple Rolls
Cherry Delight

Yumm... I can see myself gaining 10 pounds already! :-)

I don't know why I'm upset...

2007-11-18T13:14:00.000-06:00

Last night I went to a get-together with some friends and like normal, I took my camera. I took a few pictures and then just laid it on the coffee table for everyone to use so we'd all get to take some and everyone would be in at least one picture. I guess I had a few too many and when I got home, I didn't feel like messing with the pictures. I just headed off to bed. When I got up and moving this morning, I figured I'd best get on uploading and emailing out all the pictures.

Needless to say, there were no pictures of me emailed out. They're awful. Every picture I was in has been permanently deleted. Thank God. I'd rather just pretend like they never existed. I've been on a diet since August, and I swear to good, I look like I've gained a hundred pounds!! I look fat, ugly and every other negative word you can think of. So much for those thirty pounds I've lost. I look like a damn whale. And I know the past week I haven't been the greatest on my diet, but other than that, I've been damn good. I'm just pissed. Absolutely fucking pissed off.

I give up. I'm done. I'm not dieting anymore. I'll be fat for the rest of my life and I really don't give a fuck anymore. I've been fat since I was a little kid, and I guess that's the way it's destined to be. I hate it and I hate not wanting to at least send those pictures to my friends. We were having fun and you can tell in the pictures. But then you can tell that I'm three times the size of my friend I'm sitting next too. I'm so fucking tired of being a fat hog. But I guess I'll get used to it because I quit. I'm done.

How the trailer park was started...

2007-11-17T12:57:00.000-06:00

In January 2007, my parents were told by their long time landlord that they would have to move out of their home by late summer or the beginning of fall. He needed the home to house his drug addicted and alcoholic son after they built their new two story home on the other end of the property. Evidently, they've realized he needs to be watched and confined.

My parents moved into that home with my older brother 27 years ago. I was born a few years later and that old farm house is what I would always call "home". This is practically the only home my brother has known as well. He was very young and vaguely remembers their previous house.

The road was gravel and the house was old but the love inside it was endless. We drug fresh-cut Christmas trees in every December, hunted hard-boiled, colored Easter eggs every Spring, lit up the sky every July and greeted Trick-or-Treaters every October. It was our family home and always a safe haven for family, friends and even animals. At any given time, the amount of animals at our little farm was unbelievable. Our entire family were animal lovers and you knew without asking. Dogs, cats, goats, guineas, chickens, ducks, pigs, horses, hand-fed orphaned raccoons and 120 head of cattle were normal guests at our homestead.

My friends knew my house was fun to hangout at... You could swim in the lake, play in the barns, explore the woods and fields, play with the animals and more. When you live on a farm, the adventure is endless. My best friend Emily and I had so many adventures, near death accidents, sleepovers and memories that I'll never forget. We spent many, many days running around and playing without a care in the world.

Enough history for now... back to the main subject. When my parents found out they had to move back in January, they called me in tears. They were understandably upset, as was I. Without thinking, I said, "Don't worry about anything, you can stay with us." Meaning, I didn't want my parents to worry about being homeless. I knew my husband would never have a problem with my parents living with us as long as they needed and I was trying to alleviate any stress I could. They were heartbroken and I was nervous as hell. I had no idea what we were going to do, where they would live long term and what the rest of the year had in store for us.

The initial plan was that Mom and Dad would move in the beginning of summer to our house. We have three bedrooms, two living rooms and more than enough space for all four of us. None of us were ecstatic about the move, but we were doing what we had too. After they were settled, they would stay with us until they had enough money to get them a mobile or modular home and it would be set on our property, across the way from our home.

In late February, one of my co-workers approached me about a mobile home she had purchased and was going to use as a rental property. She knew our situation, as did everyone that knew us, and wanted to offer it to my parents. After we saw it, we thought it was nice, plenty big enough for them and the only worry was the price. No mobile home is cheap, but anything was expensive for my parents. My mom has been a housewife for over thirty years and my dad is disabled and on social security. We knew it would have to be extremely cheap for us to afford. I considered getting a loan from the bank, but low and behold, they don't give loans for used mobile homes. We would have had to buy a brand new home for at least $40,000!! After talking things over with my co-worker, she completely understood and lowered the price a few thousand and worked out a monthly payment plan for my parents. As crazy and annoying as my co-worker may be, I thank God every day that she has such a kind heart and worked out such a great plan for my parents.

The mobile home was then dubbed the "trailer house". Mostly because people normally refer to mobile homes as trailers... even though this one DOES NOT have wheels under it! The trailer house was moved in late Spring and we spent all summer getting things ready for my parents to move in. The final move date was the middle of August, 2007. Things went smoothly and it was a huge relief for our family.

My parents now live on our property. When people say, "Oh, it's just a hop, skip and a jump away"... well they really are. 46 steps to be exact.

So that's the trailer house story. Basic information that you'll need to know are:
* My parents live 46 steps from my house in a mobile home.
* We call their home "The Trailer House"
* My friends and family have dubbed our property "The Trailer Park".
* My husband and I live in a three bedroom house.

Hiya from work!

2007-11-16T13:31:00.001-06:00

I know, I know. I said I'd post last night and I didn't. So shoot me.

Anywho, after the day I had at work, I really didn't feel like talking, typing or doing much of anything. Us folks at the trailer park all loaded up and went out to eat at the local Chinese restaurant. (That's right folks, we gots us a Chinese restaurant out in these parts!) Then when we got home, I played some games on POGO and went to bed after King of Queens was over.

I realized just now, that I haven't really clarified what I'm talking about when I talk about the "Trailer Park". Tonight my plan is to get my fingers working and explain that long, lovely story to everyone.

I'm off to surf the internet and finish some work... Oh, damn. I'm still at work. Guess I better get back to it!

On a mission...

2007-11-15T09:12:00.000-06:00

I'm on a mission today. I need to find a graphic artist that will do a complete redesign of my wonderful new blog. This person must have knowledge in blog layout, templates, etc. I have an idea in my head... well not really anymore.I drew it out earlier... and I think it would look pretty cool. I just need someone to create some artwork for me and put it all together so it would work as a template... then I could still do my normal posting. And I want it to look freakin' awesome.

Today I'm going to talk to one of my co-workers in our graphic's department... I'm not sure if he's familiar with web or blog design, but he has a degree. And more importantly, he does freaking awesome work. He's supa creative.

On another note, all is quiet in the trailer park today. Hubby is preparing for the opening day of deer season here in Southern Indiana and Momma and Dad are working on getting their new furnance installed in the trailer house.

More tonight. I promise.

Not the greatest day at the Trailer Park...

2007-11-14T19:05:00.000-06:00

Dad got some not-so-good news today from the doctor. Seems his back is not fusing correctly after his most recent surgery back in early April. Momma said he was pretty down in the dumps after his doctors appointment but he seems okay... He talked about it some to me a minute ago, but you never know with Dad. He hides the majority of his emotions, like any other man in the world. The doctor said he's not sure why it's not fusing correctly, but they're gonna wait another three months and then move forward from there.

And then the part that pissed Dad off most was this... The doctor said that it might not be fusing because he's smoking... SMOKING. Not weed, not crack, not Junkem... (Hehe... I had to throw that in... see previous post!). He smokes cigarettes... just like he has since he was 14 years old. He's tried to quit so many times its pathetic. And like he said tonight, he's gave up or quit so much shit in his life, he should be able to have this one thing. So anyways, now we have to keep Momma off his ass about him quitting smoking... you know she'll be on him like a possum eatin' shit... it is what she does best, ya know.

On another health-related note, I had to go to the hospital again today... This time the doctor wanted blood work since I wasn't any better. Asswipes. I'm so fucking tired of this doctor's office. I LOVE my doctors... they're great. They're sisters and one is ugly as hell and the other one is chunky. I love chunky doctors. They're always the last to tell you that you need to lose weight. Plus, they're young and you feel like you can somewhat confide in them. But their office staff is a heaping, stinky pile of pig dung. Seriously, they are the biggest bitches in the world. And after the shit I went through today with them, I'm considering going on the hunt for a new doctor. As much as I hate too, most of the time you deal with a doctor's office you're dealing with the office staff and very seldom the actual doctor. And it's not worth the hassle. Not to me anyways. I can find another doctor I like... surely.

Oh and today's me and hubby's fourth wedding anniversary. Yay us! We haven't killed each other yet!

I'm beginning to get really pissed off...

2007-11-13T18:56:00.000-06:00

Just walked back home from the trailer house and the parents confirmed my thoughts. I'm getting worse... not better. Well I don't know exactly how true that is... I mean, I think I feel a little better, but my throat looks ten times worse than what it did yesterday before I went to the doctor. And that's fucking ridiculous. This is my second day of my Z-pack and prescription cough syrup. The doctor said I'd "probably" feel better this morning. Welllllll.... guess what little missy. I don't! It hurts just as bad to drink anything or swallow anything at all. My entire mouth is now red and has splotchy white puss blisters on my tonsils, cheeks and the back of my throat.

Once again, I might be dying!! Ughh.....

And yes, I'd love some cheese with my whine.

A little better...

2007-11-13T11:31:00.000-06:00

I think I'm a little better today... my throat still hurts like freakin' crazy but not as bad as yesterday. Randy actually rolled out of bed before noon today and is outside feeding the trailer park critters. Plus, I made him run a bill out to the mailbox. Lord knows you can't miss a payment on anything...

SPEAKING OF FREAKING PAYMENTS! In the beginning of October the hubby and I applied for a Best Buy card and were approved. Did you know they have a $79 Annual Fee?! Freakin' ridiculous. What the hell do they have to do in a year that's worth $79. Stupid Best Buy.... but I want that card. As soon as our credit limit goes up, I'm getting a BRAND NEW COMPUTER!

I must get something accomplished today... not that it's alot, but I have to balance both of our checkbooks and pay some more bills. Thankfully, most of my bills I can pay online which is a HUGE relief. Writing the checks is no big deal...but then I have to remember to actually mail them... that's my problem. I lack every organizational skill known to man.

sickness update...

2007-11-13T01:31:00.000-06:00

My temperature is now 100.1.

I might die! Ugh...

I just joined...

2007-11-13T01:17:00.000-06:00

I just joined BlogExplosion. Yay me.

I've been better...

2007-11-13T01:02:00.000-06:00

I went to the doctor today... well I guess yesterday (Monday) because my throat is still covered in white pussy blisters and my tonsils are swollen. The doc said I have bronchitis and strep. Ooooh the fun. So now I gots me some good dope---a Z-pack and cough syrup with codeine. Plus, I can't go back to work at least until Wednesday. Hopefully by then, I'll feel a lot better. Usually these Z-packs kick shit out pretty fast.

Anywho, I'm still awake because I felt shitty and slept for like six hours this afternoon. Soooo, me and my friend are playing pool on Pogo... we have been for the past three hours almost... it might be time to give it up. I dunno.... we're addicts.

Freakin' disgusting...

2007-11-12T18:12:00.000-06:00

Have you heard this Jenkem shit? Literally, shit?! It was on my local news tonight and I found this from the smokinggun.com.

Check it out!

People are stupider than I thought.

Trailer Park Paradise...

2007-11-12T17:33:00.000-06:00

In mid-August 2007, my parents moved 46 steps from my door. (Yea, I said it, 46 steps!!) After learning they had to move from their home of more than 25 years, they bought a mobile home and plopped it down on me and my husband's property three miles away. (For legal matters, the "mobile home" will now be referred to as "trailer house" hereafter.)

The move into the trailer house was far from peachy. After practically rewiring the entire thing, removing all of the gas appliances and replacing them with our electric ones, my Dad falling through the floor where the dryer is and tons of other small mishaps, they were finally able to spend their first night in our new trailer park. Dad slept much easier than Mom, which was imaginable, he's slept all over the world and it's never phased him. Mom on the other hand didn't fair to well. Claims that she heard everything throughout the night and hardly slept a wink.

Thankfully, they've pretty much settled in since then... It's almost mid-November and things are finally coming together... I think. I've created this blog for me, the Trailer Park Queen, to waste a little time, bitch about whatever I'm aggravated about and maybe have a few laughs about what stupid things has gone down at the trailer park. ;-)