Happy Birthday....

to my best gal pal....



This is the one that mom made for you...you know she is retarted when it comes to computers and blogging so i did it for her...lmao...that is a whole nother story in itself on Friday night...bwhahahahahahaha (love ya mom)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!

How about that?

Here lately I have been thinking alot about "things". These things being what makes me happy, what makes me sad, what makes me who I am.

Believe it or not I am a very demanding person. O'Neil tells me that I am difficult.
I don't see myself like this but I do want what I want when I want and I want things done my way. I don't like things to be in dissaray. It makes me feel overwhelmed and discombobulated. I can't handle that.

As much as I would like to be I am not a lovey dovey type person. I never have been. O'Neil is very affectionate and so we clash in that respect. He doesn't understand me and I don't understand him.

I guess for a while now I have been in this funk and it is only getting worse. I guess I nreally need to break down and get back on my crazy medicine but I don't want to do that either. I don't want to have to depend on medicine to make me feel good. I was fine until the birth of Mason in May of 02. It's been all down hill since then. After the birth of Mason I suffered SEVERE post partum depression. I thought I was fine but everyone else around me knew I was one whacked out nut job. This was tough on everybody. I mean here I am 24 years old with a great husband, nice house, nice cars, a new baby and everything else I could want in life. I was very excited about Mason and I "thought" I was ok. Looking back I was NOT ok...i was a whack-a-doo who needed some serious help. I would barely touch mason. I refused to change diapers. I didn't want to feed him. All I wanted to do was sleep. I had a very rough and BAD pregnancy with Mason. (That's another post, actually I giuess I am going backwards with my thoughts but this is me and I will do what I want)
so anyway....My doctor tried to warn me that I was going to have post partum depression and i told him he was crazy. That i wanted my baby and would love him. He explained to me that he has been an OB doctor long enough and knowing me for as long as he has my personality is sure signs I am a high candidate for post partum....ok dude your crazy..that is what i am thinking...no he wasn't crazy I was and I did suffer from it and it was awful. But once again I thought i was fine....i couldn't understand why my mom was crying, why oneil was looking at me like i was nuts, why the people around me were walking on eggshells. Hindsight is 20/20. So he tells me 2 days after birth that he is going to put me on Zoloft and I tell him it's not necessary I am fine and all the while the rest of the family was obviously telling him different. So I started on 100mg of zoloft....WOW..can you say good for nothing...I was a walking zombie and very loopy. He cut the dose back to 75mg...much better...2 weeks goes by and I am feeling pretty darn good. Then one day after not really having any interaction with Mason, I did but not like a mother should, I woke up and thought I was super mom....O'Neil wasn't doing anything right and I was back to my old self I guess you would say. I hated, hated hated feeling like this. It was beyond my control and it SUCKED BIG TIME. I do not wish that upon anyone and there is ALOT of women who suffer from it and they don't realize it.

On that Note....SCREW YOU TOM CRUISE I WOULDN'T SPIT DOWN YOUR THROAT IF YOUR GUTS WAS ON FIRE!!!!

who the hell is he? Tell me..please ...I want to know...other than another whack-a-doo celebrity....

i don't believe I am depressed right now I think I am stressed. My family has been turned upside down and routines are out of whack. I am a firm believer in routines for children makes things go alot smoother. They also like routine. So until I can get myself back on track maybe I should consider taking my meds. I guess when your hubby ask...hey you think your meds will help you out? I guess that is a sure sign you may should consider it huh!

I have read up on my sign ( I am gemini by the way) and it sooo fits me to a tee!!
Kinda scary actually!!

in a FUNK!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD.....
Mom i don't know how you put up with his grumpy ass this long...HAIL TO YOU!!! lol

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Why? Why must i be in this slump when I have so much to do...

Melana first said she wanted a Mermaid party now she said she wants a princess party because SHE IS A PRINCESS....(this is not going to be good if she keeps thinking like this)....how dare her to change her mind on me...humph!! Her birthday is on the 10th and i have yet to start the invites or plan a single thing...

i need to scrap..but i don't feel like it...this weekend and today (i'm off for mardi gras) would have been perfect to do it i could have accomplished so much but i chose to sleep and lay around instead...grrrrr!!!!

I am going to make a address book specifically for my blogger friends so I can keep everyone's addy's in one place instead of on scratch paper slung all over my craft area....

Please to all my blog people email me your address so I can have it handy. Email me at signal47@aol.com.

That's about all for now!

2 opposite ends of the spectrum

This describes Elizabeth and I. Our friendship started off with each other think the other was a complete bitch. I thought this of her because even though she is shy and reserved she comes off a bitch and snooty...she truly isn't AT ALL. Until she gets to know you she is kinda stand offish. She thought I was a bitch because I on the other hand say what i am thinking and if you don't know me i guess i tend to come off as a bitch as well. Whatever you want to call it...bold..strong...bitch..mean....whatever it all means the same.

It wasn't until O'neil was involved in a shooting when he was on duty that we truly became friends. That really didn't happen right away but she did reach out to me if I needed someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on for support through that tramatic event. HOWEVER, the bond became stronger when we found out each other scrapped....IMAGINE THAT...and this day the hubby's call us "twins".

for more on our differences click here

FRIENDSHIP IS A WONDERFUL THING AND i HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALOT OF GREAT FRIENDSHIPS THROUGHOUT MY YEARS!!

ETA: I wanted to change my template but after i did i was completely lost...i couldn't figure out how to put my tiara back or hell for that matter anything...good thing i was able to recover my old one....i haven't a clue...so if anyone can tell me how to do everything i need to do i sure would appreciate it!!!

She's not dying....

No No they will NOT let Meridith die.

My favorite Grey's quote that episode:

I believe if you eat a tub of butter and no one see's you the calories don't count-
Izzy Stevens

Love that!!

Feeling better

Okay so I am over it. I decided to have a long island ice tea and 2 beers.
Went to the kareoke bar, laughed until my face hurt, and came home.

Today is a much better day!

So I know most everybody out there {hearts} V-day but I on the other hand think it is stupid and dumb....it's a racket for the candy makers and the flower people and the people that make those stupid stuffed animals to make a boo koo amount of money. If you can't shower me with love and gifts throughout the year and cards just because then don't bother at all on the 1 day. That's just my views on it! At least I am married to a man that buys me things just because. That's a good thing. Flowers! DO NOT send me flowers I hate them and that is a waste of good money that I could have about some M-A-C or scrappy supplies or stamps with. They die in 2-3 days. M-A-C and scrappy's last a long time.

Anyone else with me? or am I the only one who hates v-day.

Did I mention it's stupid? Just checking...If I didn't now you know!

Happy Wednesday!
xoxox
G

Got Beer?

because i sure need about a 12 pack right now!!!

My Inner Diva

Man those girls Angie and Barb are seriously making me think about myself. I kinda like it because I never really can express myself in a way that I would like. For instance my compadre Elizabeth. That bitch can name 54396748563242 things about herself and her 7564537385 quirks she has. I on the other hand CANNOT. So the last post was really refreshing for me and eventually I will get around to doing a page in my all about me book I have going.

My Inner DIVA! Hmmmm.....

Correct me if I am wrong...but I have princess mentality to a certain degree (hince the crown for my banner) I think it should be all about me and that is that (hince it's a meocracy) Ya'll with me? I am very spoiled...i say i want i BETTER get or I will pout. Hubby use to spoil me , well let me take that back, he still does but not like he use to...i guess i am wearing him out, lol....
I think this all comes from being the only child and grandchild for 7 years and so what my mother didn't get me my aunt would, or my nanny, or my grandmother, who i call frannie , or all my other aunts so I always had what I wanted. I am by no means snobby though. I will speak to anyone and I don't meet a stranger. I guess my mom raised me right. :) i know it's reared but that just sounds stupi! You raise chickens and rear children! thanks momster! That is a trait I do love about myself is that no matter how rich or poor I am.... I am still me. Money does not change me and that I love!!

You know those people I am talking about? The ones who came from nothing... got something and now all of a sudden they are the best thing since slice bread....yeah! me too and that is not me!! Like J-Lo for instance...good for her to have come from nothing and made it but jesum criminy it is not necesary to act like she does. that is what i call a DIVA!! That is certainly NOT me!! Oh and please don't get me wrong I am not RICH by any means of the word....

Happy Thirsday!

Playing catch up

I just find that I seriously have to make time to blog and I don't like that. I don't like not being able to post regularly so my post aren't so stinking long. To sum it up here it goes:

Trendy Tuesday this week was about your hands...OH GOOD LORD!!
My hands are terrible...in fact...they are horrific....now these pictures actually make my hands and fingers look better than they really are...(just ask elizabeth)

I have this problem with chewing my nails..not only the nails but the skin around them. I have done that for as long as I can remember. I did however one time let my nails grow out and they were beautiful...i have pretty nail beds and gorgeous nails..when i am not tearing them to shreds. I peel the skin back until they bleed and I will tear layer after layer off of them. Hang skin is a no no....i have been known to rip someone's hang skin right off their fingers if I see it. I think it is gross and it shouldn't be there so I take it upon myself to take care of it for them. My skin up to my first knuckle is very scarred up from me "mutilating" (as oneil call it) myself for all these years. The most FAQ i get is...don't that hurt...answer...NO IT DOESN'T...i have done it for so long i am use to the pain..if any...the only healing rest my fingers and nails get is while i am sleeping and truth be know i probably bite and pick in my sleep. Now here is the kicker...I do not bite my nails or peel my skin when i have acrylic nails on...strange huh? Does anyone else have this problem? Just curious if I am the only whack that does.


(these pics were taken by Mason so sorry for the quality also my hands were semi-healed by the time i got around to taking them)
Sometimes I get a little self concious about it but not always...i don't really care. With that being said that takes me to the quote for today over at fancy simple.
Basically who am I:
I am a confident girl with a fun loving spunky personality. I am gemini so there is always room for that evil twin to appear and believe me she does. Quite often actually! :) I shoot it from the hip, tell you like it is and i damn sure don't sugar coat anything. I am not very tactful about the way I say things which for people who don't know me always take it the wrong way. They find out real quick though that is just me and they all accept it. If they don't like it so what. What you see is what you get with me. I don't put on airs, I don't think I am better than anyone else, I don't care what people think of me and I damn sure don't care about being in some popularity contest. I am very forgetful, I repeat my self on occasion and my brain is steady going 90 to nothing thinking about 50 things at one time. I am pretty much a laid back go with the flow spur of the moment kinda gal but get me fired up and I will tear you a new one in a heart beat.

So with all that being said on my little tangent what about you..What kinda person are you? Hope on over to Fancy Simple and take the challenge.

I have done a little crafting this week...not as much as I wanted but the week is still young. My grandmother and O'Neil's grandmother's birthday was this week so I whipped out some cards and sent them on their way. I made them just alike so I didn't have to think to terribly much.


These are the goodies I bought from Noel. She is a blog buddy of mine I met through ScrapJazz and she is one cool chick. She has her own online store with some very cute things in it so me being me...one can't resist cute scrappy supplies. Anyone interested in checking it out her store is here go check it out and buy some things. She just recently returned from CHA so I will be keeping my eyes peeled for some of the few yummy things I saw at CHA through different sneek peeks.

Have a great one and I promise I will not have anymore of these long post.

COLTS RULE BAY-BE!!!!

Well let me just say for all you Bear fans....They choked....Bwhahahahaha....I am so freaking happy I just cannot stand myself and I am letting the world know it!

So here it is: IN YOUR FACE...THE COLTS RULE!!!

I'll leave it at that.....for now!



WOOOOOO FREAKING HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Oh yeah 1 more thing....I wasn't to impressed with the commericals this year...very disappointing..however my favorite was the dog bud commercial AND the doritos commercial that the fans made....Now that was some funny stuff there...Kudos to the fans!!

Thank you DEB :)

First I would like to give a huge shout out to Deb. I ordered some letters from her last week and they are safe and sound in my hot little hands. I am itching to alter them, however I have not found that perfect soemthing for them yet. I would post a pic of them but they are for someone who reads my blog. As soon as I create and deliver I shall post the finished product. Lord knows when that will be. In my package she also sent me a happy for helping her out on her blog. That was so super sweet and girl you did not have to do that. Here is what she sent me:



Thanks girl!

I have been doing some serious scrappin lately and it's a good change from the kid's albums..i needed this break from scrappin kids all the time. So instead I been doing my Chicago book from CHA







I did the album in 8x8 and i really like working with that size. That to is something different than the standard size. 12x12 is my fav though.

For my stampin up workshop on the 11th I have been creating a few little things and I tried my hand at the really cutesy mailbox. I don't know what I will do with it accept showcase it with the papers that we will be using but none the less it's cute. I think I will put it on my desk for all the love notes my hubby writes to me....bwhahahahahahaha....NOT! About the only note i get is can you get me this and that at wal-mart....anyhow..it was fun to make.





Well that is about all for now. This is what happens when you get 13 hours of straight scrappin. I am hoping to belt out at least another 4 pages tonight...we'll see what happens...

I decided I would do the 50/50 board. For every $50 you purchase in stampin up products you get to pick a numbered square when the board fills up i will write all numbers down and have someone draw a number and that person receives $50.00 in stampin up proucts. Thanks Simone for that recommendation. This is going to be super fun to see how fast it fills up.


GO COLTS!!! KICK THE BEARS' ASS!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

Blech!

First Melana is sick....that is no fun....Mason is sick as well...it's raining and cold...i am cranky and i am super sad I didn't get to go to CHA. Oh well maybe in July again when it goes back to the fabulous city of Chicago...have i told you how much fun that city is? Man us fabulous girls, Elizabeth, me, and Simone tore that city UP!!
Maybe in 07! Then I will get to meet the spunky and oh so sassy Josie.

I leave you with this conversation:

Mason: Mom!!!! Melana pooped in her underwear!!!
Me: No she didn't Mason. Melana did you poop in your panties?
Melana: No!!
Mason: yes she did..uh huh..come here Melana and let mom check!
Me: No Mason i don't see any poop in sight
Mason: Gosh that just "throws me up"

bwhahahaha!! She pooted!!