Our dog, Charlie, is the best dog ever and today is his birthday.
You can see his profile on dogster.com
Battlestar Galactica Withdrawls
Ok, time really needs to move a bit faster with regard to BSG. After the end of last season we have all been waiting it out during the way-too-long span between episodes.
We will get a little relief in November with the 2 hour special Razor
My Desk Today
This is my desk today. Work is crazy when you are the boss. I feel like I need to hire someone just to help me stay organized. The queen of multi-tasking is what they call me. I wish one of those multiple tasks was to keep the clutter off my desk. Somehow, though, it seems to work for me and I always know where everything is.
Fruit Of The Loom – Blue
My new favorite commercial
Quitting Smoking
So, Ben and I have made a pact to quit smoking today. I understand that we have said this before, but the difference about now is that we are both determined to not only make sure we ourselves quit smoking but that we combined quit. This is hopefully going to help us to actually do it this time.
We have also quit energy drinks. Now is the time to get healthy and save some money. I was drinking 3 or 4 energy drinks per day plus a pack of cigarettes per day. Ben was doing about the same. We calculated that we are going to each save about $15 to $20 per day. That is $105 to $140 per week. So we should be able to get some other bills paid.
We are planning on taking a train trip to South Carolina in 5 weeks with some of our savings. I am also putting Lucas in Violin Lessons.
Science Channel Commercial
This is my favorite commercial ever!
Miss You – Rolling Stones
This is the perfect song to dance to with Chip (the most amazing dance partner ever!). The cover band we all go to see on Wednesday nights plays this song and Chip and I are on FIRE on the dance floor. It will forever remind me of him.
I've been holding out so long I've been sleeping all alone Lord I miss you I've been hanging on the phone I've been sleeping all alone I want to kiss you Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh Well, I've been haunted in my sleep You've been starring in my dreams Lord I miss you I've been waiting in the hall Been waiting on your call When the phone rings It's just some friends of mine that say, "Hey, what's the matter man? We're gonna come around at twelve With some Puerto Rican girls that are just dyin' to meet you. We're gonna bring a case of wine Hey, let's go mess and fool around You know, like we used to" Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah Oh everybody waits so long Oh baby why you wait so long Won't you come on! Come on! I've been walking Central Park Singing after dark People think I'm crazy I've been stumbling on my feet Shuffling through the street Asking people, "What's the matter with you boy?" Sometimes I want to say to myself Sometimes I say Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh I won't miss you child I guess I'm lying to myself It's just you and no one else Lord I won't miss you child You've been blotting out my mind Fooling on my time No, I won't miss you, baby, yeah Lord, I miss you child Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah Lord, I miss you child Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah Lord, I miss you child Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah
Dancing To A Different Drum…
My life is bound by the choices I’ve made
Threaded through the pages of my mind
An open book for those who care to read
My flowing thoughts are rarely confined
My dreams, they toss and turn me
Gentle slumber rarely comes
I run circles around my energy
And dance to a different drum
Silent contentment hides in the abyss
I ricochet off its shield
From time to time I catch a glimpse
Tho never entirely revealed
A special soul with content eyes
Can admire my whimsical grace
We two shall be immortalized
Dancing through shared space
–Cheryl!
Age 35
If I Had A Million Dollars – Bare Naked Ladies
This song just makes me smile and think of Ben whenever I hear it. He and I used to sing this song together all the time while we were building WhatsHappeningDaytona.
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d but you a house ( I would buy you a house)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d buy you furniture for your house ( maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d but you a K-car ( a nice reliant automobile)
If I had a 1,000,000, I’d buy you love
If I had a 1,000,000
I’d build a treefort in our yard
If I had a 1,000,000
You could help it wouldn’t be that hard
If I had a 1,000,000
Maybe we could put a refrigerator in there
Wouldn’t that be fabulous!
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I but you a fur coat( but not a real fur coat that’s cruel)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d buy you an exotic pet(like a llama or an emu)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d but you John Merick’s remains (All them crazy elephant bones)
If I had a 1,000,000 I’d buy your love
If I had a 1,000,000
We wouldn’t have to walk to the store
If I had a 1,000,000
We’d take a limousine cause it costs more
If I had a 1,000,000 We wouldnt have to eat Kraft dinner
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
i’d but you a green dress ( but not a real green dress that’s cruel)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d but you some art ( A Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I’d buy you a monkey (haven’t you always wanted a monkey?)
If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000
If I had a 1,000,000 I’d be RICH!
Dad
As many of you know, my step-father has been having many health problems for the past couple of years. After his stroke two years ago, my boys and I sold our house in Arizona to move back to Florida and try to help my Mom as much as we could. Of course I never feel as though I can help her as much as I would like.
Now he has lung cancer and started chemo today. According to my mom, they say that the growth in his lung has doubled in size since it was first detected a couple months ago. So, now he goes to chemo every Tuesday in addition to his dialysis three days per week and the other doctor visits.
He has been looking pretty good lately when I visit, and that is a good thing I suppose. Sometimes I wonder what it must be like to feel your body falling apart and wondering how much more it can take. I wish I could stomach some of this stuff a bit better. I help out as much as I can transporting him to and from dialysis. I am not sure why it is so unsettling for me, but I really get noxious when I go to the kidney center. It is the smell of the place and the fact that they are taking his blood out of his body and filtering it and putting it back in. Somehow that just gives me the creeps. My mom says she hates to ask me for help with transporting him, but I try to help as much as I can because my mom is always so tired from working two jobs and all of the worry that she has on her shoulders. One of these days she will be able to have a life again and not the day-by-day worry-and-wait routine that she has been dealing with for the past couple years.