.6.16.09.."Home is always where the Heart Is"

On Sunday,was Family day at the True household. It was so nice to see everyone.
The kids played in the swimming pool, played on the trampoline, and played on the tire swing!

Most of all. Dad is feeling much better and is looking good! :)

These kids were soooooo cold, and yet played in the water! BBBrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

To be a kid again....life is so simple.

We will miss everyone. It was a difficult good-bye. But we are heading off to a New Chapter in Our lives!

.6.15.09.." Show 'N' Tell"

My new lookie-lookie find!

I'm so excited to use this! I've always wanted one!
Great for deep conditioning and straightening your hair! Seriously. Takes away the fly aways on top of your head.
First step} Apply your straightening creme/lotion stuff..
second step} Sit under the dryer, on "low setting" for about 5 min...not long! and your scalp will be somewhat dry!

My hair gal would do this prior to blow drying it straight...of course then, the flatiron..

But Also!!! For the deep conditioning!! Oh my! It feels great! Your hair will send you a "Thank You" note and maybe perhaps a dozen of flowers for doing this!

Do this deep conditioning about every 2 weeks or so. Apply a one-time use shower cap and low setting...for about 10 min. You can go longer..if you wish. :)

Retail: $40.00.......cool, huh? Sally's Beauty Supply.

.6.14.09.." A Day in the Park. Priceless$"

I'm just now able to talk about this....

This happened, oh say about...3 years ago...

I'm not really quite sure WHAT I was thinking. But looking back.I wasn't.

The Mr. was out of town on drill or something. I had the crazy idea, one summer morning. Beautiful morning!

Why not go get 4 shots of espresso.Walk my dog in a park. With my pajamas on...yip. Like I said. NOT thinking.

So, off Kelly and I went. I'm sippin' on the rest of my mocha that I haven't finished in the truck yet...We are down a trail and NO ONE in sight! THEN. It came!

The caffeine-I'm-gonna-poop-my-pants-any-second-cramps friggin' started!!!

Oh my gosh! I immediately called my dog back to me to start heading...to where? I don't know?! Bathrooms? What bathrooms? I didn't see any flippin'..OH MY GOSH! The cramps were bad!

Any second I'm gonna go. I just know it.

So, I get back to where my truck was and I noticed FAR FAR FAR away...of course....I see the bathrooms. You squint and you see it.

I started sprinting across the park! Dead run! Then another cramp came! I suddenly stopped and squeeeeeeeezed reeeeeeaaallllll tight. Oh gosh not here. Not here. My dog thought at this point it was pretty much fun and started jumping on me! I pushed her away. Any slight movement of gravity and...that's it. Then, the sweats came. I started dripping with sweat! I got soooo hot I had to take my sweat shirt off. With my spaghetti strap PJ top on..who cares? not me at this point.

So, I thought I was good, and I took off running across the field again. Fast! Fast! Then I stopped and sqqqqqeeeeezed! Phew!....So, this continued ALLLLLLL across the field! Yip. There was another couple walking their dog. Of course. Any flippin' morning people!and YOU pick this morning! WWWHHHHYYYYY???

So all these people see is this crazy lady with her dog running across the field really fast and stop. like a statue. Very still. Then took off running again.

So, I get to the bathrooms..one is handicap and the other is a regular size. Who had time to tie their dog up? not me. I took Kelly in with me to the handicap.

Yes!!!! I made it! I made it! It was not a good sight, but all dignity went out the window at that point. Gone.

Then, looked over.

No toilet paper..yes people. Gross. I know.

So I sat there wanting to cry at this point. Tears of laughter..because this stuff only happens to me. Tears of "WHHHHYYYYY???"

So I'm sitting there thinking...

My sweatshirt sleeves.

Well, bottom line. I left the park with no embarrassing accidents and a lesson learned.

Always wear long sleeves when walking in the middle of no where. Just make sure it's a sweatshirt you don't like.

I believe I threw it out....don't remember what it looked like.

.6.13.09.."...I'm gonna trust, that your not gonna let your dog bite me?........"

This is Dr. B and I.... He had a dozen of roses sent to work with a nice note attached. He really has an a amazing heart! This is probably...THE hardest working man I have EVER met in my life and probably will ever meet. I wish he would slow down and enjoy life. But he loves what he does so why quit?! I heard him say this 104,567,234 times so far....

I knew this man like the back of my hand. What he was thinking.now.then.yesturday...

Well, today { yesturday, technically....}.sadly. Was my last 'hoorah' at Linn. Vet.
This is my Boss/Friend for more than the last 10 years. {He's pictured with my good friend Jen-nae} This man, has seen me go through some bad stuff. Good times. Tough times. And I always talked to him about it.

When my husband was in Iraq, he was sooo good to me and wanted to fly me to go see him!! Lol! I let him know that was a lil' impossible, but I thanked him.

He has done so much for me as a friend and a boss. I have LEARNED so much about life, myself, and how to stick up for myself! Lol! I tried hard to repay him back, by always being dependable.

I appreciated him for giving me a chance, and trusting in me to be good enough to work by his side. Thank You Dr. B!!

Dr. D and the gal who replaced me. I think she'll do a good job. :)

MY Cassie-Cass!! I call her this....but, not her real name! {clearing throat!!}

Us being silly...I always encouraged this behavior! Make the work-day better!

I drove into this....alot of days.....thinking..."Ugh! Not Anooooooother day......"

But I will miss this place. I grew up here.

Okay, this photo is funny!! See the girl with the blue shirt on? In the middle..{lil' cute thing!}

After this was taken...I noticed.."looks like she's posing for the 'Playtex' bra commercial!!"

I was laughing!! Ha! Ha!

The silly Girls!

Now, this is depressing.....The two beautiful redheads on the right...have the most beautiful red hair you've ever seen!!

But I have seen these two beautiful ladies grow up, get pregnant, go THROUGH the pregnancies, Have their gorgeous lil' boys and.....wow...amazing mommies!

These two will be greatly missed.

Oh Yes! Hi Antique!! Ha! Ha! My boss always called our office manager this...she's pictured on the left! :)

But it was a great run and off to my next adventure!! Yeee-haw!!!

.6.9.09.."Yip. It got the Best of Me..."

So, as I've explained this to my friends that I have told this story to...
My OCD got the best of me this weekend.

I felt the uncontrollable need to clean the shower.as I was in it.stupid idea.
So, I'm dumping this ol' shampoo down the drain..la de da.....
Then, I get to the conditioner.
Ladies, we use this stuff, why? Because it de- tangles and smooths. And slick as snot, in the shower.
So, as I'm dumping this. I get some splattered on the faucet.
BEFORE my brain could speak to my leg, "hey, this is a bad idea if you go one-legged in this slick as snot area!" but, before I even thought.. .. I had my one leg up and then all of a sudden!
I could see both my feet perfectly aligned in front of me.in the air. not a good place to be.
I hit so hard...my husband came running in! He pulled back to shower curtain and sees his wife in a catatonic state. I was just sitting there rocking back and forth holding the back of my head. Laughing and crying at the same time. Because I was so stupid and did such a dumb thing. It wasn't worth the tears of pain. Only the tears of laughter. But I did a mixture of crying/laughter...but with no tears! Lol!!
I had one of those stupid claw clips in my hair, to keep my hair up. And it jammed in the back of my head. Ouch! I didn't deserve that. That wasn't right.

I had the worse headache ALL day.

So, as I'm rocking back and forth and the Mr. realizes I'm okay.
He says.." Babeeee, you gonna blog about this, huh?"
In a very meek and pitiful voice I said, "Yeah....."

6.9.09.."New Follower!"

Okay Ladies!
I've convinced my real good friend to Blog! I've talked it up and told her all about you wonderful ladies!!

I don't know how to put her blog address on her and have a direct link, like ya all do!
But if you go to my followers list and go to "jenny_booth21"{Jen-nae"is her nickname. This is from the "Forrest Gump" movie...it has stuck since...alot of people call her this!!}

You won't be disappointed! She's so sweet and a VIRGIN BLOGGER!!!!! ....Yes. I know!
She will soon be addicted like the rest of us...:)
Toodles, Jody
oxoxoox

.6.9.09.." Weekend Recap!! Phew!..."

I got the great chance to see my older brother {on the left}....with our busy lives..it's hard to catch up! My niece's husband{ on the right}...what would he be to me. Besides..family? Name for it?

My Little sis, with her new man in her life... he's a very nice young man and treats my sister like a princess :) I approve...

My two good friends came over to my sisters house with me {one on each side of me...} and my sweet older sister! Yay!!! It was so nice to see her :)

Now, this is the reason for the "get-together"...My "Sweetie-of-a-sister"'s Birthday!! Yay!!

She turned to big FIVE - OOOOOOO!!!! :) She was a princess for the day..as far as I'm concerned, she's always a princess to me. I love you my Peg-A Leg!! :)

Started the wonderful day with a nice, relaxing crop with "The Girls". We scrapped and just relaxed. I don't think anybody got a lot done, but some.

I just wanted to be around them. I love and adore them so much. We've had some good times together. A lot of laughs!! I'm sure gonna miss them.

Thank you Anne for letting us hang out there for the day :)

And last, but not least!!!

Yay! I got to see an old friend of mine I haven't seen in years!! It was so nice to see him!

This is a great picture...cuz we all went to grade school together and in our graduation class. It was us three then too.

I really missed you Mr. T. It was great to see you!

Over all, a great weekend.

Toodles!

Jody

P.s..I'm wearing the same clothes...all this in ONE day...ummm....