Did any of you get your special tax money yet? I know Shelly did, but has anyone else who should have had it by now gotten it? We haven't and I'm starting to wonder. I did a little online searching and it seems that there are a lot of folks out there who haven't gotten it. I'm really annoyed. I WANT MY FREAKING MONEY!! I have freaking bills to pay Damnit!

Nick's Ghost

I don't think I've ever shared these pictures with you guys, but now that I'm getting better at putting pictures on here I thought I would add these. Actually, we were talking about these pics at Shelly's the other night.

A few years ago my in laws took Nick to Space Farms. He was about 2 1/2 - 3. They bought him a little camera to take his own pictures (he loved that) and he took an entire roll while he was there. Grass, geese, his shoes... very interesting stuff. This one was included in that roll.

This picture is of a concession stand that my in laws said was not in use. It was basically being used as a shed. You have to turn your head to the left a bit cause the picture is crooked. The white stripe there is the counter. They said it was completely empty when they were there.

Take a look to the right of the counter under that window.

On first glance we thought that was Nicky, but my in laws said that Nick took ALL the pictures on that camera and they didn't allow him to go in it cause it wasn't in use. Out of curiosity, my mother in law zoomed in on the picture and then stuck a pick of Nick next to it to compare. Although a little similar, you can tell the other child is older. Plus in the above picture you can see his shoes and those were not Nick's shoes.
Just a little something spooky for you. I totaly believe in ghosts. I lived in a haunted house for a few years and had many experiences. I quite enjoy them.

One of the colts we saw
Mommy & Me
I thought these were a very cute comparison. John and Calli (age 4) and John and Calli (age 1) Ignore John's idiotic shaved head. I swear he did that to piss me off.

Perfect Fit! Notice her black legs, which actually got worse and her hands matched. Those tires are filthy!

Nick and his new friend
Wake up Gingie!!
Where we goin Mom?
Just Hangin' Around
My car can beat your car!!

The Ghost in the van Strikes Again!

Over the weekend, Mom went to unlock the door while John was opening it at the same time. Unfortunately, doing things like that make the ghost VERY angry. Hence, it locked the drivers side door for good. Most of the time we can unlock it by just messing around with it, but I guess the ghost is just not having it. It WILL NOT open. So now I'm stuck going in and out of the passenger side door when I want to go anywhere. STUPID VAN!!! I wish we could afford a new car. Some day. I stopped at the Nissan place to see how much it would be to fix it. The guy says, oh yeah, that's a real pain in the ass. It's gonna be about $250 just for labor. !!!WHAT!!!???!!! Screw that! I just wanted to know what to do so John could do it. He said, basically you just have to keep messing with it. That's what we would do. GREAT!! Thanks for all the help! I guess I'll just have to deal for a while.

Calli had to stay home with me today. Wanna know why.... Cause I can't find her stinkin shoes!! I found a sneaker. A as in ONE. Who knows where the other one is. And I couldn't find her sandals, which she's not allowed to ware to school anyway, but I figured it was better than nothing. No clue where any of them are. I have a feeling they're lost in the laundry. I had to run to wallyworld, so I grabbed her $5 pair of crocs that she calls water shoes and wont take no for an answer. Whatever. If I can't find her shoes today, I guess she'll have to wear those tomorrow to school

While camping we got Calli a kitten (the stuffed animal variety) which she loves. It's a little calico. It's very cute. Although, I think it looks too much like a real cat because the other cats have taken it as their own and are both sitting here licking it and giving it a bath. Weird freaking cats.

One of my favorite shows is How Clean is Your House. It's on the BBC channel. These two lovely English ladies go around to houses and teach them how to clean. Now, these aren't just normal everyday people who need tips on cleaning. These are people who's houses are DISGUSTING!! And I don't mean just messy, I mean pure filth, like, how in the hell can these people even live in there. Food and grease everywhere, inches of piled up dust, mold!! Just really gross. I watch it cause it makes me feel so much better about my house. No matter how messy it gets, it will NEVER be as bad as that. YUCK. They also have some good cleaning tips.

Off to do some work.

Vacation from your vacation

Isn't it always the way. You go on vacation, come home and need a weeks vacation!

The weekend went really well. We left Thursday night and got there about 8pm. It was still light enough that we were able to put up the tent. We're were going to wait till the next day to do it figuring it was going to be too dark.

We gave Nick a lot more free rain this year. We let him take his bike and ride around the campground. He immediately made a friend which was great. Friday we got up, made breakfast (Mom was on breakfast duty all but one day for the weekend - Thanks Mom!) Then we went to Cabella's. If you've never heard of that, it's a HUGE outdoor store where you can buy anything from guns to boats to fishing poles. There is a gun museum that you can see/purchase all types of old rifles. There are some in there that cost $27,000. Wow. They also have airplanes hanging from the ceiling and museums of stuffed animals like lions, elephants and an entire room of different types of deer. There's a Mountain in the middle of the store with all different types of bear, goats, and the like. There's a shooting range, a restaurant, a fudge shop (supper yummy) and floor to ceiling fish tanks. Even if you're not the "sporting" type, it's a really cool place to go. There were actually field trips going on! LOL

After our supply of fudge, we went off to Walmart. Nick's bike was in deep need of replacement. It was WAY to small for him. His knees were hitting him in the chin. LOL We found a nice huffy for $45. Good Deal! SOLD.

We went back to the campground and he went off running riding flying around the campground with his friend - which soon became 2 friends that stuck together the entire weekend. Calli had a lot of fun going to the park and the camp store and basically being outside all day. She was still a weeney whiney all weekend, but she made it through without any of us beating the hell out of her.

We got to be the very first players on their new miniature golf course!! We christened the course very badly! LOL I'm sure we didn't get the worst score the course would ever see, but I'm sure we'll always be near the top. LOL.

DUTCHO!!! 3 Nights of Dutcho with a basket bingo thrown in! It was great. Although, we just ended up giving them all our money. We didn't win anything at basket bingo, and I only won one dutcho game and was so tired during it, I didn't see my dutcho until he called the next number and then a bunch of other people also called out. My $15 dollar prize became only $2. Boo Hoo!! (By the way, Dutcho is Bingo)

They did a Chinese auction too. I won a box with weird bird paintings on it. Uhm, yay, joy..... hmmm I went over to another winner who got a nice wicker basket and said, hey, wanna trade? And miraculously, she actually said YES? HA!!! Woo hoo. I didn't know what the hell I was gonna do with that box, but I thought the cats would like sleeping in the basket.

John cost me a fortune this weekend!! He usually is the "non-participator" The one who babysits and puts the kids to bed because he hates playing the games. Of course now he is Mister Gamer and played every single night. So now my Dutcho cost was doubled!! And we STILL LOST!! It was fun though. He was so determined to win... oh well.

We did the matchbox races as well... lost on that one too! Not very lucky this weekend.

John and I took a trip to the bank (after loosing all that money) and we took a ride past a farm with baby colts and their Mamma's! They were so cute that we took the kids by on our way home so they could see them and I could take pics. I'll put them on here soon.

The pool needed a new liner which they did on Friday and then filled in on Saturday. They opened it on Sunday and the kids were determined to go in. Even though it was JUST pumped in there and was probably no more than 55 degrees. Way to freaking cold for me. I barely got my toe in. They jumped in, freaked out, got out shivering, said it was too cold and then jumped back in!! Mom said kids have a different internal temperature. I have to believe that. I could NEVER have stayed in that water.

They also did a campground garage sale which was fun. I got a really nice picture. John got a lantern and a leaf blower (for free!) and mom got a bunch of little ceramics to put in her garden.

Nick had a blast with his friends and was sad to go, but Monday morning we packed up and headed out. But not of course until we stopped for my ice cream! We got two bags of ice and I got a huge tub of my favorite peanut butter ice cream, and I also got a quart of chocolate chip mint and another of raspberry for John and the kids. Cause the peanut butter is MINE! I got Shelly a quart of the peanut butter too.

After doing the matchbox races and then sitting by the pool on Sunday, I was thoroughly burned. Lucky me and my stupid Irish/Slovak pale skin!! And then of course on the drive home I had by foot up on the window and my right shin got even more burned. So now I'm a very uneven lobster.

John was a very good boy the entire weekend. I on the other hand was a total bitch. I ended up with Aunt Flow's visit today so that would explain my bitchiness. It was a very nice weekend, but I need another few days to get everything back in order. Laundry Laundry Laundry. Yesterday we were trying to cook up all the meat that was left and our stupid grill KILLED it all. I put burgers, kielbasa and steak on the grill, on low, closed the lid, came in, made a pot of coffee, went back out and the burgers and kielbasa were charcoal. Arg!! So pissed off. I was only able to save half of it.

Ok, Now I'm off to clean. Joy. Have fun folks.

A camping we will go...

We leave in a couple of hours. I actually had a bunch of work to do today so I didn't have a lot of time for packing. Luckily, I had done all the clothes and such yesterday. I still have to do all the food shopping and pick up rx for Nick. But now it's too late to go, I have to wait till Nick gets home. Then grab both kids, run for food, drugs, and go to the UPS store to mail some ebay stuff out.

I haven't even showered yet. Arg. I guess I should be doing that now instead of talking to you people. But my love for you is worth more then my ass smelling like roses.

This should be an interesting weekend. Either we're going to be soaked and freeze to death, or we're gonna have good weather. It ALWAYS rains when we go camping, so I'm not expecting any less. We're bringing a heater for the tent. John wants to bring the tv and dvd player too, but I don't know about that. That's a little extreme. HA Of course, this is coming from the man who used to laugh at me for the way I camped saying, "that's not real camping. I used to drive out with only a sleeping bag and sleep under the stars". Sorry, I don't play that way. I want a bed, a bathroom and a fridge. TV is good too for rainy days. Oh crap, we need the kids bikes. Ug, I don't think they'll be enough room. hmmm We'll see.

I'm trying to remember all the stuff we need. Of course, I'm gonna forget something. I hate packing and unpacking and packing again and unpacking again. It's such a pain in the ass.

Calli has packed a suitcase for herself and one for nick. She packed them with a bunch of toys. She packed Nick's with trucks and hers with a half naked barbie and some stuffed animals. She's suck a wacko.

I cleaned out the hamsters cage today. I put the little rodent in another container on the table. The cats were VERY interested in seeing it. He sits up on the mantle, so they can hear him in there, but they can't see or get to him. They both just sat on the table salivating. lol At least I know they'll keep the other rodents out of here. Speaking of the hamster, I asked John to look at it the other day cause I thought there was something wrong with it. I said, either it has HUGE balls, it's REALLY constipated, or it's about to drop a load of babies. John said it's got huge balls. And when I say HUGE, I mean.... HUGE, like how does that thing walk? They look like it's got a golf ball up its ass. No wonder they can breed so much. Wow.

Ok, I need to finish up all this crap before Nick gets home. Have a great Holiday folks. Talk to ya Tuesday.

Stupid Laws - Alaska - While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. **** Ok, so who's the idiot who is gonna walk up to a sleeping bear, shake it and yell, Hey, can you wake up and pose with my kids... say cheese please"? But I guess if you wake it up and it's pissed off, you're allowed to shoot it if it tries to kill you.

The Funny Things Kids Say

Shelly and I were talking about the funny things our kids say.

We were in the car the other day and past a place that sells rocking chairs. Calli said, "Mamma, you're gonna get old and have a rocking chair, and Daddy's gonna die and go to Heaven and become a kitty cat and get stuck in a tree." I just look at John and was like... uhm, sorry John. Bad news. HA LOL

Tyler (Shelly's son) was at school and the teacher was telling them about cows. How we get milk from the udders. Tyler (little smarty pants that he is) says, "Where do the burgers come out of". ROFL

Brittnee (Shell's daughter) was in the car and they drove past a factory that had smoke coming out of the tall pipes. Brit says "Oh, so that's where clouds are made!" Too Cute

My kids say stuff all the time, but of course, I can't remember any of it. I'm gonna start writing it down and sharing with you.

Nick is now behind a few games due to rain. Which sucks cause now he has a game tonight, Wednesday and Saturday. Make up time!

Side note: - Gordan Ramsey has a new cook book out - Fast Food - I want it. It looks really good.

We're going to miss Saturday's game because we'll be camping. John and I were looking up things to do while we're there. Well, hmm, not much to do out in the middle of the sticks. Everything to do is like an hour away. I guess it'll depend on how board we get. They have a lot of stuff going on that weekend that we always do. Like garage sales at each campsite, a match box derby race, DUTCHO (my personal favorite), helicopter rides (which we haven't done yet, we'll have to see how much it is, I'm sure Nick would LOVE that), plus they have an arcade, a really cool playground, RC car race track, and mini golf. Plus the pool, but I don't think it'll be warm enough for that.

There's an amusement park about an hour away, and a train ride. I'd like to take a ride through Amish country. Give the kids a little perspective on all the things they have. Maybe threaten to leave them there to plow the fields!! Ahh, if only in my dreams.

Actually, I think it would be a good idea for the Amish to offer that to parents. Like, when the kid is in their sophomore or junior year, they spend a year in the Amish country. Living just like them down to the way they dress. Have them work in the fields, do schooling, make their own food and clothes. All the stuff the other kids do. Give them a good sense of what they have and realize that even if they don't get everything they want, they're still spoiled. Hmm, I'll have to look into that.

Ok, I'm off to finish laundry so I can start packing for the weekend. I hate packing. I always pack too much and ALWAYS forget something.

Dang, I'm cold. I need to start a fire first. Later Gaters.

Stupid Law for the day: Here's one from Georgia - It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office. *** So saying, Oh Shit, your dead... not so much?

SCAM WARNING

BEWARE OF THIS SCAM

I hate it when people forward bogus warnings, and I have even done it myself a couple times unintentionally...but this one is real, and it's important.

If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks due to the warm weather and they ask you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up, DO NOT DO IT!! THIS IS A SCAM!! They only want to see you naked.

I wish I'd gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid.

Shelly and I tried to play Mario Kart over the phone last night but her Wii kept disconnecting. Arg. It was cool though to be able to play with her even though we were in our respective homes.

Now that I've been home for a while, I see a lot of the commercials for soap operas. I remember growing up watching them every day. My Great Aunt Anna would confiscate the tv from 10 - 2pm We were very into all these shows growing up. Now I wonder... WHY?? These shows are insane. I can't believe people actually watch them religiously. The promo's are hysterical. The people coming back from the dead, the trauma of my sister's, sons, friends, mother's boyfriends, brother is really my cousins, father's, sister's husband. AAAHHHH OMG!!! THE HORROR!! There are so many people that watch these (my sister included) but ... I just don't get it.

Speaking of sisters... My other sister lives in Palm Bay, FL. I turned on the tv this morning and hear that some asshole has set half the freaking town on fire! WTF? So now I'm waiting till mom gets to work to get Andrea's number and call her to make sure she's not in that area. I live in my little world up here. I try not to get involved in the rest of the families crap, I have too much of my own to deal with. Since Ann always has crap going on, I don't talk to her that much. Hence, no phone number. Cross your fingers and say your prayers that this hasn't hit her.

Going camping again this year for Memorial Day weekend. It's been a tradition since... Well, since before Nick was born. It's basically our only vacation. Not that it's much of a vacation. Still have to do all the cooking and cleaning and running here and there. But, it's fun. We go to the same campground that we went to as little kids which is kinda cool. It's a long drive (about 2 hours) but worth it. We swim (when it's warm enough), play in the huge playground, arcade games and pool in the game room, DUTCHO!!! My personal favorite (it's bingo), matchbox derbies, the demolition derby (which Nick always calls the dalmatian derby), rodeo, and last but not least... My Favorite Ice Cream.

When we camped here as little kids my Mom would take us to an ice cream shop that was down the road a bit. This place had all homemade ice cream and my favorite was this "Holy Crap, That's a Lot of Peanut Butter" ice cream. (My name, not theirs). When we went back to this campground 10-15 years later, I hunted down that ice cream parlor and they STILL HAD IT!! Now every year it has become a tradition to make a trip to get my ice cream. We have also started to buy gallons of it, packing it in ice and taking it home. It goes in the freezer and has an invisible DO NOT TOUCH sign on it. It is MINE, I DON'T SHARE!! MINE MINE MINE MINE

Calli's playing her game at the other computer and she keeps singing. I keep trying to get it on tape, but she keeps catching me and stopping. She sings all the time. Makes up little songs and just goes with it. If I ever catch one, I'll share.

Today's Stupid Laws: We camp in PA, so here's on for them: Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents. ***A lot of us knew this one, but it still cracks me up. You can't buy it if you live there, but us folks from Jersey can drive over the boarder and buy them. Basically the government says "Let them dumb ass's blow themselves up, not our people"

I have to mention that most of the stupid laws for PA had to do with Drinking, Fishing and Bingo. Kinda tell ya what the state is all about. HA

What a lovely Mother's Day!

I was woken happily (at 9:30 no less! YAY, slept in) by the happy chants of my kids calling "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!"

John brought in breakfast (in bed) on a silver platter on my fine china. Eggs benedict, hash browns, bacon, a candle, coffee (and a carafe for extra) cream and sugar. YUM I also got cards from each person and a special one from Nick that he made in school all written in SPANISH!! Can you believe that?! Amazing. The kids stayed in bed with me and even rubbed my feet! For only about a minute, but hey, it worked.

Then John came in with a ciggy and a lighter on a plate and served it to me. LOL Very funny.

I finally got up and went down stairs and John had the entire kitchen cleaned and the kids and dog fed. It was very nice. I then got to chill for a little while and was yelled at whenever I tried to clean anything or pick anything up.

Mom showed up (an hour early of course - I wasn't even showered!) I got in the shower and then we all played the Wii for a little while.

I cooked on the grill when Joanne and Scott got here (Pop showing up a little later) I made chicken, beef and bacon wrapped scallops shish-ka-bobs and snow crab legs all on the grill. Then I made a salad that I found a recipe for with all the salad stuff, chicken, tortellini and peas with a pesto sauce dressing. I patted myself on the back for my pesto. It was the first time I had made it and it was really good. A couple dips and some chips and we were good to go. Berry pie ala-mode for dessert! Yumm-O

The rest of the day we just chilled out. It was very relaxing. I did run out later to Wally world to see if I could get Mario Kart for Nick. They were all out and he was PO'd. But I did get him a game for his game boy. John stopped on the way home today and got Mario from another store. It's pretty fun. We played it for a while before Nick got home... He walked in and saw us and almost fainted. HA LOL Too funny.

Nick's game got cancelled Saturday because of rain. It was moved to today, and of course is cancelled. He had another one Wednesday that the coach cancelled because he'll be out of town. Oh boy. We're gonna have a lot of catching up to do. HA, get it? CATCHing up to do?! HA LOL

I signed Nick up for football on Saturday. He's still too young so he'll be doing flag football this year. Although I think it's a really good idea because he'll get all the fundamentals, I think having him in pads and a helmet would be much safer.

Now I do have to say that I remember only a few years ago saying that my son would not be able to play in any sports except figure skating or interpretive dance cause I didn't want him to get hurt. I am now rescinding that decision. I will hold my grown on this stance for hockey and soccer. Freaking BRUTAL games. No dice on those. Baseball and football. Maybe basketball when the time comes. That's plenty. I'm tired just running him around to baseball! Thank goodness these sports don't run in tandem.

Ok, on too celebrity news. Mariah Carey got married. Now, although I think that's very nice, what I think was really STUPID was the tattoos they got. Although hers is a small butterfly on her lower back which is pretty, it has his name down the middle of it. It's small enough that it's no big deal should it need to be removed. He, on the other hand got her name across his entire back! From shoulder to shoulder, from neck to mid back. It's a very nice tattoo, but it's HUGE and if/when they break up.... it's gonna be a bitch to remove.

John and I both have tattoos and neither of us would ever think to put each others names on us. The kids names, yes, but never a significant other. I actually want another tattoo. I need to take lots of percocet before I go cause I have no pain tolerance. I want a butterfly. I love butterflies. Maybe the kids names mixed in the wings. Or a fairy. I need to find one I really like and then find someone really good to do it. Some day.

Stupid Law of the day - Wyoming - It is illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while drinking. **** Is it just me??? Wouldn't this law make it very difficult for women to have a drink in the bar? Are they Men Only bars in Wyoming? Where do the women go? Very interesting.

PS - ***6.000 hits??? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE? Love ya.

Over 5,000 hits to this Blog. What I want is for everyone who reads this to email me at flutterbyheaven@gmail.com. I am somehow racking up over 200 hits a day. Who the hell are you people??? I am still in shock that any of you are reading it at all!! That's just insane! All of you people have issues.

Besides that... let's see. Nick had his third game today. They WON!! YEAH BABY! So now they are 2-1 for the season. That's pretty good considering most of them think they're playing football not baseball. The ball gets hit to left field and you watch as the kids from right, center short stop, second and third. And woe is the child that gets to it first because he is tackled for it. Luckily the rule is that the kids can only go one base. Otherwise, by the time they finish fighting over who's gonna get to throw in the ball, every single hit would be a home run. They called the game at the end of the fifth inning tonight. Thank God. Hell 2 and 1/4 hours to do 5 innings... yeah, that's enough.

What to talk about. Oh, our roommates for the summer are a definite. Now I just have to clean out that play room At least this is forcing me to do it now. I wont be able to put it off anymore. I think the kids will love sleeping up there. Well, I don't know how much sleep they'll actually get, 3 boys, ages 7, 7 and 5. Hmm. Yeah, no.

Oh, ok, here's a good one. My friend Amanda lives in NC. She called me one morning on our way to work a few years ago. We were chatting as she pulled into a drive-thru to get breakfast. She was at a Chic-Fillet. Now, we don't have those up here. Being boring Northern folks. Hell, we're so far north we don't even have a Sonic up here.

Anyway... she pulls into the drive-thru and orders a chicken biscuit and a sweet tea. I said.. WHAT?? What the hell are you eating? She explains that she has ordered a "chicken biscuit" which is a breaded and fried piece of chicken on a bisquit and a Sweet Tea which is highly sweetened brewed tea. I could not get over the fact that she was eating fried chicken for breakfast!! She was shocked that we didn't have it up here. I said, NO, we eat chicken for LUNCH. She said, so do we. I said what you're eating now is LUNCH not Breakfast. She said no it was breakfast because (get this) it was on a BISCUIT!! HA Well, that makes all the difference. I just couldn't get over that and would laugh whenever I thought of it.

So, to get to my point... guess what McDonald's is serving now... You got it, chicken on a biscuit and sweet tea. I bow to the mass and admit when I'm wrong. I guess fried chicken is breakfast food as long as it's on a biscuit. Silly me has been eating eggs all this time. What was I thinking!!

Stupid Laws - Ok, for good ole' Amanda, we'll do a NC one: 1. It’s against the law to sing off key. ***Sorry Mom, no NC for you. Actually, being dead center of the bible belt, some of their laws are pretty prudish. Some added fun - 2. While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled. 3. Oral sex is considered a crime against nature. *** That's it, I'm definitely not living there!

I've been thinking (I know, the smoke coming from my ears is making me cough)... Shelly was talking about a job opportunity that could take them to AZ. At first I thought that was totally cool, then realized she would be 3,000 miles away. I don't know if I could handle that. So of course I had to start looking at real estate out there.

Side thought - Kelly Rippa needs a boob job!

Ok, back to my previous thought. So, in looking at real estate, I realized that with my new job I can move anywhere. I can pick any state at all. But then you have all kinds of choices to make. There's really not a lot of good places to go. Here's the run down.

North East - Way to freaking cold and too expensive
North West - Also expensive and rains all the freaking time when it's not cold
Northern Mid states - Can we say Nanook of the North. I don't want to live in a parka 360 days a year.
Mid West - AUNTIE EM AUNTIE EM
East Coast - Although they have lovely weather, it's really far away and it's expensive. Not to mention the raging fires.
South East - This is a lovely area - From NC - FL. They have great weather all year and cheap prices BUT - HURRICANES
Southern Mid States - Also beautiful weather and good prices but again, Can we say Hurricane Katrina??
Alaska - Back to the Nanook thing.
Hawaii - I would LOVE to live in Hawaii but that is REALLY far and you have Volcanos.

It seems the only place to go is South West. Arizona, New Mexico and Western Texas. Those are the only three states that you don't here about any crazy "acts of God". They are always warm. And it's a DRY HEAT!! There prices are reasonable too.

Luckily I joined a baby board when I was pregnant with Calli and now I basically have a friend in every state! I could go anywhere and not be alone. I hate to leave my Mommy, but I really want to get out of NJ. I would love to go to Georgia and live in one of those big Antebellum homes. But Hurricanes. Val wants me to move to Mississippi. Hurricanes again, but you can go north of the state. Hmmm.

Side note - John Goodman looks HORRIBLE. I wish he would have the gastric or something. He looks so ill. He's been overweight for so long and it's killing him. He's such a great actor, it'll be a shame to loose him.

I wish we could just move every two years. Live in every state and then pick one. (Of course skipping all the northern states! No offense to those of you that live up there, but if I'm gonna move, it better be someplace warm!

I think everyone in other states needs to start taking pictures of where they live and get all the stats together for me. Like house prices, schools, crime rate, that kinda thing. It'll help me decide.

Stupid Law - Hmm, maybe I wont move to Arizona - When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses. *** Oh, wait, you have a pipe, crap.. can you come back later? I don't have a pipe around.. Oh unless maybe .. do you have a knife? I know I have a knife in the kitchen! Or maybe you can just borrow one of mine! That'll work.

Today's Did You Know: Here's a list of the crazy amounts of rain from around the state:
Although we always consider Seattle to be the rainiest they actually rank 44th among US cities for rainfall with an average yearly rainfall of 36.2 inches (92 cm).
145 inches (368 cm) in the Hoh Rain Forest (part of Olympic National Park in Washington State),
129 inches (327cm) in Hilo,
65 inches (165 cm) in Mobile,
60 inches (152 cm) in New Orleans,
58 inches (147 cm) in Miami,
49 inches (124 cm) in Atlanta,
45 inches (114 cm) in Houston,
44 inches (112 cm) in Boston,
40.3 inches (102 cm) in New York City,
39 inches (99 cm) in Washington, D.C.,
34.5 inches (88 cm) in Chicago,
19.5 inches (50 cm) in San Francisco,
15 inches (38 cm) in Sequim (on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State,
12 inches (30 cm) in Los Angeles
4 inches (10 cm) in Las Vegas.