Do you think...

I can make a living off of my famous chicken salad recipe??

It's Official...

My sweet little blue-eyed, auburn haired , freckled faced baby is going to be a Freshman in High School! What an absolute joy she has been, seriously.. so far.. so good!

one crazy B**tc*!!!

seriously, I know I am sick for partaking in such trash on TV, I love it though, but this broad is bent!

A Quote from my late mother GERTIE...

" I am not your friend, I am your mother, I am much more valuable than a friend"! When she said that to me, I must have been no older then 10. I remember thinking, why can't my mom be my friend, you know nice all of the time like some of my friends mothers. As I look into my girls eyes I realize what my mother meant.. A mothers love is so valuable, yet know value can be placed on it for it is, how do you say... priceless! I applaud my late mother who was always honest with me, said what she meant and didn't sugar coat things. Always a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen. It will be 15 years in June since her death and I am reminded of her daily, time heals wounds, but the heart, well I am not sure if a broken one can be repaired, just bandaged perhaps. I love my girls and I know my mother is shining down on them daily, I see her eyes in their eyes, her laugh in their laughter and her generosity in their hearts. Love your mother today... I sure love mine!

This is how I feel...

and to top it off... our dog Butterbean has some sort of Obstruction in her colon and I really don't want to think about that fee!!! Work is so unenjoyable anymore, the changes in the mortgage industry are making the mole hills into mountains and quite frankly I just want to crawl under a rock!!

It has come to this..

compression socks! usually reserved for the elderly and heart patient But, oh no, I need them for lower leg water retention!! trust me, my legs have gotten better, a little weight loss is helping, reduced intake of sodium, and tennis has helped, but still not completly fluid free and a puffy ankle is not very cute, so as I pondered the aisles of publix yesterday, I spotted these bad boys and decided to give them a try! Those damn things are tight, but I must say, thy really do work! I have ankles like a Princess today!! LOL!

She just about D I E D!!!!

when she saw as she said "that God awful picture" of herself.. so here is a much better one.. I think? She really is cute! Here she is with her two little sisters... badness on the left, sensible in the middle and Obedient on the right!