I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.........remember to save room for some pie!!

Wanna hear a hauntingly beautiful christmas song? Listen to Stevie Nicks rendition of Silent Night. It'll give you goosebumps......I swear. Go download it now!

I-Moods should have "holidayish" as one of their moods, because that's how I'm feeling. Holidayish. I bought two new Christmas music tapes today to add to my collection, and I can't wait to pop them in the stereo, and start Fa La La-ing right along with the music. We're kind of in a Thanksgiving limbo right now, as I don't know if we're going down to the 'Burgh, or if we're staying home. The weather forecast will determine where we eat the turkey! No matter what, a turkey will be enjoyed, wether here, in Pittsburgh or at Amandas house. Thanks for the invitation sweetie. That was so nice of you! :O) I can't wait to get our tree and decorations up next week, and get started on our holiday shopping. I just love this time of year!

You know, it amazes me that a guy that a guy can be homeless, yet not hopeless. I find that so wonderful. That just goes to show the true power of the human spirit to overcome obstacles, and still remain strong and focused on a better tomorrow.

Things I just wanna say...to no one in particular, and everyone in general

1) You make your own happiness........no one can make you happy if you can't.
2) Love yourself. Self-confidence is very attractive!
3) Learn to like being alone with yourself.........you are your own best-friend.
4) Don't settle for bullshit........either make it better, or find better. Be it a job, a love, whatever. It's out there. It just takes time.
5) Happily ever-after does not mean being happy every fuckin' day. That's fantasy. Reality has happy times as well as rough times.
6) Getting through the rough times makes you stronger. It really does.
7) If the rough times never seem to end, you've got a major problem. Love finds solutions, and is willing to bend in order to mend.
8) Yes, you can have "forever" with someone. I do.
9) Life is a journey of growth and learning. If you're not learning and/or growing, you need to find out what's stopping you.
10) Most growth, be it mental, spiritual, or in love, generally follows great struggle.
11) Life is a wonderful, mysterious, sometimes scary journey. Enjoy the trip and love every minute of being your wonderful self!

The snowfall we had yesterday really put me into the holiday spirit. I feel the need to pull out all my Christmas cd's and tapes, and listen to them in my car on the way to and from work. (Helps curb holiday "road rage" too. It's hard to be pissed at a slow driver if you're listening to Frosty the Snowman!!) I think I'm gonna pull out the decorations the week after Thanksgiving, when I'll be off for three days and I can take my time. Sounds like a plan to me!

Work today was the usual drag, but I made it through, as usual. I had a nice surprise when I got home though. Hubbs and Nick went to Sears and bought us a new fridge! Awsome! Our old one was 21 years old......yikes! As long as we've been married. This one is pretty big compared to our old one, and I keep running into it, as I'm not used to it sticking out so far. Hopefully I'll get the hang of it before I'm covered in bruises! It even has an ice machine.........woohoo! Hey, it doesn't take much for me to get excited. Thanks guys for all you did to get this new one in and the old one out! Great job!!

Nick is home and asleep after getting his injection. Everything went fine, even though he was a bit anxious before and during the procedure. I was glad that they asked me to go in with him during the injection. I think it made both of us feel better. He is schedueled for another one on December 16th, and I think for that one, I'm gonna give him a bit more sedative before hand, as the dose he took today didn't seem to calm him as much as he would have liked. Hopefully the shots will relieve his pain for him.....poor guy has suffered enuff already.

I want to put up a new skin on my blog, but am I ready for the mess that ensues? That is the question.

Ahhh, alas the stormy seas of love seem a bit more tranqil today. And the sailors are smiling once again.......a welcome sight indeed. The journey of love is never-ending, and at times we all hit rough waters, sometimes falling over-board and nearly drowning in our tears. But if you hold on to tight to your heart-strings, dear Tenderhearts, your love for eachother will, more times than not, pull you through the storm.

Why do people with foreign language blogs, put the titles in English? Sheesh.

Awsome! Live will be in concert next Friday at Edinboro University. And to make it even better, tickets are just $20.00 general public, and $10.00 for students! Gotta get your tickets on campus before the show though. Man I wish I colud go..........should be a fantastic show!!

I found this link on Avoiding Colds and Flu to be pricelss during this time of year. Go check it out! And then go wash your hands!

Get this: our ladies room toilet clogged up yesterday, so today the boss gets Roto Rooter to come in and un-clog the sucker. After all is said and done, he walks over to us gals and states that a paper towel was the culprit of the clog, and it cost him $100.00 to fix it. Of course there's a big sign in the ladies room about this now. Furthermore, if this happens again, he's gonna have to shut down our bathroom. WTF. (Next thing you know, he's gonna lock the sucker up, and put the key on a big hunk of wood, like at a gas station, and make us as ask for permission to use it like a school kid.) This is beyond ludicrious. Then to top it all off, the woman who is our store decorator, and cleaning woman, starts bitching about how much toilet paper we go thru in a week. Another WTF! I guess we'll have to start rationing paper next. We laughed so hard about this today, I thought I was gonna split my gut! This is just insane. These people really need to get a life. Hell, you can't even take a piss anymore without getting some kind of complex!

Today started out the usual way, with me thinking my "this job sucks ass" thoughts.Then all hell broke loose, and we were bombarded with frenzied customers for about 5 hours straight. No shit. We couldn't even go take a piss without someone tracking us down for help. Now don't get me wrong, this is a welcome change. But damn, it was a bit much. Luckily I had a few great sales that will hopefully bring me up to speed for the month. Even so, I'm having a martini tonight, partially in celebration for a great day of sales, and partially because my job still sucks ass. See, one great day does not a wonderful job make. It sure as hell feels great, but does not make up for the hundreds of f*cked up days. I need a career change. I have some options in mind. It won't be quick in coming, but everyday I need to keep my goals in sight, and I'll get there. I always do. I need more olives.

Shaken, stirred, I don't care! Just hurry up!

I had an "I hate my job" day today. I have these alot, but today was bad. I mean I really zombied out on this shit today. I hated being in the building, hated my customers, hated my bosses, hated that we still have no heat, hated that I work on commission, hated that sales are down, and especially hated that there are others that seem so lucky, and I'm on the bottom of the sales "shit list" for more than a month now. These are the reasons that I'm drinking a double martini right now. It's either have a stiff drink, or burn down the building. I chose the drink, as I would not do well in prison. The outfits suck, and I never have been, nor will I ever be, somebodys bitch. Nuff said 'bout that. So here I sit, hating my job with a passion, but I do have some alternate plans in the works. Problem is, they're not a quick fix, (like I really would love), but some things to work towards, in order to get my frustrated ass outta the "hell hole" of retail sales. 'Till then, I guess I need to stock up on lots of 'tini fixins, as I think It's gonna be a bumpy ride kids. Have a nice evening!

NIck must have enjoyed his birthday yesterday, as he thanked Hubbs, then me this morning. That made me feel "smiley" all over!

I busted some major ass on the homefront today. I got our bedroom put back together, and I must say it looks wonderful! I also managed to get the guestroom polished up, as Mom and Dad arrive next Wednesday, and I wanted to be ready ahead of time. Now all I need to do tomorrow, is get all this crap out of my diningroom, and I'll be a happy gal indeed. Clean one room, trash three in the process........it never fails.

I was just leafing through my new December issue of Glamour magazine, when I came upon the "Best and Worst of 2002". Best t-shirt is the infamous "I <3 New York" t-shirt. I know I love mine! Got it just a few weeks ago, in you guessed it...........New york, New york!

I used a sick day today, to be able to spend some time with Nick on his 20th birthday. How much time doesn't matter. I have a few errands to run, then I need to wrap his goodies. Hubbs and I are taking him out to dinner, then home for cake and ice cream. It will just be a simple evening, with us , Amanda, and maybe a couple of his friends coming over too. I hope he has a happy day today.

Well, I guess today I get my "I survived the teenage years" badge for my Moms merit collection. It will proudly be displayed next to all the other numerous milestone memories, that have been collected along the way. In my mind, anyway. And I treasure each and every one of them. But most memorable, will always be the teenage years. Indeed.

Happy 20th Birthday Nick!

It's hard to believe the "teenage years" are over! *sigh*

I just got in from driving Amanda home, and I'll tell ya, I saw more deer tonight than I've seen in two Winters combined. Scary part is, two of them passed about 4 feet in front of my bumper. Luckily I was driving slowly, anticipating that I might come across them. To tell you the truth, I'm not afraid of hitting a deer, but I am afraid of the friggin' air bag going off in my face if I do. Hitting the deer would probably just crunch my front end. The air bag would probably rip my head off. I fear the air bag.

Besides all the other crazy bullshit that went on around here last night, a friend of my son's was killed in a car accident. His name was Shawn. Now I didn't know this young man, but just hearing the news hit me in the pit of my stomach, and in my heart. It took me bact to two years ago this January, when my son Nick was in a horrendous car accident, that he survived only by a seatbelt and the Grace of God. I remember the call from my husband, and the tone of his voice. I remember when he told me that NIck was in an accident and it was bad, and mumbling the words "is he alive?" and praying the answer was yes. The answer was "yes". I knew I could handle anything, as long as the answer was "yes". My heart aches tonight for a mother, father, siblings perhaps, and friends who didn't hear the answer "yes" when they asked the same question yesterday. I can't even imagine their pain. My thoughts and prayers go out to Shawns family and friends tonight, to give them strength through this time of loss and pain. My prayers go to Shawn, that he is in peace. Hug the ones you love a little tighter tonight. Say "I love you", just one more time. Smile, laugh, be silly, overlook the stupid things, embrace the "now", count your blessings, live everyday............because you never know. You just never know.

This weekend I'm gonna give HaloScan a try as my commenting system, and see if they're less of a pain in the ass than Entination has been.

This Enetation commenting system is starting to piss me off majorly. They're constantly off-line or doing some kind of upgrade crap, but the Pro version is never affected. Isn't that odd? Basically it's the old, give us some cashola and we won't mess with your shit. Well, just use the Tag Board for comments in the meantime, okay?