After 25 years in the Navy Jim, the husband, finally retired. We found ourselves in the small town of Otto, North Carolina living next door to his parents. With three beautiful little girls that are coming into their own, everyday is an adventure in this house!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Don't be afraid!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Happy Birthday Brittany
Today is my BFF's birthday. She turned 21 years young. She is the most nicest, loving, and happiest person you would ever meet. Today as a surprize I took her 21 balloons with a small bouquet of rainbow daisies.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Please remove all identifying marks
I have to remeber not to wear anything that has any identifying marks. For example, I have a teeshirt that I bought at a Brad Paisley concert. It has him on the front, of course. I went to burger king and was accosted in line for my beloved Dr. Pepper. The man was mildly insane and asked me if I liked Brad Paisley then proceeded to play air guitar.
A few nights later I'm wearing one of my husbands old military chief shirts. I go to KFC and another person rapes my personal space and asks me if I was in the military. I answer yes and walk away with my tray.
Another time I was wearing a shirt that says silence I kill you. Jeff Dunham. This guy reminds me that Sam Kinison (sp?) Died of an overdose. How that had anything to do with what I was wearing I have no idea.
Lastly I have a pirate girl sticker on the drivers side window of my car and twice someone has said something to the effect of arrrgh a pirate girl.
I generally enjoy the company of strangers. But why must they talk to me?
Friday, November 19, 2010
Porn is not allowed at work
Jim wants something special for Christmas this year. Its not something that we particularly need but he somehow thinks this item will save us money in the long run. I told him there was no way I was going to purchase this item. Of course I'm going to. I think its a good idea.
So today I went to google to look up Black Friday ads since I have that day off of work I get to go shopping. I couldn't find what I needed so then I did the unthinkable. I immediately knew the error of my ways in the instant that I typed in "sausage stuffer" to the Google search bar and hit enter. With a feeling of sheer terrior I screamed in fear inside my head that slow motion nnnnnooooooooo!!!!! But there was no turning back. Slowly as I watched the green progress bar finish its trip to the end of its destination the porn pictures arrived on my 20 inch computer monitor. I was able to shut down the entire computer before anyone noticed which was a little drastic since all I needed to do was close the window that was open.
I have learned my lesson. The moral of this story is be sure to use safe search when entering Christmas lists into a google search!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Homeland Security Anyone?
Me being mom vetoed these ideas under the assumption that they were typical halloween ideas and I must come up with something different.
I had an idea that would change halloween forever for the Hill family. Jim and I were going as NCIS agents complete with hats and fully automatic weapons. Ok airsoft guns but it was all the same. The girls got to be part of my sick and twisted idea as well. They were going as terrorists.
My friends and I bought all the required definately offending gear. Camo thermals, sheets, molding clay for the C4, wires, and of course kitchen timers, and even duct tape after exclaiming loudly through the store that we needed it for the BOMBS. My friends informed me that perhaps I shouldn't say that in a store. We worked tirelessly through the night and we finally had a finished product. (See picture)
All this for one night of fantastic candy and strange giggles from the real police officers.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Pumpkin Festival
Up close of my carving. |
Lani with the black cat she chose. |
Trista with the purple butterfly she made very clear that she wanted. |
Ana getting her autumn leaves, but I forgot to take an up close pic of it. Yeah, mom of the year again. |
Trista, not quite sure if she is going to enjoy the ride or not. |
Looks like she loved it. |
Pinata that a friend made. |
Another pinata |
Trista with her ice cream. |
Jims pumpkin is on the right and mine is on the left. |
Up close of Jims carving. |
Friday, October 22, 2010
Morning Bliss = Angry Husband
This morning I woke to my smallest child calling for me at 7 am, the butt-crack of dawn apparently because the sun was not shining, it was completely dark. This means that winter is around the corner bringing snow, biting cold, long walks up my iced over driveway because the dang SUV I bought is not a 4x4, and of course tax season!
Dreading all of this in the course of two minutes the small child calls for me again. I decide to get up and go get her, perhaps I can coax her into coming back to bed with me? So, I make the LONG trek to her room which is across the house, noticing that hubby is sitting on the couch playing on his computer, oldest child is in the bathroom staring at herself instead of brushing her teeth, and small toys litter my house like small bombs that will rip a foot apart on an unsuspecting mom who is barefoot as she walks through the house. Hubby ignores small child and me as we finally make our way back to my room to lay back down.
Mom and small child fall back asleep together for another two hours. It was a beautiful morning. I got up and got both of my girls dressed I was happy because finally I got some sleep. The hubby had left the house without saying more than two words to me. Once they were dressed the girls headed off to Mamaws and Papaws house to find daddy. They found him and he came back to the house with them, grabbed his keys, and left in the truck, still not a word to me.
I am not sure why he was and still is angry at me today. At least my house was nice and quiet before I left for work putting me in an amazing mood. I wonder if the silent treatment will continue once I arrive home again?
Thursday, October 21, 2010
A bit of Nastalgia
Now, don't get me wrong. I LOVE (I mean LOVE) Jazz music. I played in the Jazz Band in high school (we almost took State so yeah, I'm a huge band geek.) I also went to a bar while I was in high school (at least we thought it was a bar) that our band teacher was playing jazz music at. (I swear we did! Just ask Elaine!) I snuck into a bar with an illegal ID card when I was 18 in San Diego to listen to the jazz band play. So yeah, I love Jazz music. However, I do not believe that the electric guitar and a set of drums constitutes a "Jazz Band". I was not enthused at the idea of purchasing tickets for a two hour show of nothing but the whining of the guitar. I said no way am I buying tickets, sorry hubby. He sighed and agreed only after having made me listen to a tape that he had of Joe playing. (Yes, you read it right, I said a TAPE of the guy.)
I haven't seen a tape in over a decade I think and here it is that the hubby has a stack load of them in the entertainment center. While going through it to find the tape he wanted me to listen to he happened to find an old Scorpions and another Eurythmics tape. I happen to like both so I stole them. I also happen to have a tape deck in my car which came with a six CD changer. Go figure right? A tape deck and a CD changer in the same car stereo.
Monday, October 11, 2010
True Blood and the yummy actors
I must be attracted to him because he is older than me (everyone knows I go for the old guys!) and also because he is Swedish, much like myself. (My parents always called me the Viking in the wood pile because of my blonde hair and blue eyes while the rest of the family has dark hair and dark eyes. Of course I wouldn't mind being caught in a wood pile with this guy.)
Alright, I am totally done gushing over an actor that we all know is soooo not the person you expect them to be when you meet them for real. I would love for him to remain Eric Northman while this Alexander guy can take a hike.
Yes, I know there are other actors on this show and the title of this blog is "Yummy Actors" but this is the only one besides Sam Trammell, who plays the shifter, (he changes into animals! I mean he changes the meaning of doggie style!) that is worth talking about.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Creepy Dog!
Anyway, this dog is creepy. He LOVES to just look you in the eyes and get really close to your face. He never licks you, he just stares at you. You pull away from him fearing that you may get a dog tongue across your lips and he gets closer as you try to get farther away but again he never licks. He is just plain creepy sometimes.
Macon County Fair
Friday, September 24, 2010
Arachnophobia
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Random Sunday
Here are my good friends that hung out at the park with me while I waited to go to my other friends house.Brittany and Ian, sometimes I forget what good friends I have here and these are two of them. |
Ian with my little Lani. Awwww... |
Trista on the swing, smiling baby. |
Lani in the general store apparently. |