I'm sorry to say I am leaving Xanga. I have gone to www.opendiary.com. If you want to come see me there and leave me notes (You don't have to be a member to do this) my screen name there is stormyshewolf.

The great things about there is you don't have to buy anything ever to get ALL of the perks.

People who aren't even members can leave you notes.

You can use any font you have on your computer.

And there is a lot more.

Sorry Xanga. I just found something better.

Stormy

I got up this morning at 6AM when Darrin and the boys got up. Dana went to work and Bobby and Steven went to school. When Darrin went back to bed I jumped in the shower and then got dressed for the day.

I got the living room cleaned, the kitchen cleaned and the bedroom was mostly cleaned before Darrin laid down. This week's FlyLady zone is the Bathroom so I am going to work really hard on it this week to get it looking better.

I want to redo my bathroom. Everything except the floor. We just redid the floor in it this summer. I would like to get a new tub liner, new drywall for the walls, a new sink and new counter - the works. But until I can get all that I am going to settle with just getting a good, deep down clean on it this week. From top to bottom. I'm going to start on that tomorrow. I'm done with all the cleaning I'm going to do for today unless I do some more tonight which is very likely. LOL.

I have an appointment with my pain management specialist this afternoon at 2:15. I believe he is going to go over my x-rays and things with me today. I'm not 100% sure that it is today that he is going to do that but I'm pretty sure he said it was going to be today that he was going to do that. At least I thought he said that and Darrin thought he said that too. I'll just have to wait to see when I get there today.

My youngest son turned 14 this past Saturday. He had a good birthday. He liked everything that he got and enjoyed his special birthday dinner and of course, his cake. LOL. He chose a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting this year. OMG, it was so rich that it would have made Rockerfella oer feller or whatever look poor. LMAO.

And here I am again, no believing that my baby is that old. I hate birthdays. I want to keep my babies young forever on one hand and then on the other hand I can't wait until they grow up and I can get them out the door! LMAO. Big assed double edged sword there my young friends.

Speaking of young friends... all of you, my friends here in Xanga... I feel like I'm older then dirt because you all are so young. LOL. Sometimes I wonder if I am the oldest person in Xanga land.

Nothing too mind draining today. Haven't hand anything like that in a long time. I'm going to surprize you one of these days soon though with a post like that so you'd better watch out. ROFLMAO.

Stormy

The sky is ribboned in pink and blue hues as I sit here typing this. It's beautiful right now, right here at sunset. It's turning dark but I got to see part of the sunset and it's not often that I catch that. Man, it was beautiful. It's the little things, ya know?

I surfed through the new metro thing that Xanga now offers and my God, isn't there anyone in Xanga that is over the age of 30????????

The pain management specialist wasn't bad at all. He has put me on Duragesic pain patches and he is letting me keep my pain pills for the break through pain. It's working so far. I didn't feel any relief from the first patch but he told me that I wouldn't. Now that I have the second patch on, I am feeling it because the levels of the medicine is up in my system and it is working. "Oh what a relief it is..." (Those too young to remember the Alka Seltzer song won't get that).

I've just been chillin' out today. Not doing much of anything really. I didn't even get dressed today. Hell, it's Sunday, I didn't have anything to do, I didn't have to leave the house so why should I have gotten dressed? What would have been the point? Yep, I'm rambling.

My youngest son turned 14 years old yesterday. My baby is growing up! I can't believe he is 14! Before I know it he'll be 18 and all the boys will have flown the nest. Makes me want to cry. Before I know it I'll be a grandmother and will have grandbabies running around yelliing, "Granny, pick me up!" To be honest with you, I'm looking forward to that. I'm looking forward to having grandbabies. I hope that at least one of my boys gives me a granddaughter since I didn't have any daughters of my own to spoil.

Since my oldest son (18, 19 in May) is engaged to be married and they *were* trying to have a baby (and then they weren't and then they were and then they weren't, etc.) I've decided that this yard sale season I am going to start buying baby clothes and putting them back. I don't think it will be that long before we'll get the announcement that they are expecting.

I wish they would wait until Dana (my son) is more established in his job but you know how kids are...

He is up for a new job that will be paying him a lot more money and so I hope he gets it because he is going to need to be making a lot more then he is now when a baby enters the picture.

My husband and I have talked and we've told him that we'll do anything in the world to help him with the baby but as far as diapers and formula and shit like that goes, they'll have to bring the baby here because we're not going to furnish that shit for them to take home. They'll have to have the baby over here for that. I know that sounds harsh, but we're not going to support them like that. They're going to have to make it on their own but we're not about to stand by and watch our grandbaby suffer. You know what I mean?

Well enough rambling for tonight. My meds are in effect and my eyes are crossing, so I will close for now. Sorry it's been so long since I've written.

Stormy

Currently Reading The Da Vinci Code By Dan Brown see related

I now sleep sitting up again due to my back. I can't lay down because I can hardly get out of the bed the next morning due to the pain. I sleep on top of a heating blanking so that it acts as a large heating pad and last night my husband had the ingenious idea to put the chair messager he got for me under the blankets and the heating blanket for me so that the vibration could help me! It worked wonders! I woke this morning with less pain then I normally had. I turned the messager on and let it run a full cycle before trying to get out of bed and it loosened up those back muscles for me and made it a lot easier to get out of bed. Needless to say, that messager is staying right where it is from now on. LOL

I go to see a pain management specialtist on Wednesday for my back. I hope that he will up my meds by at least one pill a day at least. I am always running out towards the end of the month. I need 30 more pills a month to last me. I can't stand the pain. It sucks. I wish they'd put me on something stronger to tell you the truth. But I have to do what the specialist tells me to do I suppose. I'm scared to death of getting cut off completely. I don't honestly think he'll do that, but there's always that chance.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Stormy

I was telling a very dear friend of mine what my hobbies were. They are scrapbooking, writing and reading. I had almost left out photography. If you scrapbook you have to be into photography. I love to take pictures. I have to take more people pictures though. I take far too many animal picures. They're good pictures through.

Lita

Amata & Lita

Bambi

I took those three pictures. I think I did a good job. Of course they're not professional but they are good. I take good pictures.

Anyway, I don't know why I started this post about hobbies. I just wonder what peoples hobbies are because there are so many hobbies. Oh yeah, I am going to take up bead work too. I want to make jewelry and not that gaudy looking shit either, but jewery people will actually want to wear. :)

The pup - not my pup, my oldest son's pup, chewed my keyboard and mouse cords in half the other day. Now I am using an old keyboard that sticks and a mouse that I hate because it is one of those that go on your finger and you move your pointer with your thumb and I shake too much to use it effectively. *rolls eyes* That keyboard was less then a year old and so was the mouse. Ugh!

I'm going to go read my book in just a bit. It's called Head Games and it's really good so far.

I'm tired, I think I'm catching the flu. I will talk to y'all soon.

Stormy