Fun Shopping

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Guess What?  I went shopping and I actually had fun!!!  I found out tonight that the stores are not crowded on Wednesday nights.   Since my daughter is out of town my husband and I went out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant and then we went to Walmart.  We went there to see if we could find a Wii and a Wii fit thing, they did not have either one.  So instead I bought some new clothes. I got a pair of black capris, a cute pair of jeans that turn into capris and two new shirts (one purple and one orange, my favorite colors).  I am excited about the jeans.  They actually fit and are not too long.  The problem I have with jeans is that with my fat rear end, often when I find jeans to fit that, the jeans are way too long.  These fit great.  I also got a new pair of cute black shoes that will go with my capris and my other pants.

Then we went to the grocery store.  I had fun there too.  For years before my depression started, I always did the grocery shopping by myself or with the kids, and they were smaller then.  It was a pain in the butt.  When my depression got bad and I could not leave the house my husband did all the grocery shopping.  Now we try and do it together and I realized tonight that I like it best that way.  We help each other and not one person is left to do all the shopping and has to put the groceries up themselves.  My husband unloads the groceries from the truck and I put them up.

I fully realize it is silly to get excited about shopping.  It has just been so long since I actually enjoyed it, that I am excited about it.  Also, finding a night when it is not crowded at the stores is exciting. Now I know when I want to go shopping Wednesday night is the time to go.

I know I have been in a down stage for the last week or so.  I am happy to be happy about something.

Be Happy, Neighbors!

Thursday Thirteen – Did somebody say McDonald's?

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My list of thirteen this week is thirteen unique McDonalds

1.  Happy Meal McDonald’s in North Dallas, Texas

2.  Over Pass McDonald’s in Vinita, Oklahoma

3.  Most fun McDonald’s is in Florida.  Has Gourmet menu, including Pizza.  Huge maze, super slide, over 100 arcade games, waterfall, 500 gallon aquarium.

4.  McDonald’s in the Arctic Circle.  There is a snowmobile drive thru.

5.  McDonald’s in Times Square

6.  The World’s Oldest Operating McDonald’s

7.  Dinosaur McDonald’s in Tuscan, Arizona

8.  Biltmore McDonald’s, styled after Biltmore Castle.  Has vaulted ceilings and fireplaces.

9.  World’s Largest McDonald’s is in Rome, Italy.  The most expensive Big Mac is sold here. Filled with Frescos. It has 800 seats.

10.  Smallest McDonald’s is in Tokyo, Japan and is only 492 square feet.

11.  McDonald’s Navan in Ireland is in a building that is over 100 years old and used to be a post office.

12. Space Shuttle McDonald’s located in the Atlanta, Georgia Suburbs .  Space Shuttle in playground with Ronald McDonald in the pilot seat. I used to take my son to play at this McDonald’s

13.  In Spring Dale, Arkansas there is a McDonald’s with an airplane.  The twin engine, turbo prop airplane hovers over the roof of the McDonald’s.

Random Thoughts For Today

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I have been sleeping so much the last few many days.  I think there are several reasons for this.  One is that my psychiatrist has me taking my anti-anxiety more than I had been, due to the recent episode of anxiety.  Also my anti-anxiety medication is used as a sleep aid and when I wake up at night he wants me to take some then as well.  The result is that I feel sleepy all the time.  Today with my daughter gone, and with it being a bit chilly out, Minnie (the dog) and I cuddled under blankets and napped away most of the day.

Anna is going to be gone for the rest of the week.  My mom is town for a short while and Anna decided to go with mom to her place in Augusta.  That should be fun for Anna.

I  accidentally slept through my counseling session yesterday.  It seems I worried everyone in the office because I always show up.  The counselor called and we did a mini session on the phone and rescheduled.

I may be struggling mental health wise and that is the other reason I am sleeping so much.  My natural instinct is to sleep whenever I am feeling more than a little depressed.  Between having to put my oldest dog to sleep and some issues with my son, and a personal health thing that has cropped up, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and down. Close your eyes if you have a delicate stomach….for whatever reason, when I have a bowel movement I am pooping what appears to be quite a bit of blood.  I figure it is probably not a huge problem, but it still makes me worry and the thought of having to go to the doctor for it causes me even more worry. I have been putting off going to the doctor because I honestly hate the thought of what I know the doctor is going to have to do to figure out what is going on.

I have been rather quiet when it comes to blogging the last couple of days because of what all has been on my mind, and I am sort of dreading the rest of the week with no counseling and no Anna to keep me distracted.  I think I need to dive into writing some blog posts to pass the time.

The Simple Woman's Daybook – March 23, 2010

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FOR TODAY March 23, 2010

Outside my window… cloudy

I am thinking…that it is officially spring in the South, so why are we still having snow flurries?

I am thankful for… my little dog Minnie

From the kitchen…I see a light

I am wearing…pajamas

I am creating… nothing really right now

I am going… no where! I accidentally slept through my counseling appointment, so we did a mini session on the phone

I am reading… blogs and directions for plugins

I am hoping… no one is cranky today

I am hearing… the dog snoring

Around the house… it is cold and I am covered in blankets

One of my favorite things… is this meme

A few plans for the rest of the week: nothing really, my daughter is spending the week with her grandparents so I am going to enjoy the quiet

Here is picture for thought I am sharing…

The Queens Meme – FaceTwit

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Welcome to the Queen’s Tuesday Meme #30

Sometimes silly.
Sometimes serious.
Always fun!
Step out of the box.
Be creative.
Use your imagination.
No one’s answers are quite like yours.

The Facebook Meme (aka The FaceTwit Meme)
It’s a little longer than usual but I just couldn’t stop in 140 words or less. Sorry.

1. Facebook has now surpassed Google in number of users and traffic.
How much time do you spend on Facebook? If not FB, do you use Twitter?

I have been known to spend all day on Facebook. But lately I have not spent as much time there. I use TweetDeck for Twitter, so I always see my tweets and can respond right away if I want to.

2. What is Farmville? I do not understand why people are asking me for margarine.

It is a farming game. hmmm no one has asked me for margarine, but they have been asking me for gold and building supplies. As soon as I finish this meme I am going to go harvest my bell peppers.

3. Do you war in the Mafia Wars? I do not understand why people are asking me for cows.

I do not play mafia wars

4. What is Cafe World? I do not understand why people are asking me for bullets!

Cafe world is a game about owning your own restaurant. Why are they asking for bullets? That is strange!

5. Are you being bombarded with these “See Who Has Been Looking At your Profile – See Who Your Peeps Are?” application request lately?
I don’t understand why people are asking me for my photograph and that of my dogs.

Yes, I have also heard rumors that it was a virus. I have no idea if that is true or not.

6. Which FB or Twitter applications, tags or gifts irritate you the most and why?

None really irritate me. If I get some request or whatever that I do not have an interest in,I just hit the ignore button.

7. Every morning I am faced with the question at the top of my Facebook profile page, “What’s On Your Mind?” Now Mr. Online Mailman wants to know the same thing. Does the whole world need to know what I’m thinking at every moment? I can’t write that in a public place ya know. But if you had to answer that question honestly at 9:00 am each morning, what would you say?

I would say I was thinking about coffee and going back to bed.

8. Do you know how you became friends and followers with everyone in your list on Facebook and Twitter?

Facebook yes, twitter no

9. Have you ever been deceived online by someone you thought was someone else? How did you know?

no

10. Do you enjoy chatting via Yahoo Messenger or AOL the old-fashioned way? If so, who do you chat with most online?

yes and my mother.

11. Have you ever been contacted on Facebook or via email under false pretenses, for dubious purposes, or by meddling nosy people in general?

No

12. Think about it. We are all flitting around making bird noises on the internet. What would the PETA people say?! Can you think of a more suitable animal mascot for Twitter? What kind of sound would we make?

Sheep BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

13. What kind of new cool innovative application would you like to see on Facebook or Twitter? What would you call it?

hmmmm I have no idea

14. Have you ever had to block someone from Facebook or Twitter?

both

15. Do you allow your real life friends to communicate with you there or do you prefer to be incognito to the universe at large?

they can communicate with them there

16. Do you belong to any CAUSES on Facebook or Twitter? If so, what makes you passionate about them and why did you join?

No

17. Do you know what a Twibe is?

no

18. Have you ever rage twitted? Tell me!

no

19. I find that more and more people are reading my blogs on Facebook and commenting there? Do you share your blog posts on Facebook? Do you find that it helps or hinders your blog traffic?

I think it helps my traffic

20. Wanna be my friend on FB? I have nearly 150 now. At least I’d recognize you!
Don’t you be foolin’ me now.
If you look under the “Follow Me” near the top of the page you will see a button to be my friend on Facebook, and also on Twitter.

Sunday Stealing –

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Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named Lily at the blog F*ck Art Let’s Dance. She does not say where she found the meme. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft’s thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The Eight Tens Meme

TEN TO START.

1. Are you single? no

2. Are you happy? yes

3. Are you bored? no

4. Are you naked? no

5. Are you a blonde? no

6. Are you moody? yes

7. Are you a lover/hater? lover

8. Are you hot/cold? cold

9. Are you Irish? yes

10. Are you Asian? no

TEN FACTS.

1. Name: Melissa

2. Nicknames: Missy, Meme

3. Birth mark: no

4. Hair color: reddish brown

5. Natural hair color: no

6. Eye color: hazel

7. Height:5’5″

8. Facebook Mood: happy

9. Favorite color: purple

10. One Place to Visit: Alaska

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE.

1. Do you believe in love at first sight? no

2. Do you believe in soul mates? no

4. Have you ever been hurt emotionally? yes

5. Have you ever broken someone’s heart? yes

6. Have you ever been cheated on? yes

7. Have you ever liked someone and not told them? yes

8. Are you afraid of commitment? no

9. Who was the last person you hugged? daughter

10. Who was the last person you kissed? husband

TEN THIS OR THAT


1. Love or lust? love

3. Cats or dogs? dogs

4. A few best friends or many regular friends? friends

5. Television or internet? internet

6. Chinese Or Indian? chinese

7. Wild night out or romantic night in? romantic night in

8. Money or Happiness? happiness

9. Night or day? night

10. MSN or phone? msn

TEN HAVE YOU EVER.

1. Been caught sneaking out? yes

2. Been skinny dipping? yes

3. Stolen? yes

4. Bungee jumped? no

5. Lied to someone you liked? yes

6. Finished an entire jaw breaker? no

8. Wanted an ex bf/gf back? yes

9. Cried because you lost a pet?yes

10. Wanted to disappear? yes

TEN PREFERENCES IN A PARTNER.

1. Smile or eyes? smile

2. Light or dark hair? bald

3. Hugs or kisses? hugs

4. Shorter or taller? taller

5. Intelligence or attraction? both

6. Romantic or spontaneous? romantic

7. Funny or serious both

8. Older or Younger? does not matter

9. Outgoing or quiet? outgoing

10. Sweet or Bad Ass? sweet

TEN HAVE YOU’S.

1. Ever performed in front of a large crowd? no

2. Ever done drugs? no

3. Ever been pregnant? yes

5. Ever been on a cheer leading team? no

6. Ever Been on a dance team? no

7. Ever been on a sports team? yes

8. Ever been in a drama play/production? yes

9. Ever owned a BMW, Mercedes Benz, Escalade, Hummer or Bentley? no

10. Ever been in a rap video? no

TEN LASTS.

1. Last phone call you made: can’t remember

2. Last person you hung out with: daughter

4. Last time you worked: 14 years ago

5. Last person you tackled: brother

6. Last person you IM’d: Ironian Knight

8. Last person(s) you went to the movies with: daughter

9. Last thing you missed: doctor’s appointment

10. Last thing you ate: bacon

Moderation

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I hated to do it but I have had to start moderating my comments. Someone decided to attempt to sell viagra in the comment sections of my blog. After about three attempts on their part to do this, I not only deleted what they said I also banned their IP address.

I apologize to those of you who are legitimate readers and commenters. I do think by moderating the comments it will keep my blog enjoyable, because we will not have to deal with spammers

Saturday Nine – Getting Punched In The Nose

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Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we’ve committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do “random questions,” so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don’t have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today’s meme!

Saturday 9: Just One Look

1. How vein are you about how you look?

Not very much

2. When you were little what was your favorite TV show?

I enjoyed a variety of tv shows, what is popping into my head now is Star Trek. Yes, I was a geek even when I was little.

3. If someone was going to make a movie or TV show about your life, who would play you and why?

Kathy Bates, because I think she is the only one who could play me right.

4. Who is your favorite Major League Baseball team? How about your favorite player?

passing on this question

5. What is your favorite baseball-related movie?

see answer to number four

6. What is one lesson you have learned in the past year?

to live a truthful life

7. Tell us about one of your childhood memories.

getting punched in the nose by the kid who took my brother’s bike and me chasing him all the way to his house so he could hide behind his mommy

8. How do you handle sticky situations? Do you have a method? If so, what is it?

I just tell the truth, now. Everyone involved just gets the truth.

9. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?

I am sure they do, and quite frankly I do not care.

Living A Truthful Life

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Are you living a truthful life? What does living a truthful life mean anyway? To me, living a truthful life means living an authentic life. It is a life where you are honest with yourself and the others in your life. It is life that follows the old saying of “The Truth Will Set You Free”. Stacy Sheasby of Inspring Joy Today does an excellent job of explaining that old saying.

Living a truthful life is not for the faint of heart. It is difficult, painful, confusing, and joyous all at the same. It requires effort, and internal introspection. It requires a person to be accountable for their own life, without any excuses.

I am attempting to live a truthful life. It is not something I have always attempted to do. In fact the majority of my life has been spent living an untruthful life. I have spent a lot of years lying to myself, lying to others, and just flat out living a lie. The different parts of me were compartmentalized. Part of me shown to this person, another part shown to me, while still yet another part for that group over there. No one, not even me, had access to the whole of me.

In her post, Stacy Sheasby, suggests that if the truth will set us free, then if we are not living a truthful life we are living in a prison. I agree with her. It is a prison of our own making, but never-the-less it is still a prison. My prison took the form of depression, a depression that endured most of my life, becoming more and more severe as I got older. Included in my prison were the Anxiety Guards, and the Panic Attack Warden. If I ever tried to step out of my depression prison cell the Anxiety Guards and the Panic Attack Warden would set off such fears in me that I always scurried back to my “safe” cell.

After many, many years in my self made prison, I grew tired, and hopeless. I chose a way of escaping that gave me an easy way out, one where I did not have to encounter the Anxiety Guards and the Panic Attack Warden. Even that escape did not work. I found myself waking up in a hospital, tethered to a bed and still in my prison.

I was told I had no choice but to begin therapy. I did. I really did not want to, but I did. The smartest move I made in my life was promising myself and others that I would always be truthful in my therapy sessions and with my psychiatrist and actually following through with that promise. So began my journey of attempting to live a truthful life. I could only manage it during those once a week, hour long sessions, but at least it was a beginning.

As time has gone by, and I have gained confidence, began to care about myself, and learned to look at and tell the truth about myself, I have gotten more into the habit of living a truthful life. It is still not easy, I do it more out of habit than actually wanting to do it, but I am attempting, every day, to live a truthful life.

I have experienced a few rewards as a result of my attempting to live a truthful life. My relationships with my family has improved. To think, all these years they have been waiting to hear what was on my mind and for me to set boundaries with them. My depression and anxiety has lessened a great deal. The best reward has been passing the lesson of living a truthful life on to my daughter and her “getting it”.

Anna recently had a accident and broke something of hers that had significant monetary value. She made the decision to not say anything to either me or her father about it. She had decided that since it was an expensive item that we would be mad if she told us. This morning I asked her about that item because I had noticed she had not been using it. She looked like a deer caught in headlights and then she ‘fessed up about the item being broken. I was mad, but I was able to use that as an opportunity to explain to her that there is nothing wrong with being mad, it is a real emotion. It is a truthful emotion. I was also able to use this incident to talk to her about living a truthful life. An hour or so after we had this conversation, she said that she “felt better” because she was no longer worried about being “found out”. She explained the feeling by saying it “felt like an annoying bug that would not go away”.

My hope is that by teaching her to live a truthful life now, she will not find herself locked up in a prison of her own making in the future. There is nothing more beautiful then someone who can live a truthful life from a young age and never has to experience the pain from being in prison for most of their life.

I have ventured more and more outside my depression prison, walking past the Anxiety Guards and Panic Attack Warden. In some ways I am still bound by that prison, but the more attempts I make at living a truthful life, the less hold depression, anxiety and panic attacks have on me. I am looking forward to the day when that prison has absolutely no hold on me.

Are you living a truthful life? Are you living in a prison of your own making? Are you honest with yourself about yourself? Are you honest with others about your thoughts and feelings? Are you honest without excuses? example, I could be happy but…

I am looking forward to seeing how everyone answers those questions.

Friday Funnies – Spring

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Welcome to Friday Funnies! I thought it would be fun to send out some jokes, funny quotes and even funny pictures every Friday. I think it will be a good way to get us geared up for the weekend. I got the idea from Maria at Conversations With Moms who sends out humorous stuff every Sunday.

Q. What season is it when you are on a trampoline?

A. Spring-time!

Q. Why is the letter A like a flower?

A. A bee (B) comes after it!

Q.If a rooster laid an egg on the tip of the roof, which way would the egg roll?

A.Roosters don’t lay eggs!

Q. Which side of a chicken has the most feathers?

A. The outside

Spring Break


Spring break—that’s when kids work on their tans and teachers work on their sanity.

Spring break—that’s when kids go wild someplace other than school.

Spring break – is when the only thing kids study is each other.

The college kids call it spring “break.” Their parents, however, call it spring “broke.”

Spring break – is when teenagers give their swimsuits a dry run.

Spring break—that’s when students take time off from football games, basketball games, dances, parties, and hanging out in bars, and go to Florida and relax.

Thousands of college kids head south to vacation on a shoestring. Or at least that’s what they wear on the beach.

Spring break is when the nation’s college kids demonstrate to the world how much they’ve learned.