Just Checking In

Hello everyone, just wanted to let you all know I am still having computer problems. I apologize for not checking in with everyone and going to visit your blogs lately. I hope to be back online soon...I had been on autopilot for a while...now I am computer shopping!

Currently Starring In My Own Soap Opera

Many of you have written to me and told me the same thing my friends and family keep telling me...I should write a book.

Not for the reasons you all think...yes, I have lived a couple of great love stories in my life and they would make for a great read to all of about three people...two of them being my sisters...BUT

The real reason is that my life has been anything but boring.  Most people wouldn't believe some of the drama that has gone on. By this time in my life I have broken a few hearts, had mine broke a lot, suffered a few fools and there are scars...some that you see and some that you don't.  I have accepted the pain that comes with making mistakes that I can't take back.  Loves that I have lost, some that I have turned away and lived to regret it.  I have secrets that most people will never know about.  I have sorted through my life and tucked most of them away the same way you turn the pages in a book.

The book would be theraputic if nothing else.

It would not be a tell all as I have a lot of respect for some of the people who have affected my life so profoundly. I feel the need to include them, but not at the expense of invading their privacy. It would be more like fiction based on my experiences combined with  a lot of romance, cowboys, oil money, shopping, backstabbing friends and lust...all the good stuff that Texas soap operas are made of...think "DALLAS."

The problem is I don't know how to go about it and the truth is I have already started writing...actually I have been working on it for  a long time. Long before I ever started blogging as a way to vent.  If and when I do get it finished...does anyone have a clue where to go from there?  KAREN ERICKSON.... or Worn Out Woman can you point me in the right direction?

Blogger's Choice Awards!

So, I got nominated...can you believe it? I can't.  I guess someone finally felt sorry for me!

I am in shock...seriously!  What great company to be in.  I am honored. Of course I have no visions of winning as my blog is new and there are so many veteran bloggers out there with a big followings...but I am so tickled to just be nominated!  Yay me!  

If you care to vote, please click on the links at the right hand column of my blog about halfway down and THANK YOU!

Megaritaville

Okay WHO ALL KNEW about this?  How come no one told me?  Do you realize how cool this is? Oh my goodness!  These would be simply divine at tailgate parties, team ropings, barrel races, floating the river, a day at the beach...

I know, I know,  nothing compares to a Marg that you make at home from scratch with just the right kind of tequila and all that good stuff, but seriously...come on...these are great!  Especially when you have a last minute get together...instant fun.

They come in all the necessary flavors and you just add tequila, a little water and freeze! Presto, instant frozen Margs! I am  going to go look for this little jewel at H E B, Target and Walmart to see if I can find it!  Oh. How. Divine.

Commitment Phobic Prince Charmings

While it's still fresh my mind after the wedding festivities we attended a couple of weeks ago, I have to share with you , one of the most interesting conversations  during the reception .  We got on the topic of the age old question of what makes a man finally take the step to get "married".  

For all you women who think that the road to marriage works like the fairy tales we grew up with...GROW UP!

When we finally meet our very own Prince Charming and fall in love, naturally we think the next step is to get married, right?  Makes sense to me...

Often though, this is not reality ladies, we may be in love but a lot of the time our very own Prince Charming is not yet ready to commit.  Although the idea of companionship and clean bed sheets are appealing to most men, so is independence...on both ends.  Men like independent women who are not really clingy, but who also don't make them feel inferior...they like successful women and yet, some are intimidated by women who earn more than they do.  They want us to be adoring and not needy.  Their married friends have all told them that women change after they get married, they are afraid we will get fat, etc. It's crazy just thinking about all the reasons men have for not getting married.  They may sound like insane excuses to us, but to them they are legit.

" Never feed a woman wedding cake as it paralyzes a woman from the waist down, that sort of thing"...ha!

The topic came up again and again this past weekend and one of my girlfriends announced that she had shared a conversation with a group of men that may actually shed some light into this age old question of what makes a man finally go down the alter.  

Ready? Here it is ladies...

  Men never really want to get married...they just finally "surrender"!

Wordless Wednesday~

Max and Chloe For My Daughter's Bday!

I am not one of those women who switches jewelry around for every outfit and wears matching earrings and necklaces and sixteen rings on my hands just to make sure I coordinate.  I don't see anything wrong with that, a lot of my friends do that, it's just not for moi, and besides, who has time?  It seems like an awful lot of work to me. I prefer a few classic pieces and that's it. 

I think a rolex and a nice wedding ring says everything you need to say...but this post isn't about me or what I like. I will save that post for another day.

I like gold.  I also like the look of  a platinum.

My daughter prefers silver.

She is one of those women that switches jewelry around for every occasion and for every outfit.

She has a birthday coming up.

I thought I might get her this necklace with the "Peace" sign. It's by GK Designs and only $80. She is a rock and roll flower type child...geez...wonder how that happened?  

Anywhooooooo...

 You can get this at a really cool place called Max and Chloe.   They have all kinds of really sweet jewelry, especially for the younger crowd  like my daughter. You simply must check them out. They actually have something that appeals to just about everyone, as I found out the more I explored their website.

I, personally like this one:

(G K Designs Love and Peace Necklace $190)

If she were picking something out it would have to be one of these:

The Ettika "Peace" Rosary Chain $75.00

I kind of like this one myself, wonder if I am too old to wear it? (STOP that,  this post was not supposed to be about me!):

If I let her pick just ONE piece out it would definitely be this one properly titled "Exhibitionist" at $550

or these bangles:

In case you can't read the inscription,  it says "Truly Fabulous People Never Get Dressed Before Lunchtime"...that is SO HER!

(Jessica Kagan Cushman Bangle Bracelets, $120)

and I even found something  for me (come on, you knew this was coming!):

(Sonya Renee Square Roman Monogrammed Disk $120)

maybe even something for the cowgirl in all of us:

(The Ettika bracelet, $65)

Tripping Out...

This is my dog Tripp.

He is a Toy Aussie and my constant companion.

He is a studly dog.

He is also, my shadow.

He even goes with me to the ladies room and most of the time, sits in my lap.

Okay, we have got to do something about that.

Maybe he is missing something in his life...

He is a VERY good boy.  He is also VERY handsome.

So handsome in fact that several people have asked me to buy him a girlfriend so they may have some of his puppies...he is THAT sweet...and handsome.

I have been seriously considering it.

After all, he deserves it.

Here are some of the possible candidates:

(When they grow up of course!)

Sleeping With The Enemy

I haven't had a decent night's sleep in the fourteen years that El Jefe and I have shared a bed...and it's not for the reasons you might think.

 He has become the enemy.

First, I had to get used to the A/C being at 73.  It took me until after my surgically induced menopause for THAT to happen. Now, I need it to be 73 when I go to bed and the rest of the time too.

Then I had to get used to the ceiling fan being on "high" even in the winter time.  It took me two years to keep from waking up with a sore throat...really.  I am so glad I have adjusted...sigh...

Every night when we get in our big beautiful:

El Jefe turns on his:

And proceeds to play with this stupid thing:

This goes on until all hours of the night because he HAS to watch TV in order to go to sleep! It seems he started this habit when he was a young boy and cannot, I repeat CANNOT break himself of it.  It keeps me waking up all night long and the next morning ( I normally wake up around 6 or so) I am exhausted and he sleeps in!

This also causes me to have to have to turn on my right side to get away from the glare of the stupid television ( maybe my eyelids are too thin?)  and put another pillow over my ears to keep from listening to the sound of the channel surfing going on because my little jewel of a husband cannot, I repeat CANNOT sit through one commercial.  This causes me a great deal of additional grief because as we all know, the sound always goes up during a commercial....arrrrgh!!!!

I am really tired of having to sleep on my right side.  Just once, I would like to lay on my back and fall asleep and wake up without feeling like the right side of my face is numb and my ear is about to fall off.   I have had a really hard time sleeping since the onset of Menopause, so when I do fall asleep I would very much like to stay that way at least until I wake up on my own...

I have finally resorted to wearing these:

They are not fun and I hate them.

I draw the line at ear plugs.  The way I see it he is the one with the problem, he should change some things.

I am an early bird, I love the mornings, but I am ready for bed by 10pm, when my dear husband is just catching his second wind...he stays up until 1 or 2 am every single night and it continues to  drive me crazy!  I ask him to go into one of the other rooms to watch TV until he gets sleepy, but he swears when he does that and he comes back to the room he can't sleep.  

I am thinking really seriously of getting him this:

This little gadget is from Hearing Planet and is called TV Ears 2.3 MHz System and only $99.00.  There are more expensive models, but I thought I would try this one first since it is compatible with LCDs and Plasmas.  I think it may be made for the hearing impaired (shhh!),  and works with the TV on mute (yay!) but I don't care, I need some relief here.

Does anyone else have this problem? 

 

Body Art and Body Jewelry

Okay, so I have to ask...

Since most of my blog readers are probably older like me..

Do any of you have a belly button ring?

What about tattoos?

NO, I don't have either one, but my daughter has both. I was just curious about the rest of you...my girlfriends have belly button rings and some even have tattoos...somehow, I never got into all that.  I guess if you are super "in shape" or young it's okay to have a little belly button bling going on, but what if you are not either one? Back in my day, tattoos were tramp stamps, my daughter laughs when I tell her that. There was a time years ago before tattoos became so popular and only biker chics(this was a very long time ago, remember, I am really old) had them, that I actually thought I wanted one, perhaps a flaming heart or a longhorn, but I talked myself out of it over and over.  Now, I am glad I did. When my daughter was contemplating her tattoo I used to tell her that in MY opinion, scars told better stories.  Still, I don't have a thing against either one, they are just not for me.  What if your daughter wanted one and you didn't have one, would you object?

So spill already...opinions or answers...