Hey, everybody! I haven't blogged since February...(it's been a rough few months) so, I figured it was time to get off my lazy streak and give you something to read as well as myself some writing therapy. 


First of all, since I last blogged, I am now on full disability. Which is interesting. I'm not feeling as anxious and depressed about not being able to work as I was. It helps to be able to pay the bills once again! But, I guess I feel kinda left out of the loop with my music teaching buds. Not their faults mind you, not anyone's...it's just the way it is. So, I gave voice lessons which ended last week for the summer and I'm accompanying for one choir performance next week, which I love...as long as my hands can do it! Had it happened a month ago, I wouldn't have been able to play piano for them...couldn't use my hands for about a week, but all is good now.


This weekend is Mother's Day weekend and Michele, Kendrick, Camille and I are going home to Farmington. Daron and John both have stuff to do, so they're staying home. We having a big family dinner (ALL of us) at Bruce and Evanne's on Saturday...can't wait to see everyone, especially Mom. I love her to the moon and back. :)


Okay, so a funny story about the last time we were at Mom's. We were watching Turtle Man, we being Mom, Kendrick, Camille, Chele and myself. It's a show about this toothless cooo who goes around catching wild animals that have gotten into places they're not supposed to be. So, he goes down in this old well, and there's this albino racoon....yes, I said an albino racoon....I know, I know....it's already too much...long story short, it was hissing and growling and right before a commercial, you hear this loud screech and the Turtle Man yell....it goes to commercial....Kendrick....out of the blue says, "I think it bit his nibble!" We all looked at each other and smiled with our eyebrows raised, and me, being the aunt who just can't let stuff go...said "What, Kendrick?" He said it again..."I think that albino racoon just bit his NIBBLE!" I have to say, it was all we could do to not crack up laughing...it was sooooo out of character for him to say something like that...but we didn't want him to think we were making fun of him, so we just went with it...BIG TIME...I said, "Man, that would really hurt if one of those things bit your NIBBLE." Kendrick, all serious like, said..."Yeah, it would!" Camille was laughing just because she's 4 and it was hilarious to her...Mom just about had a cow. She was laughing so hard and trying to keep it quiet that she finally got up and walked into the other room!! Then, it was over...we all busted up including Kendrick when it came back on, of course, he didn't know exactly WHAT we were laughing at...he was just having a good time. 


Since then, of course, the word nipples has now become nibbles.


In honor of our Mother's Day road trip on Friday...I've decided to find out some things about everyone else's road trips. The main thing I want to know is this....what kind of food do you take on a long road trip? Please answer me either on here or on facebook...I'm anxious to find out. Here's what I like on a road trip...no matter how long it is!
*Beef jerky
*Coffee
*Twizzlers (STRAWBERRY)
*Carrots and Celery sticks
*Fruit slices (usually Pink Lady apples and oranges)
*Nips (coffee flavored)
*Cinnamon sugar free gum
*Baked Lays
*Jolly Ranchers
*Bottled Water
Not the healthiest, but, it's not like we eat that stuff every day. And we don't eat it all at once!!
ANYTIME John and I are coming home from Farmington, St. Louis or Cape Girardeau, when leaving whichever town we're in....we ALWAYS stop at White Castle...again, not healthy....but oh my, how good do those belly bombers taste after not having them for months!! :) And since we don't eat drive through anymore, they really are a treat!


I've plateaued on the weight loss....I'm stuck at having lost 70 pounds. However, I haven't weighed in a month, so maybe I've lost a little more....even one pound would make me happy at this point, just so I can say I've lost OVER 70 pounds. Can't wait until I hit 100 pounds off. That will be an exciting day. It's sooooo stinkin' hard trying to lose it when I can't exercise. Frustrating. But, it has made me change everything about the way I look at food, cooking and portions! Much healthier today then I was 2 years ago this time!! :)


Last night was the season finale of The Voice. Until I started watching this show, I really liked Christina Aguilera, however, I think she's a royal bitch now. She's so uppity and then when she sang the duet "The Prayer" with Chris, even though she claimed to be sick, I was appalled. He did such a good job and she did not! Then, she copped out at the end...instead of singing the high f, she decided to take it down and roll around on a few notes so that no one would notice. Guess what, bitch....I heard you take that breath in the middle of that last phrase and then you didn't even sing the F!!! Get OVER yourself. She is so mean in her comments, even though some of them are right on the money, it's the way she says them and the look on her face when she does it. I really don't know if she feels inferior because she's a tub of goo now, or if all of that makeup has some kind of chemical that leeched poison into her brain causing her to become so angry, but either way, she doesn't have to be such a hater. I love the way Adam Levine handles her...maybe it's all for ratings, who knows. But, I can honestly say that I won't be buying any of her music anytime soon. I will be buying Maroon 5's new album asap!!! So there, Christina, from a REAL music coach to YOU....learn how to give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism and HELP the vocalists instead of just making them feel like poopoo! OH! And btw, John said about Justin Bieber's performance last night...."He just looks like an idiot! He's trying to be Michael Jackson, and he hasn't got the talent!" I tend to agree with my hubby. 


Okay, Camille is awake and it's time for play!!! Have a fantastic rest of the day, friends. :)